Elder Jesse V Moser-Korea Seoul South: Tragedy! 2/22/25

In case anyone is curious how good an MTC haircut is, they're attrocious. Not ordained of the Lord, that's for sure. Me and my comp were walking to our class talking about how bad we were gonna get cooked and it was much worse than we could have ever imagined. When the girls saw us they covered their mouths and gasped like we were burn victims. Our instructor said, I'm translating from Korean, "Everyone, everyone look! Hair not good." Which looking back on, it is super funny cause it sounds way better in Korean.

Korean is still a nightmare, every time we think we understand something the teachers drop the bomb that there's 20 more rules for that specific thing. It seems like everything in this language has it's own marker to tell you what you're talking about, for example instead of saying "Whoa look and airplane!" it would be more like "Whoa airplane-large-machine look!" Idk about the Koreans but when I hear airplane I just assume it's a large machine lol. Still confused why they waited until immersion to explain this stuff to us. It's like interpreting a birds mating dance to figure out Einsteins field equations. I miss Google so much, I didn't realize how much I used it in a day but I realize how curious I am now that I can't look stuff up. It's driving me crazy, I feel like I would be way better at Korean right know if I could just have google to solve my questions as I'm studying. It's fine, I like the challenge.

Some days the teacher will talk to me and I have no clue what they are saying, which is super frustrating cause I usually know the words they're saying but the second they speak to me, I forget it. Not a performer under pressure I guess. With the Lord I will get it, amen.

My companion and I were sick for an unfortunately large portion of the week, still are a little, but it feels good to be better. Immersion + fever is a recipie for the most attrocious headache immaginable.

My district is super fire, I get along with them all really well. Thank goodness too cause we still have a very long way to go haha.

Blackfoot is very represented here, Elder Coombs, Sister Larsen, Sisters Weiland (there are two), and Sister Peterson. I've even recognized some that I don't know the names of. It's cool seeing people from home, and equally cool to see so many Elders and Sisters from places like Japan, Tonga, and Sweden. The amount of people from outside of the USA is crazy, almost half I'd say. Truly a global church. So cool to think that people of so many backgrounds are all united under a love for Christ and a desire to bless God's children.

Spiritual thought time baybeeeee:

The President of the MTC, President Owen, gave a talk in a devotional last Tuesday. He's probably in the mid 60's but told us a story about how he remembers helping his dad with the horses when he was only 8. When he looked around and saw his family and the mountains surrounding his house he felt the spirit super strong testify to him the everything was created by God, and that he has a loving Heavenly Father who wants him to return home. This made my think back to one of my earliest memories when I was too young to go to school so my mom would stay home to keep me from burning the house down, (or escaping) while the rest of my sibling were at school, and my dad was at work. She would take me to *Golds* Gym where I would play with Evan Armstrong while our moms got ripped, and then we would go home, sing primary songs, and then take a nap on the couch. 9Side note, the day she said I was too big to cuddle for naps really sucked.) I remember one day very vividly, we sang "My Heavenly Father Loves me" and then took a nap on the couch. I remember singing that song with her and feeling a very strong confirmation from the spirit that Heavenly Father does in fact love me, and that he gave me a very wonderful momma (and family). It feels like the scene from Percy Jackson where Poisidon claims him, except this God is real, and he can do a lot more than just control the ocean.

Pretty cool that God cares about us infinitely even when we're seemingly insignificant 4 year olds, he loves all of his children. Even if they make crappy K-Pop music.

My Companion, Elder Park