Happy 추석!!!

Gyeongju!

Hey family and friends!

This week, it was like a week of just straight party. This week was 추석, aka Korean Thanksgiving! Everyone goes with their family to pay respect to their ancestors graves. And considering there are so many people living here, I really don't understand where they all go. Everyone like vanishes. The streets are bare, which kinda kills missionary work! 

Wednesday, the actual day of 추석, our whole zone got together in Gyeongju and went and saw artifacts and learned a little bit about some history of Korea. In Gyeongju there are tons and tons of these hills that are a King's burial. Under all of these hills are like all his stuff and his live army he buried with him to protect him. That was fun to take time to learn about! We did a race with it, we had take a picture with a family, a couple, a high school student, middle schooler and elementary. It was so fun! Plus I seriously just love everyone in my zone, these people are the greatest. Then that night one of our youth was home alone because she didn't want to go to her Grandma's so we took her out for dinner. Except like nothing is open, at all. And we ended up getting these octopus dish, ew. It was so hot. My stomach was so upset the rest of the night and next day! Never again.

Friday was our Mission Sport Day! Rain was an issue. Last minute it got changed to another city where there was a little bit less of a chance of rain, but hey the rain still came! Good thing it's all about the people not what we were doing! Our Zone of Sisters all got matching Grandma pants with our companion, so we killed nailed the fashion side of it all. 

Then what could be better than topping it off with Conference? Conference was SO GOOD. The whole thing was like a fire. After Conference on Sunday every year our ward packs up and goes camping! The whole being a missionary put a damper on it, but we got to go up for Sunday. It was like an hour away, but being up in the mountains there was like throwing it back to the ones back home, except more trees and greener. They rented a little cabin up in middle of the mountains and it was so peaceful and fun. We played games, went on a little hike, it really couldn't have been better!!

Conference had me thinking how thankful I am for having this gospel. Like in Elder Nelson's talk, What would life be like without it?? I'm so thankful for the Prophet and Apostles to lead and guide us and that I never have to wonder what it would be like without them.

I love and miss you all!

XOXO

Love,

Sister Stout