Hi Mom!
Wow! Sounds like you all had a really fun week! And Chelsea must be having an awesome time at BYU- going to Bear Lake, bringing people to the pool, etc! That's great! Send everyone my love! I wrote Chelsea and Casey emails last week but haven't heard from them yet (hint hint). I'm also sending Chelsea a letter this week.
Things are going well with Yong Soon-Young. She doesn't want to commit to coming to church yet, but we hope conference next month will help her to change her mind. She loved a talk we showed her by Pres. Monson!
We still haven't gotten permission from Su-hyun's mom for baptism, but the YW presidency is going to talk with her and maybe visit her with us. One of the members is her mom's friend, so I think she'll have a better influence than we would.
We had an awesome combined zone P-Day last week- two zones went to Haeoondae Beach! It was fun to relax and talk to other missionaries on the sand. We got our feet wet, but that's it! A lot of the elders played football, and one of my comps played too, but she said they never passed the ball to her. Boo! I just enjoyed chatting with people by the water and playing with the sand a little bit. It was great!
Today is the first day of my fifth transfer- and I'm still with Sis. Beckstead and Sis. Musser! We're excited to serve together again. We LOVE our branches- the Gwaejong branch is amazing! They have an awesome youth/singles program and do seminary, English class, mutual, and singles meeting---all on Saturday! Korean kids are really busy during the week with school and hogwan (academy- usually English or math), so Saturday is the day of Church activities! Su-hyun always comes to mutual on Saturday, and it's great to see how the ward welcomes her in! She might as well be a member- on Saturday, they talked about preparing for the temple at mutual. She knows she needs to be baptized, but she also knows that she can still pray, read her scriptures, and come to church each Sunday. It's awesome! We love Su-hyun and pray that her mom's heart will be changed.
On Friday, we had a shiksa (meal) with the Daesheen Harmoni. Daesheen is one of the branches we serve in and Harmoni is Korean for grandmother. They call older women "harmoni" or "grandmother" in Korean. The Daesheen Harmoni is infamous for inviting the missionaries over frequently for shiksas and stuffing them to the brim! There are photos of missionaries all over her walls and in several photo albums. She used to be the cook for some of the past mission presidents, so she LOVES the missionaries. A little too much, you might say! On Friday, she served huge platters of bulgogi (beef), big potatoes, sweet potates, tomatoes, pineapples, apples, and rice. I've been avoiding beef (for my stomach), but I ate everything else. The poor elders, though (we were with four) got loaded down with food! The Daesheen Harmoni loves one in particular, Elder Bloomfield, so he and his companion, Elder Murray, had to eat a TON of food. They literally had to lick the massive plate of bulgogi clean, along with several huge servings of rice and potatoes. Seriously. I've never seen ANYONE fuller than Elder Murray! And still, after we ate all that, she pulled out melon ice cream bars.
The Daesheen Harmoni is really sweet though, and I'm grateful for the opportunity we had to get to know her at her house. She is getting older, but it is apparent her love for the missionaries is still strong as ever. She is so nice! We appreciated the experience...and ended up skipping dinner that night!
Well, I should go. We're going to Family Home Evening group at Youngdo branch tonight and we have the activity! It will be fun.

I love you all! Have a great week!

Have fun in San Diego next month!!!

Love,
Alyssa