Sister Sulz,
You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Korea Seoul Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 18months. You should report the the Provo Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, September 19th 2012. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Korean language....
Whoa! I was not expecting that at all!
...Earlier that day after checking the mail I was absolutely convinced I was staying in Canada. Someone had told me once that the thickness of the envelop determines whether you go foreign or not... So after opening the mail box and realizing that my envelop was as thin, if not thinner than Aarons (who was called to Vancouver the week prior)... I just knew that I was staying in Canada and that was that!
Obviously if you saw the video of me opening the call you can hear in my voice how taken back I was while reading " Korea Seoul"! It really was the BEST SURPRISE EVER!! I couldn't sleep for at least 3 days after.
Once all the excitement died down, the realization of my call hit me upside the head super hard real fast. Can I really do this? Holy smokes.. I have to learn a new language... and not only that, everything I've been studying needs to now be translated into small characters, flipped backwards and memorized so that I don't sound like a complete fool talking to people. Thinking about learning the Korean Alphabet scares the crap out of me. (....There was a reason why I didn't check off the box on my application that said "Super good at learning languages"). The weather I found out, isn't going to agree with me thats for sure. Super humid in the summer and chill you to your bones cold in the winter. By the end of the week I was feeling pretty overwhelmed.
... Thankfully a good friend of mine sat me down and reminded me that when I let faith lead my life, theres no room left for fear. I realized that it doesnt matter how hard the language is going to be, or how uncomfortable I am, or how many weird foods I'll get to eat. If I have faith that Heavenly Father will help me learn the language, and I pepare myself by packing proper clothing for the weather, and pray really really hard that I will be alright adjusting to all the new foods! Infact, I will be more than alright!!:)
This mission is something that I have wanted to do since I was a little girl, and I know with out a shadow of a doubt that I was called of God to serve the Korean people. I am going to learn the language, love the people, and try everysingle weird looking food I come across!! I am so excited for Korea, and to beable to serve the people there for the next year and a half! I am incredibly stoked, and ready to start using my rossetta stone, and training program to get started!
<3
Love Your Future Seoul Sister
