So, earlier in the month I mailed an Easter package to Jaden,
and as I was walking out of the post office it hit me that this would probably be
the last care package I mailed to Jaden. Wow! We're in the home stretch!
Jaden hasn't taken many pictures lately, but a lot has happened since I last posted.
He was transferred to a new area, Gierum. I gather it's a suburb of Seoul.
Jaden and his companion are helping to open this area. Exciting!
This is also the first time Jaden has had a Korean companion, so he's
speaking Korean pretty much 24/7! That may have been helpful earlier on in
his mission, but he has definitely had some neat experiences with the
gift of tongues as he's struggled to learn the language.
The other day, I got an e-mail from the mission president's wife of the
Korea Busan mission. She and her husband got permission to take their
16 year old son to Seoul during Spring Break, and they met Jaden at the
mission office. They have a family in their home ward with the last name
of Roskelley, so they wanted to see if there was a family connection,
and, of course, there is! It's been fun this week to e-mail some distant
relatives and get to know them a little. When I e-mailed Jaden about it,
he said that he and his companion were told "accidentally" that they needed
to be at the mission office at 8:30am, but they really weren't scheduled to be
there until 9am. If he and his companion had come at 9, they would have
missed meeting President Barrow and his wife. Coincidence? I think not!
Here is the picture Sister Barrow took of Jaden and Elder Song:
The work is slow, but Jaden has still witnessed so many miracles
and his testimony has grown so much. As a mother, that's really all I've hoped for!
