After a few songs, we met up with 심태용 Tae Yong. He wanted to take us to his hometown in 창원 Changwon. Although it's close, we had to take a shuttle bus there. Once we got to 창원 Changwon, we met 심태용 엄마 Tae Yong's mother. His mother was so kind to us that she bought us all ice cream. We had some time left and went to a 노래방 karaoke room! We had so much fun with each other as always at a 노래방 karaoke room. 심태용 Tae Yong left for a little bit while we were singing and brought back sodas and pictures he took. Unfortunately, we couldn't spend a lot of time with him because we needed to be back in the evening because Dr. Peterson had a special guest for us.
Korean and English ice cream flavors don't always match up or translate correctly. While the English flavor is Puss in Boots, the Korean flavor is 엄마는 외계인 which means "My Mom is an Alien." Does that make any sense to you??
Look how cute this ice cream cake is! It says, "I'm happy" in Korean. 행복해요 (haeng-bok-hae-yo).
We said our goodbyes to 심태용 Tae Yong which was sad. He became one of our greatest friends here. We met Dr. Peterson at Orange where he had his special guest: 정대판 Jung Dae Pahn. 정대판 Jung Dae Pahn is a very important figure because he was the main guy along with a team who translated the standard works and hymns for the church into Korean!! LIKE WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! Just looking at him, he carried this air that made you want to respect and be on your best behavior. We had dinner there and then went back to the 한옥 hanok. 김민주 Minju and 이충호 Choong Ho met us at the restaurant because we wanted to spend time with them but we forgot about the special guest. So, we invited them to come here 정대판 Jung Dae Pahn at the 한옥 hanok.
정대판 Jung Dae Pahn told us his conversion story and the process of the translation of the standard works and hymns. He knows every single hymn, every verse by memory. He had an incredible conversion story. He was one of the first members of the church in Korea. He attended one of the best colleges in Korea but then felt like it wasn't doing him much good so he went to a theological school. He was going to a seminary when some missionaries came and gave him a Book of Mormon. He read it in English and Japanese. So that he really knew what he was reading. He couldn't put it down and felt the truth in its words. He went back to the seminary and told them that everyone should read this book. The teachers got really upset and said that he must never read or bring that book or must leave the seminary. He left the seminary because he couldn't deny what he felt. He converted to the gospel very quickly.
As he was taking part in the translation, he had to be selective in what words to use for the hymns to make them correct but flow. As we have sung them, we can tell they have been inspired because there's certain words that describe the gospel better than the English text. He was such a sweet man and carried this dignity with him. He was so humble that you couldn't help but smile when he talks to you.
정대판 Jung Dae Pahn
정대판 Jung Dae Pahn and us
We didn't have a lot of time to spend with 김민주 Minju and 이충호 Choong Ho because they had to be back in their dorms in a few hours but we thought we would go to Canmore for some 빙수 bing-soo. After 빙수 bing-soo, we took some pictures and said our goodbyes.
김민주 Minju and 이충호 Choong Ho
아이스크림 빙수 Ice cream bing-soo
So 이충호 told us to open our mouths as wide as we could. We still don't know why.......?
They were so thoughtful and gave us some goodbye treats for the bus ride back to 서울 Seoul. We have grown to love them and all of the students at 인제대학교 Inje University. It was so sad saying goodbyes. We'll never forget you 박현준 Hyun Joon, 심태용 Tae Yong, 김민주 Minju, 이충호 Choong Ho, and 김유경 Yoo Kyung!! We're going back to 서울 Seoul tomorrow but we will never forget the south and our experiences down here.
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