Another flyer--the week, that is

This week just flew by! We were only able to meet with 2 of our investigators so we're working hard to find some more people.

We had interviews this last week and they were great! I love getting a little pep talk from the mission president and always talking about what I can be doing better. Because we can all always improve. After interviews, we took the mission president's wife, Sister Turner, on exchanges with us for a little bit. Both of our appointments cancelled that night, so we tried to visit a member. But when we got to the apartment, there were only 11 floors and she lived on the 14th? We're not really sure what was going on there...

We also had a 전도 activity with some members in the ward! They wanted to try out Jehovah's Witness way of 전도. I'm not sure how they 전도 in other places, but here in Korea, they just set up a display and stand there. No talking to anyone unless they're approached. So we set up our display, but as much as God wants us to act in faith, the main part of that is acting. So we tried to talk to everyone that walked past. It was almost like sticker boarding. Without the stickers. And it went so much better than we thought it would.

Our investigator, 허미화, has also started to talk about baptism! She wants to become a member of our church and she was even able to attend a baptism in another ward yesterday! She's learning and progressing and she's definitely become more happy because of the what she's learned! She's still got a lot to learn but she's so great!

I know this church is true and that through Christ we can be soooo so so so HAPPY! We just have to act!

사랑해요!

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Wow! This week flew...

Wow. This week flew by but I feel like I don't have a lot to report on.

We had zone conference where we got to talk about becoming more sanctified and consecrated missionaries. It was super great and I'm excited to work on that! After zone conference we had a two zone 전도 activity and President and Sister Tuner even came! It was great! We had some stickerboarding and other things going on and got to talk to a lot of people and have a lot of fun.

The sisters in the Korea Seoul South Mission

While stickerboarding, I also had the chance to interact some more with some new missionaries that have been in Korea for just 3 weeks. It made me realize how far I've come (at least language wise) It was also a little bit scary because they kept telling people that tried to talk to them that they couldn't speak Korean and directed them to me. But despite not being able to speak the language as well, they didn't let that stop them from anything. The Lord needs us to do what we can, even if it's just giving out stickers.

Splits

We met our investigator 허청나 and she's great! She comes to English class but we haven't been able to teach her an actual lesson since I came to Bucheon. We decided to share the story of Moses and the brass serpent in order to introduce the gospel of Jesus Christ and how it's simple steps that help us look to Christ. When we asked her how the story could apply to her, she shared that when we have belief it's easier to do the little things, like coming to church. And then invited herself to church! The lesson went super well and even though she didn't come to church, she's definitely progressing and working to apply the scriptures to herself-- something she said she wants to be better at.

Just some random street graffiti

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A Lot of Cancelled Appointments . . .

Despite the title, this was a good week! We originally started with a lot of appointments planned but they just seemed to keep falling through the day of. Which is disappointing but we're still going to keep trying to meet with them.

Our District

We were able to meet 유혜원, our investigator that we're doing the 30/30 program with. She passed her English test so that she can do an internship in Australia and she's said that she wants to study at BYU! We're not exactly sure why though... But she's progressing!  We just need to help her come to church because she has work right now.

The "Traditional Korean Portrait"

We also met 허미화! Last time we met her, she told us she's not sure she believes in God. Which was kind of surprising to us. So we've just been thinking about how to help her because I believe she really does believe in God, she just doesn't know it yet. So we met her and she taught us how to make 떡볶이 (a soup thing with rice cakes) and we taught her the gospel of Jesus Christ lesson and how she really can be happy just through 5 steps and she committed to pray, repent, and come to church!

Ran into the Elder's investigator. He wanted to buy us drinks. Don't worry, it's not alcoholic.

This week my companion and I met with a member and as we contemplated what message to share, we each picked the same verse. Without  talking about it. Or ever having met this member before. By small and simple things are great things brought to pass. I've come to see that a lot this week that as we do small things, we may not see results immediately but they will come!

I accidentally made a Filipino dish...

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My bacon cheeseburger.

Investigators!

This week I went to Bucheon and it's so different from Gangnam and Ansan! It's pretty countryside and a majority of the 전도 we do is on the bus-- which is a first for me. I'm going to figure out how to do it well this transfer though.

A member invited us to eat because of all the new missionaries.
The girl with blue hair is the other Sisters' investigator.

We also have a bunch of investigators that I've gotten to meet this week which has been odd since I've only opened areas my entire mission.  Our first investigator is someone named Ricqui and she's interested because all the missionaries she's ever met are just so happy! She wants to be happy in life and I know it's 100% through Jesus Christ that we can be happy.

Our first meal as a house.

We also have another investigator that we're doing the 30/30 program with and her name is 유혜원. She wants to learn English to study in America, but when we met her it was 30 minutes of English and then an hour of Gospel Study because she had a ton of questions about The Plan of Salvation.  Which is great. I love when they are equally interested.

We have a couple other investigators that I'll be able to tell about next week after we teach lessons and a few potential investigators including one from Vietnam! We met her at a convenience store so we'll try to meet her this week. 

My new room.

Anywho, I'm still adjusting to Bucheon but something I've really come to appreciate on my mission is the Sacrament! No matter where you are or if you just went from the busiest part of Korea to the countryside or you have a crazy week in front of you or any time at all, the sacrament is always the same everywhere in the world!

The church is so true! Love you all! 사랑해요!

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