More Cool Miracles!

After Temple Session

This has been a crazy week but we had some cool miracles! We started to go through all the phone numbers on our phone again to see if anyone had interest. One person actually called and said he wanted to meet with us and his whole family! Unfortunately, he lives in a different area so we had to 소개 him.

We were able to visit a LA that recently had surgery with the Elders and she got a priesthood blessing. She hasn't been active for a little while so before we decided to share a scripture about the priesthood. Her older daughter was there but she attends another church and thought what we were doing was kind of strange, but her mom kept telling her "This isn't a normal church" And it definitely is not a normal church. We have so many things to help us from the priesthood to the Book of Mormon. And all of it's true. We may be a peculiar people, but that's exactly the kind of people God wants us to be.

We met with our investigator 허미화 and she's feeling a lot of pressure. Her family thinks we're a cult and it's hard for her to keep meeting with us. So right now she can't get baptized but we were able to bear testimony that the Book of Mormon is true and she really can know for herself. But we're going to see if she'll still be able to meet.

Yesterday we were able to go to a fireside with the area presidency and they focused on trusting in God's way. Sometimes we may do things that don't seem to make sense. But God's way is always higher than our way and as we trust in Him, we will be able to see huge blessings.

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What a Week!

What a week! We fit so much into last week it feels like it's been 3 weeks. We had some cool miracles this week! One of which was on the street we tried to talk to someone and give her a pamphlet but she turned down the pamphlet. However, immediately after someone walked up on the other side, and asked for the pamphlet! We were a little stunned but we gave it to her and she hurried off so we didn't have the opportunity to talk to her at all but still really cool.

On Thursday we had a super cool experience where we were 전도ing and no one was really talking to us. And the people we'd planned to visit weren't home. So it was a little disappointing but we keep going and we find this park with a statue on a bench that you can take a picture with. And there was a grandma sitting next to it so she kept telling us how to pose and take turns and she was really funny. But then, we got up and immediately met this person, 이미경 who is so nice! We said hello and we're missionaries and she turned right around and asked us where we're from and if we had time right then. Which we definitely did. So she took us out to lunch and tried to buy us coffee so we got to talk to her about what we do as missionaries and the Word of Wisdom. And she said she wants to meet again! Miracle!

I don't know if I mentioned last week, but I got a phone number from someone from Vietnam and we met with her yesterday. She's only been in Korea for 1 month so she doesn't really speak Korean. Or English. Communication is hard. I think she's really lonely because she's like 35 and her husband is Korean and 65. But we met her and she tried to buy us coffee. And then we just ended up with iced tea instead. We mostly just showed her our family pictures and she loved them and we gave her a Book of Mormon in Vietnamese. If anyone has ideas for teaching someone in a way other than speaking,  that would be great. But we'd met her about an hour away from our house and we headed home together because she said she lives pretty close to our house. She lives ONE BUS STOP away! Super crazy. But she's so sweet so we're going to try and keep meeting her and somehow teach her.

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침례!!! (Baptism!!!)

What a crazy week! This week was transfers so we got to say goodbye to Sister Ambrose who went home to England. But I'm staying with Sister Beyer for another transfer until she goes home so it's gonna be great! I reached my 9 month mark last week and to celebrate, we went and ate Kimchi soup with the other Sisters because it was also Sister Pari's 9 month mark. Kinda crazy.

이유진 LeeYooJin

This week we tried to visit a less active member but they weren't home. But on the way, we were walking down the street and some man stopped us and asked if we were missionaries. We told him we were and he wanted to know why we were in Korea-- Not why we were doing missionary work but why we had come to a country where there are so many churches and people teaching about their churches and some places don't even know about God. But I was able to tell him that we believe in living prophets so I didn't pick where I went. But I know that we have a prophet and he acts for God today. And invited him to read about the Restoration. Because I know it's true!

We also were able to meet with 허미화(HeoMiHwa) yesterday because she's finally back from Thailand! And we were able to give her a baptismal date! She's got a lot to learn still but when we met her, we asked her what she thought about something and she responds that she doesn't want to get baptized this month because she's really busy but she said she wants to get baptized in November!!!!! So we're going to help her get ready and be baptized just before Sister Beyer leaves!!  She's so great and we love her so much!! Also the other Sister's investigator has a baptismal date! And we were able to go to an 8 year old's baptism right after church yesterday!!!

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Harvesting Sweet Potatoes

The Harvest

They had to be moved (Trip #78570)

Taking rides . . .

"and here's where you get out"

추석 (ChuSeok-- Korean Thanksgiving!)

Well this week was pretty crazy because it's been Korean Thanksgiving, which is the biggest holiday here. It's a 10 day celebration and is pretty much the only break Koreans have. So we went from one meal appointment to another and also to zone conference. It's been really busy.

Chuseok, the Fall Harvest Festival in Asia

We had a miracle this week where the Elders called and asked if we could be at the church in 15 minutes because they'd met someone who wanted to learn about our church and get a tour. So of course we rearranged our schedule a bit and ended up teaching the Restoration to her and her friend, as well as giving them a tour of the church. They said they'd come to church next week so we're excited to see if that works out because we only got one of their numbers.

Chuseok, the Fall Harvest Festival in Asia

We also were able to meet 이유진 (LeeYuJin) who is kind of our investigator but she can't meet very frequently. Maybe once every 5 weeks or so. But we were able to talk about the importance of our families and how we can be with them forever through the temple! When she learned the Plan of Salvation before she thought it was kind of weird but when she understood that she could be with her family forever, she liked it a lot more.

I also got to watch Conference yesterday and it was so great! Between last conference and this conference, I've made an effort to review the talks and it made me a lot more excited for this time. The thing that stood out to me was the amount of talks based on President Monson's talk from last conference. The Book of Mormon really is the keystone of our religion and I especially liked that President Nelson took his "challenge," because when I first heard President Monson speak, I hadn't thought of it as a challenge. But as a missionary, one of our biggest responsibilities is to invite/give commitments. And the prophets and apostles follow that same pattern. So as I review this conference, I'm going to look for commitments and strive to keep them.

Our WML 최정훈 (ChoiJungHun) and his wife 김지은 (KimJiEun)

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Chuseok, the Fall Harvest Festival in Asia

Conference Prep

This has been a good week! This week we were only able to meet one of our investigators because our other consistent investigator went to Thailand for 10 days. But she's so cute! Last time we met, we were mostly asking about her religious background/beliefs and at the end she asked what was different about our church. So we very simply taught the restoration. Then when we met her again, we fully taught the Restoration. She thought it was interesting/kind of weird. But we went told her about how she can ask God for answers to questions, she loved it! She said she'd pray more diligently from now on! And she had such good questions! We're really excited to keep teaching her.

We haven't watched conference yet here because of the time difference and translation. But I'm so excited to watch it next week! The interesting thing about it is that we have fast Sunday here before we have conference. Which I really like because I feel like I'm able to prepare better for conference and think about it more. I love that we have living prophets to help us in all that we do and I know that as I've made an extra effort to review since April, it's blessed me.

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