Meet My New Companion!

What a crazy week! I sent one companion to America and got another one straight from America! My companion is Sister Parry from Salt Lake City, Utah and she's also 5' 8". So we're having a grand time here in Bucheon.

Sister Beyer and I ended our time together with her tripping and hurting her foot again. So making the 2 hour trip across our mission was an adventure. Then we got to bring Sister Parry's bags the whole two hours back. Definitely my exercise for the day. Sister Parry isn't super great at Korean yet but she's working really hard and doing so great. We were able to meet a LA member named Amber who let her practice the first vision in Korean and she did great!

In just the 3 days since Sister Parry's been here, we've already seen miracles! We got a referral from the Incheon Sisters of someone that wanted to meet and talk about our church. So we called them up that night and got an appointment for the next day(Saturday) because she wanted to know how to get to our church so she could come on Sunday!! We met her near her house so we could show her how to come, and gave her a tour of the church. She started asking about baptism and what kinds of clothes you wear. And then wanted to study the Book of Mormon which she'd brought her own personal copy. She met with missionaries years ago and had read up until Jacob 1:2 and wanted to just start in Jacob and keep reading. I wasn't sure the background for what was going on so we took a step back and retaught the Restoration so she could understand why the Book of Mormon was important and introduced Lehi, Nephi, and his family. She wasn't able to come to church yesterday but we're excited to keep meeting her and talking about the Book of Mormon, my favorite book! The Book of Mormon really is God's word and the keystone of our religion!

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Transfers!!!

This has been a good week and I love missionary work! We weren't able to meet with a lot of investigators this week, but we were able to see some miracles.

Stickerboarding

My companion and I tried out a new type of 전도 (proselyting) this week which I'd like to call "Lost 전도" What you do is you hop on the first bus that comes, ride for 10 minutes, and then try to talk to everyone you meet as you try to find your way home on foot. What we learned though, is that 10 minutes of bus riding is not equal to 40 minutes of walking and we were still pretty far from home. We found a bus though and the bus drivers even recognized us so we were able to make it fine. It was an adventure though.

Some of the MTC gang.

We met our investigator 홍혜정 and she's so great! The last time we met her, we taught the Restoration and when we showed up to our lesson, she said she'd tried reading the Book of Mormon and started asking so many good questions about the Priesthood and how if our church is the only church with it, how do other people that don't know about it or don't have it use it? Don't they all have to come to our church? We were able to start the Plan of Salvation and how because God loves all of His children, we all have a way to return! She really liked it and said she'd read the pamphlet and is super excited to meet again!

The biggest news is that we have transfers this week and I will be staying in Bucheon! I have no idea who my companion will be though because she doesn't get to Korea until Tuesday! It's gonna be a crazy adventure!

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We went on a hike for a service project.

관심 없어요... (I'm not interested...)

This week we saw so many miracles which includes new investigators! My companion's a little sad because she's leaving next week and won't be able to teach them for very long but I'm super excited!

Last Sunday an unknown number called the YeongDeungPo Sisters and said she wanted to attend Bucheon ward! So we called her up, got an appointment, and then met with her entire family! We gave them a tour of the church and when we first walked in, she saw a picture of Moroni and asked who it was. We were a little bit worried but then she started talking about Joseph Smith and Bishops and the Word of Wisdom. We're not sure when/how long she met with missionaries before but we're starting to think she could be a super less active member...

전도 activity at Bucheon Subway Station

We've done a lot of 전도 this week and one funny experience where we were trying to talk to people and one older Grandma turned around, put her hand on Sister Beyer's shoulder, and said very sweetly "관심 없어요" Which just means "I have no interest" It was super abrupt and startled us a little but now when other people reject us a little nicer we turn to each other and say "관심 없어요"

Baskin Robbins has a corn chestnut sweet potato ice cream. Only in Korea.

But we also met some potential investigators as well! I was talking to one girl on the subway who was super nice and fluent at English and learning German and she had to jump on the subway so I quickly gave her a pamphlet  and said to text if she wanted to meet again which is always a scary moment as a missionary because it's entirely in their hands and if they forget or lose your number, you can't do anything about it. Probably 99% of the time, they don't call. But less than 20 minutes later, we had a text from her saying it was so nice to meet!! So we're really excited to try and meet with her, we're just going to have to work around her busy school schedule.

The church is true and it really it there for every application!

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Smart Phones!

Last week we got smartphones and I'm not sure how I feel about it! The biggest perk right now is probably our capability to send emojis or that we can see our chats in a thread. It's the little things that count. :)

Happy Halloween! We celebrated Halloween with a party thrown by the youth at the church. We were asked to do a booth there so we had a "Monster Restaurant" with your everyday guts, eyeballs, and fingers (bananas, grapes, and carrots). The participants had to eat it all blindfolded as we told them what they were eating. But, we decided to make it a little trickier so in order to go to the restaurant, they had to go find a ticket. The ticket was inside a box on a hill next to the church. And my companion and I were waiting at the box. The secret though, was that my hand was actually in the box and there were no tickets in there so I'd grab their hands as they stuck them in. Some people were a little spooked and some not at all but we had a good time.

We've also done a lot of 전도 (proselyting) this week and I've met a few people that have just given me food as soon as I say I'm from America. I don't really know why but I've gotten some boiled eggs, tea, and potato soup this week on the subway. But we've seen some mixed signs about Trump coming here so I don't really know. :)

We also got a new investigator this week named 홍혜정(Hong Hye Jung) and she's great! The Elders originally met her on the street and we met all together and taught the restoration. She's Christian but unlike a lot of people on the street, she actually attended church and knows a decent amount about the bible. We taught the Restoration and she said it made a lot of sense! We invited her to pray about our message and we'll follow up next week!

사랑해요! (I love you!)

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