Final Transfer Call

This has been a great week, concluding with Sister KimNa's baptism!! We were able to visit some members and still get in 전도 (proselyting)! To start the week off, we were able to make our weekly visit to 이명자's and take her to the hospital. Sister Morgan's mom sent us a CD of Korean hymns for her and it was like Christmas. She's called us a few times afterwards to say thank you again and she's so cute!

We received a less active list for the YSA ward which finally gave us some direction and we were able to start working with them. We had good conversations with a lot of them.

Sister Morgan said I talked in my sleep the other day. I kept saying "같이 가요," which means, "Let's go together" This was a big milestone in several ways:

1. My brain is stuck in Korean.
2. I've never talked in my sleep before.
3. I've had a companion long enough that I can't do things alone anymore.

I also got to go on exchanges with Sister Peterson where we ran into a member from another missionary's hometown who's waiting for her call. I've only taken that specific subway line twice but both times I've run into a member like that and it's been cool!

We had a zone language study activity this week that was the first time I've ever tried that. We got to learn a lot of phrases like "Kill two birds with one stone" and "drop off the face of the earth" Another member that leaves on her mission next week came and we were able to practice some English with her-- she wants to practice so she'll be able to communicate with other missionaries really well. She's going to be so great on her mission.

We finished lessons with Sister KimNa this week and she was baptized! She kept talking about the spirit she's felt and it's been so cool to meet with her and see her progress. Every time we taught, she said she'd already felt like the Church should believe that/be like that and through that she's found peace. I've truly been able to see the peace, happiness, and pure joy that comes from the gospel!  We were so excited for all the ward support she got and we even got a phone call on Saturday afternoon from the member that referred her asking if we could participate in a musical number with her. We're excited to see her keep growing.

Also we got transfer calls and I will be staying with Sister Morgan and also Sister Pari will be coming, who I was in the MTC with. Always keeping it exciting. This is a work of happiness and God's work! I know it's true!

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Can I get baptized this week?

This has been a good week of missionary week!

We had a small issue come up this week when Sister KimNa called us and asked if she could be baptized this week--something came up where she might have had to leave after her baptism and she didn't want to wait to get the gift of the Holy Ghost. We figured it out though. She no longer has to go and she had her baptismal interview yesterday so she's all ready and excited to be baptized next week and we're so excited for her. She fits in with the members and is so grateful that she's found a place where others believe what she believes. 

We also had a meal with a member who, unbeknownst to us, brought her friend along. We were just eating and then she started bearing her testimony about her good experiences in the Church and how much it had blessed her life. It was so cool! Her friend is Christian and the member worries that she doesn't see a need to change but she really seemed to like when we shared our scripture and we're hoping to keep working with her.

We also met a new friend, 은옥s this week! We met her last week on the street and she has a friend that's a member. We got to know a little bit more about her and introduced our English program to her. She actually attends the largest church in Korea but she seemed pretty open to talking about what we believe and her English is super good! We weren't able to set up another appointment because the worker at the cafe kicked us out a little bit early, but she was excited to meet again.

Lately I've just been thinking about how much I love missionary work! This truly is the happiest work there is and I would recommend you read President Nelson's talk, Joy and Spiritual Survival. I've been studying it this past week and it's so good!

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And some fun pictures from our P-Day activity with Pres. and Sis. Turner:

True doctrine, understood

The time seems to just be flying by! We met Sister KimNa and were able to have a great lesson with some other members. She continues to prepare for baptism and every time we teach her, she says something like, "That's how I thought it was." It truly is making contact with the light of Christ and we can see that she's not learning, she's just remembering. She's progressing so well and even shared an experience where she was able to share about the Gospel with her friends.

Sister Oldroyd and I saw a lot of miracles on exchanges, but maybe the biggest miracle was at a zone proselytizing activity where we were walking down the street and started a conversation with the person next to us. She happened to attend church and started talking about how we both believe the same Bible so we also introduced her to the Book of Mormon. As soon as she understood what we were holding, she said, "Give me your number. We're meeting again to talk about this book" When she truly understood the truth contained in the Book of Mormon, she was determined to read it so we're excited to hear what happens with her since she's not in our area.

This last week we were also able to finish watching Conference and as such, I've spent a good part of the week reviewing my notes. Despite all we learn, if we don't internalize and improve, it doesn't benefit us anything. So many things in the Gospel are so good, but they all require action, so don't forget to set goals and make plans!

사랑해요 

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So, so good!

This week has been so, so busy, but so, so good!

Happy Easter!

We met our investigator, Sister KimNa and she is the most golden investigator I've ever met. We were able to finish teaching the Plan of Salvation and when we invited her to be baptized, there was no question or thought for her-- she'd already decided to be baptized and when we began to talk about a date she said, "Sooner's better, right?" She already has so many friends in the ward, asks us how to be an example in all that we do, and loved conference!

Me, Sister KimNa, Sister Morgan

Last week on the subway, I met a man from Pakistan, talked to him for a bit, and invited him to church. I didn't think a lot about it but Sunday morning he texted us and came to General Conference and was able to talk with the Elders. Through simple invitations, we can see miracles.

이명자s Sister Lee MyeongJa

We also had the opportunity to listen to conference this week and it was so good! I hope everyone had the chance to listen to it and if not I would encourage you to go back and listen to it. Because Sister KimNa came, we actually watched one session in Korean so we're going to go back and study that one again. I know that conference truly is a time of revelation and you will receive answers to any questions that you ask. Having a living prophet is one of the greatest blessings of the restored gospel!

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter!

I thought it couldn't get busier than last week, but I was wrong. We have been running from appointment to appointment and it doesn't help that our area is enormous. We're having a good time, though. There's so much that has happened, I'll just share a couple of the miracles:

We visited Amber and we met a man that has lived in America for many years and told us "I love Mormons" He thought Utah was a great place to live and has a lot of respect for the members of our church he's met over the years so we asked if we could meet and explain our church a little bit more. He wasn't willing to give us his number so we gave him a pamphlet with our number and he started to read it! And asked us questions. We ended up being able to teach him the restoration and he was really interested but we still didn't get his number so we've been praying for him to call us.

One of our investigators has recently stopped responding to calls and texts so we decided to visit her this week. So we planned the visit in but the day before, we kept thinking about visiting her that day. So we visited and on the way were able to run into a less active who stopped to help us with directions and we were able to invite him to church for Easter. He also lived in Orem for a few years so we were able to talk about that! It was a super cool experience that the Lord truly is planning our schedules. 

KimNa is doing great! We met her this week with two other members, 최정숙s and 오미경s and started teaching the Plan of Salvation. She really liked it and downloaded the Gospel Library app which she's been reading along with the pamphlets and Book of Mormon. She came to church and is really becoming involved with the members and we're super excited to see her progress. 

Last of all we got the news that our former AP, who went home 6 weeks ago and has been attending the YSA ward, has been called as the new ward mission leader.

사랑해요!

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