First of all, it was so great to talk to you yesterday! boy that hour flew by :P you guys are the best family ever. oh and i finally opened that package all the way AND THOSE BOWS ARE SO CUTE! my companions were like "wait, you got MORE bows?!" bahaha i'm wearing the blue and white striped one right now and i love it! and i refrigerated the yak shik and i'm excited to eat it! my companions want to try some of it too. oh and jee your cards were sooo cute! and that family picture you sent me- yeah, hwa jil wan jun jo wa! everyone looks so good in it gahhh i love you guys! and thanks for all who wrote to me; i loved hearing from you :D (tycee, we were at a baptism and these kids kept crying but i pulled out the window stickers and they were quiet the rest of the baptism! leave it to miss brown to calm the kids! bahaha you're great!)
so christmas was so great here! the members and our investigators totally made sure we weren't feeling homesick with all sorts of gifts and goodies and everyone was so loving and invited us over even though their families were all there and stuff. i know exactly what kind of a member i want to be when i get back because i've met sooo many awesome members here! but the best part of the day was seeing one of our investigators receive the best-est gift everrrr: the gift of the Holy Ghost! we had two baptisms on saturday and one of them was steph and she is AMAZING. she's had a rough past but she is so teachable and humble! so as we started teaching her, you could see the change in her countenance because the atonement kicked in to her life! before she was like "i just want to know what you have to say. i DO NOT want to be baptized or anything. i'm not interested." but as we met with her, she was like, "so when can i get baptized? what do i have to do?" and she's been reading her scriptures and praying like crazy! and because of the power and strength she got from those simple things, she was able to just completely let go of drugs and gave up cigarettes! the other day, she was like "you sisters are the best. you better have lots of blessings bestowed upon you for having to deal with people like me. wait, did i just use the word BESTOW? where'd i get that?!" and we were like "gahhh you've been reading your scripturessss yayyyy!" the change in steph's life has been a huge miracle and it was possible all because of Jesus Christ! she is going to be such a great contribution to her ward and the church! but you know what's funny? satan knows that too. he knew that she was going to be a great member and influence so this past week (the week before her baptism) all sorts of things were going wrong! she got into arguments with her mom and she got really really sick and her 3 year old son got sick and she wasn't feeling well when we went to see her and she had cravings. BUT GUESS WHAT? she kept turning to the good in her life and she got baptized! tadaaa! she is on God's team and the cool thing is that His team always wins :D it was so cool to see her receive the Holy Ghost on Christmas! the best gift everrr on Christmas! how appropriate :)
Anyway, life is fabulous here in SLC! we had 2604 baptisms this year in the mission! the Lord really does love ALL His children and wants everyone to receive the blessings that the gospel brings. He's so great :) this church is soooo true. I'm so grateful for what Christ did for me. and for you. and for you. and for you!! the only way that someone so imperfect (meeee) can participate in such a perfect work is through the loving atonement of Jesus Christ!
No matter what, keep praying because that's what makes Christ smile: "And when Jesus had spoken these words he came again unto his disciples; and behold they did pray steadfastly, without ceasing, unto him; and he did SMILE upon them again" [3 Nephi 19:30]
love you all.
sister cho
"our district picture!"
"steph's baptism yay!"
"we're teaching dylan and kaley and they're going to be baptized in january!"
"christmas eve we all slept by the christmas tree bahaha it was so fun :)"
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