**side note: SISTER CHO'S CHRISTMAS PACKAGE: I'M SENDING HER A PACKAGE SOON AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE HER FRIENDS WRITE HER A SHORT NOTE/MESSAGE FOR ME TO INCLUDE IN HER PACKAGE. PLEASE EMAIL ME AT jeeheecho@gmail.com. I KNOW SONHEE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU :) --Jeehee Cho
yep even though it's cold. and i can see my breath. and it's snowing every now and then. I AM SO HAPPY :D i'm thinking maybe it has something to do with the gospel. and by maybe i mean OF COURSE slash FOR SURE.
jeehee- your temple/devotional trip sounds like it was a lot of fun! glad you had a good time! and tell brook congrats from me :D and what a perfect calling for you miss "i love being organized all the time!" secretary is one of the hardest callings ever! there is so much work! but i know you'll be fabulous because you're so organized and prepared! and thanks for the address! sorry for no pictures this time! i forgot to bring my cord but i'll attach some next time :)
so there have been so many things going on this past week! there is this awesome guy named mike who has been meeting with us and he is in a rough spot with his family cuz his wife was upset with him and wouldn't let him see his kids who were sick so they were in the hospital! but he kept meeting with us and started doing all the right things like going to church, praying and reading his scriptures and he decided he is going to be baptized. you know what the crazy miracle is? he just found out that his family just started meeting with some missionaries and are going to church! we could call it coincidence because neither party knew the other started meeting the missionaries but there's no such thing as coincidences. but there are things called tender mercies yay!!! when we are doing the right things, Heavenly Father really takes care of everything else! last week i got to teach him about the Book of Mormon because he was confused about the Lamanites and Nephites and where they came from so i drew a picture and broke it down (it was so fun--like teaching chem 105--but even better and more rewarding because it's about salvation!) and it was SO NEAT to see him just soak it in; he had no doubts and he didn't question the truthfulness of any of it because he is a man of so much faith! i can't wait to talk to him after he reads about the Brother of Jared cuz he's a lot like him; he acts on faith and then sees "the finger of the lord"/ the hand of the lord in his life! Anyway, he's so awesome!
there is also this boy named Isaac we are teaching and he is SO great! but when we teach him he looks like he isn't paying attention and doesn't talk much; the only thing we saw when we met with him for the first time is a half smile when we talked about a cool story in the Book of Mormon (a war story in alma since he's a teenage boy haha). BUT GUESS WHAT??!! the next time we met with him, he told us that he's kept his commitments to pray and to go to church! WHAT??!! WHERE DID THAT COME FROM??! and he told the bishop that he's getting baptized! REALLY??!! HOW AWESOME IS THAT.
and the only reason why miracles like this happen is because THIS IS THE TRUE CHURCH. and God's hand is directing his work. this gospel is what softened the heart of mike's wife and prompt her to meet the missionaries. and the gospel is what caused a change in a teenage boy enough to make him want to pray and be baptized. and the gospel is everything that keeps me going. and i love it.
stay warm. go to church. and share the gospel with those around you. i know it's hard but remember what Elder Holland said: "I am convinced that missionary work is not easy because salvation is not a cheap experience. salvation never was easy. we are the Church of Jesus Christ, this is the truth, and He is our great eternal head. how could we believe it would be easy for us when it was never easy for Him?"
love you all :)
Sister Cho
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