Dear People I Love,
Happy happy 추석!! We're emailing today (Tuesday) because everything on Monday was closed because of the holiday season! It's such a big holiday here! Traffic was really really bad starting Friday evening because EVERYONE goes to visit their parents/grandparents for the weekend! It was really interesting because on Saturday and Sunday, there were really not very many people on the streets because everyone was gone! it was an interesting feeling being in "empty" seoul lol It's back to normal now though :)
Sunday, we were invited to two 식사s: for lunch, we went to a ward member's house and for dinner, we were invited over to 남복출 감독님's house of 서대문 ward. Both were so much fun! So i actually found out the 2nd Sunday i was in 홍제 ward that the family who invited us for lunch is actually related to me! lol 이강호b is somehow related to 할아버지 :D so that was a fun lunch appointment :) and when we went to dinner, the bishop had invited the temple president and his wife and also all the people working at the temple too! So it was so fun being able to talk to those familiar people that we see when we go to the temple but never had a chance to get to know! And turns out they all know you daddy! (one lady said she grew up with you and she sang opera with you at a fireside once! and one couple said that they stayed at our house in Pleasant Grove! small small world!) Anyway, it was such a fun night! and the food was SO SO good!! :)
anyway, something cool happened on monday that i want to share. So the missionaries in our mission are advised to talk to 20 people every day about our message and on monday, our evening schedule was a little tight so we had talked to exactly 20 people and we were on our way to visit a member. Usually, sister kim and i try to talk to more than that but on monday, that's all we had time for. But we saw a lady at a bus stop with her son after we had talked to the 20th person for the day. And we felt like we should talk to her so we did. She was a little cold and clearly said she wasn't interested in our message or in receiving our card. BUT THEN, her son, who looked like 11 or 12, said "hey mom, but I want that card!." and the mom was a little surprised and was taken off guard by her son but still said she wasn't interested. but the son said 2 more times that he wanted to take our card! So HE TOOK OUR CARD. and kept looking at it even after we left! sister kim and i were just so amazed at the miracle we saw in talking to the 21st person! we really see miracles when we push ourselves just a little more than what we think we can do, because that's the point in which we rely fully on Heavenly Father! that's the thought i'd like to leave for this week: we really see miracles when we just push ourselves a little more than what we think we can do! and never delay a promtping, as elder Evans taught last conference! He said miracles happen and lives are changed when we act on those promptings we receive!
anyway, love you all! have a great week :D
sister cho
pics
bishop's kids in hanboks on sunday for chuseok!
the family i'm related to who invited us for lunch!
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