So it was another fabulous week here in seoul! we were so so busy this week but being is busy is such a blessing! :)
1. We were able to meet 4 new investigators this week! it's been crazy because referrals have just been pouring in from people we didn't expect and they are all such different people but they were so fun to meet! It's really interesting because they all want to learn English so it's been really fun speaking more English :) One of the investigators is a man who had previously planned to get baptized but life got in the way so he couldn't. So we're going to try to help him get back on track to baptism :) This past week has been a huge testimony builder that PMG is really inspired. There's this part called "how to begin teaching" which helps missionaries figure out where to start when they meet a new investigator and with each person that we've been meeting with, this "how to begin teaching" part just helps things flow and establishes expectations from both the investigators and the missionaries so no one is confused or misunderstands each other. yay for our inspired PMG :D
2. we visited a less active lady who is just so sweet but she's never home. we were worried that she wouldn't be home again so we thought maybe we should call her and then we felt like we should just go and not be worried. so we followed this gut feeling and yep, she was home and invited us in and we had a great conversation about the importance of families and education in the home :) the cooler part is that as we were leaving, we asked her if she could pray for us. and she said "well, i don't think so, i don't think i should because it's been too long and i haven't attended church recently anyway..." but it was so cool because we told her that there's no such person who isn't worthy or able to pray and sister lee added, "oh, it's okay! that's the more reason to pray!" and gave her just one little push. and guess what? she prayed. and it was such a sweet prayer. and afterwards she said "it's been 10 years since i've prayed!" WOW. how cool. even though she's not coming back to church right away or anything, it was so cool to see how people can change when invited to do so :)
3. lastly, on friday, we MADE KIMCHI! two of our zones 김장ed from 10am-5pm and it was so so fun. i figured out that to make the 아줌마s and 할머니s happy, you need to get the 양념 and 무 stuff all the way up to the top of the cabbage ;) and yes, mommy, i will be more helpful when you make 김치 when i get back ;) what was really cool was that the grandma and other single lady at my table were just such fun people to talk to. infact, the single lady (she was in her 20's) was interested in our English class so we exchanged information and she said she's coming next week :) MIRACLE.
4. the thought for the week comes from elder bednar's conference talk a while back where he said "Most frequently, revelation comes in small increment over time and is granted according to our desire, worthiness, and preparation." We have been relying on this principle of revelation because we have no idea what kind of lives these new investigators have lived and we really don't know what things they need from the gospel. i guess it'd be easier to just stated what i do know of them which is basically their names and how many people are in their family :P so we really don't know much at all! but Heavenly Father does. and how lucky we are that He's on our team ;) all He asks is that we have a desire, are worthy, and prepare the best we can. and He gives us the rest :) and how awesome is is that this works for all aspects of our lives :) He's great.
Love you all,
Sister Cho
ps. jee, thanks for your package!!! your pictures are so so cute!!! :D max, i loved the yellow socks!!
pictures:
sisters at 김장
me and sister lee with our district leader
and with our zone leaders in action :)
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