gahhh i love it here so much!!! it was bittersweet leaving salt lake though because i loved it there! and i learned so much and met so many awesome people there! but nonetheless i'm glad to be in korea!
so the plane ride was long but it was fun because i got to talk to the people sitting next to me and there are so many awesome people in the world! from SL to San Fran, i sat next to this lady who is a pharmacist (what are the odds of that?! talking to her made me want to do pharmacy more! so that in itself was a tender mercy!) and her boy friend's dad just passed away. DING DING DING QUE PLAN OF SALVATION! so i made sure i had the pamphlets in my backpack so we talked about lesson 2 and left her the pamphlet. SHE WAS SO NICEEEE! :) and from san fran to korea, i sat next to this lady who was going to singapore for the chinese new year and we talked about religion and about the Gospel of Jesus Christ! i'm hoping she read the pamphlet on her way from korea to singapore! YAY FOR THE GOSPEL AND YAY FOR AWESOME PEOPLE :)
anyway, i was grateful that i was able to talk to people who actually listened to me on the ride over to korea because when i got to korea, i realized that NO ONE LISTENS TO THE MISSIONARIES! haha sad but true! the second day i was there, we did some 전도ing on the streets by a subway station and I was so so surprised at how people would see us and then just walk faster and say they were busy! and then people would just brush us off by saying they were buddhist and then when we asked if they worshipped regularly they said uhh no! and then they'd just run off! it was so funny because people in salt lake at least took our flyers and pamphlets but people here don't even want to take a piece of paper with them! crazy huh??
so this one grandma looked like she had been 등산-ing (hiking somewhere like all the old people do here!) and she was tired so she was walking real slow. and NO ONE WALKS SLOW HERE! so my companion and i thought this was our chance so we walked up to her and said "hello!" and she did a double take and then her eyes got super huge and that poor tired grandma just RAN FOR HER LIFE! my companion was worried that my feelings were going to be hurt but i thought it was so funny! haha I LOVE PROSELYTING ON THE STREETS HERE! :) and even though people don't listen, i know that Heavenly Father is happy that i'm still proclaiming His word to His children :)
so two days ago, on monday, we had a new years conference (so we didn't have emailing time then! but normally, pday is still monday fyi jee!) and i met all these 교포s from salt lake! daddy do you know brother 문현양 and brother 서석우? their sons are here in this mission so we talked about utah and stuff :) it was neat!
anyway, to wrap it up, mommy and daddy- i'm so grateful that you taught me korean because everywhere i go, people are so surprised that i can speak like a korean and i've had several people tell me that they want to meet my parents and tell them how much they respect you for teaching us korean! :) thank you so so much :) oh and EVERYONE KNOWS 할아버지 here!!! it's so great! they say he's such a great man! i'm so grateful for that heritage too :) gahhh, i love you family! :)
thought for the day: my goal is to live every day to its fullest so that i can write in my journal what nephi wrote in 2nephi 5:27 "and it came to pass that we lived after the manner of happiness." cuz i know that through following heavenly father, we can obtain true and lasting happiness! how awesome is that?!! :)
-sister cho
oh and i forgot to tell you i'm in the 안양 (anyang) stake in 금천!
pictures: my companions (they are great!), the 교포s i met, an investigator and her friends we are teaching and half of our mission at the new year conference and some other ones :)
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