JULY 24
daddy- thanks for your mission story!!! it's interesting to think that you've had the experiences that i've had on my mission :P 아빠도 젊었을때 가 있긴 있었군요... ㅋㅋㅋ we eat ice cream all the time! like 3 times a day cuz it's so hot :P but we found this 70% off ice cream place so it's only lik 30 cents to 60 cents ^^ oh and do you know a 김동순자매님? she's in our ward and she said that she was friends with you when you were growing up! :D small world!
jee! congrats on your pcat score!!! i knew you'd do well :) so yeah you'll definitely have to help me when i get back lol and yee i'm so excited for you to go through the temple!!!!!! i'm praying for you sis :)
so this past wednesday was 초복 which is the beginning of the hottest days of summer in Korea. and yep. it was hot. to say the least :P they eat 삼계탕 (a really hot whole chicken soup dish here) to beat the heat with heat! so on wednesday, we went to a member's house and she fed us each a chicken (but neither of us could finish it lol) and i'm not sure if it beat the heat but it was super yummy for sure!!!
so you remember our miracle investigator who was supposed to get baptized at the end of this month? and she couldn't come to church last week? well turns out she had some big unexpected family problems that came up so her date's been put off for now so we're praying for her!!! it's amazing what kind of things get in the way when people are so close to making good choices and making awesome covenants! i guess that's when the adversary does anything he can to stop the good from happening! when i had that thought, i realized that this fact isn't just true for investigators; it's true for all of us. whenever we start to make good changes in our lives, things always get in the way that make it difficult to carry through with our good choices. for instance, there are lots of hot and rainy and sticky days that fill our week and thinking about going outside sometimes seems like just a bad idea :P but sister hill and i have definitely realized that when we push through, and we push to the edge, that's when we see miracles :) we're praying that our investigator will be able to take care of the problems that beset her right now as she continues to read her scriptures and pray. and then, after that, she'll be even stronger and then she'll be even more happy to make her baptismal covenants :)
anyway, the miracle (well, we have lots but the main one :P) for the week happened on Friday. Sister hill and i both felt like we should go to 은행나무 4거리 to go 전도. so we did. but it was blazing hot and it had just rained, so it was even more humid! so it felt like i was walking around in wet laundry :P my 60 cent fan that i bought this summer has seriously been my best 60 cent investment EVER :) so we got to the four way and the side that we usually 전도 on was way way way too hot and had no shade. so we went to the other side which was the side that had all these grandmas selling vegetables and stuff on the street so we don't prefer that side because it's too crowded. so the first person i said hi to was the lady selling 야쿠르트. but she had this sarcastic and angry look on her face because she was there the last time we ran into a lady who told everyone around us that we were 이단 (word that means we are not a true religion cuz we are a branch off of something or something like that and kinda the word kinda has a cult meaning to it too apparantly.) so i guess she decided to believe that lady instead of trying to talk to us. so sis hill and i said maybe we should just leave her alone. so we talked to other people. and there was this one grandma i talked to who was so so sweet. and she wasn't interested, but when i was on the other side of the street, she bought sis hill a yogurt thing (that the lady was selling) and left. and then when i crossed the street, the yogurt lady i guess felt bad that only sister hill got one so she gave me one for free! we were so so so SURPRISED!!! i don't even really like the yogurt stuff but it tasted great because she gave it to me haha! and then sister hill and i went to get 50 cent soft serve at lotteria and we both felt like it'd be a good idea to buy the yogurt lady some icecream! so we did. and guess what. she thanked us. and when we were about to leave, she asked us all these questions about where we're from, why we're here, what our church believes, and where the nearest church is, what we did before we came out on a mission, and what the book of mormon is. WOW!!! all that came from a 50cent gesture of "thanks for the extra yogurt." oh the blessings of gratitude!
this brings me to the spiritual thought of the day: President Monson started off a talk a few conferences ago by saying that the two most important words are "thank you." and really, it's true. relationships are strengthened, awkward situations are transformed into opportunities to develop friendships (and yes, sis hill and i are very familiar with awkward situations :P), anger is dissipated and replaced with a chance to see everyone as a child of God, and we become more Christlike as we show gratitude to everyone--not just the people we like but to everyone!
Hope everyone has a great week!
sister cho
i'll send some pictures next week!
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