September 18, 2011

This week was unbelievable. We saw so many miracles! We have been working our heads off and it is paying off ten fold. We picked up six new investigators this week. SIX. And they are real investigators too! with genuine interest!!! One of them is a stay at home mom with three crazy kids. She called about a free english flyer but when we showed up all she wanted to talk about was the church. After calling us she researched our church, found our website, watched our church videos, read some of the book of mormon online and told us, "all my friends told me you guys were a cult but i think they are wrong, i think it might be true". She is amazing! Also her son is unreal. He's this 6 year old ball of energy and the minute i sat down he jumps on me and gives me a bear hug and tells me im pretty. He did this a few more times during the lesson so i totally didnt see it coming when he grabbed my cheeks and kissed me on the lips! We are soul mates probably.  We also picked up a Chinese girl whos english is better than her korean so we teach her in english. She is so prepared. Everytime im around her I feel the spirit. She WILL be baptized. we also met our little ex nun they other day in a coffee shop. I was worried it was going to be too loud and crazy and the spirit wouldnt be there but He WAS. We read from the book of mormon and bore our testimonies. We both felt guided and prompted throughout the whole lesson. I even made a few coherent sentences (the church is true) She told us she thinks the Book of Mormon was inspired by God and that she feels Gods love when she's around us- is there any better compliment in the world? i dont think so. Ah! I could go on and on about all our new investigators. We are so busy that we aren't really taking a p day today because we have so many appointments.  I love being busy! On the way home last night this grandpa made me sit next to him on the bus. He started talking to me a mile a minute about how god and buddah and jesus are all one person and I would just nod my head and say yes when I thought he was asking me a question- sometimes i would add a sentence or two about my testimony and told him about the book of mormon. It was all i could do to not bust up laughing at the ridiculousness of our conversation. At the end when he was getting up to leave I tried to hand him a pamphlet. He looks at me, smiles, pats my hand, takes the pamphlet and says in perfect English, "youre a lovely person- just keep studying korean ok?" WHAT THE HECK! He was totally messing with me. roar.  We had mission tour this week with Elder Aoyagi. It was AMAZING! I feel like a new missionary. It was kind of a cool meeting. Elder Aoyagi is Japanese so he had a translator translating into english and then the assistants would translate into korean. It made for a long meeting but it was so amazing! He told us his amazing conversion story and made us feel so excited to be missionaries in Korea.  He told us about how we need to be aware of our authority as missionaries- he asked us to promise blessings to our investigators. As we have done that this week we have seen miracles in the lives of our investigators. One of our high schoolers has been afraid to tell her mom she has been meeting with the missionaries (sometimes korean parents are controlling to the max) We prayed with her and promised her that if she had the faith that heavenly father would soften her moms heart and everything would turn out ok. Guess who was a church WITH HER MOM on sunday! I honestly started crying when i saw the big mischievous grin on her face.  I have a testimony of the living Christ. He lives at this moment. He is aware of us- all our wants and desires. I know that he loves us more than we could ever imagine. He stands ready to help. I know that this is His church. He wants us to feel the blessings of this gospel but He can't make us. We have to do it ourselves. I love that people really can and do change. Do your visiting/home teaching! Read your scriptures! Have family home evening! Go to the temple! Do those things and everything is going to be ok. No matter what.   I am so grateful for my family. Thank you for your strength. I never realized how incredible it is to not have to worry about your family- i do, but not about the big stuff. I know that you're doing the important things- thanks for being rockstars. oh! guess what? I got my chemically straightened for 20 buck because the hair people freaked out about my hair being blonde. KOREA IS AWESOME! and so is my pantene pro-v commercial hair.  KK I LOVE YOU! Write me letters! Be good! The church is true i PROMISE.Pray for my korean. It is so horrible. Lovie dovie- 런 드 자 매