Hi everyone!
This week has been so amazing! I'm constantly feeling the spirit and really learning to love everyone!
Last Monday we had district Pday, so that's why the email stunk. We only had a half hour to email and it was split into two 15 minute periods. We went to this amusement park and ice-skated! Super fun!
Tuesday we had another service activity at the old people home. After we finished playing games and eating nasty Korean old people food, we helped one of the members whose dad is a nonmember, dig holes to put radishes in for the winter. So many radishes! We dug two holes that were 3 feet deep and 10 feet long and filled them with radishes. Unfortunately the only pics I have of it are on one of the sisters cameras, so I'll get it next week.
We also spent all day Wednesday digging holes for radishes.
The radishes here are way different than american radishes. They are super big and green and white. Also they taste better. Pickled radishes are a side dish for pretty much every meal I eat. We have a big box of radish slices in the fridge and I sneak slices all the time when I get hungry. Soooo yummy!
Thursday we had Zone training meeting and the mission leadership council decided to make it a goal to baptize someone before Christmas as a gift to Christ this year. They challenged us to up our dedication and consecration and watch the Lord bless us with miracles. So we thought, how can we find someone to start teaching and baptize? Since our area is so big we decided to try to visit one of the other cities. So we randomly chose a city and it turned out to be 영양 Yoengyang. Friday we set out on our adventure. When we got there we quickly realized that this was not a great place to proselyte... It was super countryside and there were no people. We walked around for 2 hours and only talked to like 5 or 6 people... But is was fun! We probably won't go back there for a while.
So after our lack of success in visiting Yeongyang we decided we needed to fast. So we fasted Sunday and we saw a crazy miracle. Right after Sacrament this Arabic man came up to my companion and 류명재 (one of the members) and asked about Alma 7:14. Turns out the missionaries gave him and Arabic Book of Mormon months ago and then lost contact. The scripture talks about being born again and repenting. So I explained baptism, he told me he wanted to take the next step and felt that this church is true, and then I felt impressed to ask if he would be baptized (all in English) AND HE SAID YES!! So we are going to meet with him and prepare him for Baptism.
His baptismal date is December 25! Christmas Day. He is so awesome. He's from Egypt and his family is still living there. He speaks a little bit of Korean, a decent amount of English. His native language is Arabic though. So it's a little crazy when we have three people in a lesson that all speak a different language haha. So ya that was an amazing faith builder for me.
I know that this work is God's work. We can't do it on our own. I know as we show our faith God will bless us with success in whatever we need. I know that he cares about me and is helping me all along the way. I'm so grateful for the blessing this mission is in my life. Have a good week everyone! I'm on a weird computer in Daegu so the pictures might not work. But I'll get them next week. Love you all!!
I did remember mom's birthday, I wrote about it in my journal and told all the 안동 missionaries about it :)
I don't miss cleaning the house because I still do it everyday haha! I do the dishes because Elder 장 cooks all the food. Also my job is vacuuming on P-day.
The political stuff here is nuts too. First off, their president is involved in a scandal so 2 million people protested in Seoul the other day. Over 2% of the population. It was all over the news.
The people here are also really invested in the US elections. They HATE Donald Trump. One of the members is going to BYU-I in December and he's super worried that he'll get sent home. I had to explain to him that it's fine though.
It's hard to talk to people here, especially asking questions but I'll try to ask people questions about serving. They don't have gardens though. My companion asked me about lawn mowers and we talked about lawns and stuff. Pretty funny! Also my weekly email is gonna be clutch so don't miss it. Love you! Have a good week!
Elder Geddes
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