Music Jundo과 Miracles

Hello everyone! 

This week was another good one.  Lots of just jundoing on the streets, talking to people, rejection haha.  But it's all good! We're struggling to find investigators right now, but the prepared ones are out there somewhere! 

This week we had a pretty cool miracle.  The sister investigator Sister 박나연(BakNayeon) got baptized a transfer before I got to this area.  But she never came back.  She blocked the sisters phone, and just basically dissappeared.  So she never received the Holy Ghost! Her baptism wasn't even complete! That was maybe 12 weeks ago that this happened.  Me and Elder Lee were on our way to Lotteria (equivalent of Burger King in America) to do our language study and a girl said Hello to us, which is weird. And it turned out to be that Sister.  She said she had been busy and her boyfriend had made her block the missionaries.  So we ended up talking for a bit and then going to Lotteria.  While studying we called the Sisters and said get to the Market area, Baknayeon is there.  And right after that she came in and started studying with us.  And then the Sisters show up!! So We talk and the Sisters are able to get their phone unblocked and set up an appointment with her! 

Unfortunately she had work at a coffee shop Sunday so she couldn't make it to church.  But while we were doing music jundo by the river in our area she came and talked to Sister Johnson for like an hour.  Afterwards Sister Johnson said that the BakNayeon is going to repent, and quite her job to come to church!! So next week she'll finally receive the gift of the Holy Ghost! Miracles do happen! When we follow the council of your leaders (like studying outside the house) and keep mission rules and the commandments is when the Lord blesses your work! I'm so grateful for the opportunity to come out here, and be a servant of the Lord, it is truly amazing!

The other fun thing was Music Jundo! Sister Johnson plays the guitar so we went down by the river where people hang out on Sunday evening and sang songs and talked to people! I hate singing in front of people, but I tried anyways and I was blessed.  My fear immediately went away and I was able to feel the spirit so strongly while singing simple songs like I am a child of God.  Families can be Together Forever.  I love music, it has so much power, it can soften hearts.  Even though we didn't find new investigators from it I'm sure it touched someone.

Ok and last but not least.  We visited a big temple this morning as a district! It is called 해인사 Hae-een sa. It's a really special temple because it's where they keep all of the Buddhist Scriptures.  So that was neat.  We had a tour guide and everything.  Pics included. 

Love you everyone! Remember to look for opportunities to serve and love others! Have a good week!

SPLIT BUDDHA

THE PAGODA WITH PART OF BUDDHA'S REMAINS

THE TEMPLE WHERE THEY WORSHIP BUDDHA

A COOL PAINTING

US ON A BRIDGE

THE BUILDING WHERE THEY KEEP THE SCRIPTURES

AHHHH! COFFEE!

Hello everyone.  I bet you're wondering about the title of my email, I'll explain that, but you'll have to read this email to find it. haha.

We are kind of struggling to find investigators so it's beed a lot of jundoing this week.

On the bright side we had a lot of appointments with members! We showed up to a members house one night and surprise! Like half of the branch was there and they had a tooon  of food! It was awesome! We were able to teach to the needs of our members really well.  We found out that one of the members doesn't feel like he has enough conviction to share about Joseph Smith, and that happened to be the topic of our message! Joseph Smith and sharing about him and the restoration with friends. Super awesome, if you listen to the Spirit it'll tell you what to teach.  And we definitely didn't know how to help them but the Spirit told us.

Other than that and a few other member meetings we just jundo'd a lot.  It's really hot, and not a lot of people will talk to us right now, but they will come! I know it!

Now for the title.  We were encouraged to start doing Language and Companion study out of our house so that people see us.  So we went to a cafe to do it.  So I went to order the waffles that we wanted.  I ordered and they say no to the waffles my companion wanted so I ordered two of my kind.  Apparantly she said that there are no waffles.  She asked if I wanted "ice" and I didn't know what she meant so I just was like uhhh sure.  And she asked if I wanted regular size.  I didn't know waffles came in different sizes so I just said yes.  When they brought the stuff out to us it was coffee! I accidentaly ordered coffee! I'm the worst missionary ever! But my companion took it back and said we don't drink coffee and that my american friend was trying to order waffles.  I love the foreigner card.  But ya, I ended up just getting a bagel.  I stink at ordering food here.

Also today we went to a cool Buddha statue called catbawi.  It was super cool but I gotta go!

Love ya all! Bye!

BIG BUDDHA

WEIRD PHOTO WITH GYEONGSAN SIGN

ME BEING WEIRD PART 2

EXCHANGES!!

Hello everyone! This week was super awesome! Got to do some exciting stuff.  

The most exciting part was probably that I went on exchanges with Elder Bunker! Wells Bunker! It was super weird being with someone I've known since elementary school.  He is super good. Super good at Korean, super Faithful. It was an awesome exchange.  I went to 수성 Suseong for it.  One of his investigators punked us so that stunk, but after that we met with a recent convert who I had met on exchanges here a week before Christmas when he was an investigator.  We had met to postpone his baptismal date.  Turns out that he ended up getting baptized in January, on my birthday!! It was super cool to see him again.  He seems a lot happier than before. We got to teach about temples and Family history work and testify about blessings that come from the temple.  It was awesome! Me and Elder Bunker talked a lot about prayer so that's what I want to share about.  How to know if your prayer is sincere.  We talked about how when you pray not just asking for blessings. Not saying "bless us to find someone" but telling God what you're going to do to get blessings.  Saying " as we talk to everyone we see, help us find people" instead.  Also we talked about after the prayer you should feel different.  If your prayer was sincere you should have focused thoughts.  Or have a desire to serve God. One thing I studied this week was all these famous prayers in the scriptures and what the people did afterwards.  Enos goes and teaches the Lamanites after he prays for them (Enos 1) Solomon turns, blesses and teaches the people (1 Kings 19?)  Ezra and all his people repent (Ezra 9?). These all have something in common.  They got off their knees and did something.  And that's what we should do after we pray.  If our prayer was sincere we will get up and act. God hears our prayers.  He will answer them if we pray with the intent to act. I know he will.  

Another great thing that happened this week was that we picked up an old investigator.  They dropped him last transfer or two transfers ago.  His name his George. He's from Ghana.  He is attending another church but it sounds like he likes our beliefs.  I haven't met him cuz this happened on exchange.  I'm going bowling with him today though. 

We also have our investigator who's from Afghanistan.  Janee.  He has been reading and praying about the book of Mormon.  We haven't met with him in a week but we called him and he's been reading. He's super cool. 

Last P-day we went to a festival in our area, we did some cool stuff.  All the old people wanted me and the Sister from America in my area to come do the traditional Korean games and wear hanbok. It was super fun, they also had cool traditional fan and sword dances.  It was sweet.

But ya that was my week! Super good one! I hope y'all have a good one!

Remember to love everyone! Pray (sincerely) to find people to serve and then do it! 

PS  This is my Korean name.  Elder Jang made it. 張장多다遜손 (Colton Geddes)