Meeting the New Mission President!

Hello hello! My email won't be too long but enjoy.

This week was super good! I got to meet 정동환 회장님! (President Jeong) For my first time! He's super funny, and he's really good at English! Like nearly perfect.  We talked a lot about faith, and making big goals, and specific plans to accomplish these goals.  So I set some high goals for the rest of my mission.  And I know what I need to do to accomplish them, but the Lord's help is definitely needed.  His help is always needed, cuz we're all insufficient.  As long as we are trying our hardest to accomplish our righteous goals he can fill in the rest.   Also I had an interview with President Jeong that same day! I said the opening prayer in Korean and he said "wow, your Korean is really good!" Let's go!!! But I don't know if I've ever felt the spirit so strong in an interview, it was amazing.  He was called of God to be the President of our mission, that is for sure.  He's such a kind and loving person.  Also he gives really really good hugs, I've been craving those because Elder Lee won't let me touch him. 

Also this week we had a cool miracle.  This old guy was sitting on the side of the street and he looked angry, so we talked to him and he was such a nice guy! He didn't have a phone so we gave him a time to come meet us a few days later and he came!! He is so awesome.  We taught the restoration and he liked it and asked if he can come to church.  He didn't make it yesterday but we are hopeful! He also accepted baptism but we haven't given him a date yet.  I love him! His name is 김윤건 Kim Yoongun. 

Anyways that's it for the week, sorry but I'm going to a waterfall so this is short. But pics included!

Love you all have a good one!

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Elder Geddes

My New Squad

The Roaring Waterfall

JULY 10, 2017

So this week was super awesome!

Last Monday we headed down to this little town in our area called 청도 Cheongdo to go ride a rail bike and eat 추어탕 Loach Soup because it's famous there and I liked the soup when I had it in Miryang.  The railbike was pretty fun, there was a tunnel with spiders so that wasn't cool but I didn't die.  When we ate the soup Sister Johnson said you're suppose to put a ton of this seasoning in it. She put in a whole spoonful, I put in a half.  It was not good.  My mouth went numb from it and from that point on in that day, when I drank water it tasted like lemon pepper.... Super bad. 

We had a super good lesson with our recent convert 김재민 Kim Jaemin.  He was Catholic and hasn't told his parents about the church, even though he's living with them.  But we taught about Faith and the Sabbath Day and commited him to tell his parents about it.  The spirit was super stong in that meeting, anyone could have felt it.  But hopefully he has the faith to tell his parents about it.

On thursday we did exchange. I went to Suseong with Elder Bunker again! Friday morning we were planning our day and since the night before in MCM the Ward Mission Leader told us if you want something you've never had, you have to do something you've never done.  So in planning we asked what have we never done?  Neither of us had gone to a University to teach a lecture on Mormonism but we had heard of missionaries that have.  So we decided to choose a 신학대학교 which is basically a school to train people to be pastors and proselyters that are mostly corrupt and hate Mormons.   It was terrifying to be honest.  We were super nervous heading over there.  But once we took that step of Faith and went into the school to talk to someone it was all good.  We talked to a guy and he said he would tell the guys in charge about us and think about it. But after doing something crazy it was super easy to talk to people just on the street.  

On Saturday we had a meeting with 조용대 Jo Yongdae our new investigator.  This was the third time we tried to teach him the Restoration, and in this lesson he denied us three times.  Every time we tried to teach he interepted with something unimportant like Elder Lee's birthday or that me and Elder Bunker are both from New Jersey.  Also he was really rude about my Korean, even though I'm pretty decent. So we big dropped him. Zero gospel interest.

Sunday the sisters had an investigator come to church who is super old and homeless.  Kinda odd dude to walk into church.  He also can't hear so he was a bit loud. I could tell that a few of the members weren't happy that he was hear.  But during sacrament meeting he looked at me and gave me a thumbs up.  And it was really cool. I was super happy that he was there and I could feel so much love for the guy. He's super cool.

My message for the week is do something you've never done.  Something that requires some faith.  That's when the miracles happen.  When you start doing the things that most people would just pass on.  God will bless us all for our faith.  I know that, and I see it in my work when I start doing things with faith.  If we want something we've never had, we have to do something we've never done!

I love you all! Have an awesome week! Look for opportunities to serve and love others!

THE PAPER STORE WHERE I BOUGHT 50 CENT POKEMON CARD PACKS

ME AND MY POKEMON CARDS

BY THE RAILBIKES

BY THE RAILBIKES

ON THE RAILBIKES

ON THE RAILBIKES

WAITING FOR THE BUS

WE MADE GUACAMOLE!

NEW INVESTIGATORS! I GET TO KILL ELDER LEE!

July 2, 2017

Hello everyone! So transfers actually came in like a week ago. I get to stay with Elder Lee! He will die at the end of this transfer so I'm super excited! He's teaching me hmong and Japanese so that's fun! 

This week we found two new investigators that are super awesome! One of them is Jo Yongdae 조용대 he is like 70. But he's super funny and he loves that Elder Lee is hmong, and that I'm American. He's says I look like a perfect Canadian though.  He loves Jesus, we have to bring him new pictures of Jesus when we meet because he loves them.  He's hard to teach because he likes to just talk.  So we introduced the Book of Mormon and he said he will read it and come to church before Elder Lee leaves. 

The other investigator is Isaac.  He's from Ghana.  He is Roman Catholic, but doesn't really seem to into it.  He believes in Jesus and told us his relationship with God isn't great because he sins. He is trying to be better though.  So he's a super awesome guy! We taught him the first lesson and he said he wants to read the Book of Mormon and meet with us to learn more! He's busy with school so we've only been able to meet him once, but lots of potential.

This week I got last words from President Barrow.  He talked about desire.  Desire to serve God.  And he said to increase your desire you need to increase your love.  Specifically for these five things. 1. God  2. The Savior and his sacrifice 3. The Holy Ghost 4. The People and 5. Everything it takes to become a great missionary, or just a great person.  As we increase these five things our desire to serve God and to do good will increase.  I am so grateful that I've gotten to spend the first year of my mission with President Barrow, I know he was called of God to be my President.  And I know that President Jeong was called by God to be my new mission President. I'm super excited to learn from him.  But it is super sad that the Barrows are gone.

Hope you all had a great week! Remember to love everyone and try to serve! I gotta go, so I'll talk to ya next week!

US ON THE FRIED EGGS CAUSE THIS PLACE IS SO STINKIN HOT!

MELON SORBING

POOP DREAMS

Hey everyone! I bet you're wondering about my title this week. You're just gunna have to wait and see! 

This week two miracles happened!

Number one: The girl that me and Elder Lee found on the street that didn't get the holy ghost and was working on Sundays got fired! So she came to church and got the gift of the holy ghost!! Super awesome! It was the first saving ordinance that I have participated in on my mission! Such awesome spirit there! 

Number two: There is a super awesome member in our branch, she is so cool, and is a really good cook.  But her husband is a non-member and he doesn't believe in God.  So we went to there house for dinner and to teach a lesson to them. In our lesson we talked about the purpose of life and faith.  This guy doesn't believe in life after death so he thinks life's purpose is success.  So we taught him the purpose of life and were pretty bold with him.  He seemed to receive it well.  His wife told him to come to English class the next day but he said no.  He doesn't like going to the church any more.  But the next day in English Class he showed up! He left to go play ping pong in the other room but he was in the church! We played ping pong with him after class, he's pretty good. Elder Lee said that he seemed different than the other times they've met him in the past at that lesson. So let's hope that the spirit is starting to change him!

Anyways in that meeting I found out something amazing.  We were talking about all the lucky kinds of dreams.  There's obviously pig dreams, and dragon dreams.  There's snake dreams, which are bad.  And the best of all is that there's Poop dreams!! Eating poop in your dream is just about the best thing that can happen! Also you can sell all these dreams (except the snake) for money!! Isn't that great?

Anyways spiritual message! 

I studied a lot this week and pondered about my missionary work.  Specifically how I want to do it, and how I can do it in my unique way and not like Dan Jones or Elder Oh Eechan. We all have been given special talents to bless others.  Since we are all children of God we all have amazing potential.  We should always be striving to fulfill that potential! 

Anyways gotta fly, but I'll talk to ya next week!

DISTRICT LUNCH

SISTER SONG

ELDER LEE

ME - WE ARE WAITING AT THE PARK FOR A GUY WHO PUNKED US

SISTER JOHNSON