KOREA, KIMCHI AND CONVERSION

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!