Hello! ^^
One of our investigators is calling us any minute to go eat lunch, so I will attempt to get in as much as I can, but we may cruise pretty quickly.
I hope that all goes well! It's been a fun and a fruitful week as we have worked as hard as we could- whenever we do everything we can with an eye single, God always provides.
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| Sam is the "District Leader" who supervises the six missionaries in this picture, with Sister Po Seol at her baptism |
Zack returned earlier than expected from Taiwan and was able to be confirmed yesterday during sacrament meeting, which is always a sweet experience. He arrived in a sharp suit and tie, and is just incredible. We're excited for him to continue to attend, and for the Chinese presence in Imun to continue to grow. After church, Sister Po Seol (Bao Xue), also from China, was baptized. She is absolutely incredible, has great faith, and understands the fundamentals of the Gospel very well. She more than other investigators I've seen has a great relationship with the branch, and will be a great support. Miracles.
Another Chinese national that we taught with the sisters committed to baptism this week as well, for the first of June, for which we are excited. Certainly not all Chinese citizens are so prepared, we taught one brother who brought some friends this week that were not as polite and left sister Deng and I feeling rather frustrated (>.<), but we are always trying to do our best to share this Gospel and invite as many people as possible to come unto Christ. Teaching Mina, from Thailand, was a great experience, she having only started believing in God about six months ago and having lots and lots of great questions. We were planning on teaching something else, but the Plan of Salvation was definitely right for her and touched her. She committed to receiving the baptismal ordinance as well.
Due to the uncertainty of time, I will follow with several points from the past week.
-Brother Nam called from China and asked when we are joining him in North Korea.
-As we were on our way to meet with Sunghwan, we accidentally took a wrong path and ended up on the top of a small mountain, whereon we met a wise old sage and her granddaughter. She wants us to teach English to her daughter, and to teach us traditional Korean instruments for free. Okay.
-Sunghwan, who we did find eventually, wants more guy friends because he says that in his major of aviation tourism all of his friends are girls. We ate with him, and he wants to come with us to a young adult activity this Saturday with the church. Afterwards we went to a side dish store and bought lotus root, or rhizome to those in the business.
-One investigator got up ten minutes into a lesson when Elder Osborne came in to get something, excused himself for a moment, and went outside. Ten minutes later we got a text saying that we could meet "next time."
-We met with Gu Paengwon several times, including one meal at a meat buffet that we were not expecting.
-We met with Magang, who is amazing. He is Chinese, but goes to church and is very prepared to learn more. There are people who need this Gospel, and I want to make sure that nothng I do interferes with them having that opportunity.
-Studies are fruitful, the branch is supportive, and we are happy, healthy, and tired. There's no other way to be.
-I will finish with the words of a man I talked to on the street on Saturday. He was very kind and open as I introduced myself, and he responded with "술 먹었지만 하나님 믿습니다." (I did have a bit to drink, yes, but I believe in God!...)
All my love from Seoul,
Elder South
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