Good afternoon! I write today on a beautifully clear day grateful for all that we've been able to experience this week. It is unfortunate in some ways that the weather is so clear today on preparation day rather than on the frosty days we've had this week, where people would rather be in cozying up by the whatever is used instead of fires in apartments instead of outside talking with us.
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It's been a bit chilly! We've had some days filled with lots of hours of street contacting, but when you think about all that He is and all that he has done for us, how easy it is to go out into the cold!
We're seeing lots of miracles, from finding less active members on the street and being able to go eat lunch with them and people just coming into the church with us from the street to discuss and accepting things very well to random people inviting us into a restaurant to discuss with them over a dinner of pigfeet. Three more people committed to be baptized this week, Brother Kim is progressing very well and is excited to be baptized on Christmas, and we're seeing an explosion of miracles throughout the zone.
Earlier in the week we had a wonderful MLC {mission leadership council} meeting, contrasted with all of the ensuing chaos of planning zone training the following day. President Christensen showed Pentatonix's new "Mary, Did You Know-" turns out he's a fan too. On the way back we saw a crazy miracle: we had met someone six days earlier and had not been able to invite him to act on anything because he had to get off the subway suddenly. As we were getting on the train, I had a very full suitcase and a couple of boxes, and wasn't able to make it on the same train as Elder Killpack because a massive group of people getting off ran into the path as I turned the corner. Elder Killpack got off a couple of stations later, we met up, and as the doors closed someone came in the same train, the same car as us, in a completely different part of Seoul than where we had met him before- the guy we had met the week before.
We went to help someone in our ward move a few things around at his apartment this past week. It was probably the nicest apartment I've seen here, and we went out for probably the best meat I've had in Korea, and just talked. His wife passed away from cancer a couple of months ago, and it is hard. There is hope, and truth, and assurance, but still it is hard, especially at this time. There is a lot to be grateful for in the family and friends that surround us.
On Friday we had the opportunity to go to the temple to accompany a recent convert from Sindang who was going for the first time, which was a very special experience. On the way back we met a fun guy visiting from Hong Kong ("Sorry man, I don't speak Korean.")
{Sam has a habit of randomly throwing out comments like that, "he only spoke French" or "only spoke Chinese" or "English." It seems that speaking 4 languages has been a bit of a benefit for his work in Seoul}
We had the opportunity to meet investigators several times this week with members of the ward, which is always so powerful. In spite of a very talkative young woman {presumably, a current member} talking for about an hour and a half this week about the length of cat hair and everything else, there is a special spirit present.
I wish I could express more fully and adequately that which we have the opportunity to experience here! "...And I cannot write the hundredth part of the things of my people." Know, though, that I love you all and pray for you. We're happy and healthy and seeing miracles.
I wish I could express more fully and adequately that which we have the opportunity to experience here! "...And I cannot write the hundredth part of the things of my people." Know, though, that I love you all and pray for you. We're happy and healthy and seeing miracles.
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