Hello!
Transfer week--but no changes here. I'll stay in the same place with Sister Lee.
The number of people we're meeting with is still...small and smaller:( That means we have had time, though, to meet with more members. I am terrible with directions, and Korean names are really hard for me to remember, so that means I've been spending a lot of time--trying to!--figuring out who the members of the wards are, what areas they live in, etc.
Tuesday morning I was looking over names, pictures, and looking at someone's picture--Choi Dong hee--I thought, "we haven't visited her yet, have we?" We hadn't. I called her and asked if we could stop by that afternoon. She said sorry, but she had other plans. Then a few minutes later, she called back and asked, "what time can you come?"
We went and talked and visited, and shared a message--a passage from a General Conference talk, about how parents can give children good education, lessons, etc, but if they haven't given them faith, they haven't given them much at all. Choi Dong hee said earlier that day, after we had called, she thought that maybe the missionaries really should come by. So she cancelled her other apointment and called us back up. She said those were words she needed to hear. It was a neat experience.
Also this week, Byun Shin jeong set a baptism date--she's getting baptized on Saturday! We were teaching a lesson and had planned to set a date with her. She easily goes off on other topics, and when we were talking about something like house cleaning, I decided it wasn't the most spiritual moment and figured it would have to wait till the next time. And then, after some comments about mopping, I think, my companion, Sister Lee, said something like, "So when are you going to get baptized?" Byun Shin jeong kind of thought for a second, pulled out her cell phone and looked at the calendar on it...and decided on Saturday.
The singles her age in the ward have been wonderful to her--she spends time with them; we had dinner together with one, Kim Soon hee, Tuesday after Byun Shin jeong's interview. We had never been to Kim Soon hee's house--but Byun Shin jeong had, maybe three times before. I'm excited for her, and I think things will go well on Saturday.
Have a great week!
--Carrie
Transfer week--but no changes here. I'll stay in the same place with Sister Lee.
The number of people we're meeting with is still...small and smaller:( That means we have had time, though, to meet with more members. I am terrible with directions, and Korean names are really hard for me to remember, so that means I've been spending a lot of time--trying to!--figuring out who the members of the wards are, what areas they live in, etc.
Tuesday morning I was looking over names, pictures, and looking at someone's picture--Choi Dong hee--I thought, "we haven't visited her yet, have we?" We hadn't. I called her and asked if we could stop by that afternoon. She said sorry, but she had other plans. Then a few minutes later, she called back and asked, "what time can you come?"
We went and talked and visited, and shared a message--a passage from a General Conference talk, about how parents can give children good education, lessons, etc, but if they haven't given them faith, they haven't given them much at all. Choi Dong hee said earlier that day, after we had called, she thought that maybe the missionaries really should come by. So she cancelled her other apointment and called us back up. She said those were words she needed to hear. It was a neat experience.
Also this week, Byun Shin jeong set a baptism date--she's getting baptized on Saturday! We were teaching a lesson and had planned to set a date with her. She easily goes off on other topics, and when we were talking about something like house cleaning, I decided it wasn't the most spiritual moment and figured it would have to wait till the next time. And then, after some comments about mopping, I think, my companion, Sister Lee, said something like, "So when are you going to get baptized?" Byun Shin jeong kind of thought for a second, pulled out her cell phone and looked at the calendar on it...and decided on Saturday.
The singles her age in the ward have been wonderful to her--she spends time with them; we had dinner together with one, Kim Soon hee, Tuesday after Byun Shin jeong's interview. We had never been to Kim Soon hee's house--but Byun Shin jeong had, maybe three times before. I'm excited for her, and I think things will go well on Saturday.
Have a great week!
--Carrie
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