It is so weird to think that it has already
been 12 weeks since I have been out on my mission. To think that missionaries
only serve for 104 weeks, and I'm already done with 12 is very scary. It may seem like 104 weeks are a long
time away, but time moves faster than you think!
This week has been absolutely amazing, and very
busy. I am also sorry for not sending
photos over the last 4 weeks.... For some reason my camera is not uploading
pictures right, or even at all and it is killing me, so when I do finally get
it to work, I will just dump them on you guys. I do apologize on that front, especially
because I've been taking so many pictures!
So I do apologize for that.
The spiritual thought that I want to start off
with today is Matthew 7:7.
And it reads "Ask, and it shall be
given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto
you:" I really do enjoy this because so many of my
prayers have been answered this week, and I am just so grateful for my Heavenly
Father always watching out for me.
I was talking to my companion today and
saying, “Wow! Isn't it just great that we have someone always looking out for
us, that no matter if we fall, we are able to get back up because He foresaw
that’s happening and gave us a Savior to help us get back to where we need to
be. How marvelous it is that God, who is almighty, is also called Heavenly
Father because He is our Heavenly Father. The video I want to share this week is:
If you have time, maybe watch this video and
think and ponder. He gave us the best present that we could've possibly received
and because He gave him to us, we are able to live with him again.
This week has really been full of miracles! I
am so lucky to have God with me, and looking out for me. Anyway, this is how my
week went.
On Monday, we had P-Day and it was pretty fun.
We went out and played soccer for a bit,
and then came back to Yeongdo and played some Table Tennis. Then we met with our investigator Tharindu. Because he doesn't speak great English or
Korean, we have a sister in Seoul translates for us. And, we extended another baptismal invitation
to him, and he said that he would be baptized and that he knows the Church is
true, but he just needs to know more. So,
his baptismal date is planned on January 9th, 2016. That was amazing, and I don't think the word “Love” could adequately express how I feel for the people I meet and teach. These people are
indescribable, and I really do love them :)
Tuesday Morning I called a Korean man
that could speak Japanese, and set up lunch. We had a super tight schedule so
we could only meet for a little bit, but when we went to his house he wasn't
there. Also please don't imagine his house to be like an American house -- just
one in a back alley and it was cool. Anyway, unfortunately, he wasn't there so
I wrote a little message to him in Konganese (Korean and Japanese). Then we went the great 기쁨우리! It
was a blast of a time. At the end after
we finished teaching, the supervisors came out and asked if we would like to make
Kimchi with them on the 8th, and we said yes! I'm so excited to make Kimchi --- never done
it before... Yep. Then we planned the Christmas party for the members we go to
Church with, and a Church activity for the young men and young women... That
took a little bit of time. And on the Monday we
taught Tharindu and he accepted to be baptized, we asked when he wanted to meet
again and he said this Tuesday, so we met with him again on this
Tuesday. It was amazing and every time
we meet with him, I just have a huge smile on my face because I love him so
much!
Wednesday was a thing called Zone
Conference. The conference's theme was about faith, and the Mission President,
his wife and his assistants (who are fellow missionaries) came out and spake to
us. We also went out and proselyted as a huge group and it was very fun. Also the district that I am in got to perform
a special musical number, so while I accompanied, I sang with them and it
turned out great! Anyways after that, I got to talk with others. Then we finished the conference, and returned
home. Then we had a plan to meet
Tharindu again for 3 day's straight because he made an appointment, but unfortunately
he couldn't come because he was busy. So we kept planning the Young men's activity,
and met with a member. She is
amazing! Wednesday was so cool!!
Then Thursday we were planning even
more, and we got a call from a member and she was like “Help! Help!”
So we hurried as fast as we could over to her place. Her stand where she sells fish bread fell
down, her glass broke, and a lot of her money went flying. So she asked us to go look for the money. We
found a total of 31 dollars -- which was so good so “Thank you, Heavenly
Father!!” Then later we went out, and
were talked to many people. At around 4:00p.m, we
had planned to go to an investigator’s house that is hard to meet with. When we call and schedule an appointment,
she is always off somewhere else. So we just went up to her house. Unfortunately she wasn't there. I was so sad because for the past 3 nights
and 4 days I had been praying that we could meet with her, and she wasn't
there. So we went off and had an early dinner at around 5:00 and ate
Mud-fish rice soup -- it was very interesting.
Through eating the soup, we had a
lady that is a possible investigator and wants to talk about the Church more! And we had a lesson planned for 6 o’clock,
but that fell through because it is testing season over here, and the Mom
who called us wants to learn English with her kid and about the gospel. But she cancelled and we are teaching her on
the 8th. So we headed up to a recent
convert’s house. She hasn't wanted to
talk to us because she is dealing with some inner things, but we stopped by to
say Hi. She opened up and we had a great
lesson, and she is happy now.
Then we went walking back and I got this feeling
that we had to swing by the investigator’s house that we were supposed to meet
at 4 pm. So we did. As we were walking, we saw her walking and
exercising. So, we were able to go to
her house and teach her a lesson. All I
got to say is God really blesses us in His own time. It was an amazing day!
Friday we went to the same member’s stand
and helped her get it up and running again. After that, we did so many things. We went to
the Church, decorated it with Christmas stuff and set up the Christmas tree.
Then we talked to others.
Saturday was amazing because nothing that
happened that day was coincidence.
We have English class that we teach for free
on every Saturday, and we had a record High 11 people show up this week. So, I taught like 6 and my companion taught 5
people. And one of our investigators Mr. Won came in pretty hung over when we
were talking about health (That was the topic for the day). Then we got to the
vocab word of cancer, and he told us that his best friend died yesterday of
Lung cancer. My Heart instantaneously dropped, and I felt
so sorry. Then we talked to him for 5 minutes, but he was like “let's
talk tomorrow.” My heart was so
sunk and it hurt. There was so much
pressure inside it, so I said a prayer. My prayer that lasted I don't know how
long, but afterwards I knew what to do, and I know Mr. Won will get baptized
here very shortly.
Then we went back to our apartment to get an
address for one of the less active members we were going to meet. We don't have smartphones so we went to a
police station for a direction, but the policeman didn’t know. Then looked on Google earth, it wasn’t
helpful either. Then we went to go walk
and found it. My companion had
revelation, and we went and said a quick prayer. As soon as we finished praying, a person came
walking up the stairs, and we taught her a lesson. She and her kid are
amazing!! So that was our day.
Sunday we had three investigators show up
to Church, and I was able to explain about the church. We are getting so many
people, and I love them so much! I love
being able to bond with them and know what I need to do. God really does answer prayers, and I know
this to be true. He is always looking out for me and there is no way I would be
here if it wasn't for him. I am so
thankful for my Heavenly Father, and I am so grateful for all the blessings and
miracles that He gives me. I don't really believe in coincidence. I think it is never really coincidence, but
because God knows what you need and when you need it, it happens.
Thanks for all you do and keep in mind that
Christmas is coming soon and what the true meaning of Christmas is!!
Love,
Elder Wilson
Ohh also we came up with an idea that I will
actually be teaching free Japanese class here in Korea! This is going to be
awesome and today on the train I met someone who would be interested! I am so
excited!!
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