Happy
Valentine's Day from the 대한민국!! Or Republic of Korea!! There is just so much love in the
air for sure and it so great to be out here. Miryang is... The middle of no where, but it
is absolutely lovely. It definitely
isn't a big city where a lot of people are outside but it is amazing. The members here are wonderful for sure! It has been raining here lately, and there was
a day my companion and I forgot our umbrellas, and.... let's just say... Showering
with a suit on is not fun at all! But
more or less... It is awesome and I love it here, this is so lovely and they
have so many historic places over here, I'm excited to explore!!
So this
week's spiritual message is on love and how blessed we are. Last night I was listening to my Dad's
favorite hymn, "Love at Home". While doing so I was looking at family
pictures and I was so.. Happy. I was so
grateful that my Father in Heaven has given me such a wonderful family to
always depend on, that has taught me so much and that has turned me into the
person that I am today. Yesterday was
Valentine's Day and I really got to reflect on how much I am loved. I got to give a talk during sacrament meeting
and look at all the people who love me even though I'm new. I got to think about all the wonderful members
on Yeongdo who I love very much and finally I got to think about my friends and
especially my loving family. I am so
blessed to have such a great family and I just feel at such peace. This joy that comes from having a family, from
being loved is because God, our Heavenly Father, created a plan for us to live
in families and to be loved. I talk about this all the time with people
everywhere, that God is our loving Heavenly Father. He loves us and I love him
and that is my spiritual message for this week.
So the
week kind of rolled out like this. So on
Monday after P-day finished, we went to the Church and did family home evening.
One of the people that came was
extremely drunk and wanted to play ping-pong with me... It was super fun
actually and we ate dinner. Monday was
actually a day called 설날
(Sol-nar) which is the lunar new year. No
one in Korea is outside on this day and is bigger that Christmas and New
years.... It is very hard to talk to people outside and really from the 5th to
the 10th, was the national week of rest... So we had family home evening and I
got to share the spiritual message! It was super fun for sure :)
On
Tuesday, we studied in the morning and then made lunch and went over to the
Church. While at the Church, we planned
a little bit and then we went to go out to go see our investigator.. Who is
actually a prisoner... So we went walking and talking to people and then got to
the prison, but because it was like national rest week, we couldn't go inside
and meet with him. So we came back and
talked to many people! I love talking
with people and it is so awesome. Then we got to the church and we were going
to have a planning meeting with the sisters in our area, but they weren't there
yet, so we kept talking to people and then they finally got there. So we had a nice meeting and talked and then
got ready for English class. But no one
came so we went to go visit one of our members and we got to bear our
testimonies to them and it was awesome!
Then on
Wednesday, we studied for a while and then we went outside and talked to many
people. We were able to talk to a lot of
people and we also met a Japanese person, so I got to have a great conversation
with him! It is super fun to be able to
speak Japanese with people for sure. Then
after which we went inside again got some more materials and then went back
outside. After doing outside, we went
outside and talked to more people. There
really aren't many people here... Or even outside and then we went to a member’s
house who is about 80 and we talked to him and sang hymns with him!!
On
Thursday, we had to go back to Busan for a meeting for the leaders of the
mission. So then I went outside and got
breakfast and talked to many people with a missionary who is 6 weeks older than
me in the field and 12 weeks older than me in the field and it was super fun! We went out to talk to people and we ate! Then after we came back to Miryang and planned
and then went outside and talked to people and then we ate dinner.
On
Friday we had a meeting and it was super fun and then we went out to go eat
with your district members and that was super great! After eating we went outside and talked to
people and then we went to one of our investigators houses! He is going off to
military in April, but he is meeting with us and has great intent! After that we finished, and then went home and
I made Banana Bread muffins that turned out super good. And it started raining super hard... Which was
not fun at all... But the banana bread muffins though..
On
Saturday, we had a service project in the morning... And this will prove how
middle of no where this is... So our service project is cleaning up horse
stables!! So, we had a fun time doing that and then we came home, ate and then
went to English class. We did English class and that was great and then we
cleaned!! After cleaning, we went and we
delivered muffins to members and then we went home and then went outside and
talked to people and went and looked for people.
On
Sunday we had Church and church was fun! I got to give a talk and that was awesome and
then we got to talk and it was really great. Everyone was surprised that I have only been
here for 3 months. Then after Church,
all the members had a meal with each other and then after which we went outside
and talked to many people with our sister team. Then after that we went home
and then talked to more people after going back outside and then after that I
dad a snicker doodle type cake for Family home evening today!! Also while I was
chewing on some candy, my tooth chipped so I had to go to the dentist today. Not bad at all.
So
today has been good and I got to the dentist! Thanks for everything and happy
valentine's day!!
I
really love you guys
Love
Always,
Elder
Wilson
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