Wow time really does fly when you are having fun. Really... Where does
the time go? Last year I was still a high school student and now... look where
I am... So anyways the Korean missionary life is always fantastic. We got to
take our suit coats off because conference ended and it will be interesting to
see how hot Miryang gets. According to all the older missionaries, come summer
time, Miryang is one of the hottest areas in our mission boundaries, so I am
excited to see that! Also, I'm super excited for a huge annual summer festival
here in Miryang which will be in May!! So anyways... This week has been nice and
sunny except for one day which there were huge gusts and rain... But.. it was
amazing!! The food here is absolutely amazing as well and I am extremely happy
with being able to serve here in Korea!! And Actually this week is a little sad
because I think I may have lost my Camera!! So anyways...
This week, I want to focus on
Charity. Charity is the pure love of Christ. The prophet Moroni writes in the
Book of Mormon "And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not,
and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no
evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all
things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all
things. Wherefore, my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are
nothing, for charity never faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is
the greatest of all, for all things must fail— But charity is the pure
love of Christ, and it endureth forever; and whoso is found possessed of it at
the last day, it shall be well with him". So therefore, if one person holds
charity, then they are becoming as Christ is. There is nothing in this world
that doesn't lead back to Christ. Christ is the perfect example and because of
him, I am able to do all things. So why not become as Christ, or try to become
as Christ? In order to become more like Christ, it will be hard. He was
ridiculed, rejected, and even crucified by his own people. Yet Christ was
always charitable and he always offers grace. His grace is sufficient and as we
come closer unto him, we love others as Christ loves us... With all his heart.
Christ is our Savior and Redeemer and I know these things to be true. Through
him, we can always be happy, and I testify that these things are true.
So on to the week. So last Monday, we
had a special breakfast and because of which we had to go to a city that was
about one hour away by train, and during it, we played games, helped and serve
others and got to talk to other missionaries. Then afterwards we caught a train
and came back to Miryang where we hurried and did shopping and wrote all of our
emails home and then we prepared for our Family home Evening. So then we had
Family home Evening where we played a game called "Bang" which was a
blast. (Great pun there). Then we got to talk to the people that came and
returned home.
On Tuesday we got to study in the
morning, then we were able to eat lunch. Then we got on a train and went over
to 도계(Dogye) To go have our quarterly interviews with our
Mission President. Unfortunately he was running a little late so it took us a
very long time to get home, and then after that, we got ready for English
class. Then at English class we had a new member come and join named Tony! Tony
was very nice and he likes to study English! He is about 50 years old. After English class we went home.
On Wednesday we studied for a
little bit in the morning and then went and had a meal with a very old grandma
who absolutely loves missionaries. So we went to her house and it was
absolutely fantastic!! Then we went outside and walked over to the detention
center where we were going to meet You Ir, but because it was election day in
Korea, the detention center was closed... WHAT!?! So we went outside and talked
to other people for a very good bit and then had a meeting with the sisters. So
we talked about the area and the needs of the area and then we went over to
another one of our members’ house to go have another lesson and dinner. They
were very happy that we came and then we went home!!
On Thursday we studied in the
morning and then had lunch! After lunch we went outside and talked to some
other people and then we went over to Busan University, Miryang campus, to go
see if we could put up some English fliers. So we went over there and I got a
bloody nose while walking because it was so dry!! So I think that I might have
left my camera over there because I have tried asking everyone else in the town
and where everything is and have also ripped up my house to see if it was
there... So anyways, we go for a little bit and talk to the administration
office and then come back to Miryang where we go walk and talk to many people
and then get to go meet our friend You ir. So he was very happy and then we
went walking home and we were walking home and talking to as many people as we
could find, although most of the time on Thursday, there are not a ton of
people... So... So anyways, we came home and then started to plan for this week
and that is how we spent the rest of our day.
On Friday, we studied in the morning
and then tried to go out and see if I could find my camera... But to no avail,
it did not work and we did not find it, but we were able to have so many good
conversations about the gospel with many people. After which we went and got
picked up by our member who we work with to clean his horse stable. So he took
us out to eat and then we went and cleaned his horse stable. After which he
took us home and then we went outside for a little bit and went talking to many
people where they were super kind and then we went home and tried to finish the
rest of our weekly planning, but we were not able to completely finish.... But
that is okay!!
So on Saturday, we studied in
the morning and finally got done with planning and then ate lunch and then went
to the church where we got read for English class. So many people came to English
class and somehow we got on the topic of birthday's and some people had either
just had, or were going to have birthdays soon, so Elder Quiroz and I said that
we had to go. So we took some bikes and went to a bakery and bought a couple of
cakes and then came back, finished English class and then ate cake together
with a little birthday Flare too.. Then we started playing ping pong and at
this point, people wanted to talk to us a lot and all of which lead into the
gospel! So we talked to many of the people who attend about the gospel and Tony
said that he would come to church, so we were very excited. After which we
cleaned the church and got the church ready and then we went home because it
was late and got to talk to a few people along the way home and that was our
day.
Finally on Sunday, we went to
the church and got it prepared and then we had church were Tony and many other
people attended!! More than have attended the Miryang Church since I've been
here. So I talked to Tony the entire day with many other members explaining
church and it was super great and he was very happy with church and will be
meeting us more and coming to church from now on!! It was super great!! Then
afterwards, the sisters had a different appointment, so we went home and dropped
our stuff off and then went out to go talk to others. While walking some old
grandma was picking flowers and stopped us and was like pluck and eat my
flowers.. So we did and they were super good! Like what!?!? So after doing all
of this, we went and talked with our North Korean friend and that was really
our day!! It was a super busy week!!
And then today, I fixed one of my
bags, because it's zipper was broken and p-day was great and I will elaborate
more on this next week and then we went bowling and it was super great!! So
that was really my week!
I love being here and I hope you all
have a great week and I love you:)
Love Always,
Elder Joshua Wilson
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