This last week, I was really able to think about the term "success." Success is a very interesting concept, where people sometimes think that if we try, then we are successful or to be successful we must have the numbers to prove it. But success is something that comes from effort and faith, and is shown by the blessings that God gives us. Sometimes we may fail and it is good to try, but when we ponder what we are doing and the decisions we make, God will bless us with countless blessings and help us overcome our trails by our faith in Jesus Christ. It is a wonderful thing to know that our Savior lives and by walking with faith and understanding why we need to have faith, we can be assured that God will help and bless us.
This last Monday we went to a lava tube and it was super sick! It was awesome getting to spend time with the zone members and talking to them. After we got back, we emailed and went shopping and then I got my hair cut. I told the barber to cut my hair short on the sides and cut
a little bit off the top and he shaved my head... I don't know about haircuts anymore!! hahaha...
On Tuesday we were super busy. So we went outside in the morning and then we came home and studied. After which we went to a beach and had our ward picnic! It was awesome connecting with the members and talking to then and having a great time with them. Then we came back and helped our Branch President clean up an apartment complex and we got a couple of people to talk to us about why we are in Korean. After that, we went out to eat with them, and at the end of the day, we had a investigator lesson with an investigator with Kim GiBeom and he super loves learning about the gospel and wants to know if the gospel is completely true before he gets baptized!
On Wednesday we planned in the morning after going outside and then studied and then went and heart attacked some members. After doing this we went to the church and studied and then went outside for a little bit. After that we came back to the church and then went to our service project where we teach little kids English. After that we met one of our members at the church and talked with him and helped him learn how to pray and then we went outside and talked to people for
the rest of the night.
Thursday was studying in the morning and then going outside and talking to people and then studying some more. Then after that we met with a member and talked with him about the situation with the young men in our ward and then during that, we had a Chinese man show up the church and he wanted to learn about the gospel, so we taught him and then resumed our meeting with the member. Then we took a bus out to a place called Waedo and then met with a single mother and her kids! After which we went back to the church and did English class and then walked home.
On Friday we had exchanges, so in the morning we studied and then went to District meeting and then we walked home and Elder Hubble and I were going to be companions for the rest of that day. While eating lunch we got a call from someone that wanted to meet with us because he was from Seoul and loved the missionaries, so we went and met him and he started talking about church. He wanted to attend church. We got to teach him the entire restoration and he loved it. So he said
that he would be baptized on the 17th of September and try his best to do so. It was a great blessing. After that we went out walking and then did some studies and after studying we went outside and talked to some people and then went and played basketball with some little kids that super like us. After that we ate dinner and were able to finish the day with some good proselyting.
On Saturday we went outside in the morning and then we studied after coming home and then went out and met another investigator and had lunch with him. so we taught him the plan of salvation and then gave him a baptismal date too and he accepted and it was fantastic! he is super excited to get baptized and he is 18!! Then we switched and went the church and met with some members and cleaned and then studied and then went outside and talked with some people and then met up with a member family and went out to dinner with them and it was fantastic!
Sunday, we had a national stake conference. Elder David A. Bednar was presiding the conference, and that was fantastic! We had a wonderful time watching and then we were able to talk to the members after church. Then we went to visit some of them and went out to some further places that we typically are unable to go to and we met some great families and then we went home and talked to people on the way home and shared the gospel! It was a fantastic week!
Love Always,
Elder Joshua Wilson
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