Today
is March 18th 2013! It was 6 months ago already that Dad and Leasa
dropped me off at the MTC! It seems crazy how fast the time has gone -
but even crazier to look back on everything that has been accomplished
in such a short period of time. I'm starting to understand what people
mean't when they said " Your mission will change your life forever."
It's amazed to look back on just a portion of my mission and see how
much has happened since my first day in the MTC. I've said it before and
I'l\ll say it again, missions have a way of cutting you down to the
very root of who you are and letting you grow again - but this time in
the way the Lord wants, the way we were mean't to be. Coming on a
mission is what I always wanted to do and being here is by
far the best decision I've ever made. it's been hard, but each day God
is giving me strength and building & teaching me how to do hard
things. He's teaching me how to love the journey and to find the
happiness and hidden joys in our trials.
This week was FULL of funny experiences and
MIRACLES!! ( Of coarse as you can tell miracles have become a theme for
my mission...But these just reconfirm to me that God is in control of
this work:P So I wanted to share them)
My favorite thing lately that I see as a personal miracle is the
ability to laugh at the way people reject us. It's not every easy to be
rejected haha, but especially in Korea it happens so often that I feel
like if you can't laugh about it it might eventually wear down on you.
SO I Choose to laugh at them haha. Here are some from this week:
1) People running away from me.
2) People who listen to
me speak Korean horribly and just smile, and then say ( in English) " I
really don't want to talk to you right now."
3) My favorite
this week tho was at one of our investigators houses. She didn't want to
hear a message, so right as we were starting our message
she abruptly stood up and said " Do you want to see my red pepper
paste!?" Ha it was really funny, she took us outside and showed us this
big bucket of paste she had made.. and then sent us on our way. We never
were able to share our message with her. ㅋㅋㅋ <---
Thats Korean laughs :)
Other little miracles are always fun, like this week
all my street lessons ( When we contact on the street and are able to
teach a gospel principle, share a testimony, bet their contact info and
set up a return appointment is a "street lesson") Had the same names of
people I knew!! One was Juhee, and the other Sabrina! Super Fun. When I
tell people I know someone with their same English name they think its
the coolest thing ever! ( instant 정) Last night on the way home from
church I met a family who wasn't interested at all but as we continued
to talk to them about who we are and that we are 자비로 산교사's (
Missionaries who pay their own way) They were more interested we told
them were our church was and agreed to meet with the Elders in their
area! Its crazy how many people I find just from talking to them on the
street in this area! In my previous areas we never got any street
lessons.
Our investigators are progressing still! Some faster
than others, but I love them all so much. It's truly amazing to realize
how true Elder Hollands words are: " His concern is for the faith at
which you finally arrive, not the hour at the day in which you got
there". I know this is so true, we are all at such different places in
our journey back to our Heavenly Father. But its all for a reason. We
all have different callings and learn things at different times so that
we can be where God needs us to be to help his other children when they
need to learn something. Before my mission I was so naive , I felt like I
was coming on a mission to teach other people and help others come
closer to God. Each day I am realizing how wrong I was. It's these
people who are teaching me. It's my investigators and companions that
are helping me understand my purpose better, and it's God who is
teaching them, I just have the privilege of being a tool in which he
uses to do so.
OKAY One more quick story, then I'll share my Miracle and finish this post.
This
week in District meeting we were discussing how to build better unity
within our " district family". Many suggestions were made similar to
what we do with our Families back home such as : Take the time to say
thank you, serve each other, spend time together etc. The one we decided
to work on is something I have a strong testimony of. In order to
strengthen and build unity within our district ( family) we need to
share our spiritual experiences with one another. I thought about how
the people I have the stongest relationships with are those who I've
shared my deepest feelings and spiritual experiences with. So I just
wanted ( my family especially) to try this week to share your testimony
or a spiritual experiences with your family.. or me :) ㅋㅋㅋ I know that
as you take the time to share those experiences with one another you
will grow closer and stronger together.
MIRACLE MOMENT: ( quickly cuz I'm out of time... so I won't have time for photos this week SORRY!)
Last
week when we were leaving our apartment for the day we ran into this
man who was fixing the water. We talked to him for a minute in broken
Korean and gave him a mormon.org
pass along card. This week tho my companion and I decided to go 가가호호 (
knock doors) in an area we had never gone to before. As we were walking
we felt impressed to go down one street and started to knock. We has
been going for about 30 minutes with no success when we hear this mans
voice call to us. We walked out to the street and there was this man
standing there holding our our mormon.org
card! Haha it took me a minute to figure out who he was and how he got
our card, but I saw his name badge and remembered that IT WAS THE WATER
BOY! haha. It was a miracle that we even ran into him again. Long story
short we got him number and we are meeting with him and his girl friend
this Friday! Love how God is able to put us in the right place at the
right time to meet the needs of his children!
This is really long. Sorry. I'm done now! I love you
all so much! I love missionary work! Keep looking for the little
miracles in your life! :)
LOVE YOU !!!
사랑해요!!!
Sister Sulz
슬츠 자매 <3
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