Well this week has been awesome. I cannot believe it is already P-day. I say this all the time, but time doesn't make sense here at all. Let's think. We have once again had some amazing speakers. Maria Luisa Torres, a member of the General Relief Society board, came and spoke to us during relief society. She said there isn't a day that goes by where she doesn't think about the things she learned while serving a mission. Richard J. Maynes spoke to us on Tuesday, he is the President of the Quorum of the Seventy. He is an amazing man. He talked all about being a successful missionary by understanding our purpose and living it everyday. He told us that Return With Honor will very much depend on how well live our purpose and serve the Lord by serving those around us. He really stressed the worth of one soul. Aaah I am so excited to go teach! We also had Vai Sikahema speak to us on Sunday. He was the first Tongan to every receive a football scholarship at BYU and played pro football for awhile. He is the one who scored the winning touchdown in the 'Miracle Bowl', or something like that. (he said our parents would know what he was talking about) He gave some really cool mission stories, and at the end we all stood to sing Called to Serve. The spirit was so strong, I just started to cry. I was overwhelmed with the feeling that I was exactly where the Lord wanted me. It was amazing. Also on Sunday, they gathered all the sister missionaries together for a group picture. They said it will go into a time capsule, and it may be posted somewhere else so keep an eye out! While waiting to take the picture, a male worker came running down the stairs to bring some supplies. He lost his footing and fell super hard, right in front of every sister missionary at the MTC. He jumped up, gave us a thumbs up, and kept running- this time with a slight limp. It was sad but so funny.
I found out this week that we are the only Zone at the MTC where every member of our branch presidency has previously served as a mission president. We are truly being led by some inspired men. I love them so much! Brother Lee gave us a scripture on Sunday that made me realize why all missionaries gain weight at the MTC. It was Proverbs 28:25. Read it and tell me what you think. Sister Ahn and I decided to bear our testimonies to someone on the way to our room the other day. We walked up to some Elders and asked if we could give it to them, and then realized it was the same German Elders we bore our testimonies to last time. Luckily we were much improved this time around. It was awesome. We got new missionaries in our zone on Wednesday. Its weird not being the youngest anymore. They have put a lot of pressure on us to be good examples and learn Korean more quickly to better help them learn. They are super sweet. We got 5 new elders and 5 new sisters. Woohoo!!
Last week, we were finally able to go to the temple. It was closed our first 2 weeks because of cleaning or something, so Friday was the first time we were able to go. It was absolutely incredible!! We weren't in the same session as our Elders since they were running late. It was weird, it was almost like going to a session and leaving without a member of your family. But we all met in the Celestial room. I would guess we had close to 60 missionaries sitting in the celestial room at the same time. At one point, I looked around and was overwhelmed with the love I have for those who I am serving with. We were all gathered together, in the best place on earth, and the thought that kept going through my mind was that this is truly God's Army. We are in a battle against Satan, and each of us has been prepared to take him on as long as we remain on the Lord's side. We were probably in there close to 40 minutes, because none of the missionaries wanted to leave. Finally, we left since we had to teach a lesson at TRC. We get to go again today, and I cannot wait. The temple is the most amazing place on earth.
The MTC life is good. For gym, my roommates and I decided to go running and do the P90X ab workout everyMonday and Thursday. They call me their personal trainer. I love doing it. And it's been bringing us closer. Roommates who sweat together, stay together! Two of our Elders joined in the ab workout last time, and also another random elder we didn't know. Our following is growing, we may need to start doing it in a larger area. It feels so good to get active and sweaty again, as weird as that may sound. Our teaching is improving. My speaking is still very limited, but I understand more and more every lesson. Luckily, Sister Ahn is pretty fluent, so when I stare blankly she can respond perfectly. It's cool though, even when I can't understand what they are saying, I still get impressions to share certain scriptures during the lesson. It's awesome to see how the Lord works. Life is great. The church is true! I encourage everyone to look for missionary opportunities wherever possible. I love all the letters, Dearelders, and email! Thank you for your love and support. I love you all so much! Until next week,
-Sister Seegmiller
p.s. hopefully the pictures work! These computers are a little confusing, so please let me know if they don't. A little description, one is of Sister Ahn and I with our teacher, Sister Saegers. Another is of our district after we taught our first investigator, who is the little Korean lady. We decided to do 'Potty Pilates' one day, another is of Elder Smith 'studying' very hard. The rest is of our district and some of the other sisters in our zone. Our last p-day I was so exhausted and pretended to fall asleep on the floor. Sister Ahn gave me her bag that our Korean books came in as a blanket. And another is my nametag, hopefully you can see the Korean writing. When we get to Korea our names will be in Korean as well. I think that's all. I hope this works. Enjoy!
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