Could you also all share your testimonies with me? That will be a huge blessing to me in Korea. And if anyone else, family, friends, ward members. etc. would like to do this as well, I would absolutely love it! Thank you!
This week has been amazing. First of all, we had TRC last Friday. The people we teach are all volunteers, and guess who we taught! Sister Ahn's brother and his girlfriend. We had no idea who we were teaching until we got in the room. She was completely shocked, which is understandable. It was a good lesson, but it was really hard on her. It was nice to meet them though. What a small world. We have had some amazing speakers as always. Sister Stacey Edgington from the RS General board, Ron Tanner who helped direct 17 Miracles and Ephraim's Rescue (watch them if you haven't, they are amazing!), and Gregory A. Schitzer from the Seventy. They all shared different messages, but they talked a lot about becoming a missionary and not just going on a mission. (Read 1 Nephi, laman and Lemuel are perfect examples of serving a mission with becoming missionaries) A fun fact about the movies, in the movie The Testaments, every single actor is a member except one. The guy who plays Korihor. They said they couldn't find a member bad enough to play the part.
Some more fun facts. We were told that while Finnish is ranked as the worlds most difficult language to learn, that is not the case with English speakers. They had an English speakers ranking from 1-5, 1 being the easiest. Korean and other Asian languages were all ranked at a 5. Well that's comforting! it's because the sentence structure is completely different, they do 'subject-object-verb', and they speak their grammar. So you have to put a marker on your subject, object, and verbs. Its hard to explain, but its really cool. We had to go to the DMV to renew Sister Ahn's licence. That was fun! We talked to our shuttle driver about his mission, and were able to talk about the gospel to other people in the DMV. It was great practice for the field, only next time it will be in Korean. I also saw Daniel Seegmiller! That was a fun surprise! I was walking to the temple, when I heard my name being yelled from a car at the stoplight. I couldn't tell who it was, so he identified himself and we yelled our hellos! My companion thought I was going crazy yelling at some man until she realized I knew him. It was only for a few seconds but it totally brightened my day. Tender mercies are everywhere! Mekenze had her baby! Little Lukas Limiri joined their family about two weeks ago! I am so excited for her and can't wait to see cute little pictures! On Sunday, I managed to get gravy everywhere on my sweater (I know, big shock right?) But I mean everywhere. Clear up my arm, in my armpit, on my back.. I don't really know how. But luckily one of our elders had a tide to go stick so I went to work. The other elders were very helpful in this as well. Some offered to blow on it (because that usually gets out stains) and others offered to clean it on their wash boards, meaning their abs (our elders have been in a flex-off for the past few weeks.) They are all so sweet and I am very well taken care of. P90X is continuing to gain popularity, as we had 20 people participate this week, a new record! I also beat one of our elders in a 3 point contest. he was quite unhappy, especially since I was shooting one handed, with books in my hand, and we used a mens ball. I have been challenged to a rematch that will take place next week. It should be fun.
Teaching has been going better as well. Yesterday, Sister Ahn was teaching about following prophets. She said Dispensations, which was a word our investigator wasn't familiar with. I was prompted to explain it, although I have never attempted to teach that principle before. I had to look up words as I went, and it was very broken Korean, but we were able to get the point across with some examples we made with our hands. She said she understood, and it felt so good to follow the prompting and teach completely unscripted. It gave me confidence in my language abilities, and also in following the promptings of the spirit. He will bless us if we do so.
In other news, that is really REALLY exciting, we got our travel plans today!!! We will be flying out of Salt Lake at 7:30 am Sept. 30. We will fly to Detroit, and then on to Korea from there! I still don't know about calling home. It will either be incredibly early in the morning or sometime during our layover in Detroit. Hopefully I can tell you more next week, but if not, just have your phones ready! I cannot believe we leave in 1 1/2 weeks. So crazy! Also, I WILL BE SINGING IN THE RELIEF SOCIETY BROADCAST!! They were only able to take about half the sisters who wanted to sing, and I was fortunate to be chosen. Sister Ahn is also in it so we are excited! We have about 340 sisters in the choir I believe. Today was our first practice. We were able to meet the General Relief Society Presidency, since they came to listen.They are so sweet and gave everyone hugs! I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such amazing people, and to have such amazing opportunities presented so frequently. Our choir director is one of the actors from 17 Miracles, the one with the abusive husband. So it was a very fun day of meeting people. We will be singing in Salt Lake, so make sure everyone watches, men included!! We were so happy and truly so blessed to be selected to sing. The blessings from the Lord never cease. He is so wonderful!
I think that about sums up life! I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. And for the gospel that makes it possible for us to be together forever! Being a missionary never ceases to amaze me. It still hasn't sunk in completely, but in about 10 days it sure will! There is no better work than this. I love this gospel with all my heart. I cannot wait to share it with those in Korea, even if they can't understand me! The spirit speaks all languages. You are all doing amazing missionary work at home, which I love hearing about! This church is true. Everyone deserves a chance to decide that for themselves. Thank you everyone for your incredible examples to me! I love you all!
-Sister Seegmiller
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