If anyone has yummy recipes for food or desserts, that wouldn't hurt either. But by mail would be the best way to send them. Also, Emily Bennett says hello! And does anyone have any finding ideas? We are trying to be creative with how we find investigators, but its a little tricky. Any ideas would be great. And, we have a pull up bar at our house. I can finally do two legit pull-ups in a row, no cheating or anything! Small accomplishment but I was so happy!
This week has been so good. We had a new family move in next door. They brought us over bread to be friends, so we are going to try to reach them and possibly start teaching the family! We had an interview with President Christensen on Wednesday. Apparently these are scheduled to last about 20 min. each. Mine went about an hour but it was so amazing. We just talked about everything, and he is absolutely the perfect mission president for me. I am so blessed, and he is an amazing man. The Lord has put me in good hands. I told him about Grandpa since he is a surgeon. He said that treatments have become so good for that kind of cancer, and he has seen people live for years after treatments. He has high hopes for his arm and all around health, so that gave me a lot of hope.
We were able to teach an English class on Wednesday as well. This is a weekly event but this was my first time teaching. It's interesting, because we try to teach English to people who don't speak English. But my explanations are in English so I really don't know how much they are understanding. But that's okay! They all seem to enjoy it. A sweet lady in the ward made us dinner and said she will bring dinner every wednesday before class. The ward takes such good care of us. We have been fed by them many times, and they are constantly bringing over food or giving us food on Sunday and other meetings. It is great and we feel so loved! We have been able to eat with a few less actives as well, and we tell them that I need to practice teaching the first lesson. So they participate without feeling like a project and it has been really effective! We were going to teach one of the member's mother last night, but she didn't show up. So we practiced with the family anyway. They give really good advice and pointers on how to teach more effectively. One family asked me if there were any Koreans in our family because my pronunciation sounds so good. They also said even though the pronunciation is good, I need to work on saying the correct words so I can make sense. But hey, It's progress!! Another sweet lady made us dinner and then gave me a winter coat that used to be her daughters! I am not sure why since I didn't follow the conversation, but it saved me a lot of money! They are amazing. I have been asked if I'm an islander a few times which is pretty fun. I just love the ward. We did a project where we gave out a Book of Mormon to every single ward member, including the children. We included every pamphlet, pass-along cards, and pretty much everything we use as missionaries. We gave them a scripture calendar with scriptures to read each day and to pray with people in mind. We also made them cookies. They really enjoyed that and I think it may start to get them going. I am excited to see what happens.While we were passing them out, the Lord blessed us so much. A lady ran over and asked us if we taught English, and wants to start the 30/30 program in two weeks. Other people just came over and said we looked different from other people in a good way. And we were able to pass out several Book of Mormons. Just being able to find apartments was a blessing. It was amazing!
Some people on the street don't like us a lot, but some love me so much just because I am American. Yesterday I said hello to a lady who looked at me with a huge smile and yelled, "Foreigner!" I wasn't sure what to do, but then she grabbed my hand and yelled several times, "You're number 1!!" And then she walked away. A lady on the subway gave us candy because I reminded her of her son who is living in America. We also saw a gravesite for an American war leader during the Korean war. It's randomly on the sidewalk in the middle of town, but they have honored his site of death so people have to walk around it. I thought that was super cool. We were able to teach an investigator yesterday during gospel principles class. She has a testimony but wants to be baptized by her son, who is currently inactive. So we are trying to figure that out. But it was awesome and she thanked us with tears in her eyes after the lesson. Our ward mission leader also asked me to bear my testimony during sacrament about a scripture that he was explaining during his talk. He asked about 20 min before sacrament meeting and said to just to it in English and my companion would translate. That's what we did and it was awesome! The spirit was so strong and our ward is just amazing.
I love it here in Korea so much. It's hard and the people are difficult to reach. I can't understand a word of what people are saying. Yet the Lord has called me here to do a great work for Him. I am doing my best to progress in the language and the gospel so I can be effective for Him. He loves His children and will help us to find them if we are trying our best. I love this gospel. I KNOW that it's true and that God lives. We can return to Him someday if we are faithful! I am so grateful for that knowledge.
-Sister Seegmiller
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