Time has seriously flown by! I cannot believe it has already been over a month in Korea. We have transfer calls on Wednesday and my first transfer will be Saturday! So crazy! I have no clue what will happen, but I love this area, my trainer, and our ward so I am hoping to stay at least another transfer. We shall see.
Last week was so great. We were able to do some grocery shopping at the biggest Costco I have ever seen. We went in and couldn't find food anywhere in the giant building. We asked and all the food was downstairs! It was HUGE!! Lots of the food is Korean style but there is also a lot of American food as well. I felt almost like I was back at home, which was really fun. We bought lots of food including muffins, crossaints, peanut butter, cereal.. Basically the essentials! :) Afterwards we ate a slice of the best pizza ever, which was made with Korean beef. Then we decided to head back to the Subway. We hadn't really thought that part through and since Costco was pretty far from our home, we had a long walk to the subway station, and then another long walk from the subway to our home. My arms were so sore afterwards. I even resorted to carrying the box on my head for awhile, which I'm sure gave a pretty good show. But we made it! We had a lot of comments afterwards from people in our neighborhood, so if nothing else we were able to peak there interest.
We had a 12 week follow-up meeting on Thursday. All of us new missionaries are in a 12 week program right now, which is basically a planned companionship study during your first 12 weeks. They focus on the fundamentals of missionary work and it's a really helpful program. It was really fun to see everyone from my MTC district again, especially Sister Ahn! President Christensen showed us a video about Christ and the lady at the well. He compared it to our 전 도 (street contacting) approach. It was really cool. He also said he knows how hard it is to meet people on the street. But never stop looking. He gave this comparison that was too good not to share. "It is a little boys birthday. A manure truck accidentally backs up and dumps pounds of manure all over his living room. When the little boy comes in, instead of being upset, he yells "With all this manure, there must be a pony around here somewhere!"' Don't worry, he isn't comparing the people to manure and ponies. But we really need to just stay positive and believe that someone out there is ready to listen and we just need to find them. Keeping an eternal perspective is critical.
We have started to street contact seperately on occasion in order to reach more people. We are always near eachother of course, but at stoplights and things we are able to talk to more people if we split up. Those poor people that have to listen to me. However, I have had some really extensive conversations on the street with people about their families and the Book of Mormon. I talked to 3 people in the time my companion talked to 11, but it was so cool! I honestly probably understood 5 words they said during our conversation, but apparently faked it well enough to keep them talking. It's been really fun and slowly but surely a few more words are starting to make sense. There was a missionary for another church on the corner. I didn't realize she was from another church until we started talking. She handed me the wipes they had with their church name on it, and I gave her a mormon.org card. It was actually a really fun conversation and exchange. I was able to meet an American who is here teaching English. She is about to go back to the states. I told her about the Book of Mormon. She has heard of our church before. So I gave her the pass-along cards from the states with the phone number to call for a free Book of Mormon. She seemed really interested, so hopefully she follows through with that when she gets home. There are so many tender mercies out here. Even though many of the people aren't ready to learn yet, we are definitely making an impression and softening hearts.
We had a Halloween party on Saturday. It was a combined ward activity. We decorated our room with spiders made out of straws, trash bags, and newspaper. We were worried our room would be lame, but it ended up looking really cool. We got some really strange looks while we carried those spiders across town to get to the church though. There were lots of little kids who came, and we had a haunted house and also some games for them. I was in charge of one game. It isn't easy to be a referee while little kids are running around and you have no idea how to tell them to line up, they keep coming over to complain but you don't understand a single word, and sneaky kids keep trying to steal the supplies. But I managed somehow and had so much fun! The kids are absolutely adorable! Oh man I just love them.
Cool story, today we are actually meeting with Jenny Lee, a woman Shalynne met back in Utah and referred to us. I will have more information about it in my next email, but this world really is so small. Especially where the church is concerned. The Lord knows exactly where His children are, and where we need to be. We are also going to be able to attend the Seoul Temple tomorrow morning. I am so excited!
The work is moving forward here in Korea. Sometimes we don't realize it but it definitely is. My companion often points out progression in my language that I don't always realize, which is really nice. The Lord is looking out for us. We must learn patience and humility. This work cannot progress without His help. But with His help, it can't be stopped!!! I know without a doubt that this is His true church. He is our loving Heavenly Father and wants ALL His children to return to Him. I am so grateful to be a part of this work. Keep doing the great things at home as well. I love you all so much!
-Love, Sister Seegmiller
Oh, and I have never eaten or been offered dog, just so you all know.
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