Happy February!

This week has been so good, and I cannot believe we are into the second week of February already! Monday night we were able to have a family home evening with the Jaquez family, and gave each of them a Book of Mormon to give away. They are wonderful member missionaries and we are SO grateful for them. We were able to meet with Hwang Choon Cha this week. She is doing well, but still has a lot to learn. While doing street contacting, we accidentally found a Jamba Juice, which we made us very happy and made our dinner more tasty as well! Tuesday night at English class, we were teaching the advanced class and we had a really cool experience. We were talking about work, and two women said they were homemakers instead of working outside the home. I talked about how much I respected them in their choice of profession and then moved on. Towards the end of class, one man asked me about what I wanted to do for work. I told them my ultimate goal was to be a wife and mother. This turned into a discussion on the church and our emphasis on families. He is a devout Christian and has been coming to English class for years. But he said that our conversation really intrigued him, and that he would like to learn more about the church. I told the elders and hopefully something will come from it. It was really cool. We also shared a spiritual message at the end of class about obedience. Afterwards he came over and told us the message really touched his heart. It was awesome! Thursday was transfers! I am really excited for this transfer. My companion, Sister Thomas, is great. And since we already know eachother really well, we have been able to avoid the awkward getting to know you stuff and just get to work. This transfer means that I have inherited A LOT of new investigators and will be teaching far more than I ever have yet. Which is super exciting. The other sisters are both Korean and will be able to teach my old investigators well. We celebrated our first day as companions at California Pizza Kitchen, which was delicious and really fun. On Friday we met with an investigator named Kim Mee Song, who has gospel interest and we also teach english to her kids. We are going to start reading The Living Christ with her so we are excited. That night our phone service stopped working, as well as about half of the missionaries in our mission. This presents a problem since we have no way to contact investigators or make appointments, but President Christensen is working on getting that fixed. Until then, we are living a technology-free lifestyle. Yesterday we had dinner with the Bean family, who live on the American base. They are really sweet and we had a great time. Since our phones are down, we have been doing a lot of street contacting. Our focus has really been on the Book of Mormon, and it's been so cool! We have met some awesome people who want to meet again, so as soon as our phones work we will make that happen! One day we were talking to a lady at a stoplight. It was snowing pretty hard, and we told her that her umbrella was cute. (They all use umbrellas in the snow here. It's actually very nice and keeps you dry and warm!) She immediately handed it to us, insisting we keep it, just because she wanted to do something nice. People here are amazing.

 

That pretty much sums up our week for now. I love it here in Korea. I am REALLY excited to start teaching more frequently, and continue to seek out those who the Lord is preparing. They are out there, we just need to be willing to open our mouths and find them. I am so grateful that the Lord trusted me enough to call me on a mission. This is absolutely the best experience of my life, and I wouldn't trade it for anything! I love you all, thank you for all you are doing. Have a wonderful week.!

 

-Sister Seegmiller

 

P.S. I forgot my camera today, so I will send pictures next week. And here is a cool story, which we will relate back to following the promptings of the spirit and being the Lord's hands on earth!

 

The Atheist Professor

Two things they teach Marines are to keep their priorities in order and to know when to act without hesitation.

A college professor, an avowed atheist, was teaching his class. Trying to shock the students, he stated that he could prove that there was no God.

Addressing the ceiling he shouted, "God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I'll give you 15 minutes."

The room fell silent. Ten minutes went by. Again, the professor taunted God, saying, "Here I am, God. I'm still waiting."

His countdown got down to the last couple of minutes when a Marine - just released from active duty and newly registered in the class - walked up to the professor and hit him squarely in the jaw - sending him tumbling off the platform.

The professor was out cold. The young Marine calmly took a seat in the front row and sat silently. The stunned class also fell silent...waiting.

Eventually, the professor woke up and hazily looked at the young Marine in the front row. Finally, he asked, "What's the matter with you? Why did you do that?"

"God was busy. He sent me."

 

Let's get out there and do the work the Lord has sent us here to do. I love you!