I LOVE BEING A MISSIONARY!

Well this week has been amazing. We have had so many miracles and fun things happen I can't believe it's only been one week. On Monday, we held our first "Feeling New Night" which was FHE for all the investigators, recent converts, and less actives that wanted to come. A nice small activity for about 12 people.. At least that was the plan, until they announced it in sacrament and invited all 150 members to attend. The missionaries  panicked just a little, but things worked out and it was great! We had them prepare mini spiritual messages and share them with everyone, and the members were great at helping those who hadn't done it before. The night turned out to be a success! We have been working a lot with an awesome sister named Ein Bo Nah. She's come to a lot of our activities lately, and is really progressing. She was baptized about 3 years ago, and is started to be active again so we are very excited.

 

Our area is insanely big so we have tried to go out and find people all over, instead of just near our home. whenever we do this, the Lord blesses us so much. We met an adorable girl named Yoon Ju (her American name is Ann). She has heard some bad things about our church, but was willing to meet again. We were able to teach her how to pray, and she prayed for the first time in her life. It was a very sweet experience, and we will meet with her more this week. We met with a family this week, two older women, a 5 year old, and her dad. Next week, his wife and two sons will join so we may be able to teach the entire family. This has been a huge blessing and we are very excited and very grateful. We went to lunch at President Christensen's home with a recent convert and her husband who will be baptized next week. It was a very nice lunch, and they loved President and Sister Christensen. Also, President and Sister Christensen are the best. We love them so much. And in VERY exciting news, Kim Soon Eh from Gangnam is getting baptized on April 5!!! We are so excited, and are ready to help her take the steps to get there.

 

This week in English class we talked about being healthy. So for the spiritual message, we took the opportunity to teach the Word of Wisdom, and also how Christ is our great physician. I asked a man to read from D&C about the Word of Wisdom. When he finished I went to take my scriptures back, but he wanted to keep it longer. So we let him read for awhile. Afterwards, he asked if he could have a copy of that section, and wants to start meeting with the elders. We weren't sure how the class would like the Word of Wisdom message, but it was exactly what he needed. The Lord loves everyone of his children.!

 

Yesterday was awesome! A student just moved here from Albuquerque, and will be here for about 5 months. She wants to learn Korean so will probably attend our ward. We met another recent convert from China. She met the missionaries in Canada and was baptized in November. She has a very strong testimony and looked up our church to make sure she keeps attending. She is very good at English and Chinese, but doesn't speak any Korean. So I was her translator during our three church meetings. Oh boy. It was cool because I realized I understood a little, and terrible because I really understood very little. So she got my "I think this is what they are saying, but if not, this seems like a good spiritual message to share" translation. One ward member who speaks English quite well overheard my translations. Throughout the meetings you could hear her giggling at my version of what was going on, since it was probably close to 40% accurate. But she had a good time and said she felt the spirit, so it was successful. Elder Nash and his wife did a fireside that night, and we were able to have two recent converts and a less active come with us. He shared a really cool message about Ether 2:17. The Brother of Jared engraved his message into plates, so why did he repeat 'tight like unto a dish' over and over again? Elder Nash pointed out that every single detail of the boat had been done exactly as the Lord commanded. He didn't cut any corners or mostly do what was right. Every single detail was followed and he was able to pray to the Lord saying "I have been obedient" and know it was true. He then promized great blessings on the members of Korea, but it would start with doing the simple things in their homes. Specifically, he said Family Home Evening, family prayer, and family scripture study. These are promised as safeguards if we do them diligently, and don't cut corners. He challenged us to fill in all the holes, and make our lives and testimonies 'tight like unto a dish'. It was an awesome message, and we were very grateful to meet him. 

 

That pretty much sums things up for this week. I hope you all have a great Spring Break. Have lots of fun, play hard, and enjoy the sun! I love you all. I am so grateful for this wonderful gospel that allows us to be together for eternity. It's so wonderful having the opportunity to share that message with the people her in Korea. Like mom said, when we teach with the spirit, all the holes created by our language can be filled because they feel what we are saying is true. I love this gospel with all my heart. Keep up the great work at home, and I promise to do my best here as well!

 

-Sister Seegmiller

 

I'm sure you have all heard this story but I love it. Just remember, no act of kindness is ever wasted. You can always make a difference to that one.

 

Starfish Story
A young girl was walking along a beach upon which thousands of starfish had been washed up during a terrible storm. When she came to each starfish, she would pick it up, and throw it back into the ocean. People watched her with amusement.
She had been doing this for some time when a man approached her and said, “Little girl, why are you doing this? Look at this beach! You can’t save all these starfish. You can’t begin to make a difference!”
The girl seemed crushed, suddenly deflated. But after a few moments, she bent down, picked up another starfish, and hurled it as far as she could into the ocean. Then she looked up at the man and replied, “Well, I made a difference to that one!”