8 MONTHS!

This week has been really good. We were able to go to a Museum of Korean History on P-day which was fascinating. The history of this country is already crazy, how quickly they were able to rebuild and thrive after the Korean War. But what was the coolest, is that so much of the history still exists here. As a missionary, you go pretty much everyone in the city and talk to pretty much every kind of person you can imagine. There are people here who remember when Japan occupied the nation, and others who haven't had to work for anything. It's incredible walking through a museum of history that is still being lived today. This is the coolest place in the world. While looking for a house, we also accidentally found the "Blue House" which is where the Korean president lives. There were security guards everywhere, but after they saw we were missionaries they asked us lots of questions and we had quite a fun conversation.

 

The process of finding homes is somewhat more complex when you don't have technology to assist you. We have a giant map, some addresses, and then we go out into one of the most populated cities in the world and look for it. This becomes even more fun when the address system in Korea changes overnight in order to make things 'easier' and now none of the addresses you have match what is now on the buildings. And somehow, remarkably, we have always been able to find the home that we are looking for. It's one of those simple and yet remarkably huge miracles that we see everyday. This week we met with Lee Hyun and her boys. We played exercise Simon Says, and then talked to her about receiving answers to prayer. She said everything we say makes sense, but she just hasn't felt it yet. She also told us her original hope was that we would come teach English to her boys, but now she feels like we can really help her to know God and wants to continue meeting after the English program ends, so we are very excited. She has such a pure heart, and so much desire to know. She just needs the spiritual confirmation that it is true. We met with another girl named Han Surl Gee, who also really wants to know if there is a God, She asked us to say how we came to know God. Afterwards, she said, "I want to feel that same way so bad. Please help me know if God is real." We were very happy to set up a return appointment. Han Mi Hyang is still doing great. This week we talked about ask, seek, and knock. She told us that a lot of times, answers to our prayers can be answered by science. So we showed her Alma 30:44 and D&C 88: 40-45. She started laughing, and agreed that it makes sense since he created science as well. Ein Bo Nah is awesome! We were able to talk more about prayer with her as well, and how it can be more meaningful. We made the comment that we should pray WITH God and not TO him. We read Enos, and she said she was so excited to learn about it, and asked if she could stay at the church and study more after we left. We said that would be great! She came to church yesterday and stayed for all of it which was very exciting.

 

Yesterday was ward conference. In this ward, they give out towels every ward conference that has the date and a cute quote printed on it to the entire ward. I will have to send a picture next time. They are so cute. Also, Yushi, the recent convert from China, said her parents are coming to visit this week. We will have FHE next Monday, and she is going to try to bring them which will be so fun, since they aren't members and haven't had a lot of exposure to the church since they live in China. This work is so amazing. It is spreading all over the world more quickly and in more ways than we can imagine. I am so very grateful to be a part of it. It's so crazy to think that I was entered the MTC 8 months ago exactly. Time is so short, and there is so much to do. And if we ask, the Lord will guide us every step of the way. I love this gospel, I love my Savior and I know that the power of his Atonement can wash away anything and everything as we come unto Him. I love you all! Please let me know of any missionary moments, in or out of the home. Have a wonderful week,

 

-Sister Shanelle Seegmiller :)

 

"We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day."
       --Elder Richard G. Scott