Oct 26
This has been a really fun week, full of the spirit and also fun quotes. People are fun. And possibly we are socially awkward to the max by now thus the reason certain things are funny, but I will share them nonetheless. 1) We have a sweet less active, Kang Jee Eun, who really loves English and practices when we meet. She was having a hard day because of a coworker, and explained her as such. "She is so fat. She's even fatter than..even fatter than.. An American missionary!!" My companion and I (both American missionaries mind you) looked at eachother and said, "Wow, she must be huge." To which she strongly agreed and continued her story. Confidence boost! 2) I decided to actually wear my hair down to church on Sunday (gasp!). I walk in and Elder #1 says, "Wow, Sister Seegmiller, you changed your hair. It looks nice." A few minutes later, Elder #2 walks in and says, "Wow Sister Seegmiller, you look like a lion." Apparently it got mixed reviews. 3) A sweet old man in the ward was watching me clean up dishes after a ward lunch. After several attempts to tell me something in Korean, he finally says in English, "You the very best kind of missionary." Totally made my day. 4) we do a service project every week, and have become really good friends with the man in charge. He was talking to us afterwards told Sister Evans and I that we were the 'dream team'. We agreed ;) 5) not really a quote but fun fact. In ward choir, they have asked me to sing in the soprano section (yeah, that's new). Well, in our song the very last note is a high G, which no human should sing. Joking around (and trying to reminesce on the Phantom of the Opera days in the car with Shawn on family vacations) I sang it nice and loud. To which the director said, "Oh great, we will let Sister Seegmiller sing it." Um... yeah. It sounds like.. well me trying to hit a high G. 6) Maybe shouldn't share this but oh well. During companionship study we were practicing for a lesson, and decided to try it in English first. (we were both deliriously tired at this point, but were trying our best) It was going pretty well until my companion said "We don't do that, but we do do this." Me, in my highly sophisticated and mature fashion, totally lost it and laughed for a good 5 minutes. Oh dear. Missions are fun.
I don't have any grand conversion stories or miracles to share this week. Just the simple testimony that God really does answer our prayers, and that miracles happen all around us every single day. We just need to take the time to recognize them in our lives. #1) We were talking to people on the street as a district, and a lady was looking at the Book of Mormon really interested. So I walked over, and it turns out she was a less active who hadn't been to church for a really long time, but wants to meet!! #2) We had a dinner appointment with a member, and the other sisters were asked to share the spiritual message. Before leaving our house, I felt like I should grab my hymnbook. Hours later, when they started the message they asked if we could start with a hymn, and needed the hymnbook I had 'happened' to grab that day. #3) We were visiting homes, and found a less active who hadn't been to church in at least 20 years. She let us in, and told us she only let us in because of how shocked she was to see us. She informed us that she ALWAYS is at work at that time, and this was literally the first time in months she happened to be home. And it was the first time we had ever attempted to stop by her home to visit. #4)Yesterday we were looking for less actives, and got to an apartment building. The apartments have front doors that you cannot get into unless someone beeps you in, or you know the code. But every single time we do visits, we pray that we can get in somehow and without fail someone has always come by to open the doors. So, we prayed and waited. But no one came. So we visited some more homes, and came back later. Still no people. I decided to try the doors one more time, and to our surprise, it was unlocked! It's hard to describe, but these doors always automatically lock after being shut. So having it shut and unlocked is 'impossible'. Unless of course the Lord is on your side! Then we can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth us! :) #5) There is an investigator, Yoo Oak Roar, who has stopped responding to our texts and calls for weeks. We text her a scripture everyday but no response. But then, on Wed, night she texted us saying she would call tomorrow. On Thursday we called, and she asked if we could meet at 4pm the next day. OF COURSE! So we met her with a member, and taught the Restoration. As we began the Joseph Smith story (one of the most incredible stories in the world) the Spirit was so incredibly strong and she could feel it. We asked her to be baptized, and she said she would prepare to be baptized on Nov. 23!! :):) It was an absolute miracle!
I want to testify to all of you that I know God hears and answers our prayers, every single time. Maybe not in the way or time that we are expecting, but He always does. He is our literal loving FATHER in Heaven, and wants the very best for us. And as we take time to reflect on our day, no matter how crazy, hectic, or boring it may be, His hand is there guiding us back to Him. I know that the church is true. I feel it so deeply I want to burst sometimes! This is the most incredible message ever, That God lives, He loves us each personally, and is anxiously engaged in each and everyone of our lives. We are never alone! I'm so grateful for this opportunity to share it with this wonderful part of the world in Korea. I love all of you. Have a great week!
-Sister Seegmiller :)
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