This has been such a cool week! Let's share some of the highlights shall we? Monday night we were walking around talking to people, and met a super cool woman going to meet friends. She invited us to come with her, and as we walked together she shared her dream of owning a coffee shop in Europe. She ended up taking us to The World School of Barista, where she is attending school. And her 'friends' were her 4 male professors, who are very successful coffee engineers. They were super nice, and of course, offered us coffee. We said we didn't drink it, so they gave us hot water instead. They asked a lot of questions about who we are, and what we are doing as missionaries. Then of course, they asked why we do not drink coffee. Which led into an awesome discussion about the Word of Wisdom and the restoration through Joseph Smith. They were very open minded. One man was super religious, but asked so many questions and seemed genuinely interested in what we were saying. It was the last place we thought we would ever teach a lesson, and ended up being one of the coolest lessons I've taught. Just goes to show, you really never ever know who will be interested in this message.
Some other fun things this week. On Thanksgiving, we went and made Kimchi at another church with a bunch of members of other churches. Lots of the preachers and leaders of the other churches stood to introduce themselves and their congregation, and they all commented on how impressed they were with the young LDS missionaries who were serving. As we were making Kimchi, they loved having foreigners join them. They took a lot of pictures of us, including one where an elderly Pastor came over, and fed me and Sister Evans a piece of Kimchi while they snapped a million pictures. It was so fun, and such a good opportunity to share what we do with LOTS of members of other religions in a very non-threatening way.
So you know the game missionary tag? Yeah, kind of ironic since that game is super awkward and cannot really be played as a missionary. We played it for FHE with the ward, but had to just stand next to your partner, and hit them with a rubber glove instead of your hand if you were it. Also, Elder Joshua Reid just got here Tuesday and is now serving here in Seoul Korea! (Sarah Reid's little brother!!) I saw him at transfers, and was shocked and so happy! What a small world!! And pray really works. I accidentally locked our phone, and we had no clue what the password was. But with lots of prayers and help from the elders, we managed to guess it right after about 3 hours. The other option was get a new phone and lose everything. We were very grateful.
Life is so good here in Korea. I love this work, I love this area, and we are excited to get things going with my new adorable companion. This is truly God's true church on earth. Oh how lucky we are! I love all of you! Have a great week!
-Sister Shanelle Seegmiller :)
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