Dec 28
Where to begin. I love this ward 중랑 or Jungnang so much. They are seriously the greatest people on earth and love missionaries so much. So very very much. They love us to death. Or very close. We had 7 meal appointments in 8 days, and meals here are not quite like at home. Generally, they have no real main dish and millions of side dishes. And everything is delicious. Most memorable, we had a meal with the 4 sisters at our ward mission leaders home. They made us a feast of some of the best foods ever, and by the end we were stuffed. I have literally never been so full in my life. They had the sisters over first, and the elders were going to come later. There are 8 elders and 4 sisters in our ward, and they had made the same amount of food for both groups. If that gives you any idea. Anywho, we were all struggling to walk out the door, and went to visit a member who ensured us she would not feed us. But when we arrived, she was making a cauldron of red bean soup and gave us each a large bowl because we just had to try it! We were so incredibly ill afterwards, but were ensured that the gift of tongues was very real in so many senses of the word. We couldn't eat again until dinner the next day.
We had our ward Christmas party on Wednesday, which was so much fun! They decided to have each group (primary, YM, YW, and RS) perform something, and then the missionaries performed as well. We had close to 15 investigators come, and several less actives as well. It was a great turn out and so much fun to be with everyone! Koreans don't celebrate Christmas much, so it was fun to have some kind of party. On Christmas I was able to call and talk to all of you wonderful family members, and that was so much fun. It was loud and crazy and just the way it should be. We may not be the most proper bunch, but everyone has told me that ours is the family they would like to visit most, because we seem fun, happy and loving. And I couldn't agree more!
I guess I can't really explain my subject line very well, but Satan has been working harder than ever this Christmas season to turn people away from Christ. Unfortunately he has had some short victories, but we as missionaries just need to pray more and work even harder to win the tug of ward for these incredible people. Unfortunately, Pak Hee Een was not baptized on Saturday. On Wednesday we lost contact with her, and no one has been able to contact her since. We are not really sure what happened, but if you could please offer some prayers on her behalf it would be greatly appreciated.
As for some follow up, woman in the family- have you been able to watch that video "You never know" I told you about? And if not WATCH IT THIS WEEK! As well as the Live Nativity, He is the Gift, and Because of Him. Also, I reread the story about the bread from three conferences ago, SOO GOOD! And the talk from last conference, "Approaching the throne of God with Confidence" or something like is also highly recommended. That's all I have to say this week. I love you all so much, and I hope you have a great New Year's! Let's all work together to make 2015 the greatest year we have ever had, and recommit ourselves even further to be disciples of Jesus Christ and building His Kingdom, wherever that may be. I love my Savior, Jesus Christ. I love you all so much!!!
-Sister Shanelle Seegmiller
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