KOREA!!

Jan 18

This has been a really good week, although I am having difficulty remembering it all. Everything just blurs together in a picasso of missionary work. So I will try to share something specific and helpful. Hmm.. well we had zone meeting with about 35 missionaries. We gave a training about inviting with love, and really focusing on promising blessings when we teach commandments. As we teach the gospel to people, we are literally inviting them to change their lives to become like Christ, and for some people that means changing in some pretty extreme ways. And unless they have a good reason to do so, they will never do it. We used the simple example of parents offering a car to their child if they get straight A's in school. Obviously the student will be more motivated. And since God has promised us so many incredible things, clearly the biggest being eternal life, we have some pretty good motivators. They seemed to understand well, and then on Saturday we had a zone wide fast to find an investigator with a baptismal date by the end of the month. Everyone was so willing to participate, and we are excited to see the miracles that will come in January! 

He Yeh Been (yes, if you say it like a hick it sort of sounds like How ya been? but not really at all. we will let it slide since I can't tell you how to actually say it right now :) is doing so well! We taught the gospel of Christ this week, and she understood super well. We also reviewed plan of salvation, and she taught it all back to us. She is only 17, but so smart and excepts everything so well! The only hard part, is that we teach her during the week and then she goes home (which is in Seoul South mission boundaries) on the weekends. Mission boundaries are great, but sure make things difficult sometimes. We cannot attend church with her, and can only call missionaries there if we get permission from both mission's AP's. So trying to coordinate is very difficult, but please keep her in your prayers and we know everything will work out!

We were shopping at Costco, and wandered the store for nearly 20 minutes looking for salsa, something my companion has been craving. Turns out, they  were sold out. Right then, a woman grabs our arms and says "Sisters, where is your church? I have been less active for a long time, but have been thinking about the church a lot lately. I just thought 'I need to go back' and then turned the corner and you were standing here. Can I attend your ward?" Yeah it was the coolest thing ever!! We will hopefully be meeting with her this week. It's amazing how the Lord works through us. We decided her craving was from heaven so we could find the less active. And just to show how much the Lord knows us, we went to mission leadership conference the next day, and Sister Christensen gave us all chips and salsa with our lunch. Miracles big and small everyday!

So many wonderful things are happening, and no time to share them all. But I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week! The church is so true! There is no where else I would rather be than here serving the Lord's mission in Korea!! 

-Sister Shanelle Seegmiller :)

quote of the week:

At Mission Leadership Council, we all went in for lunch, and the sisters all went first. One sister asked "How much can we have?" Me, in my ever loving fashion responded "The elders aren't here yet so we can take as much as we want!" Just then I hear "Sister Seegmiller!" only to realize President Christensen was standing right behind me. Yeah, not my best moment. But luckily he just laughed and walked away. Looks like I've got a little more work to do. Love you!