This week has been incredible and crazy all at the same time. I feel slightly like my brain has melted this week, and the Lord has had to work very hard to make up the difference. But as always, He always comes through and the work goes forth! For example, my companion and I planned to visit two less actives and one former investigator one day. We headed out, and it's about an hour walk to get to their homes. We arrive at the apartment building, only to realize neither of us had remembered to write down the door number. Oops. So we started on floor 30 and went down the stairs checking every floor until floor 13. We planned on a surprise visit, but thought maybe we missed her home somehow. So we called, and realized she lived on floor 9. This process repeated itself as we attempted to visit the last two people on our list, but somehow we were able to find them all. Miracle, and proof that the Lord's work will progress even though he works through us oh-so-imperfect beings.
We were able to meet with our investigator Yang Jee Yoon this week. She is 27, and her mother wanted to join. Her mom is very strong in her church, so we kind of knew what to expect. We sat down and immediately the mother began quoting Bible scriptures to prove us wrong. I stopped her, asking if we could begin with prayer. And she said, "Yes, you can try." Oh boy. After the prayer, she used scriptures to 'prove' why my prayer wasn't scripturally sound. She then 'proved' to us why our religion is false by asking questions like "Do you know why we are sheep?" (there are apparently four reasons by the way, one being because sheep are nice) And the whole time she was so certain our faith would be shaken. But the amazing part of this gospel, is that it really doesn't matter what people say or how hard they try to prove us wrong. Because they can't. We have the full, true, restored gospel of Jesus Christ. My nieces and nephews know more about the Plan of Salvation than a lot of these Bible scholars. Which is so incredibly sad, and also so incredible how blessed we are to have the truth in our lives. We left that meeting 1 1/2 hours later, sad that she was so unwilling to listen, but also with our testimonies even more strengthened that this is truly The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. We are so blessed.
Ha Yeh Been is doing amazing! We taught her the Plan of Salvation this week, and she understood so well. She asked questions about people who don't have families and what happens to them in the Celestial Kingdom, and other really awesome deep questions. And when she prayed at the end, she thanked Heavenly Father that she could know his plan and have her questions finally answered! SOO GOOD! She is still on track to get baptized on Feb. 8th so please keep her in your prayers.
Life is so good! I love this work with all my heart. Oh my goodness, I love Korea and the incredible people we are so blessed to work with every day. I know without a doubt that this is Christ's true church, where we truly can find all the answers. I love you all! Have a great week!
-Sister Shanelle Seegmiller :)
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