Mission Conference

Hey there! 

Wow this week has gone by super fast again which is awesome! Time sometimes can be the biggest enemies to missionaries psych's, but it hasn't gotten to me yet.

We made a fun jump rope the kids at family night. They absolutely loved it and we got to have fun as well. It was a major flashback to my childhood singing all of those songs that go with jump roping. I think I will definitely used that taped together jump rope again  for sure.

We had mission conference this week. President Choi came and spoke to us  What  an amazing man. My testimony of living leaders who are directed by God was really strengthened. He really understood us as missionaries because he is Korean and he served in Korea. He gets how the culture is truly one of the biggest  barriers to missionaries here. People just dont want to listen to lame foreigners. Because of this, some branches and areas really struggle with missionary work. It was really cool because he said that we as missionaries need to encourage and bring forth Gods Culture in Korea, and not Korea's culture. Really struck deep with all the missionaries there. It inspired the missionaries to be more bold and to not let the culture walk all over them and prevent the Lords work from progressing. I love the Korean culture and it is amazing. There are just a few things that could change for the better for sure.

I got my first flu shot ever. I don't want to offend anyone, but it was a very bad decision. I felt a lot of pressure from everyone to get it, even the mission president, so I did it and got immediately sick. So that wasn't very fun. We still went out and did stuff which is okay. I hope I got no one else sick! My behind was sore for 2 days after mission co ference because  we sat so much. One of my favorite quotes from the conference  was actually sister Hinckley. it goes "obey now, understand later". Definitely  was good for me to hear.

We met a guy at English class and he seems like a really nice young guy looking for some change. We hope we will be able to meet with him sometime.

I can officially use chopsticks for the first half of the meal. Then my hand gets to tired and I just fail at it. Slowly getting there!

It's been a good week all in all. I have learned a lot and I hope to keep on learning. There are many churches in Korea and I have found that missionary work is a lot harder than I thought it would be. I know that this is a divine work so the Lord will provide a way!

Love you all and I hope you have a great week!