Prophets and Apostles

Hello Everyone! It's been a while!!!!! I am still alive! Lets GO!

I just want to let you know that I am so happy in Korea right now. Things there are only things to be happy about here and only things to put a smile on my face. People don"t except the gospel, come to church, or want to change their lives, but the joy of the Lord and His eternal plan for us is so great and so amazing that the only thing to do is be happy and at peace! This is what I have been feeling lately.

My companion elder Hanks is such a big example to be and I love him a lot. He is very precise and uses his time very wisely which helps me do the same. He gets things done and does not wait for other people to do things. I am loving the time with him because he has shown that a big part of missionary work is self mastery. Even though he scared the living kimchi out of me last night, he still is awesome and I love him.

One of the highlights this week was we got to go on exchanges this week. I went with an elder from the Philippines who joined the church only 4 years ago and who is 5 years older than me. I didn't let that age barrier stop me from having fun with him tho. We had a blast! I got to share some of my thoughts about how to learn Korean with him because he is a pretty young missionary who needs some confidence with the language. We did a lot of teaching practice throughout the day and I got to help him gain a little skill in explaining the book of Mormon in Korean. I am so grateful for the missionaries who helped me first learn how to teach about the book of Mormon and their patience for me! 

The biggest highlight of this week was definitely meeting, shaking hands, and listening to Elder Suarez, a special witness of Jesus Christ. I truly came to recognize him has someone who has a sound understanding of the gospel and has a testimony of the fullness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Every aspect! I want to be able to have a testimony of every aspect of the Gospel just like him. He mainly taught and testified about God Calling prophets and how President Nelson is our prophet on the earth today. I really felt his words for what they were worth and they were worth a lot! I will never forget his smiling face and his words of wisdom to me and to other missionaries. I know God Calls prophets and Apostles to lead, guide, and defend! They testify of truth and by their fruits we can know that they are men truly called God.

After the meeting, an old legend 75 year old man stopped us on the street and we ended up talking to him for 2 hours. We talk the Restoration, and bore our testimonies about the true church of God being led by prophets and apostles. It was so special because we had just met one of them like 15 minutes ago! They man had so many sincere questions about God and about truth. What a great opportunity that we were able to sit and teach him. 

Last funny story of the week. I found out the way to get a lot of appointments with members in a very VERY short time. Sunday morning we sent a message to a brother(so we thought) asking him if we could stop by at around 5 to share a brief message with him. Turns out we did not only send it to him, but to about 60 other members in our ward as well. So soon our phone started blowing up the people saying "yes! come over!" others saying "we dont have time tonight, but what about later" and so on. We were sooooooo confused at first, but after a lot of contacting and apologizing, we got a lunch and dinner appointment that day will will have a few this week. I guess it was a miracle in disguise, but ya. Super funny. 

Love you all so much and I hope you are all doing swell!

Elder Meeks