Hey Mom and others!!!
Sounds like Conference was great! I am excited to watch :)
This past week Shashika got baptized!!! He is awesome. He wants to share the Gospel to his Sri Lankan friends... :) He is a great person, and he mentioned to us how wonderful he felt after he was baptized...on Easter (which isn't celebrated here other than a mention here or there...)
This week we had another lesson with our investigator who is on the edge of his death bed...and we were able to just talk really boldly with him that right he isn't happy, if he doesn't change anything, then he will never be happy, until he dies, and if he learns about the church and participates he will not only have the opportunity to change, but he will also have a immediate support group and family. He seemed to be really cheered up by the prospect and hopefully he will meet with us and change his life!
We are also teaching a Korean who has been to Canada on an exchange and who likes to practice his english with us, but also listens to the Gospel. We are working to help him to internalize the Gospel instead of just listening to it. He is great though, and did accept an invitation to be baptized. His name is Louis (english name)
There's also our Chinese friends Jo un and 94 (yes that is his name). They are great! Jo un went to church in China for a little while, but right before he was to be baptized in his church in China, he came to Korea for school. So we met him on the street and he was more than overjoyed to start coming to church again. He was able to meet president and have a lesson with him which was good, and we are excited at the prospects of bringing him to Christ. He then the next week (Easter) brought his friend 94 to church who had already been baptized in another church. Both of them were able to see Shashika's baptism. We are excited for them and will help them. They are attending a shipping school, and will be riding the boat from 4/13-5/13 but afterward will come back to Mokpo and come to church :)
There is also a person named Kim Dong Hee. He is a great guy, who has a lot of interest in the church. We met him on the street, and then started teaching him the lessons and he is trying to develop belief. He has committed to read the Book of Mormon every day (1 chapter). However, he is facing some pretty hard things in his life. He quit his job last week, and doesn't really know what he is going to do with the rest of his life. He is taking a trip to Europe and there will think and ponder where he is going. This is bad because it is a very big dilemma for him, but it is good, because he will have time to come to church and to read and pray, which he really wants to rely on God to get through the trial. He is a great guy!
This week was a really good week! Shashika was able to make a covenant with God and we were able to see the hand of God in His work!
This week I thought a lot about the importance of belief. In Alma we read that the people of Alma were converted through belief on the words of God. In Romans we read that people must have the word of God preached to them in order to believe. So simple, but the truth is so poignant. If you don't believe, you don't receive. Which was stated a little bit more...scripturally and precisely by the ancient scriptorian Mormon's son Moroni, 24 And now I speak un
I know that Moroni penned the truth!
I hope that you have a wonderful week!!!
Love you so much!
Elder William Strahl
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