NEW COMPANION

Hello mother and family!!!

 

This week went by really well in Mokpo. The sun is out and it feels like summer here, with high humidity in the mid 70s. Missionary work and life is good in general. I have a new companion who is younger than Reid...and so the journey begins this transfer. (He's already been on his mission 6 months total...4 months in Korea). He was a football quarterback standing tall at 6'4" or 193cm for those that speak metric like Koreans. He is super awesome, has a great heart and a desire to do the work right and is very inspiring to me and it will be a wonderful opportunity to let him know everything that I have learned about serving a mission in Korea so far.

 

This past week we were able to meet with a few new investigators. We met with our Australia bound investigators. They committed to get baptized in Australia, which could be a bale, but could be sincere. We will follow up to help them actually get baptized and confirmed, etc.

 

We met with our construction investigator and he took the lesson really well. We invited him to pray with real intent to know if the message is true and he said that he will. If he feels the spirit and continues to keep his commitments he will be able to progress fast.

 

We also are meeting with a new chinese investigator who was a referral from one of the sister's investigators. Originally he just wanted to learn English, but as we talked to him, he had a lot more interest in Jesus Christ than in English. We taugh him the gospel and why we need Jesus Christ in this life, and he told us that he wants to go to church and do the 5 things to accept Jesus Christ (faith, repentance, baptism, gift of the holy Ghost, endure to the end).

 

Our other Chinese investigator is riding the ship right now, but if they get baptized together that would be great :) we will work with them to help them accept the restored Gospel of Jesus Christ and enter into a promise with God.

 

This past week on Sunday we read a very interesting article in the Liahona by Elder Oaks (march issue). Elder Oaks cited a Harvard Business professor who wrote an essay establishing that unenforced obedience is the core foundation for any democracy and for prosperity. That is true in any system, including a mission, family, or ward, etc. Love you all so much!