NEW INVESTIGATORS FROM NEPAL!!!

Hello Mother and Family!

Today we had transfer calls, and our district is staying the same! So, I have another 6 weeks (probably 12 weeks) to stay in 공주 and help people here come to Christ through the principles and ordinances of the Gospel.

This week went very well! We got two referals from the sister missionaries; they are from Nepal and one of them has very big potential. He has already been to church twice (now that I think about it, I believe that I wrote about him) and really picks up quickly and seems to think about what we tell him. Our ward had a ward missionary activity this past Saturday where we taught the plan of salvation throughout the church and he attended. He wasn't able to come to church, but we should be able to meet him in the future and hopefully help him and his other Nepali friend get baptized!

The English investigator this week has continued his change of heart. He met with us every day, and came to the ward activity and church on Sunday. He told us in one of our meetings that God is now more important to him than English (!!!) We have asked him to be baptized many times, but he has continued to tell us that he will get baptized when he is ready. When he came to church yesterday he had a really good time with one of our members who taught him about the Book of Mormon and encouraged him to read it. He also told my companion that he felt the Spirit. So, we are excited for him and will continue to meet him every day and every Sunday (he promised!) and help him to come unto Christ.

The girl from Maryland texted us the other day saying "yeah we can meet, but could you please not talk about religion"...and so we set up a relationship with a member and dropped her. Very unfortunate, but the seed is planted and later when she starts thinking more seriously about religion and life hopefully she will remember the time she met Elders in Korea while teaching English.

Yesterday one of our good friends gave a talk in church. He made an analogy that was very powerful. His family situation is like this: two daughters (10, 7) and a son (5-the ages are estimates...) He said that a lot of times his family would call him while he was at work and ask him when he was coming home. He replied to them that he would be home in "just a moment". Then, he would go back to work and time would pass until two hours later. Then, he would return and realize what he had done and apologize. In Korean, there are different forms of the language (completely different, almost like a totally different language) depending on who you are talking to. As he described the experience he mentioned the name of his little daughter and then used the low form (that children use) and said the "When will you get home?" Knowing the family and imagining their little Korean child saying this to him in her cute little voice, and then him going back on his promise and staying for two hours impressed me deeply. He then compared this to us and our relationship with God. Do we say to God "just a moment" and then let the things of greatest worth (family, God, etc.) get swept away in the flow of work, school, or other hobbies? As we strive to keep our covenants, do we say "in just a moment" and then lose track of what is really of the most worth? Do we strive to go to the temple to receive the blessings of greatest worth and in preparation say "in just a moment"? That was a powerful lesson to me, probably because I know him and his children, but it was still great.

The other idea that comes to mind is God. Does God ever say to us "in just a moment?" and then forget? How many times does this happen in our lives?

Recently I have been pondering a verse in Doctrine and Covenants Section 3. It states "For God doth not walk in crooked paths, neither doth He turn to the right hand nor to the left, neither doth He vary from that which He hath said, therefore, His paths are straight, and His course is one eternal round."

I have thought about this in context of myself. Can I say:

"For I do not walk in crooked paths, neither do I turn to the right hand nor to the left, neither do I vary from that which I have said, therefore, my paths are straight, and my course is one eternal round."

Christ never left the path of His Father's will. He was tempted, but didn't yield. Christ never said "Just a moment", He said "Come follow me" and "Be not afraid, only believe".

I love you all and hope that you have a wonderful week in the winterland of Minnesota! Lots has happened in these past nine months to both of us. Luckily, that builds us up, helps us to grow and helps us to become the people that the Lord wants us to be!

FIRST BIRTHDAY IN KOREA!!!!

Thanks Mother and all!

My birthday has been absolutely wonderful. The Mission president's wife Sister Shin called this morning and told my companion to buy me ice cream. He didn't, but the experience in the morning was worth way more than ice cream. We traveled to a place called Boo-Yah...haha well it's more like Boo-yㅓ but English doesn't really have that sound, so I like to call it Boo-Yah! Anyways we went and played a little bit of frisbee by a river with awesome Korean temples across the river. It was great!

This past week went by quickly, but went by very well. We worked hard in the finding department and found an investigator from Maryland that had just arrived in our town to teach English. She doesn't know much Korean, so we have been teaching her in English...which helps me to remember the importance of communication. She isn't really looking for religion, but she is try to live and find out who she is. We'll see what happens, we clearly provided her with an opportunity and a testimony of what this Gospel has done for us in this life. 

We met with the English investigator at church  this past week. He has definitely changed since his hospital experience. He now believes in God. Which is amazing, he seems happier and he always talks about "our church". However, he is still undergoing treatment and so is uncomfortable with coming to church. Also, he thinks he has God all figured out--that there isn't any more to learn. He believes now, and he thinks he's done. So, we'll have to work with that. He's great though, I am am very confident in his progression once we can meet more regularly.

Other than that we have built up some potential from street contacts. We met a couple of people who had never met missionaries before and somehow their numbers were already in our phone...and we talked to someone who attended the Baptist church for a solid hour (walking around-he followed us because he wanted to talk and we were following him because we wanted to talk, and we ended up at a random dead end...haha) about religion, and he definitely saw the need for a Restoration. He was so interesting. He told us exactly what the Spirit feels like, could recognize it, and agreed with the words that I have had investigators tell me it feels like in lessons. We gave him a Book of Mormon and got his phone number, so hopefully we can work with him in the future.

The Korean situation is very bad as far as anti is concerned. The churches in Korea have a declared list of their version of "cult" (although it is less a seclusive meaning and more of a doctrinal difference meaning in Korea) churches that all of the pastors tell their congregations to be aware of. The internet is also really bad. I had a twenty minute phone call once with someone who went straight to the internet and from that point the conversation was over. But, people are still searching for truth, even if they don't know where to look. And, once they find it, then they know.

This week went by really well! Thank you soooo much for the package. Cinnamon rolls taste like manna in Korea! I will happily eat my peanut butter and jelly(so sweet!) and the crackers as well! Thank you so much. But, as usual, the best part were the cards and the talk that you sent. That talk was perfect. Elder Scott gives different versions of that same talk and highlights different aspects of it, (1998 and 2010 General Conference, and 2011 BYU Commencement, and probably more). The cards and the talk really helped me! Thank you so much!

I have one request. There's a Talk by Elder Bouche (I think) that is famous among missionaries (He gave it in the 1980s or 1970s and not in General Conference) Is there a way that you can email the talk to me? Also on my computer there's a file that has a whole bunch of quotes...I think it's called "Quotes" if you could send those...that would be great!

FINDING!!

Mother and family!

Wow. 18 inches of snow. That's a ton. . You know the winter in Korea has been very mild this year...we must have passed it on to Oregon. I am so glad that Charlotte is doing so well in Arizona. The temple is the best, it is the place where we can feel God the closest. There was a temple video in the Provo temple waiting room that was always on, and one line from it said something along the lines of "the temple is the place on earth that seems to connect the earth with the heavens" or something like that. That is such a wonderful opportunity that Charlotte had to help her friend experience that wonderful joy that she did!

I am glad that you got to go with the Spanish sisters and teach. That is wonderful. I am glad that you can understand the Spanish. The best way that I have heard to help people that have already been baptized is to explain that we make a covenant when we are baptized. When you are baptized as a baby you don't make a covenant... and so if the person really wants to come to Jesus Christ then naturally they will want to enter into the covenant, and also do so to receive the Holy Ghost, which is a wonderful gift that is promised to us. Anyways, I am so glad that you have the opportunity to participate in this great work!

This week we had to drop a lot of our investigators because they would make appointments and then not show up, which is really unfortunate. We're down to the English investigator who is out of the hospital and the American Korean who did not go through with the divorce and his son.

We were only able to meet with the English investigator one time this week because he was busy with things at home after his 3-week long hospital stay. That was unfortunate, but life. He is doing well. In a long story made short, Waterman turns out to be anti-Mormon. Waterman was the one who originally referred the english investigator to the missionaries. So, our English investigator has been getting a lot of anti from Waterman...which makes it really hard to help him. However, the English investigator definitely believes in God now and has great potential if he will start to keep more of his commitments. It is a tricky situation, but we are trying to make the best of it!

We went and visited the man who almost got a divorce the other day and had a good short visit with him. He's doing really well, and he seems to be doing well with his family as well. Their kid was interested in going to church and we invited him, but he didn't come, which was unfortunate.

And so we go back to work finding the chosen vessels of the Lord. They are out there. D&C 6:3 statest "For behold, the field is white, already to harvest, and whosever desireth to reap, let him thrust in his sickle with his might, and reap while the day lasts, that he mat treasure up for himself everlasting salvation in the kingdom of God." That is from the mouth of the Lord God Himself. People are out there and are prepared for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I often think to myself, there are 110,000 people in my proselyting area-there must be at least one or more who are on their knees either physically or spiritually and searching for the truth, but cannot find it because they don't know where to look. I am excited to continue searching. It only takes one. One more person, one more book, one more lesson. Just one.

Thank you for your help and good example mother! Missionary's greatest ally is a member who will fellowship an investigator, and bear great testimony of the power that the gospel has had in his/her life. Thank you!

This week I had a very special opportunity after church. Eric came up to us at church and asked us some questions. So, after church we had the opportunity of answering all of his questions and teaching him about a lot of different things. He is so amazing. He radiates light to all those around him. He took pamphlets from the church to show to his friends at school and asked for others. He is a great example to all of us. I can't tell you or express to you the joy that I felt when I got to teach Eric, my friend from Corvallis who has kept the faith and laid for himself a foundation upon which he will never fall! A very great experience.

I love you all so much! You are all the best! Thank you for the box...I am sure there will be great surprises! Don't forget to have dad eat the Ramen...! I love you all so much!

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Hey Mother!!!

I am glad that it is warming up for you! The weather in Korea isn't as bad as I thought or had heard that it is. It has been in the 50s for the last little bit, which is a nice refresher not to have to wear our winter coats. Chinese New Year was wonderful, we went over to a member's house and had breakfast and then played a traditional Korean game, which I actually received as a gift from the Christmas party that we had (white elephant). The game is really fun. We will have to play as a family when we get back. Anyways, then we also had dinner with another member at night which was really delicious!

This week was great with our investigators.

First, our hospital investigator continues to progress slowly to come to Christ. My companion got sick yesterday and so when we visited our investigator said that he would pray for him. He's wonderful and we love going over and teaching him in the hospital. Apparently all of the nurses know about the American missionaries that come and teach English in the hospital (they all know us). He's doing well. He really does believe which is great! He gets out of the hospital on tomorrow.

The family that didn't get the divorce is doing well. We went to visit the son this past week and I caught sight of the Book of Mormon on the table. I asked him if he had read it and he said that he had read the first 12 pages of it that day! It was wonderful to talk to him about it. We also invited him to church but he procrastinated all of his homework until the end of the break and so he was too busy to come.

Other than that because of the Chinese New Year there was not much opportunity to meet or to find new investigators. Koreans literally shut down for three days and everyone goes to their hometown for the 3 days. No place was open. But, this week we are looking forward to a lot more opportunities to meet people and to help them progress in the Gospel and come to Christ!

My thought for this week is the very first sentence of the Chapter heading of Moroni 7: "An invitation to enter into the rest of the Lord" (orsomething along those lines). That's a pretty great description of the chapter. It's an amazing chapter to read!

I love you so much!!! I hope that this week goes more smoothly than the last one! I am praying for you! I love you!

Korean Philosophy

Dear Mother and Family,

Wow, Dad is what 51 now??? That's a big number. You know in Korea there two types of numbering systems, one is pure korean and the other is chinese. They use one counting system for somethings and the other for other things. The pure Korean system is used for age, but because past 50 or 60 nobody really knows the numbers that well they switch to chinese even though it should be korean! I hope that makes you feel better dad! Haha, the good ole beans and rice, spinach, and cornbread.[Note: This was Todd's favorite dinner for his Birthday dinner that the kids really don't care for!!!]  You know, Korea has shown me how good that really sounds (here I have eaten bug larvae, basically everything from the cow that you aren't allowed to eat in America (called Soon-day), and lots of other things that I don't know what they are. There's also a dog soup restaurant by our apartment that we will have to go try...). I will probably do the same thing to my kids for my birthday with Kim Chee and other Korean deliciousness!   (ps. has he tried the spicy ramen yet?? I want to know how that goes...)

This past week was fairly interesting and filled with some great surprises.

First off, the investigator that was contemplating the divorce has not gone through with it! (that is 95% sure because he talks about his wife and we have seen her around). The unfortunate thing is that now he is starting work again and has very little time to meet. Hopefully we can get his son coming out to church and then through his son help the family to come and enjoy the blessings that the Gospel will have to anyone that will accept them.

Second, our hospital bound investigator has been doing very well. He is slowly progressing and we have been able to teach him quite a bit about the Gospel of Jesus Christ recently. He really likes it, but is still a little bit restrained by his fanatic English interest. He is great. I have a funny story to tell you. So we showed him our family pictures. In the album of my companion's there is a picture of his parents at the Hawaii temple. We told him that it was a temple and he looked at the fountains and said "water-if Buddha wants to go swimming?" oh that was the best. And then when he was looking through mine, he saw the picture of Brother Martin and decisively told us that Brother Martin had been to North Korea and that he recognized him. That was great. So funny. He is the best. He also told me to tell you that a handicapped man in a hospital in Korea thinks that you are very beautiful! He's right! Oh, good times, my companion and I were laughing for awhile after that visit.

The politician has been rough to visit lately, but we saw him on the street and he still seems excited to meet. We are also hoping that we can meet with one of the students that he is teaching English to who seems to have quite a bit of potential.

We also have another new investigator from Nepal who has been in Korea for 6 years so he speaks and understands Korean enough to be taught. He also knows a little bit of English. The sisters originally met him and he came to church twice and so far is had just been a friendship thing, which was a little worrysome because it was the sisters. So yesterday the sisters had a different investigator at church so we met with him and talked to him. He told us that if he didn't want to believe then he wouldn't come, which is great because he has the willing heart that is usually very difficult to find. So, we will start to teach him and help him to come to Christ.

Also, the two young girls that got baptized have a brother who has also been coming to church. He told the sisters that he would get baptized yesterday so either they or we will help in teaching him and helping him to come to Christ and start that path that he will never forget.

There is also the student that we met and set a baptismal date with who came back from Japan. We have a meeting with him tomorrow to see where he's at and how things are going. He is great. I am very excited for this appointment with him.

Oh yeah, one more thing, it is Chinese new Year soon (in Korea Solar) which means that things are going to be shut down for three days this weekend. That means that we as missionaries will continue to train in the meantime. It's an exciting festive season here in Korea!

We also met this fantastic sister the other day. The first was someone who we helped to edit a translation of a paper from Korean to English. She was amazing. She started out believing in the Presbyterian church and then from there she started attending the Methodist church when she got married. She had her head on really straight. Big surpise, in Korea there is a big masquerade (philosphical concept) as there is in most parts of the world. People pretending to be something they are not. They buy tons of fancy stuff when really they have no money. The funny thing is that she didn't think that that went on in America...well anyways, she poured her heart out to us about how she is watching her family get sucked into this trap while she has placed her confidence in God. Where our church comes into this is that earlier she met missionaries and because they were good looking (they have a word for it in Korea just like the other way around is called Yellow Fever) anyways, she met for a long time with them and really appreciated the niceness of the people and she wanted to learn English. However the Book of Mormon was to unfamiliar to her. (In Korean the language of the Book of Mormon is very different from that of the Bible and is very difficult, even for Koreans to read). Life continued on, and then she needed help with English so she called us. She told us that her plan was to live until she was 70 and then spend the rest of her time devoted to God. She is amazing. She told us many times that she did want to learn the Book Of Mormon, except that she said that because it was something completely new, it was something that she felt intimidated to start. Anyways, we bore testimony to her and told her that through relying on God she could receive help now and that if she put God first in her life that everything would become better. We referred her to the sisters so that they can hopefully teach her more. She is a very faithful woman and we are excited to see what will happen with her family. It was a very good experience. I also learned how the Koreans describe what we call in English deep and shallow personalities, which was very interesting. It was great!

This week has gone by well! Thank you for your prayers, I can feel them helping me! I hope that you enjoy the week. The one thought that I have is simple. When we have a broken heart and a contrite spirit the Lord will baptize us with fire and with the Holy Ghost (3rd Ne. 9:20) And Elder Bednar in his talk "Receive the Holy Ghost" astutely (of course it is Elder Bednar) points out that the main purpose of everything that we do in the church is to receive the Holy Ghost. Thus, everything that we do is really to break our hearts and submit our wills to God. The paradox emerges in Matthew from the teachings of the Savior: that when we seek for our life we will lose it, but when we lose our life (in breaking our hearts and becoming contrite and submissive to the will of God, and receive the Holy Ghost) that is when we truly find it. That is when we are remember the depths of humility spoken of by Mosiah and enjoy the promised blessings in Mosiah 4:11-12 which is a very precious verse to me. I love you all so much! You are the best!

Miracle of Healing and a Baptism.

Dear Mother and Family!

Wow this week has gone by and what a wonderful week it has been!

Many of our investigators were unable to meet us, but we still met some and taught them.

First, I have some good news! I had the opportunity to baptize two of the sister's investigators yesterday! It was my first experience baptizing, and I will tell you that some things happen once in a lifetime, and somethings happen once in eternity. It was a really special day for them (girls ages 14 &12) and they really enjoyed the baptism. It was really special to me to be able to represent Jesus Christ in the waters of Baptism.

Let's see, the investigator with the baptismal date when to Japan for awhile, which is a bummer, but we will be able to get in contact with him when he gets back.

The investigator at the hospital saw a wonderful miracle. The doctors told him that he was going to have to lose 2 toes because of a disease that he has. Well, he has already lost 1 toe and the thought of losing 2 more was a very damaging thought. So, we taught him about Priesthood blessings and gave him one. We told him that he could be healed if he had the faith to be healed. Well, we got a call from him the next day saying that when the doctors went to operate on him, they only  had to cut one toe. He told us before that if he would only lose one toe that he would believe in God (this is the English investigator). So, he has had a small, but hopefully very profound change of heart and willl hopefully start coming out to church after he leaves the hospital. I am so thankful to God that He provided this miracle for us to help us in the work.

The politician couldn't meet. The investigator who was going to get a divorce didn't! We is really busy now, however, so we are unable to meet with him as well.

Everything is going very well and the work is progressing and the Lord is showing His hand among the children of men! I love Him and the work that I am doing for Him. He is my Savior and my Redeemer, and yours as well.

I love you all, have a wonderful week!

A Missionary Leaves His Family for a time so Others Can be With Their Family Forever.....

Hello! Mother and Family!

 

Wow! Sounds like a perfect little break there in Minnesota! Here there is no break--which is great! We had transfer calls today and I am not transfering and neither is my companion, which means that we will have another transfer together in kong ju together with our investigators! Sickness is not good, don't worry I haven't been sick yet (knock on wood...)! Hopefully with the few extra days with rest the family was able to fully recover.

 

This past week went well.

 

First, we met with Waterman and realized that he didn't quite know English as well as we thought he did. He seemed to be a completely different person when we taught him this week. He wouldn't really listen to us and told us that if we wanted to visit again then we could not share anything about the Gospel. We will still continue to visit him from time to time because he likes the church enough to refer his students to come to our church. Very sad.

 

Second, we met with the politician again who is a very interesting person. He told us that he has never thought about or believed in God. Not once. So we started from step one and taught him about God. He is very open to the religion and to the truth, even if his heart is set on the wrong things right now. He is very money oriented. His biggest question is that if God has all power, why would he allow all the suffering and starvation to occur in Africa. His main concern is money. He wants more. So, we will continue to teach him, and as he believes and accepts then the spirit can enter his heart and allow him to feel the mighty change of heart described by the prophet Alma. I am excited to continue to meet with him. The lesson was amazing. We basically introduced God to him, which was a very special experience to me. I really really enjoyed it.

 

Third, we met a teenager on the street who came back for a return appointment. We taught him the first lesson and he agreed to be baptized and set a date for the 26th of January. However, he didn't come to church yesterday so the date will have to be pushed back a week, but we are so very excited for him. He is a great youth (18 yrs old American age) and has a fairly strong belief in God. He is so great!

 

Fourth, we met a person from China this week! He is hard to communicate with because he knows a little bit of Korean and a little bit of English, but not enough to the point that we can talk to him in a very meaningful way. We have Chinese speakers in our ward so we will work with them to help teach him.

 

The high school students continue to evade contacting...which is very unfortunate but happens. 

 

Our English investigator was in the hospital this week for his leg that he was getting treatment for, so we were unable to meet him. He is great though. He told us that he knows that when he gets treatment and if he has to get an operation that the only thing that he can really do for himself is to pray. He is learning that there are things that we have to rely on God for. He is slowly turning and coming to understand and believe in God, his loving Heavenly Father.

 

Let's see. Oh, so we had the greatest conversation with a man on the street. He was telling us that we need to take care of our families first and then attend to church business (when we grew up) and we explained to him that we were voluntarily serving so that other people's families could be together forever. He had the greatest attitude and sense of humor, it was really enjoyable talking to him. The best part was the end. Nothing amazingly miraculous, but at first he wouldn't really listen to us, but at the end we came off with a sort of deal. He asked us to take care of our families when we went back and got married, etc., and we told him that he needed to think more about being with his family forever. He needed to think more about the life after this and about the possibilities in front of him. We didn't get his phone number, but it was a really powerful conversation that led to one of God's children understanding a little bit more about himself and God's plan for him! It was absolutely wonderful!

 

This past week went by really well! Remember some very important things. First of all, every single person is a child of God. That includes you, me, your neighbor, your friend, etc. Everyone has a Heavenly Father. That being said, treat others, and yourself, as if you are such. Second, Heavenly Father loves us and has provided us with a way to be happy in this life. If you follow the way you are happy now and forever. If you don't, you may feel happy now, but you won't forever. That way is simple and involves five steps. Faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. That's it. It is very simple, but inexpressibly beautiful.  

 

I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father. I know that He loved us enough to send His Son Jesus Christ, so that we can learn, grow, progress, and eventually return to live with Him again. I know that He teaches His Gospel through prophets, both in the Bible and today. In this time, God called Joseph Smith to be a prophet. Joseph Smith restored the original church of God back to the earth. I know that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet called of God to lead His people. I know that through abiding by the precepts found in Book of Mormon a man can get nearer to God than through the precepts of any other book. I know that Jesus Christ lives. He is at the head of His church and I am doing His work. He knows us and He loves us. He is an unchangeable being. Of that I am sure.

 

Remember, that He knows all things. If you want to know truth, then ask Him. Sincerely ask Him and you will be able to know by the power of the Holy Ghost. I know that anyone who sincerely wants to find truth must ask sincerely for it. What does it profit a man if a gift is bestowed upon him, and he receive not the gift? (D&C 88:33) In order to receive the gift, we must ask for it. So ask! Sincerely do so, there is nothing that you have to lose, but everything that you can gain!

 

I love you all! You are the best. Remember the importance of Faith, Hope, and Charity. If you want something to study read Pray Always by Elder Bednar. It's really good!

 

Have a wonderful week!

New Year in Gong Ju

Hello Mother and Family!!!

 

Thank you for the New Year wishes! Wow! It sounds so cold in Minnesota! It's pretty warm in Korea (comparatively); we had a day in the 50s last week! That is so cold...wow. I don't think I quite comprehend. Utah was cold, but not that cold. Be safe and careful!

 

That's such a wonderful New Year's goal! Continue to help the missionaries! The missionaries love it when they have someone that they know will help them well and is reliable to call on!

Yep, Gong Ju is a different place, but we are working hard and hoping to build the area up.

 

This past week we had a wonderful experience with the ward. Every year (or most years) the ward climbs to the top of a mountain and watches the sun rise. It is really really wonderful because the sun rises just over the peak of an adjacent mountain. It's a slow process, but so beautiful. Then, they have a short spiritual thought and then break up into families where they say a family prayer for the new year. The symbolism was so rich as I watched the sun rise over the mountain. Such a good tradition and a beautiful way to start the new year! 

 

This week we met a few investigators that seem to have some great potential. The first two that we met are a father and a son. They are wonderful. He (the dad) lived in America for forty years and is fluent in English, and moved back to Korea for the past 2 1/2 years to do business. Neither of them have any friends here in Korea right now, so when we went over to their house they opened up about the many difficulties that they are facing right now (which are really intense and sensitive). Really, he spelled out his relationship with God on the table. We realized immediately that God has sent us to them to help their family and to help them to accept the Gospel. We taught him about God and he responded that he knows the answer that he will get if he asks God and that if he asks God he will give into the answer that he will receive, but he doesn't want to face the answer. Our hearts went out to him. I haven't loved a man more quickly in all of my mission. His son is great as well. Anyways, we are excited to work with him and get the dad to turn to God and to take the answer that he will get and to trust God that it will be for his happiness. He is wonderful.

 

The English investigator that we have been meeting is progressing. Wow. We taught him and helped him see that he can live with his mother again. His mother is a sensitive topic, but helped him to realize the possibility and the existence of God. The next time when he came in, he didn't focus on the English but wanted us to teach him! He has been getting sick and last night when we called we told him that God could help him and he said "I believe you"!! We are excited for him.

 

We haven't yet met Waterman, but will continue to try. The high school students have not answered our calls.

 

We also met another person who seems to have interest, at least a little bit, in what we are doing here. He is a previous politician who is now teaching English. Supposedly he was the last President of Korea's secretary, but the people in this area apparently don't really believe that. He came to church for about 15 minutes, but was a little apprehensive around all the people. So he left before the meeting. We haven't had a formal teaching situation with him yet, but hopefully we will have the opportunity this upcoming week.

 

I love you all so much! You are all the best. Keep on doing your best, putting the Lord first and being happy!