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!