CATCHING THE BUS!

Dear mother and family!!!

Thank you for the update! Sounds like everything is going wonderful in Arizona, Minnesota, and Oregon! Things are going well in Korea as well! Wow, what an opportunity for Reid! I am so happy that he is able to sing with and meet the seventy! I am so happy and proud of him for his great talent! I am really glad that things are going well in the Spanish branch. Sounds like dad is really enjoying his calling, and it is wonderful that his mission language is still helping him 30 years after his mission. The Lord knows our lives and what we will do and who we will be better than anyone else. I am glad that Charlotte is done with the end of beginning and that she will now be able to start her career. She will do absolutely great wherever she goes. Hopefully Reid can get up to 12'6 in the sectionals meet and make on to the next round. It's great that he was able to vault 12'! Christian is emailing me, so I know all about his success! He is so great. He's what? 22 these days. I am not going to lie, that actually feels really young to me because of the change in age in Korea. Here I am 21 and my companion (who is 19) is also 21. So, it's a little different and age is a little distorted, but anyways, the point is that he's a (more) mature adult who can take care of himself. Haha, summer break. We are bracing here for the brutal summer of Korea as the temperatures are hitting in the 80s consistently and the humidity is about 70%...but it's inexpressible how much it is worth it!

This week we had a good week with our investigators. Oh! We got transfer calls. I am staying another transfer in 공주 with Elder Peterson! That means that I will get to spend a total of over 7 months here! Such a blessing and an opportunity! I love the people here and all of our investigators.

SO....the Jehovah's witness investigator continued to exchange ideas with us. He is such a good person at his core, and so we are trying to help him realize the importance of continuing revelation and understanding that the Bible is not closed. Any ideas???

The Gwangju investigator was really really busy this week and so he was not able to meet; however, from our member who has KaKao talk with him, we hear that he should be finished with his club activity this week, so we are very excited for the opportunity that we will have to meet with him again.

The 28 year old is struggling a little bit. He said the last time that we met with him that he is more concerned with meeting us as friends than meeting us for religion...which always gets you right to the heart. But, we will continue to try to help him through our friendship to make changes and taste the wonderful fruit that the Gospel brings. He is a really hard one.

Our swimmer investigator came to church this week for about 40 minutes (he had a prior appointment). They are all doing well and we are excited to work hard here in Gong Ju this next transfer!

Well, this week was great. Something very simple hit me pretty hard. A simple example of faith. Someone who is walking towards a bus stop sees a bus. They run to catch the bus. They act on an unseen hope. The receive the power to accomplish their hope. The question then remains...how many of us can see the bus in our lives. Because if we are not, then we are living below our potential, which is waiting for the bus. Alma calls this (as well as many Book of Mormon Prophets) the eye of faith (Alma 5, Ether 12, Alma 32, etc) , which eye's clarity is hope. The clearer the eye of faith the greater the ability we have to act, and the greater power we receive to accomplish what we can see. See the fruit of the Gospel and nourish it to clarity!