WEIGHTIER MATTERS

Hello Mother and all!

This past week went by very well! Elder Peterson and I worked hard and felt the Lord's love and guidance in His great work.

We met a really great guy the other day. He is a Jehovah's Witness believer who said that he was looking for truth. We had a bus ride home with him and he was incredibly interested to hear about the Book of Mormon. We taught pretty much the entire first lesson on the street. He accepted a Book of Mormon and asked me where the most profound parts of the Book were, allowed me to mark them for him and then said that he would read them. We have an appointment with him today, which will be exciting to see how he has done since we have last met.

Our other investigators are doing well. We finally got our English investigator a baptismal date for November which is honestly no sooner that I would have guessed. He is great. He comes to church every Sunday and loves the members, but needs a lot of time to understand and to grow his testimony which is a budling right now.

We got to meet with the ping-pong swimmer this week and had a great lesson with him about the Plan of Salvation. If we continue to meet with him, I know that he will be able to make friends in the church and hopefully believe. I can see him serving a mission someday!

Our Gwangju investigator went back to Gwangju for the holidays. The past two days were children's day and Buddha's birthday so everyone was off school and work and returned to their hometomes. He went back to Gwangju and so was not able to meet, but we still remind him to read the Book of Mormon and to pray :) I am excited for him because of how well he understands the Gospel. He now just needs to experiment on the word!

Our internet investigator has stopped answering phone calls/texts, so we may not be meeting with him anymore. This is unfortunate, but his choice.

This past week was really great. The weather was a little bit rainy at some parts, but now is nice and springy (not to hot, not to cold, with sun and flowers).

This week I have thought a lot about the amount of weight that we place on things. Someone once said that "An event only has as much significance as you place it". Thus, we really can decide how much an event or something else means to us. In terms of coming closer to God, our covenants are what bind us to Him. So, naturally, if we remember and treasure the sacredness of our commitments then we will be much more inclined to keep them. One of the prophets once said that you can measure a person's conversion by the way that they treat the Sabbath Day. The Sabbath Day is usually the first thing that goes as people stray away. The world places no signficance on the Sabbath Day, contrasted to a Disciple of Jesus Christ who realizes the significance of church attendance, particularly partaking of the sacrament, and keeping the spirit of the Lord for the rest of the Lord's day. In short, we choose what we place significance on, and through doing so we dictate our lives. So think about what you do and you can easily find where you place your significance. Then, you can see where you should rightly appropriate your efforts and work towards it. Instead of chopping of leaves (the action) go for the root (the motivation). That is one thing that I learned this week. I know that this work is the Lord's work and that He loves all His children. I know that the prayer of faith will be answered. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that Joseph Smith is a prophet and that he restored this church under the direction of Christ Himself. I know that anyone who sincerely wants to know these truths can. I love you all so much, and hope that everything is going absolutely wonderful in Minnesota! I love you so much!!!