Hi family!!! I love you super a lot and I miss you!! This week was
fun and I learned a lot in personal study and through zone training.
First some funny/good things that happened this week:
So a lot of times in Korea they have these guys that get on
microphones and like advertise for store and yell out things and stuff.
Well he attacked my compy and grabbed onto her backpack and it was kind
of funny kind of scary but I had no idea what the heck he was saying
obviously because it was in Korean but she was laughing and I think it
was kind of inappropriate but I'm not really sure...anyway later she
told me that he said that I looked like Audrey Hepburn HAHAHA greatest
compliment/lie ever. I don't understand how people think I look good
because I look scary at the end of each day. So so far I've been said to
look like Haylie Duff and Audrey Hepburn...hmmm...confusion....
Whenever people talk to me it's super funny because they freak out
sometimes and start laughing like they're embarrassed that I'm talking
to them and then I figure out that it's because they want to speak
english to me but they're nervous or something.
Also one of our investigators is funny and asks questions like
why did Jesus choose water to get baptized in? And we explained that it
was a symbol of cleanliness and stuff and she was like yeah but why
water? Why not light or sand? First of all why would you rather get
baptized in sand than in water? So she was asking why Jesus chose water
and we were like because he did and she was like yeah but why? Also what's frustrating is when investigators ask questions
and I ask my companion to explain it and she can't because she says
it's too hard in english...
Also I had the coolest experience so at our zone conference I was
simultaneously blessed/stressed. haha they talked about sharing the
gospel with faith and that's hard! especially when you struggle with the
language. But faith is a choice and when we have faith we have a hope
that the Lord will fulfill his promises and a desire to do his work. So I
prayed for courage that I would be able to choose faith and not be
scared to talk to people. After our meeting we had to go somewhere I
don't remember but there was a girl that I started talking to on the
subway. And she went to college I think she was my age and she was super
cute. Anyway I started talking to her about why I was in Korea and that
I was a missionary and (oh side note so I'm working on this thing
called pass-off where it helps you teach the lessons in the language and
you have to pass off with your DLs and ZLs and stuff and last week I
was working on the second lesson which is Plan of Salvation) so I talked
about how we teach about Christ and God and she said that she didn't
have a religion and I was talking about how God loves us and we are his
children and that we lived with him before this life and we can return
to Him again. And I taught like a mini Plan of Salvation lesson and it
was so awesome! And I don't know if anything will come of it because I
was scooted off the subway super quick by my companion so all I could
give her was our card but it was just a cool experience to be able to
teach someone about that and I feel like it was a tender mercy that I
happened to be studying the Plan of Salvation for pass-off!! It was
really cool.
spiritual thought for the week: ps i love d&c it's
filled with ridiculously good revelation so thank you Joseph Smith. But
anyways I was reading Moroni 10 and I came to an important realization
about Charity. Charity is really seeing someone as the Lord does. We
have faith in them and hope for them. Sometimes when I think about an
investigator I don't even want to teach them because they come up with
weird questions and they won't accept what we're teaching right away
with their whole heart like I do. And that is so uncharitable!! We need
to have faith in other people just as the Lord has faith in us. We need
to see them for their potential to become like Jesus Christ. Have faith
that someday, somehow they will accept the Lord's gospel and be able to
enjoy all the blessings that we do now. So my challenge for you is to be
patient with the people around you and try to see them as Christ would.
Treat them as Christ would and strive to develop more charity and love
for those you come in contact with.
Love you tons and tons forever and ever. Grateful we are a family forever. Hugs and kisses.
Sister Blick
