Friends and Family,
It has been a VERY busy week for us here in 청 주!!
We have been doing lots of advertising for our English village event this
weekend so we spent lots of time as a district telling people about it in the
shopping area of our city. Wednesday we had a ward party which was such a
fun event. We had 11 investigators/potential investigators come, so all
of us missionaries were very excited. We did some line dancing and plenty
of ridiculous games, my mouth hurt from smiling. Then we had a delicious
Korean barbeque with enough meat to make you sick! (I attached a picture
of some of our investigators and missionaries from the barbeque) It was
such a fun event and good for our investigators to get some fun interaction
with the ward members. Saturday and Sunday: our whole zone came to my
city to watch conference together so it was a big missionary party! I
have never listened to conference so well or enjoyed it so much. I loved
all the talks but one of my favorites was President Monson's talk about getting
through trials. He said that God's will is more important than ours and
we never have to walk alone. This is something I have really been working
on lately so it was an extra boost to hear the Prophet's words. Sunday
between sessions we had to teach our investigators and give them baptismal
interviews and eat food in the one hour between sessions, it was stressful but
we are missionaries so the busier the better. Sunday night our
investigator 정 혜 연 was baptized!! It was such a miracle and I was so grateful
for the strong spirit we felt at her baptism. It was one of those moments
I felt so blessed to be a missionary and just a small part of people's journey.
She is moving to incheon so we won't be teaching her anymore, but I just
pray for her that she will continue to strengthen her testimony and grow in the
church. We will have two more baptisms next week of a wonderful family.
I have been blessed to see so many baptisms early on, that is one of my
companions strengths and is has been good for her to have these baptisms right
before she goes home.
I'll finish up with my cultural experience of the
week. I had to eat intestine and nobody told me until it was in my
mouth!! It honestly did not taste bad, just the thought of what it was ruined
it. We also got some...not so delicious food from a member though the Koreans
loved it. They were dried little fish, squid, dried squid, and leaves in
sauce. I tried it all even if I was a little dramatic. Let’s just
say I didn't go back to eat more the next day.
I miss everyone but am really enjoying my mission
right now. Next week I will be getting a new companion and am excited for
the adventures to come!! I love you!!
Love,
Sister Jacklin
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