June 2, 2014 Elder Christofferson's Visit

June 2, 2014

Elder Christofferson’s Visit
 

안녕하세요^^

 

We had a very busy but spiritually uplifting week.  On Saturday Elder Christofferson visited our mission and we were able to have a Mission conference with him in the morning.  He opened the time up for us missionaries to ask questions to him; One Elder asked a question about overcoming our trials and Elder Christofferson said sometimes there is nothing else to help us besides having faith in Christ which is something I have learned so much on my mission. He also said how when we pray for help with our problems God does not always solve them overnight but he helps us step by step until we find our solution.  This really hit me and taught me a lot about enduring our trials with faith and we will come out stronger and learn so much from them.  We also were able to prepare and sing a special musical number for the conference.  We sang two Korean songs and We'll Bring the World his Truth. I felt the spirit so strong during the song and it made me feel so grateful for this opportunity to be serving in Korea.

One of my favorite funny moments of the week was from our lesson with our 9 and 11 year old little boy investigators.  We taught them how to pray and then asked them to try.  The first took about five minutes to finally start and then he prayed that the earth and the sun will crash...and the atmosphere....  Me, Sister Lee, and the mom were trying to hold in our laughter but it was just too funny.  And then the second prays and says, " it has been really hot so thank you for air-conditioning." These may have been some of my favorite prayers during my whole mission.

So this week I had one of those regretful moments of forgetting practically all the Chinese I learned.  We have a new investigator who is Chinese.  She has lived in Korea for eight years but still speaks hardly any Korean. And when she does speak Korean we can understand about two words because she speaks it like a Chinese person with tones and all!!  Ahh!!  I guess we will communicate with love!!  I called an Elder in our mission who speaks Chinese and he gave me a bunch of words so Mom will be happy to know I am once again studying Chinese:)

 One thing I learned a lot about this week is sharing the nature of God and the message of the Restoration because they are the key factors to conversion.  This was something that was highly emphasized in our combined District meeting and then again in the mission tour.  If someone learns of these things there is no way to doubt as long as we keep our faith strong.  It was a good reminder for me of the basics of my testimony and what is most important to teach our investigators.                

 Love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!  Happy Birthday to  Seth this week!!  I can't believe how big my little brothers are getting!!

 

Love,

Sister Jacklin

Pictures:  we made some kind of watermelon punch one night this week. You eat it in the watermelon!! just watermelon, sprite and, and ice!! delicious!!