Miracles in Mokpo
August 10, 2014
Hey Family!!
Last week was a great week and I
wasn't able to write about it last week so I'll share a little bit of it this
week.
I was able to take the long trip up
to Cheonan (my last area) to attend the Baptism of my investigator Song
Mikyoung. One of the Elders met her on the bus and she came to meet us
even though she had no idea who we really were. She ended up having no English
interest and we became friends and started teaching her. She progressed
all on her own and even stopped one of her jobs in order to attend
church. She had no idea I was going to be able to come to the Baptism so
the other missionaries had me hide behind a door and they brought her in with
her eyes closed and she was so surprised when she saw me. She started
crying and it was a happy moment. It
made the long trip all worth it. Her baptism was the most spiritual Baptism
of my whole mission; she shared her testimony about how much it has helped her
as she has learned about God and accepted the Gospel. I feel like God has
given me such a blessing to meet her and know she is someone I will continue to
stay in touch with.
I think we are setting a record
number for how many appointments can cancel on us. I think that has been
one of my tests in coming to Mokpo,"what to do when all your appointments
cancel, including the backup plans." I was thinking about it on the
bus the other day and it really is what I am learning. Sometimes when
things fall apart I just shut down and get frustrated but I am learning to just
keep going and get out no matter what.
Miracle story this week. We
were walking between appointments on Friday and as we were crossing the street
a man and his wife look at us and say, "Mormon?" We start
talking to him for a minute and it turns out he attended BYU and his son
graduated from BYU and still lives in Salt Lake. We were shocked, this
kind of thing does not happen in Korea especially Mokpo. They wanted to
take us out to dinner but we had an appointment but hopefully we will be able
to contact them and meet again. It really is a small world no matter
where you go.
Yesterday we had the Baptism of an
86 year old Grandma and a 89 year old Grandpa. They are the parents of a member
and began coming to church with their family a few weeks ago. We began
teaching them with the Elders during Sunday school time. They don't
really remember or understand the things we teach them but they decided to be Baptized
and believe with their family. I think they really felt that peace
and comfort after they were Baptized. Two of our investigators were able
to attend the Baptism and they said they had a good feeling when they saw the Baptism:)
The pictures are with our
investigators Go Chandi and Yang Hansor. We went to a couple small
museums with them the other day and were able to try on some awesome
traditional Korean clothes, were thinking of starting that fashion
again!! We had a super fun time with them and it was very interesting but
sad to see more of what happened when Japan was ruling over Korea.
All in all it was a good week.
The suspected typhoon for this week didn't come so the weather hit the real
summer heat. I am really beginning to like Mokpo and think I can make the
most of my last few transfers here.
Have a great week:)
Love,
Sister Jacklin
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