November 23, 2014 광주 Stake Conference!!

November 23, 2014

광주 Stake Conference!!

Hi family!!

 

This week we had a good busy week.  Tuesday our investigator took us to her English class she teaches to a group of moms.  I walked in there and I basically became like a famous person just for being American and having blonde hair.  And our investigator decided to make me sit right in the front of the class. They asked me questions, I answered in as slow of English as possible, and they tried to understand!!  So they asked me to explain what was different about our church, it was a bit difficult to do that in simplified English so they could understand but I think I was able to get the message across.  It was a lot of fun and a bunch of them got our number and will hopefully call us this week which will give us a chance to meet one on one and introduce our church a little more in depth.  

We also met a new investigator this week.  It is a mother with two twin 7 year old boys who are the cutest little boys I have ever seen.  After meeting they took us out to the playground and were showing off all of their tricks on their bikes!!  They may become my new favorite family!!  We will start our English program with them this week.  They don't have a religion and the mom seems to know a little bit about our church so I am excited to see how things go this week!

This weekend was Stake Conference here; we attended the Sunday morning session and were also able to attend the Saturday night session with one of our investigators who is 23.  It was a super awesome meeting and her favorite talk was the conversion story of a member the same age as her.  It was a good experience for her to see that our church is bigger than Mokpo and there are a lot of people her age.  We'll see this week but I hope it will help her have a greater desire to attend church and receive baptism.

The meetings focused a lot on strengthening our own faith and coming closer to God.  As I was thinking about this yesterday I came across a part in the Liahona and scriptures that stuck out to me.  This was shared by President Packer and was counsel Given to him by Harold B. Lee; "You must learn to walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness; then the light will appear and show the way before you." he then shared Ether 12:6; "I would show unto the world that faith is things which are hoped for and not seen; wherefore, dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith.  This was a big answer to me about a lot of things I have been thinking about.  God loves us and wants to help but sometimes he wants us to exercise faith and find the answers.  But if we go forward with faith relying on God he will show us the way.  We may not see the end from the beginning but if it is a righteous desire and we move forward with faith, the light will come and God will lead us in the right way.

Hope you all have a wonderful week!!  Can’t wait to see you in a short few weeks:) 사랑해요!!!

Love,

Sister Jacklin

Pictures:

-Playing at the playground with our cute investigators

-This picture is for Esther and Phoebe!!  Eating kimchi raw Octopus at our investigator's house for dinner:) It was really yummy!!