Hey family back at home! Its been quite some time!
Im gonna skip pleasantries and go right to the juicy stuff this week!
Which probably isnt much but still!
So number one! We finally had a baptism here in
Dobong! It wasnt mine! But it was practically the whole districts!
We loved this old man! He is 84 years old and his name is Lee Bun
Ku. He was Elder Grimshaw and Elder Kims convert and he is the sweetest
old man ever. We have all had some great expereinces with him and
although he doesnt remember much when he is taught, he has a sweet spirit and
wanted to be baptised! We know he will do well in the ward, they love him
so much! When I went to go see him he showed us his cheap mosquito
killing spray, Called Good night. And then he turned and said in his small
voice, "Good night moki" and sprayed a little bit. It was
probably one of the cutest and funniest things that I have ever seen an old
person do! He was extremely prepared by the lord and even defended his
faith before he was baptized. His son is a Devout Jehovahs Witness, which
btw they are really pushing to make it big in korea we see them everywhere, and
came to his house to tell his dad that he didnt approve of his joining our
church. His dad responded by saying that Jehovahs witnesses dont even
accept god, so it doesnt matter what he thinks, he was doing it anyways!
It was awesome! We saw the pamphlets at his house and we got
worried but he picked them up, laughed and said they oppose god! We all
felt the spirit from this old man! He has lived through a lot, and has
finally found the true church of Christ that will bless his life! I love
this man and I will attach a pic! Even though its not my baptism I still
care a lot for this man and we feel like it was the entire districts baptism!
Saturday and friday were spent preparing things for the
baptism, cleaning the font, fixing the boiler, doing the interview and
everything else. On top of that, on thursday and friday I was
"benched" as I had to stay home and take care of elder grimshaw while
Elder Anderson and Elder kim did exchanges to cover appointments! It was
super fun and also kind of weird, I was basically alone for 6 hours on
thursday, and I spent the entire time cleaning our house! Its still not
entirely clean, but its a giant dent in it! Elder Grimshaw was downed
with a nasty flu thing that took him out of everything. It was cool though to
stay in and get stuff done.
Tuesday was a temple day and it was great to be able to go
to the temple to do the ordinances for the lord. I was inspired to do
initiatories again and it was fun! Me and elder Anderson did them
together and had a blast talking to the ordinance workers, feeling the spirit,
and doing this amazing work of salvation. After the temple it was a great
chance to catch up with some people. It was also a great surprise to
receive not only a package from my mom with all kinds of goodies, but also a
package from my dad with similar stuff!!! THANKS MOM AND DAD!!!! I love you
guys!!! Getting stuff from home is always fun! And getting food that you
don't have to pay for or that you cant find in Korea is always nice too!
We have been working alot with Jason, our referral from the
sisters that we started with last friday! He does the family english program
and then we teach him afterwards for 30 minutes. He seems really
interested in the messages that we present, and loves that in our church we
believe that we can be in our families forever. Hes a presbyterian and
goes to pray at church everyday! But we think that he will follow christ
and become baptized and be a great member. THe only thing he had a
problem with was the word of wisdom when we taught it. He seemed very
hesitant to accept it, and he didnt, but we are going to try and push him into
following it for just a day or two and then longer. Hopefully we can show
him the blessings of following it.
So that is about our week! Me and Elder Anderson are
chugging along and doing good work here. Everytime we teach we can feel
the spirit and know that we are doing the lords work here in korea. I
love to know that I am an authorized representative of Jesus Christ here in
korea and that I carry his Priesthood, and the authority to exercise it on
behalf of him here. I see the blessings of the gospel in my life daily,
as I change and try to become more like our Savior. This gospel is a
gospel of change, and if you are not moving forward, your moving backwards.
Make sure that we are always trying to better ourselves and become more
like Christ. I can promise that as you do so he will bless you in ways
you never thought possible. He will flush out problems that you never
knew existed. He will make "Weak things strong." I
recommed obtaining a copy of Preach My Gospel and studying chapter 6 about
Christlike Attributes. Its one of the best chapters there!
Have a great week everyone! Love you!!!
Elder Sun Hyung Soo!
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