HI
Everyone!! Thanks for your emails! I loved them all. Rach and Isaac I
am glad you had good birthdays! This week was awesome! We had some great
lessons with investigators. I will tell you all about them!
The temple was so good. It
felt so good being there. Thankfully, we got to do an English session.
We do the English session with the senior couples in our
mission. President and Sister Christensen were there with our zone. It
was good to see them again. After the temple my whole zone went hiking
to a national park place. It was a ton of fun! The hike was actually way
hard! But it felt good to be in the mountains getting exercise. I have
missed hiking so much! It was kind of foggy and It felt like we were
hiking in an old asian painting or something. The weird looking trees
and fog with the mountains. mixed in with a few random temples here and
there. haha but It was about 4 miles total. We barley got back in time
later that day and changed in a subway station and ran to a member's
house for dinner. It was an exhausting but fun day!
Our investigators are
good! last week we taught Ee Hyoung Gee. (she is the 13 year old girl)
we teach her and her 8 year old brother. Her brother was gone so we just
taught her. Last time we taught her, we thought we were losing her. She
seemed like she lost interest in the gospel and didn't really care
anymore. But we went and taught her on thursday and she told us that she
has been reading the Book of Mormon and she knows it's true. She told
us that she tries to apply it to her life and it is helping her so much.
We gave her the of Mormon stories book to help her understand better,
but she said she likes reading the actual book because there are more
details. She is awesome! She said she wants to be baptized and committed
to being baptized. Now if we can just get her to come to church with
us. She shared with us an experience she had when she was younger. She
said her two younger siblings were really sick when she was little and
they were in the hospital. She went outside and said a prayer and looked
at the moon because she knew that God is light and she felt like he
would hear her. Her family has no religion. Her parents have no interest
in religion but she said she knows that Heavenly Father is real and
that the church is true. We were so happy when she said this. She is so
brave! Her friends have been trying to invite her to come to their
church and they don't understand why she likes our church. She told them
she knows it's true. We are so excited! Now we are going to try and get
her and her brother to church. It's hard for them to get there when
it's early and their family doesn't go. We'll talk to her little brother
this week and see where he is at too. He understands the plan of
salvation perfectly and wants to be baptized so he can live with HF
again. We love them!!
Kim Hoo Eee came to church
yesterday and we were able to teach her an awesome lesson after church
as well. She is so great. She has been reading the Book of Mormon and
understands and believes everything we teach her. We taught her the 3rd
lesson yesterday, which is Christ's gospel. She is the perfect
investigator. She loves learning everything. She loves that through the
gospel, we can become better. This gospel is all about change. And she
loves that. She understands that she can repent and be forgiven. She
loves reading the Book of Mormon and always has a lot of questions.
Yesterday she said she would be baptized! She decided March 15th would
be good. She said she is excited to feel clean when she is baptized. (ps
background on her- her professor is in our ward. He said something
about our church in class one day and after class she asked him what
church he went to and asked if she could come. So she came the first
week I was here. That's when we began teaching her) She has been
prepared. I am so excited for her. She asked about the temple because
she heard we went. So on saturday, we are going to Seoul and visiting
the temple and teaching her about it. I'm super excited!!
Ee Bo Young is doing good.
She's still "waiting" for the answer. We are trying to explain that the
spirit answers in many different ways. I think she is worried about
being baptized and wants a big solid answer that this is the true
church. She always reads the Book of Mormon but she said she isn't sure
that the church is true. We're still working hard with her. Praying for
her a lot. She is so sweet and we want her to realize how much the
gospel can change her life.
This week I studied 3
Nephi 17 and shared how Christ healed the people when he came to earth. I
pointed out to her that Christ healed everyone. He healed every person
that came to Him. He will heal us. If we come to Him. Christ has so much
compassion. He wants to heal us! I read a quote this week by Elder
Packer that I love: "Christ is the creator. The Healer. What he made, He
can fix." I love that. I am learning more and more about Christ and I
am so thankful for His Atonement. Christ's Atonement is the best news in
the world. I am so thankful that I get to share that good news with the
people here in Korea.
Rach- I am glad you had a good b-day. Sounds super fun!!! Your hike in the pouring rain sounds like a blast. love you!
Dman- how's Savior of the
World? I wish you could see all of the crazy things here in Korea. The
busses and motorcycles drive wild. hahaha it's so funny. running red
lights and flying around corners. classic
Ellie- thanks for the quotes! How is where the red fern grows? That book is so good/sad! i love you!!
Jane- Your missionary thing sounds way cool! Let me know how it goes!!
Addie- I am glad you are
working hard in English. That is so hard. There are so many tricky
things. You are so smart. Keep working hard! I love you!
Isaac- That is so cool you
saw the fighter planes! I am glad you had a good birthday. This week I
ate gross fish that looked like silver goldfish and I ate octopus haha
crazy huh?
Mom and Dad- I love you so much!! Thanks for the emails. I love you and constantly pray for all of you.
Have the best week!!! I love you!!!!!!
Sister Tara Anderson
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