This week was a little on the down side, in terms of lessons and investigators. Practically all of our appointments fell through, and most of our investigators skipped out on church.
Despite that though, I had a great week, full of the Spirit. It's just an example that people have their agency (ability to choose). They may sometimes use it in ways that make others sad, but, ultimately, it is a God given right to all of God's children, and I'd much rather get hurt once in a while than live in a world without freedom.
So, what do you do when things don't go right? You forget yourself and go to work! Sure, I could be disappointed or let down. But! It's much healthier, much more productive, and much more Christlike to shoulder on, and push through! There's so much out there, just waiting to be found! If investigators keep canceling, then we'll just need to find some new investigators! I feel an assurance that when things go wrong, God always has something even better prepared for us, if we can just endure a bit of darkness.
One example is that, while walking on the street, a woman randomly approached us, and asked us for help. We ended up helping a preacher from another church move furniture for an hour! Some of the furniture was really heavy, but our hearts were light. This experience was special to me, because the woman recognized us as missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. She knew that she could count on us to help. In Korea, the church is still so new that it's battling through the labels of "heresy" and "cult." I'm confident that as the church continues onward, people will recognize it as it has in America. This was just a small example of how that's slowly changing here in Korea, and it gives me a bright hope for the future.
Last week, we went to a bathhouse on P-Day. I feel that with this experience, I've partaken of another piece of Asian culture that will never be forgotten.
Last Saturday, we had a barbecue with a few members after English class! That was a lot of fun. I love being around the members and their children. Kids in Korea love playing rock, paper, scissors! I can't tell you how many times I've spotted one of the youngsters running around and played rock, paper, scissors with them for the next five minutes. Anyways, the members asked me to sing! It made me feel special to be recognized as a talented singer; especially since my companion is an excellent pianist, and is constantly being called out by members as a genius. Of course, it's not gratifying pride or anything like that, but I legitimately enjoy sharing my talents with others, and it just so happens that they wanted me to sing a song for them.
Other than that, this week was pretty low-key. We spent most of the time running around, trying to talk to as many people as we can! We did go to the temple, and that was wonderful as always. We also had fast Sunday yesterday, and I had a good experience fasting -- sorry, no details about that one! As well as you can describe the taste of salt without using the word salty, I can describe this experience. If you've ever tried that, you'll know it's pretty difficult -- if not impossible.
Fingers crossed for more miracles this week, and more experiences with the Spirit of God!
Faithfully yours,
Elder LYnn
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