Seoul Korea Temple
Jan 8 at 9:25 PM
Week 4 woohoo! I still
know how to count (even if I use my fingers when I'm counting in Korean. Gosh
dang this dual number system... But I'll get it. ^_^)
I hope everyone had a
happy new year! Did you make all the goals in the whole world? More importantly,
did you make a plan to reach those goals? My life has become nothing but goals.
#선교사삶 Can I just say, it's a good feeling when you
reach a goal? But the trick is, don't think about it! Set the goal, make the
plan, then put your head down and work! Do all you can do to reach that goal.
Then, even when you don't quite get it, or it wasn't as great as you thought it
would be, you can still feel good about what you did do, because you did it
your best.
... English is hard. And
so is Korean. Hopefully I'll be able to speak at least one of them in a few
months... ^_^ Also, when we're teaching the wonderful Korean people the
confusing language of English... Yeah, it gets interesting. The best (and
worst) is when we're working on pronunciation, and some of the sounds that we
use in English don't exist in 한국말, so terrible me has to refrain from giggling.
And I succeed! (Most of the time...)
I went on my first
exchange this past week, which meant that I would be our area's senior
companion for 24 hours. Not going to lie, I was a little nervous about it, but
it turned out really well. Sister Call is a wonderful human being, and I'm glad
she was so patient with my craziness. :)
And now I must fan girl
about my companion, Sister Giles. I'm realizing that I haven't really talked
about the area I'm serving, who I'm serving with, you know, my life,
so I figured I should probably do that. Sister Giles is a quarter Korean, and
she's basically a model. Not lying. It's a thing. But she is so humble,
patient, and fun! She's teaching me how to be a missionary mostly by her
example, but when she does have to say something to correct something, it's
always with love and understanding. She knows things about life, and I'm very
grateful.
I'm serving in 동대문 (Dongdaemun) zone, 동대문 ward, which is sort of
toward the bottom left of the Korea Seoul Mission. My district is made up of
Elder Polley and his trainee Elder Boren (in the MTC with me), Elder Cable and
Elder Leituala (a couple of MTC districts older than me), and Sister Giles and
I. We have a good time, serving the ward, serving the Lord.
My testimony is still
growing. I'm still being converted. But what I do know is that when I testify
of our Savior and Redeemer Jesus Christ, I feel happy, I feel powerful, I
feel... somewhat invincible. I don't know exactly why, or how, that's possible,
but it's a thing, and I'm grateful for it. I'm excited to become the kind of
person I can become because of His atoning sacrifice. One of my favorite
scriptures is Mosiah 24:14-15. Alma and his people were doing great, right?
They had pretty much just been baptized, and then the Lamanites had to come
along and be like, "I think we should put them under bondage. That's a
good idea." When I first read that, I just sort of thought, "But
bondage is a thing they do when Heavenly Father is punishing them, right?"
And then I read verses 14 and 15, and I thought, "Ah, okay. The only way
for them to really know what the enabling power of the Atonement was was for
them to experience it, and a good way for them to experience was for them to be
put under bondage." And that's what trials of faith are, aren't they? A
chance for us to understand our Savior a little better? But that's where it may
get a little tricky, since we first need to believe in Christ as our Savior and
Redeemer. It's almost like taking a step on a curb in the dark (or to some it
may seem like taking a step off a cliff). But He's waiting there for you to
take the step so that He can catch you.
Yay Gospel!
Love,
Sister Chun
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