Leanne's Mission Blog

9.1 Weekly Letter

Leanne Noelle Chun <leanne.chun@myldsmail.net>

Nov 19, 2017 at 6:12 PM

Found another little beach site!

Since neither of us have boyfriends...

Oh my, first week of the transfer. You know what that means! Transfer call 받았어요~ ㅠㅠ

Sister Castro will be staying in DongHae, and her new old companion will be Sister Gottfredson. They were companions right before Sister Castro came out to DongHae. Weird, right? But it'll be fun.

As for me, I will be transferring to SinDang! Not going to lie, that's a little scary, because I'll be in the same district as the AP's, but it'll be a good learning experience. I think I've really forgotten what missionary work in Seoul is like, so these next couple of weeks might be a little bit rough... I'll let you know next week how I'm settling in.

I've already packed my last planner, which is what I rely on to know what we did last week, but from what I remember: Wednesday there was a little earthquake. We were sitting in District Meeting, and we felt the building shake a little bit. I thought it was just a really strong gust of wind, but then we all got little text warning thing that there had just been an earthquake. There were a couple of minutes of mini-freaking out, but we're okay!

I gave a talk in Sacrament meeting yesterday about testimony. I'm sure I've already mentioned this a few times, but I am so grateful for my testimony. It's sort of weird, but it really does feel like a gift.

I've also been thinking a little bit about what Heavenly Father means when He says He is merciful. That descriptor has always seemed sort of far away for me. I think I've always pictured it as Him being this big, mighty Being sitting on this huge golden throne, looking down at me and saying "Sister Chun, you didn't quite measure up, but I guess I'll give you a few extra points on your test, because I'm merciful." But as I've been praying, it's more like I feel I really don't deserve the gifts that He gives me, but He still gives them to me, abundantly. That's why the love of God is far more motivating than the fear of man. He gives us those gifts, and we say, "But, why? After all I've done--or haven't done--why would You give this to me?" And He says, "Because I love you. Now appreciate it and use it to do what I've asked you, so that I can give you more and you can feel like you're worthy of them, because it's not good for you to feel like you don't deserve my love."

God is pretty great, huh?

I'm not sure how this happened, but we weren't really sure when Thanksgiving was, so we sort of already celebrated it on the 16th, but we also think it might be on the 23rd... I need to rephrase: All the Americans didn't know when Thanksgiving was, and the Honduran knew that it was on the 23rd. *sigh* Ah, well. There's nothing for it, we'll just have to re-celebrate it. :)

I love you all! Have a good week!

Love,

Sister Chun