Week 5

Hello everyone!

This week was a little bit different than past weeks. So last sunday, the investigator that we were teaching has a Buddhist background and just wanted to know what is different about our church so were only planning on teaching her a few lessons. Me and my companion were hoping that she might feel the spirit and want to continue to learn more but last sunday was her second lesson about the plan of salvation and then she dropped us. She said that was all she needed to know and that she didn't want to meet with us anymore. Now, she will learn more about some other churches and try to study them. she said she just wants to find the truth, maybe her life will be somewhat like Joseph Smiths experience and she will ask God which church to join, who knows! Hopefully she will want to meet with us again or find the truth... Oh well. We always pray for her and try to call her but she doesnt answer. God bless her. This past thrusday we had a multi-zone meeting, I'm not sure what the actual meeting's name was. We learned about "real intent" and how as missionaries we obviously need real intent. What is our intent as missionaries? Learn a new language? See a new country? Get baptisms? Our purpose should be our intent: Bring others unto Christ. As missionaries that should be the intent of everything we do, bring others unto Christ. I don't remember the speakers name, but he told a story about this guy that really wanted this particular job and eventually he finally got it. There was a Supervising position opening up pretty soon that he wanted so he stayed late, and came early so the boss could see him working longer than he was supposed to. The job was eventually given to someone who was only working there for about 6 months. He wondered why he didn't get the job so he went in and asked his boss. The boss didn't answer him and just said "go to the store and buy some oranges, my wife needs them." so he got $20 from the boss and went to the store and came back with a bag of oranges and his change. The boss asked him how much they cost and he didn't really know. He asked him what kind of oranges they were, he didn't know. Then the boss told him to sit down and watch. The boss called in the new supervisor and told him the same thing.  The new supervisor went to the store and didn't know which oranges to buy. He remembered they were for the boss's wife so he called the wife and she said they were for juicing for a party. So then the new supervisor asked the grocer which oranges would be best for juicing. He needed to buy a ton of oranges because it was for a party so he bargained with the grocer and got a good wholesale price on the oranges. He came back and gave them to the boss and told him everything. The other worker just sat there in the office discouraged. The supervisor left and then the boss told the other worker thats why he got the new supervisor job. All about real intent! The first guy stayed late and came early with the wrong intent, he came to be seen, not because he cared about the boss, but because he wanted the new job. Our intent is everything! It was a really sweet talk and so now me and Elder Jeong 정희섭 장로님 are trying to do everything we can to have real intent in our purpose! So besides the investigator that dropped us, sister Doe Ji Hyun and Vickie and Julie cancelled appointments this week with us so we didn't teach any investigators this week! But we did teach this recent convert. He is a super old guy thatgot baptized maybe 4 months ago. His name is brother Yi In Hang. He and his wife are so awesome and humble. They have just a small shop they work out of selling drinks and small packaged foods. I think that shop is just a part of their house they turned into a store. They are the nicest people though! So poor, but they always try to feed us every time we stop by. We talked to them about the priesthood and how it can bless other peoples lives. A senior missionary couple was there and they helped in our lesson. I told him that "if he used the priesthood to bless other people, then god will bless him." The senior couple said that inspired them to share something else, and they talked for another 10 minutes maybe, so the power of the spirit is real! haha I know that to be true! I can't speak the language very well but when the spirit teaches, its so much easier! haha pray for the spirit in all that you do and it will work out how it should! The Lord loves everyone so much He has given us this wonderful gift of the spirit! Love you everyone! have a nice week!

-elder carter