first of all, wasnt general conference awesome?? so good to hear from our prophet Thomas S. Monson give us the word of God. except priesthood session... our stake president made us watch it in korean, not english, so ill have to watch that one later! one of my favorite talks from this conference was given by Dieter F. Uchtdorf about being thankful. He talked about being thankful for the trials we are given, and as always, for the blessings we recieve after the trial. It was really interesting how this talked had immediate effect on me. I really enjoyed that talk when i was listening to conference, but i didnt know just how much it would help me a little later. that night, we were invited over to a member's home for dinner. We talked a lot as we ate and it was a really enjoyable time. i cant even remember how it came up, but for some reason, the topic of japan came up. This particular brother seems to have a very strong personality and opinion. he then began to describe his take on japanese people. theyre too short, they have horrid teeth, just an overall ugly people in general. i just smiled, looked down, and ate, tears on the verge of coming out. it was very interesting because we had planned to share a message about being thankful to this family. as we talked, i remembered the words of president Uchtdorf telling us to be thankful even in hard situations. it really turned the situation around once i thought about his talk! so thankful for the great leaders of the church that we have! then later that night we met with a new investigator named Don. he is from vietnam so he cant speak english, but a little korean. he wants help with his korean so we met him and my companion helped him with some of the questions he had. we also were able to share a message about god and he actually seems like he could be a good progressing investigator! we'll get to meet with him again next week. Ill let you know how it goes! have a good week everyone!
-elder carter
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