hello!
this week was pretty good, we met with yang jae hong again yesterday and talked for about 2 hours long. we talked again about baptism and what his life will be like after baptism. so since we have to commit him to keep the commandments, we talked about tithing for the first time. he didnt really take it very well, not in a bad way but said he will think about it. he didnt want to commit to keeping it because he didnt think his faith was strong enough to make such a big decision. so we told him that we would have to move the baptism back because he needs a little more preparation time. he really liked that, he said that he knows we dont just baptize anyone that wants to be baptized. it was a little disappointing during the lesson but after, he said he will continue to meet with us and he wants to grow his faith. so it turned around a little bit at the end. cancelling the baptism kinda just made me realize why we baptize people. we dont do it just for numbers, or to get people to join our church, but to help them start making covenants with heavenly father and that it is a very important/sacred thing. i feel like yang jae hong can see that our church is different from other churches but he just needs to feel it more. i know god lives and loves us! this is christ true restored church, no other church on earth is like this, it is a special gift. love you both and yes, in a few months i will be on the other side of the pond!
and this is the last week of the transfer but i dont think i will get transferred, me and elder miller will probably be together for one more! then only 3 transfers left! ahh :( love you mom and dad! talk to you next week
elder carter
ya this week was good, we werent able to meet with brother yang jae hong this week. he is having some trouble at work right now and getting really stressed. so he works in the stock market, and apparently he is really good at buying and selling. he said he is number one in his field. anyway, he teaches people how to buy and sell basically for free so lots of people are coming to him and joining his company. now the other companies are getting mad because he is "stealing" their customers so they filed a law suit against him... dang. ha he said it is just a lot of made up things so he can get taken into custody and not be able to work for a little bit so the other company can get their customers back, but it is a really serious situation. so he is worried they will charge him with false charges and he wont be able to work for awhile. when he gets stressed, he doesnt answer his phone and avoids people. so not much progress with him, gotta keep praying for him. but the good news for the week is that we got a referral from the mission! his name is brother yun hae guen. he said he saw one of his friends on facebook post a video about our church and he really got interested. we met with him one time last week and he seems pretty prepared by the Lord. when we talked about the restoration he just took it all in and accepted our invitation to read and pray. also when we asked him if he would come to sacrament meeting this next week he asked what time it started. we explained that it was 3 hours and he could just come to sacrament if he wanted. he told us no, that he would have to come the whole 3 hours since it was his first time and he would need to be respectful of the time. during the lesson, it just kept coming to my mind how much the lord prepares people before we even meet them. also through the book of mormon, we can know the truth of this gospel and begin a new journey through a new path. im excited to meet with him again and see how it goes! also yesterday we went to busan and had transfer meeting! me and my companion elder miller are both staying, and im now district leader. i had to say goodbye to some of my best korean friends and companions elder kim taeun, elder choi won seok and some others. love them so much!
i gotta go! love you!
elder carter
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