Week 81

This week went from bad to good! we had a goal to have taught 8 total lessons with investigators but one after another they just seemed to be cancelled and our investigators got busy... but! on sunday we had a very nice miracle happen. our investigator didnt show up to church on time so we called him and he said he would come. we waited, and waited, but he didnt show up. he came with about 25 min left of sacrament meeting. after the meeting he was talking with us and was wondering about baptism. we started a lesson with him and after talking about it for a little bit, he accepted our invitation to be baptized next month! he said that if we didnt call him, that he wouldnt not have made it to church, and in church he felt something special when singing the hymns. he took that feeling and committed to baptism! super excited for him! 

elder millers back was hurting this week so i made him a valentines day breakfast of costco bacon and eggs haha also we sometimes go to the downtown area with a big board for our english class and have people put a sticker on it. we ask "why is english so hard?" and they can put writing reading talking or listening and then we do a survey with it. we actually got tons of contacts from it and lots of interested people. some people interested in "other things" also... we were doing it when all of a sudden this girl comes up and gives me an invitation to some valentines date party that shes going to... haha it was really awkward, but i just spent valentines day with my companion at home getting his back rested. haha 

today we will meet with brother yun hae gun again. when we met him last he also asked about sister kim rahee. she is an investigator the sisters are teaching. she was supposed to get baptized a couple months ago, but couldnt because she drinks coffee still. so brother yun hae gun asked why she couldnt gat baptized and we explained the word of wisdom. it was really cool to see because he just took it all in and said it will be hard but he keep it! he said he noticed all the members in this church have really good skin so that must be why... haha

anyway love you!  talk to you next week! 

elder carter

Week 79 & 80

hello everyone!

this week was a good week in daemyoung, this week we were able to meet again with brother yun haegn! it was a really good lesson, we taught about the plan of salvation. as we talked about how the plan was made for our eternal happiness, he really started to feel the truthfulness of it. he said that when he learned about the restoration everything made sense and he understood everything in his mind, but he said he feels like he is learning within his heart, not his mind. he told us about how he trusts us and opened up a little bit more to us. he was in jail for a little while of his life and once he got out, he started to look for God and wanted to change his life around. we asked what his life purpose was and he said that he wanted to give lots of money to charities and be able to help them out haha but then he explained that when he helps people, especially when it is a big sacrifice to him, it makes him feel happy. we talked about how the plan is made for our happiness and we can feel that for eternity. he accepted it very well and the feeling in the room was very tender. he actually came to church this week and stayed for sacrament! it will be exciting to meet with him again this next week! that was the main highlight of the week. today we went to costco (my 2nd time in korea) and ate at the food court. also me and another missionary bought a big box of mozzarella cheese sticks so we'll see how that goes... haha  love you!

elder carter

hello everyone,

this week was a pretty good week in daemyoung. so this week as i spent almost the whole week eating costco foods like cheese sticks, steak, sugared cereal, muffins, and kettle chips i felt sick almost everyday after eating them haha i cant go back to the US... ill be done for! so this week Yun Haegn was busy with different things like his family and heading out of town for a few days so we werent able to meet with him for this week. he did come to our english class on saturday but had to leave quickly because of an appointment with his friend... but we met with brother hong woo shik this week and he is having a hard time right now. he really wants to know about god these days, and he will start meeting with the other elders every week. he will also start coming to church after about 2 weeks where he will be out of town. man.. he just doesnt seem to have a lot of hope in his life. when we talked, he said all he wanted was a feeling that God was there. he said he never felt it. It was really sad hearing that, because we tried to explain that feelings of peace and warmth are from God, but he wants a firm "god exists" kind-of feeling. we testified that god loves him and wants him to recognize these feelings. it was a very humbling experience realizing what i know from personal experience and seeing someone else not have that same experience. im glad to know that god loves us and that he exists :) because of that, im able to serve a mission and have even more experiences like this! so thankful! love you mom and dad

elder carter