May 23, 2016
I just realized that today is my 22nd
month mark. Wow! That’s crazy!
Anyways, this last week was good but a little tough. Originally, Song Gwangjeong was supposed to
get baptized next week. We called him to
see if we could meet him and help him get ready. He was super snappy asking about what there
could possibly be to prepare since it’s just your heart that’s important. He reluctantly agreed to meet during Sunday
school and we went over the baptismal interview questions. Sadly it didn’t go too well. He really rejected tithing and randomly told
us to explain what Mount Zion is. He
said that missionaries are supposed to teach but instead he’s the one that has
stuff to teach. It was super
frustrating.
We met Park Jongmoon and he accepts
everything well, but he keeps having to work on Sundays and he’s just super
busy. It’s super hard because there are
so many things outside of our control.
Our North Korean guy started working so he got super busy and it seems
like he’s just going to go to this other church. We weren’t able to meet him. Our other new investigator pretty much
dropped us, but it’s ok because he was just English interest.
The one bright spot was our 78 year
old Lee Yongil! We did a member lesson
with another elderly member and they connected super well. Our investigator said he wants to be just
like our member and come out to church and everything. It was super great!! Sadly something came up and he wasn’t able to
come out to church and since he works every other day he can’t come out for
another 2 weeks. He still has potential
though! Hopefully we can just keep
meeting him.
I really want to be more effective
during my remaining time. We’re doing
our best, we obey, we invite, but it’s really hard to see what’s coming out of
it. We want to spend our time teaching
and meeting people and helping them, so we need to find others who are willing
to do it!
There wasn’t really too much that went
on this last week…but it was Elder Groves’ birthday! So that was fun. We’re looking forward to a good week, and we
have a combined district meeting where Pres. will interview us, so hopefully we
can find the key to starting up the work some more.
I recently finished reading the BoM in
which I focused on what blessings come from living the gospel. I think the thing that stands out most to me
was found in the very end, Moroni 10:32-33.
“Yea, come unto Christ, and be perfected in him…then are ye sanctified
in Christ by the grace of God.” The
gospel really can change us and make us better people as we work towards our
goal of returning back to Heavenly Father.
I have been very blessed to feel that and recognize that I am a
different but better person than I was before.
Love,
Elder Jace Anderson
Elder Groves' bday!
A cool pond
Some hats we found
Park Jongmoon
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