Week 4 in Korea
Hello, Hello!
Before I talk about my week, I just want to express my love and
gratitude to all of you! Thanks for your love, your consideration, and
your support. It means a lot! You are all wonderful!
This week has definitely been
better than last week, but the progression is still slow. We have a lot
of people who are mostly interesting in English, but who are hopefully
taking on more interest in the gospel. It is difficult to make the
switch, but we are working on it. Our member referral is SO quiet and so
it is really hard to understand his current situation, but he listens
intently and is opening up more. I have high hopes for him. We also had a
cool miracle happen this week. We took a bus to an appointment about 45
minutes away and we got there about 30 minutes early, so we just sat in
a nearby convenience store to stay warm. While we were there, some guy a
table away from us said "Are you missionaries?" We were happy to say
yes and talked to him for a bit. He was heading to an English class and
was mostly just practicing his English. But then he said "I want to go
to church." I was way surprised that he invited himself. He also knew
where are church was too, so we think he met missionaries before, but
didn't really take lessons or anything. But we told him the time, got
his number, and headed to our appointment. Then yesterday, he actually
came! He felt bad and apologized because he was late, but I was just
happy he was there at all. We taught him a little intro lesson at the
church and will try to meet during the week. I hope it all works out!
As for me personally, I am
doing really well. I am beginning to comprehend more and more (although I
still only understand about 5 or 10% probably). But the language is
slowly coming. I also had the chance to give the special musical number
for our Zone Conference. It was fun, but it was at like 10 in the
morning and I hadn't warmed up at all, so it was pretty bad. But I did
my best and at least tried to bring the Spirit and it was fun.
Here are a couple fun stories.
Yesterday morning while we were studying, there was a mini earthquake!
It only lasted about a second and it was really small, but it was kind
of exciting to feel. When we felt it, we couldn't help but wonder if it
was a nuke or something, but all is well in Korea and it must have just
been some tremor or something. Hopefully it wasn't a side-effect of
something worse somewhere else.
Also, I learned a super
interesting funny thing about Korea this week. As we were waiting for a
bus, we saw this tow-truck drive by, but it was the nicest tow-truck I
had ever seen in my life. It looked pretty cool, was shiny, was all
"suped-up", and had (what my companion confirmed to be) a big tank of
NOS in the back! It was crazy! The funny part is that all the Korean
tow-trucks are the same way! The reason is that the tow-trucks are all
individual businesses and when an accident happens or something, all of
them are notified at the same time. After that, it's just first come,
first serve. So it's pretty much like fast and the furious, but with
tow-trucks because whoever gets there first gets the job. And Korea
seems to be a lot less strict in enforcing traffic laws, so they can
actually do it. I even was able to witness it a little later because
there was a little accident near our apartment and the tow-trucks just
kept zooming up to scene hoping they were quick enough to get the job.
It's kind of crazy, but super funny.
I am so grateful to be a
missionary and to have a knowledge of this gospel in my life! Sometimes I
think I forget that the God that is a God of miracles and of power
doesn't just exist to prophets and in Ensign articles. He really is a
God of miracles to each and every one of us personally! I am beginning
to realize that and to become better at remembering that more and more.
One of the best ways to remember that is gratitude. A great example is
Nephi and Laman & Lemuel. When God delivered them from destruction
in Jerusalem, Nephi and Lehi thanked the Lord for the absolute miracle
while his brothers completely missed it as they focused on what they had
lost rather than the miracle they gained. It's important to have the
faith that God can bless us with miracles, but we also need to have the
gratitude and ability to see those miracles.
Thank you all for everything!
That is a really broad statement, but I really do mean it! You all mean
so much to me! I love you all!
Love, Elder Tolman
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