Today at 8:58 PM
On
Saturday 조백열 and 민유란 were baptized!! They have made a huge change in
their lives and in their entire countenance over ther past few months. I
have only been here for the end of the process, but only a couple
months ago they would hardly let the missionaries talk to them about
anything spiritual, but now they are eager to learn, to act, and now to
begin a new life under sacred covenant with God. Their daughter
converted to the church a couple years ago and is currently serving in
Seoul, but she came down for the day to attend the baptism of her
parents and it was so amazing to see the joy the gospel can bring,
especially as these amazing people begin to enjoy it together as a
family. It was an amazing experience!
We've had some struggles meeting and teaching a lot of
our investigators this week, so we'll have to focus more on finding new
people this week, but I am so excited because we have so much good
potential for God to work some miracles this week! It is getting pretty
cold and wind lately so chances are it won't be an easy week, but I know
that it will all be worth it because the worth of souls truly is
unfathomably great in the sight of God!!
I
made the interesting discovery recently that soy milk is actually
really good! I don't know if it's just because Korea doesn't really have
a lot of real milk and I'm just deprived of what milk is supposed to
taste like, but soy milk is cheaper than normal and it turns out to
taste so good too! Who would have thought!
I
also have been impressed this week by an interesting pattern with
Koreans. I don't really know the reason, but it seems like Korean people
are really "dreamy/visionary" people in general, and not just within
the church. I have heard multiple experiences of people who have had
some pretty incredible, meaningful dreams and apparently it's not rare
here. For example, one of our members' non-member mother had a dream
before she was born of her as a missionary with other missionaries,
which ended up being one reason that softened the mothers heart enough
to let her daughter serve a mission later. It's really pretty
interesting. I wonder why...
This
week I have focused on hope! I learned more that hope is trusting that
God will fulfill all His promises according to our faith and obedience. I
have realized that God makes sooooo many promises to us and almost all
of them are dependent on our willingness to trust Him enough to obey His
commandments. I think that definitely applies with missionary work,
both as a full time missionary and a member. God has promised us the
ability, opportunity, and guidance to share these precious truths with
His children. We just have to have the faith, the hope, and the love to
put forth our imperfect, yet diligent effort to try!! I know He has the
power to bless, guide, and consecrate our efforts as we rely on Him!
I love you all and hope you have a wonderul, hope, faith and love filled week!!
Love, Elder Tolman
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