Wow, what a week! 

First, this is transfer week! For the first time in my whole mission I am moving out of the south end of Korea - I am moving to North Korea...

Just kidding. Of course I'm not going that far north, but I am going to Daejeon. I'm so sad to leave all the of the people that I love here but Korea is pretty small, especially in the church, so I think I'll still have a few more opportunities to see them when there are big meetings and such. And obviously it's God's will that I go, so I am excited for more opportunities to learn, grow, and serve the most amazing people on earth! 

I also had a kind of interesting experience this week... I played a solo on the trumpet at an activity we had! It was the first time I've performed with the trumpet in about 6 years, so it was pretty rough, but it was a fun opportunity that I definitely had never expected, 

One thought for the week is the promise that comes out in D&C 121 that we can have our "confidence wax strong in the presence of God." One thing I have learned a lot from my companion Elder Kwon is the importance of being confident in everything you do. We all have weaknesses, but worrying about whether or not we are good enough often just amplifies the very weaknesses we are worrying about! But when we have confidence, we are able to amplify and highlight the strengths that each of us have. There are lots of ways to try to find confidence and there are a lot of things that we can try to have confidence in, many of which are worldly and superficial. But when we turn to the scriptures we find that our confidence out to be the kind that we have not in the worlds eyes, and maybe not always in our own eyes, but in God's eyes. Our confidence is a way of telling God that we acknowledge who we really are as His children and is a way of expressing our gratitude for the gifts and blessings He has giving each and every one of us. As we keep the commandments, stay pure in desire, thought, and action, serve others selflessly, and keep our covenants, I hope that we can have our confidence "wax strong" in God's eyes to the point that we can boldly say in any situation, as Moses did, "For behold, I am a [child] of God, in the similitude of His Only Begotten." (Moses 1:13)

I love you all and hope you have a wonderful week!!

Love, Elder Tolman