I don't know why I am writing
right now because yesterday was P-day (at least that is what it feels
like! haha) Has another week really passed? This past week was similar to all
the other weeks here in the MTC!
A few highlights included:
Our investigator Brother Kim hyeoung sheek committed to baptism! I love watching our investigators come closer to Christ. Tomorrow we will be teaching him the Word of Wisdom!
We taught our investigator Brother Hwang the Word of
Wisdom and It was really hard for him to hear because he smokes, and
drinks coffee and tea. He was so willing to try giving it all up. I
can't even imagine how hard that would be but I know that the blessings
that I promised to him living the word of wisdom are real. I know that
coming unto Christ will help him be happier.
We gained a new missionary in our district last
friday! His name is Elder Harvey. He was originally called to serve in
Canada, french speaking so he was here for 2 weeks learning french when
he was reassigned to California, Korean speaking! He is Taiwanese and
learned a year of Korean in college before entering the MTC because he
is planning to go to school in Korea after the mission!
Last week in TRC I had the opportunity of
teaching a 17 year old Korean girl who is thinking about serving a
mission. Through my broken Korean I bore my testimony to her and I
explained to her why I chose to serve a mission and how much I love
being a missionary. It was a really neat experience!
Sunday
was incredible as usual. Sometimes we have time to watch Mormon
messages online which is always a highlight! My companion recently got
called to be the music coordinator in our branch so she often has
meetings on Sundays. Because of this, I often go on splits with a Sister
in my branch named Sister Nielsen. I love Sister Nielsen so much and we
have become such great friends. It is fun feeling like I have 2
companions!
Tuesday
Night devotional we got to hear from L. Edward Brown who was a former
mission president in KOREA and also a former seventy! He talked about
having confidence when we share the gospel. After all, we are going out
in the name of Jesus Christ, So there is no reason we shouldn't have
faith in his name. He also talked about how we as missionaries are
promised power from on high. This is the only way such young people on
missions can do such great things. This threw me back to a conversation I
had with dad before leaving on my mission.I asked him why they didn't
send out more experienced and older people to teach the gospel. I am now
coming to understand that although me and most the other missionaries
out here ARE so inadequate, they send us because we have Christ on our
side helping us every step of the way so we are so powerful.
After Tuesday
night devotional review my Branch President came and spoke to my
district. He asked us how our Korean was coming along and then gave us
the x + 2x=3x challenge. X is the number of words we know now. 2x is the
number of words we need to learn from now until we leave the MTC so
that when we leave the MTC, we will know 3x words! I was at about 300 Tuesday
night. Which means I need to learn 600 more words before I go. I have
been and am going to have to work harder than I ever have in my life but
I am up for the challenge and I am excited!
On Wednesday
I had the opportunity to host again! SO MUCH FUN! I was able to host a
girl from Japan who had never been in America before until now. She had
very broken english but I was able to feel her sweet spirit and know
that she was going to be an incredible missionary.
To end on a spiritual note, this last week i really
came to understand and realize how God truly knows each of us
personally. When I first got my call to Korea, my family knows how
inadequate I felt. All I could think about was the language barrier I
would have. It was sometimes really challenging for me to trust in
Heavenly Fathers plan for me and that is why Proverbs 3:5-6 became one
of my favorite scriptures. Being a missionary, I feel so close to my
Father in heaven and have come to realize how personally he knows me. I
haven't been to Korea, and I won't be stepping off that plane for
another 4 weeks but I already love everything about Korea so much. I
love the language, the culture, the people, and so much more. I feel so
incredibly privileged to be trusted enough to help the people of Korea
come unto Christ.
I love you all so much!
Sister Hurley
Awkward Moments
That awkward moment when we find out we can look at
blogs during additional study time and so a lot of the elders in my
district found my blog and started reading all the awkward moments. That
awkward moments when the elders in your district are reading your
awkward moments that often talk about them. haha they thought they
were funny though. I think.
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