I can't believe it has already been 5 months!...
seriously I do not really know where time has gone... Anyway... this
last week was really quite great because.... I learned a lot about the
SPIRIT.<3 I'm going to apoligize in advance because I again... don't
have much time to say all that I want to because today we are having a
zone Pday about 2 hours away from our area but I will do my best to give
you all a good letter:)
This week was soo much
better than last week! Sister Kang and I are learning how to
communicate better and better with each other everyday. We were able to
really open up to each other this last week and understand each other.. it
was really neat. Also... I made her want to learn English:) She used to
hate English because it is so hard but with me still not being good at
Korean... she is sorta forced to learn a little haha but she is excited
and has starting asking me questions of what things mean. She can
actually understand a lot of what I say from what she learned in school
growing up so that has been really nice. I try to speak korean to her as
much as I can though! We truly have come to love eachother as we find
opportunities to serve eachother each day!
This
last week I had the opportunity to teach about the Sabbath day and the
importance of keeping it centered on Christ. Memories flooded my mind of
when I made the decision to not play volleyball on sunday
because I knew it was important to keep the day holy. I was able to
share this experience with a family in our ward this past week and
testify that we truly are blessed when we keep the commandments God has
given us. It was a really neat time for me to share this experience
because I could feel the spirit helping me know what to say. Sometimes I
feel I get to caught up in learning to speak korean perfectly that I
focus too much on the korean rather than focusing on the actual
experience and the spirit. This past week I had several experiences
where I was able to testify and feel the spirit working through me.
These were times I want to remember forever. I know that the language of
the spirit is way more important to learn that the language of Korean.
The spirit is what converts people.
Also this last week I was able to meet the members of the sacheon branch! Running two areas is soo busy! we switch off each sunday
which sacrament meeting we attend. In sacheon there are only about 15
members that attend church so it is like a ward family! We live in in
jinju and the church in sacheon is about 1 hour and a half away! So much
traveling! In Sacheon they actually have two sacrament meetings on sunday
becasue their is a lady in the branch who absolutely not make the first
one so us missionaries do I second one for her a little later in the
day for only about 30 minutes. I had the opportunity of speaking at both
of them because I'm a new missionary and that's what we do haha. I say
opportunity because I actually love speaking in church now:) I mean I
still stress about it a little bit because Korean... and yeah Korean.
But I truly love testifying what I know to be true about our church. I
love feeling the spirit work through me. This last week I sought the
spirit more and I felt it in more abundance. I worked to truly forget
Korean, not worry about making mistakes and let the spirit guide. The
spirit is so important! please strive to have it daily! pray for the
spirit to guide your life! love and serve those around you! The most
important time in your life is now!
I will leave you with a couple scriptures that played a role in my life this past week.
D&C 122:9
John 14:27
Love
you all! thank you for all the support. I can feel your love all the
way from america to korea! hope you have a great week! I am praying for
you!
Love Sister Hurley
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