This last week I hit my 6th month mark and I can't believe it. Time
is going way too fast! I can hardly believe it is almost Christmas! This
last transfer absolutely flew by. We received the transfer call last
thursday and learned that I would be staying in Jinju but Sister Kang
would be leaving to go to Bangeojin (my first area that I love so much)!
Honestly this was a really sad transfer call to receive. Sister Kang
and I have become really close so it was a really sad goodbye! Despite
the language barrier, we always found ways to serve each other and we
became really good friends! My new companion is Sister 이명희 (Sister Lee
to make it easy for those who don't read Korean... haha) So yes my new
companion is another Korean!:) Sister Lee went to BYU idaho for a
couple years before her mission so she can speak english really well!
She will spend her last transfer with me before she goes home. She is
from Seoul and is the oldest of 5 kids. When she received the transfer
call to come to Jinju it was really hard for her because she was in the
middle of training someone, it was her last transfer, and she really
loved her area so it came as a complete shock to her. She was 100%
certain that she would stay because they almost never make trainers stop
training in the middle so it was strange. I have a goal to make this
the best last transfer for her because I know that would be a really
tough situation!
This last week we had to drop an investigator. It was the first time I
have had to do that and it wasn't easy but I know that it felt right and
that it needed to happen. She has met the missionary for years now and
is still not progressing. Her heart is so closed to religion and I truly
think she is just using us to help her learn English... so it needed to happen. BUT.... on a happy note, the same day we dropped her,
Sister Kang and I found the most miracle family ever! A family of four
with 2 daughters. We are doing the family english program with them, but
the parents are really curious about our religion! Our first meeting
they were asking all sorts of really good questions. We will be meeting
them 2 times a week now so that will be really great!
I don't have a lot of time to write today because it was transfer
day and we had to travel to headquarters to have a big meeting but I
hope you are all having a really great Christmast Season! If you haven't
watched the video "He is the gift" on lds.org yet, go watch it! We have been
passing out Christmas cards to everyone with that QR code on it. Because Christ is the greatest gift this
Christmas season, I encourage everyone to think of something they can
give to him too! My family does this every year and I have truly come
to love it. Whether it is finding someone to serve everyday or working
on being more patient. There is always more we can do, more people we
can love to show Christ that we love him. I love you all so much!
Sister Hurley
Awkward Moment (Hey it's Whitney, I wanted to add this awkward moment that Courtney sent me that I thought was hilarious. She prob didn't want it on her blog but oh well :))
that awkward moment when the elders investigator says "In korea, your
face makes everyone else's look ugly" hahahaha I died laughing. ahhh I
love being in Korea Whit.
No comments:
Post a Comment