The Lord Always Wins

Hey Everybody!

Wow,  this week has been absolutely nuts! Sister Uhl and I continue to see miracles each day, and I was able to go up to Deajeon on Friday for Mission Leadership Conference to be trained by President and Sister Shin. Our mission is on the verge of accomplishing a decade old goal of baptizing two hundred people in a year- there is so much excitement right now! It's an incredible time to be here.

Sister Whiting and I got to go on a split together to go up to Deajeon for the meeting and it was incredible to talk about and see the Lords hand in each of our missions (we were in the MTC together, and had the same trainer and greenie area). It's hard to express everything I felt and learned through the conference, but at the end of it all the overwhelming conclusion I had come to was that Heavenly Father is our best friend. When we talk to Him through prayer we truly can feel it, and talk to Him like H'es right there. It's only been a week since receiving this calling, but I've felt a greater capacity to love and desire to serve than ever before in my life. When we look to the Lord, and look at others through His eyes, we can have a perfect hope for His plan in all things.  

We are almost done teaching our favorite grandma 이강남 Gangnam Lee all the lessons and we are praying and fasting to set a baptismal date for her on December 20th! Please join us in prayer for her, we know the Christmas season is the best time for miracles!!!

We are also teaching two girls, SangMi and AeHyun who are just incredible but sometimes hard to consistently meet with. When we are able to teach them the spirit is so strong and their hearts are so ready for the gospel, the spirit feels so much like when I first started meeting the missionaries. Please remember them in your prayers, and I will continue to keep you updated!! :) 

One of the pictures from this week comes from a woman I met at a bus stop who got in contact with us, she took us out to the most amazing dinner and although she wasn't personally interested in the gospel her son ended up being a less active and he came to dinner with us too! We meet less actives on the street here almost every week y'all. It's incredible and a miracle that the Lord leads us to them, but it is hard to see so many people who once loved the Lord wandering through life. Please pray for them as well! So many people to pray for! Don't forget yourselves! The Lord loves you too! 

We have Stake Conference next weekend and will be singing as a big choir of missionaries! The spirit when we all get together and sing is just amazing! We were all standing during practice on Sunday and I just got an overwhelming feeling of how incredible it is that we are all standing together as the Lords missionaries in such a far away country singing a language so inherently foreign to us but having the love of the Lord in our hearts enabling us to communicate with the Korean people. It's just something that would never be possible without the Lords unending influence. 

Also, our bestest little friend who we've been teaching since sister Uhl got here, Dauen, is getting baptized on Friday! We call her every night for five minutes to practice English and teach her about once a week, and her birthday is on Friday so she's getting baptized that night before Stake conference :) Will send pictures next week!

I love you all so much! It's not very thanksgiving here in Korea butttt I have lots of yummy thanksgiving things to eat so don;t worry I'll be celebrating! I'll be praying for y'alls safety as you travel. I want you to know how thankful I am for each and every single one of you. For my family and friends and the support you give. I'm thankful for Christ and how much He has blessed me and every single person I love. Have the best week ever! I love you!

love,

Sister Weston

P.S. first picture Daeun

P.S. Second picture woman from the bus stop! Ji BongLae

 

Conference Pictures

It's A Big Small World

Hey everybody!

Man, everywhere we go, everyday, the Lord proves to us that He holds the world in his hands and guides each one of us. This week has been a lot about family-- and it's seriously been the best. 

On Saturday we finally got to visit a less active family who we've been in contacts with and leaving little gift for since I first got here!!!!! We were walking on the street a few nights back and a car honked at us, and pulled over, and of course we recognized who they were right away and they invited us over for dinner! :) 

The mom and three daughters were baptized in Virginia a few years ago and loveeeee the church but haven't been coming because their lives in Korea have become so busy, and their dad was never baptized. The three girls are absolutely amazing and they came with us to bake cookies with our investigators at the church after dinner!! It was sooo much fun! Best part was, their dad drove us so we got to meet him! and they took home all the leftover dough after... haha Koreans don't get to eat cookie dough much. 

Gangnam Lee also let us meet her husband, and he wants us to call him dad! He considers us his foreigner daughters, haha also so cute! Also, she let us help her make Kimchi with her this week! It's Kimchi making season! If you think of it, please continue to pray for her :) She told us this week that she knows she could not have come so far in overcoming hardships had she not started to believe in God just that short time ago. She really has completely changed her life, just doesn't feel ready for baptism quite yet. We are hoping to meet the rest of her family and gain their support :) Man, we love her so much!!

Then, last night we got to go over to our relief society presidents house and have family home evening. We watched the Mormon message about Standing Alone, and standing strong even when it seems no one else is standing beside us. And we all got to share an experience about it, and then play apple to apples!! It really felt a lot like game night at the Goltz house :) 

AND THEN!!! Our Elders met a girl from West Bloomfield on the street and we were able to get lunch with her! Her name is Lauren and She's Jewish but is super interested in reading all religious texts :) AND THENNNNNN! Last night coming home, I saw a foreigner get on the bus and as she was walking by said "hey, if you don't mind me asking where are y'all from?" and she said "did you just say y'all?" and sat right down next to me haha. Turns out she's from mobile, teaching English here, loves it, and wants to meet again! 

This is something we tell people over and over, but it never ceases to be true: we are all children of God and He loves each one of us. I feel so strongly that so many people I was meant to meet are here in Korea and the spirit confirms it to me each day. The gospel was made for families. We see it everyday bring people together in a way that is just not possible otherwise.

I love you all so much! thinking of and praying for you always!

I'll try to let you know ASAP what's up with transfers :) Until then, stay classy and have a good thanksgiving whenever that is! 

Love,

Sister Weston

picture explaination 

1: bet you didn't know sometimes making kimchi starts in the bathroom of a grandmas house washing radishes. it does! 

2: excercise machines in korea! they are everywhere- oh man! crazy story real fast. At this park there's a grandpa that we know that we see alllll the time. He listens to a gospel message sometimes but isn't super interested. Anyways, one of his friends wanted to buy us a hot coco kind of drink but the machine wasn't working. so our grandpa friend comes over, is working on the thinking and hitting it for like five minutes, then puts in a new dollar kicks the machine and it starts working! he's so happy he HEADBUTTED ME! hahahaha it was the craziest thing ever! Sister Uhls face was priceless after and I just couldn't... I didn't know what to do. Don't worry, it didn't hurt hahaha it was just way funny. He's officially my best buddy now. 

 

All the Colors

Hey everybody!

I hope y'all have had a wonderful week! I know sister Uhl and I sure have. To be honest, this week went by so fast I'm not even sure what to write about!!! There's really just one story I want to hsare from yesterday.

Our favorite 80 year old friend Gangnam Lee decided she wanted to ride the bus with us to church yesterday :) She was afraid to ride on her own for the first time however, so we went with her. This required us leaving church during sunday school. So we hop on the bus, get to the bus stop near her house, and she's not there! ahhhh! and she's not answering her phone AHHHHH!!! I kept trying to call her, and Sister Uhl started talking to a man wearing a bright purple shirt waiting at the bus stop in the process. 

Well the man ended up accepting the Book of Mormon, and when he came over to introduce himself to me, I asked if he wanted to come to church with us and he said YES! okay! And just then, Gangnam Lee comes walking down the path wearing a brand new skirt! It just could not have been more of a perfect accident- which grew both Sister Uhl and my testimony that there really is no such thing as accidents- just the Lords time and will. 

So we ended up taking a taxi to get to church on time, enjoying all the colors of the trees along the way, and all during sacrament we enjoyed looking at a bright purple shirt listening intently as the elders and members spoke. It was just the most beautiful thing. 

Choong chang area is seriously amazing. We had the best halloween party ever this past week and our members and just the best people you'd ever want to spend time with- WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH! The Lord is acting on and preparing so many miracles, as we've seen here. All He asks for is our hope.

I love y'all so much! Sending pictures now from last week and this week!

love,

Sister Weston

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angels

Hey everybody!

I hope y'all have ahd a wonderful week! I know sister Uhl and I sure have. To be honest, this week went by so fast I'm not even sure what to write about!!! There's really just one story I want to hsare from yesterday.

Our favorite 80 year old friend Gangnam Lee decided she wanted to ride the bus with us to church yesterday :) She was afraid to ride on her own for the first time however, so we went with her. This required us leaving church during sunday school. So we hop on the bus, get to the bus stop near her house, and she's not there! ahhhh! and she's not answering her phone AHHHHH!!! I kept trying to call her, and Sister Uhl started talking to a man wearing a bright purple waiting at the bus stop in the process. 

Well the man ended up accepting the Book of Mormon, and when he came over to introduce himself to me, I asked if he wanted to come to church with us and he said YES! okay! And just then, Gangnam Lee comes walking down the path wearing a brand new skirt! It just could not have been more of a perfect accent- which grew both Sister Uhl and my testimony that there really is no such thing as accidents- just the Lords time and will. 

So we ended up rising taxi to get to church on time, enjoying all the colors of the trees along the way, and all during sacrament we enjoyed looking at a bright purple shirt listening intently as the elders and members spoke. It was just the most beautiful thing. 

Choong chang area is seriously amazing. We had the best halloween party ever this past week and our members and just the best people you'd ever want to spend time with- WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH! The Lord is acting on and preparing so many miracles, as we've seen here. All He asks for is our hope.

I love y'all so much! Sending pictures now from last week and this week!

love,

Sister Weston