Happy Thanksgiving!!!

FAMILY~~~ (In Korea the squiggly line means it's dragged out, kind of like Familyyyy)

 

Woah. Have I got stuff to tell you. So, last week I found out the story to how Gupo ward got such a strong group of Young Men in the ward. Turns out, one of the Bishop's sons invited a friend. And then that friend invited a friend. And that friend invited his friend. And so on until around FIFTEEN were baptized. Yeah! It's one of those stories! Those stories that you only hear about! But I'm here in a ward that actually had that happen! It still blows my mind! The miracles that can happen from member missionary work are manifest right here in this area.

 

So I hear that Mountain Home got Sister missionaries! That is super awesome. If I were to give any advice in how to help them--USE THEM. Really, we as missionaries are here to help the members, rather than the other way around. And it's a huge opportunity for the Sisters to have Sister missionaries that can teach the your friends! And if they are white-washing, they would absolutely love anyone who called to ask how they could help. Even if you don't have someone the missionaries in your ward can teach, call them up and ask if they have anyone you could fellowship! If an investigator is able to have a friend in the ward, it's a huge step forward.

 

And everyone should wish my daddy a Happy Birthday! He's gon' be sooo young. :D

 

Also, Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Two more interesting things that happened:

1. We went on yet another hike on Saturday, this time with the Young Women in our ward. That was pretty fun, though very very exhausting. I even gave one of the girls a piggy-back ride, which was a pretty intense 20 seconds.

2. Today for P-day we played games with our district, and it was kind of a farewell party for two of our missionaries who are going home next week. One of them is Elder Hays, who was my first district leader and is one of the Gupo Elders right now. And he is so awesome! I'm going to miss him a ton. I absolutely love working with the people in this mission. We really do come to be like family!

 

Alrighty, gotta go! Love you all <3 <3

 

Sister Segovia

 

Interesting Fact:

There is Konglish everywhere. In fact, most of the business names are in Konglish. If it's not actually written in English, it's the English word with Korean pronunciation. Though that sometimes is a trip to figure out what they are saying. I guess it's hard to describe unless you can hear it, so I'll leave it at that and remind me to explain more when I get home in a little over a year! :]

 

"Do your best, your very, very best."  - Gordon B. Hinckley

Yep. Enough said. This is the thing that I struggle with most, and the thing that I have to remember always. I imagine I'm not the only one?