The Time Continues to Fly

Yeah, so about yesterday, it was so fun!! Our whole mission got together for a big mission activity. What was this missionary activity, you may ask? You'll probably never guess. Our mission president and his wife called us all together to Busan to run a 5k! That's right, we spent our P-day doing exercise. Haha Many missionaries were not too pleased with this, but I thought it was way fun. And yes, you will be proud to hear that I did indeed run the whole thing! Remember the last time I did that was in the MTC! So I'm pretty proud of myself :D

Our mission president's wife actually studied Physical Education and such, so she is super into being healthy and all her family likes doing marathons and such, so I guess they are going to get all of the mission to be just as excited about it as they are. :) And also, we all got tshirts, and were wearing the same shirt. It was very exciting. lol

As for LAST week, it was pretty busy. We had a Zone P-day last Monday, then Zone Conference on Thursday, and also we did exchanges and the Elders did exchanges so we have been seeing other missionaries all throughout the week. I've been really happy about it. One of my favorite things is gathering together and seeing other missionaries. It's just so fun, and we are like a big huge family. 

I actually caught a cold that has been going around our zone, so I've had an interesting week trying to get my health back to par. I got sick right before exchanges, with a cold where your throat hurts too bad to talk. Our Sister Training Leader was so nice and just kept talking and encouraged me not to (she had the same cold just the week before). I was really really worried because I had to sing for the musical number in our Zone Conference the next day. When Zone Conference came around my throat was so rough and I could barely hit the top notes, but I figured I'd just do it anyway. But THEN, during the morning meeting, my voice just all of the sudden DISAPPEARED. Like really, I couldn't get more than a whisper out. So I had to ask another sister to sing the song in my place. It was an interesting experience. My voice is back now, so don't worry!

Our investigators are all doing well! The two students that are our age are really fun to meet with, and have become comfortable with asking their questions about the Book of Mormon (they are reading when we ask them to! :D) so we are so happy. I love seeing them progress! It's amazing. I just want them to accept this gospel so bad! I know that it can help them with anything in their life! But one of them is studying for a super important test so she may start being too busy to meet :( Pray for them to realize how important this is to continue studying!

I think that's all for now; everything is going great! Say hello to Mariah for me, as she gets home this week! Tell her I love her lots :) And I love you lots too, Mom and Dad! Have a wonderful week <3

Sister Christina Segovia

Interesting Fact: 

Students have to study all the time, literally. When we talk about studying in the US, we usually can say "yeah I studied all day yesterday" but actually mean we may have studied for an hour, taken a break, studied for another two hours, break, etc. But in Korea, when they say they are studying, they are actually studying, like nonstop. And if they don't study, they feel this kind of regret/guilty feeling because they think that they are getting passed up by all the other students who are studying when they aren't. It's kind of not-great circumstances.

Spiritual Insight:

In zone conference, our mission president showed us a clip from the movie Walk With Giants. In the clip, a football player was told by his coach to carry a 160-pound teammate on his back and bear-walk down the field. The normal amount to do was 20 yards, but the coach asked this player to promise his very best and try to go to the 50-yard mark. The player promised to do his best, and then in order to not give up before he really had done his best, the coach blind-folded him. The player then started down the field, the coach staying right by his side the whole time. The coach didn't help with the burden, but he continued non-stop encouragement, not letting him give up. The coach's words to his player helped the player continue. With all the passion he could, the coach yelled, "Don't you give up! You promised my to give your best! I know it hurts, but don't you stop! Let it burn! Don't give up!"

This player was able to keep going because he knew what he had promised to his coach, and because that coach was there every painful step he took. He couldn't see where he was going, he had no idea when the end was, all he could feel was the burning pain with every move forward. And yet he kept going. When he finally had given his all, he fell to the ground. That's when his coach showed him where he had come. He had carried a 160-pound load all the way across the 100-yard football field, more than he or any other person had expected.

So I actually want you all to think about how this story can apply to you right now.. I hope that I told it well enough for you to be able to see yourself in the story. I certainly was able to feel a huge impact on me as I watched it, as I felt that Heavenly Father was just like that coach, encouraging me to keep going even when I said it was too hard, because I had promised him my best.