You'll never believe it!‏

GUESS WHAT??? I have so much good news for you this week! For one, It snowed this morning and actually stuck, so it's a white morning today! My first one in Korea :)

So we are pretty happy about that, and also there's more to tell about the stuff that's really important--missionary work!

So this past week was pretty busy, because we've been planning a program that we want to do in a couple weeks with our members, in order for them to feel a little but more connected to the cause of getting our investigators to become committed. We want to do a two-week program where they read certain passages from the scriptures, General Conference, and PMG every day, and then the two weeks will end right on Fast Sunday so that all of the members can do a big fast for our investigators next Fast Sunday (first of the year!). It should be really great, if we can get the support of the members for it. :D

So yes, we've been trying to make appointments with all of the members, but everyone was busy and the odds weren't looking so great. But this past Sunday we randomly got invited to come to dinner at a member's home that hardly ever invites us over, and another family came too, so it was a perfect time to introduce everything, and it was soo fun to talk with them. The two mother's had served their mission together, so you can imagine how fun that would be to listen to their conversations. :)

Also we have were finally able to make quite a few appointments with the members, including a member who's baby is due next week. We were way surprised by that invitation, and wonder what will happen...... haha

Anyway, so the members are great, and the investigators are even better! We were able to meet with the investigator that is our age this week, and it was a miracle. Such an amazing person. 

She has been reading the Book of Mormon pretty consistently, usually one chapter per week. But this past week when we met, she had read FOUR chapters, all about Nephi's dream, and she was able to understand and apply it really well. We asked her if she thought that Nephi could be a real person, and she replied that the Book of Mormon was a record of his life, so he must be real, right? Wow. Then, we taught about the Gospel of Christ, and how there were certain steps she can take in order to return to God. She took it so well, and when we asked if she would prepare to take those steps, she said isn't that what I'm already doing with you? Again, wow. She was more prepared than even we thought she was. 

So yes, the miracle of the week, and the joy of my mission: Sister Lee has a baptismal date for the end of this month! It was so amazing how happy we felt after that lesson. Especially because when we first started meeting with her, she didn't know anything about God or religion, having only gone to church once when she was a tiny kid. And yet not, she is so willing to do anything required to return back to our Father in Heaven. She is amazing!! Such a sweet spirit. <3<3<3

Yep, that's how I'll end. It's the perfect ending in my opinion. :D

I love you all, and will be seeing you soon!!

Sister Segovia

Happy Holiday Season!!‏

It's begun! The best time of the year, when there are so many things to make you joyful. I love this time of year! Anytime I see Christmas decorations, hear a Christmas song, learn about the True Christmas Spirit, it all just makes me smile! Can't wait to be able to smell Christmas smells again too :) (There will be a Christmas tree at home right?? it's a necessity! :D)

The last week of November was great, and lots of eating! We had three buffets, Monday-Wednesday. hahaha! Monday was in Nampo, then on Tuesday we went with our member and the Elder's investigator to Pizza Hut for a buffet deal they had going on. Then on Wednesday we had a meal at a members house with our investigator. THEN on Thursday for Thanksgiving (Happy Thanksgiving by the way! Sorry I forgot to say that last week) we went with the Elder's investigator again to a super nice restaurant and ate a ton there. Yeah, it was definitely Thanksgiving time. hehe

Anyway our investigators are all doing well! We met with most of them, and though none of them came to sacrament meeting, they are still faithfully reading. In fact, one of our investigators who just last week had said she doesn't want to read the Book of Mormon by herself randomly asked us about a chapter we had asked her to read forever ago and read it on her own, even without us asking her to! That was a surprise. 

As I think about what happened this past week, I realized that throughout the week I had been disappointed because our investigators weren't progressing how we wanted them to. But now I can see that perhaps I should have payed more attention to how God was helping them progress, no matter how small. It always important to look for any progression at all in the people we are working with, because the little steps are almost just as important as the big ones! I'm a firm believer in never giving up on people before they choose for themselves. :)

It was a great week, and keeps getting faster and faster! Just one more email after this...........Weird. 

So mom, as for your questions, I did really like water painting! if I can figure out a way to get the painting home, I'll bring it so you can see!

And wow, there are Koreans in Mountain Home?? I will have to find them and become friends!!

Finally, school starts on Monday the 6th of January. So I'm thinking I should be up a few days early so I can make sure everything is in order and such. :)

Anyway that's all!! I will talk to you again next week!

Sister Christina Segovia

Interesting Fact: Korean dentistry is a lot cheaper in Korea than in the US. And you already heard about the whole wisdom teeth fiasco, right? If not, I'll remind you. So pretty much every Korean missionary I know didn't get their wisdom teeth out before the mission, because the dentist always just says they don't need it. But then something happens like whats happening with my poor companion. Hers actually came in pretty much right as she started her mission, but the last one wasn't set right so it's been trying to come out but is stuck by the other teeth. So she's been in a lot of pain, and we will probably be getting it out this next week! SO Pray for her! She's super nervous about it <3

And the best is always for last :)

We had Zone Meeting this past week and I learned so much from our leaders! It's really interesting because the church is starting to really crack down on member missionary work through social media. It really seems like a great, easy way for members to bear their testimony to hundreds of people in small and simple ways. Something cool they said about Korea is that right now there are only three Koreans posting Anti-mormon stuff on the internet. So if every member who has a social media account (and that's almost everyone I bet) then those false Anti-mormon things would be completely out-ruled by the true testimonies of our members :) let's make it so that when our church is searched on the internet, our church websites always come up first!

One way to start with your social media missionary work is to share this Christmas video: http://www.mormon.org/christmas?cid=HPFR112814529