October 6, 2013
Dear everyone!
I hope you are all doing
well and getting excited for Halloween! Halloween does not exist in
Korea, but all the foreign missionaries are having fun planning "Harvest
Parties" for our area's members. I'm actually really going to miss
Halloween... But that's irrelevant! And I can't spell anymore. Bear with
me.
Anyways, our area is
actually slowly starting to pick up the pace! We have a special
investigator named Katie (that's her English name). She and her daughter
Annie lived in San Diego, CA for 2 years where Katie studied TEOFL.
They speak PERFECT English. She never speaks Korean with me. Ever. They
started coming to our English classes about 2 weeks ago, and that also
includes our Bible class where we discuss Bible stories in English. She
came with so many questions about the gospel. She had been found and
taught by missionaries in CA, but had never accepted the gospel. She's
struggling to believe in God, but her desire to believe is so fervent
and so strong. She approaches US to talk about the gospel. She wants
faith so badly, and I know it will come as she seeks earnestly. We're
doing our best to follow the Spirit as we help her!
Having a Korean companion
has been fun and interesting. Korean and American culture is SO
different, and so sometimes having a Korean companion is ...
interesting. It's just as frustrating to my companion to have a
foreigner as her companion too, but it's really helped me to understand
the Korean people and Korean culture which I know will be a great
blessing as I serve these people. Also, Korean is amazing. The Lord has
blessed me so much. I can speak and understand incredibly well for a
second transfer missionary, and I know it's all Heavenly Father cause I
am NOT this gifted. (Especially with Korean. Cause Korean's just totally
backwards.) Sometimes I'm afraid that because I am doing so well with
the language I'm going to get called to train or be senior companion
soon, but for now, I'm just going to speak Korean. And I love it.
This work is real! The
more I serve here, the more I love the people and am able to see how
much Heavenly Father manifests His love for us in so many ways. This
gospel is true!
Love,
Sister Bonney
