Monday, March 31, 2014

 March 31, 2014
Dear everyone!

It's spring in Gumi and the blossoms are out! We've had a great week, and I'm so grateful to be a missionary. There are always so many MIRACLES!!!!! And they really show how much Heavenly Father is doing for us.

This week's miracle moment: This past week, Sister Park and I planned to visit a less active in an area kind of far away. That means a long bus rides. Bus rides are great as a missionary because you get to sit next to people. You just get on, and as soon as someone sits next to you, you start talking. We find so many people on the buses. Usually my companion and I don't sit together so that we can talk to more people. But on that day, half way there, Sister Park rushes up the bus aisle and sits down. She looked really excited.

Alright. The transfer before I came to Gumi, there was an investigator, Sister Han Seungmi. She was progressing and had a baptismal date in October. All of a sudden, she texted the missionaries and told them never to talk to her again. The missionaries spent hours and hours trying to find her back and contact her, but she never responded. They finally had to give up. Now, it's March. Almost 6 months later.

Sister Han Seungmi was on that bus. We got off at the same stop and she was heading to the rice cake shop where our less active worked! We started to talk to her, and she was so friendly. She said that she was sorry, expressed how her heart had changed, and asked if she could come to church again. We said yes! Of course! She said we were welcome to visit her later and teach her again.

Miracles: 1. Sister Park was there. She gets transferred in a week. If we had ran into Sister Han even two weeks later than we did, I wouldn't have known who she was. I'd never met her before.
2. Sister Han has renewed interest in the gospel. Amazing.
3. We got on the same bus and got off at the same stop with the same destination. 

The work is real! In D&C 4, it says that "a marvelous work is about to come forth". That is no longer the case; that marvelous work is happening NOW!!! I'm so grateful to be a part of it. I love missionary work!!!!!!!

I love you all so much!

Love,
Sister Bonney

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Stake President, Mission President, and ... Brother Choi?!

March 24, 2014
Dear everyone!

This week has been fantastic! I can hardly believe it's already over and we're heading into the last stretch of this transfer. Just when you think time couldn't go any faster, it speeds up!

This weekend, we had stake conference! It was amazing. We had some great speakers, and both President and Sister Gilbert came AND spoke. HERE'S the exciting part: On Sunday morning, we got to the church and looked at the program for the main Sunday meeting. We looked at the speakers...President Lee (stake president), President Gilbert...other leaders....and then.... Brother Choi!!!!!!! The INCREDIBLE investigator, now member, who was baptized in January. He was the only NON-leader on the program. I was so excited that I just about died! Brother Choi is AMAZING. Every time he answers a question or makes a comment about the gospel, I learn. I didn't think there were people like him out there. I just can't explain it. He's amazing. And he gave an incredible talk. WITHOUT NOTES. He talked about his conversion and about how he had began to wonder about the purpose of life. He wanted to know why HE was here on earth, and for two years he wondered. Then he found the church, and we began to teach him. He talked about our second lesson where we taught the Plan of Salvation, which explains where we come from, why we're here, and where we're going after this life. We used a drawing to explain it to him and his daughter, and in the words of Brother Choi, "On the paper, simply taught, was the answer to my question." That was the lesson he and his daughter accepted baptismal dates. This past week, Brother Choi also received the Melchizedek priesthood, three months after that lesson. 

This experience just testified to me of how Heavenly Father is working so many miracles that we can't even begin to see with our own eyes. Heavenly Father was preparing Brother Choi for years before he found the church and was baptized. I know that Heavenly Father loves Brother Choi so very much. And because He loves him, He guided him to and prepared him to receive the gospel of Jesus Christ. I'm so grateful for the opportunity I've had to witness and feel how much Heavenly Father loves His children and how much He is doing for them. There is so much we can't understand about what Heavenly Father does for us, but one thing I know for sure: Heavenly Father loves us with an infinite love that will never change. Nothing can alter or take away that love. It is simply there, and it is powerful beyond measure.

I love you all so much!

Love,
Sister Bonney

Monday, March 17, 2014

Koreans don't know what leprechauns are...

March 17, 2014

Dear everyone!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! I hope you're all wearing green and eating corned beef and cabbage. Koreans have no idea what St. Patrick's Day is, but that's okay! Cause they have awesome holidays we don't know about. And Koreans know how to celebrate. Just the other week, we had Korean Independence Day! There were dancing flash mobs and Koreans in traditional clothing giving out flowers and K-pop blasting all throughout our area of Gumi! It was so much fun!

Miracle moment! There's at least one every week and this week's is ESPECIALLY amazing.

Remember Sister Lee? The SUPER pregnant young woman who loves the Book of Mormon? Well, she FINALLY had her baby on March 10. And he's ADORABLE. Oh my goodness. Korean babies are the cutest! We're pretty good friends with Sister Lee, so she called us up and let us know, and we asked if we could visit. We headed down to Kimcheon the next day. While we visited her, we met her husband for the first time. He started talking to us, and it turned out that he had met the Kimcheon elders just a few days before! He had their number, and his impression of them had been VERY positive.

As soon as we left, we called the Kimcheon elders. They knew about Sister Lee, and when we told them who her husband was and that they had met him, they were possibly the happiest elders I've ever heard. Then they told us how they met him: Brother Baek (Sister Lee's husband) works at a tool shop that's on the way to a lot of less actives' houses in Kimcheon, so the elders would pass it several times a week. They said hi every time they passed, and over the period of a month, Brother Baek started saying hi back, and then first. One day as the elders were walking by, Brother Baek pulled up next to them on a motorcycle after making a delivery. The elders started talking to him, and introduced about the gospel. Brother Baek said he was interested and he'd love to talk some time, and he gave them his number.

The Lord definitely has a plan for this family! I'm so grateful to be serving here and for the opportunity to see the Lord's work for His children in so many marvelous ways! If only Sister Lee and Brother Baek knew how many miracles the Lord is working for their family! Oh my goodness, I love missionary work! There is nothing greater than the work of salvation! There is nothing that brings greater joy or satisfaction or gratitude than working with the Lord to share the blessings of the gospel. With all my heart, I know this gospel is true. I know God lives! I know He still communicates with His children and that He works so many miracles for us everyday. He loves us more than we could ever imagine.

I love you all!

Love,
Sister Bonney

Sunday, March 9, 2014

I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

March 10, 2014

Dear everyone!!!!!

Oh my goodness. Oh my goodness! OH MY GOODNESS!!! Some incredible miracles have happened in Gumi these past few days.

Okay. In our mission, we have been focusing on using the Book of Mormon and especially how it answers the questions of the soul ("Is there a God?" "How can my family be happy and more united?" "Does God know me?"  "How can a belief in Jesus Christ benefit me?" and other questions like that...). 

On another note, in Gumi, there are not that many people EXCEPT in shinae, the market area by Gumi's train station. We do a lot of proselyting there because there are people to proselyte to. We especially do street boarding. We have a big board with options on it, and ask people, "Would you like to attach a sticker?" (It's natural in Korean...) and then they put the sticker on the option of their choice. Usually we do it about English classes or more general subjects like family or personal interests, and then try to give them pamphlets about what they're interested in. It's really successful for getting contacts, but Sister Park and I felt something was missing. We prayed and felt we needed to find a way to testify when we street boarded. Great! Now how do we do that?

We started working with the Gumi elders to come up with plans for street boarding about the Book of Mormon. We talked to missionaries in other areas and got a few ideas. We combined a few, added our own ideas, and tried it out: We got a big street board and put four questions of the soul (the four I listed above actually..). We then made a survey asking people which question they chose, if they think they can find the answer, and how they think the answer would bless their life. Then (on the survey) we ask for their name and number as well as a referral. Then we give them a Book of Mormon and are able to testify about the Book of Mormon.

We printed off a bunch of surveys, wrote our numbers in a bunch of copies of the Book of Mormon, and all four of us headed down to shinae. 

Our first night, we had to give up after 1hr-1/2 because we ran out of materials so quickly. The second night, we had to give up after an hour because we ran out of materials again. In two days, we gave away 46 copies of the Book of Mormon and received 42 contacts and referrals. The second night, we passed out 20 copies of the Book of Mormon in the first 20 minutes we were working. It was one of the most powerful experiences of my entire mission. People were coming to us asking, "Can I put more than one sticker on the board?" and then they'd put a sticker on all four totally serious! Sister Park is a boss, and she was testifying to the masses while the elders and I passed out surveys, pens, and copies of the Book of Mormon. There was so much light in the faces of those we were able to talk to, and I've never been so excited to be a missionary for the Living God! What a privilege! I've never been happier on my mission. This work is real! I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK!!!!!!!!!

I know this work is REAL! I know God LIVES! I know He loves His children-- US! This gospel is true! Elder L. Tom Perry said to a group of missionaries, "We have the greatest message in the world! You should jump out of bed every morning ready to set the world on fire!" This IS the greatest message in the world, and we ARE setting the world on fire one Book of Mormon at a time. I couldn't be more excited or grateful to be a missionary! I LOVE MISSIONARY WORK!!!!!!!!

I love you all!

Love,
Sister Bonney

Friday, March 7, 2014

50% done...

March 3, 2014
Dear everyone!

Guess what. As of this coming Friday, my mission is 50% over. Crazy crazy crazy. Last May or June or even October, I wasn't quite sure if I would live this long. But time keeps moving forward and somehow it passes.

This coming Friday we also having Mission Tour! Elder Ringwood of the Seventy will be speaking to us, and we're all very excited. To missionaries, this kind of thing rates up there with Christmas.

Not too much exciting stuff in Gumi these days! Sister Kim has been super busy with school, so it's been hard to meet her.  We haven't really been able to meet with Sister Lee because....she is having her baby tomorrow! We're very excited for her. Other than that, we haven't been able to meet with anyone. Finding is hard everywhere in Korea, but recently we've really struggled to find. We ALWAYS struggled to find, but recently it's been particularly frustrating. I was getting really disappointed and letting myself get discouraged when I realized that it's all in your attitude. When I served in my first area, I had no idea how little success we were having because I was just happy to be a missionary. To me, every little thing was a miracle. God's hand was everywhere and I was so grateful to see it. Recently, I realized that even when we have a little success, I took it for granted. As a missionary, all you can do is work as hard as you can and be as obedient as  you can and have faith that Heavenly Father knows your efforts and is working miracles you can't see yet. Brother Choi is one of those miracles. (He and Jiwon haven't missed a Sunday yet!) There are so many miracles Heavenly Father can't wait to bless us with. Sometimes we just need to exercise our faith first and express gratitude to Him for the many blessings He's already given us.

I'm so grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and I know that this is Christ's church once again on the earth. I know God lives, and I know He knows us. He is our father, and we are His children. He is more aware of us than we can imagine, and He loves us so very much.

I love you all!

Love,
Sister Bonney

A Day in the Life of the Gumi Sisters---or last Saturday.

February 23, 2014
Dear everyone!

In Korea, right now it's flu season. We're not talking 24hr bug thing. We're talking full on influenza. There were a bunch of missionaries in the mission with Influenza A. Since Wednesday night, I'd been pretty sick, and I wasn't getting better. So after talking with some REAL adults, we decided to get me checked out.

So Saturday morning, we go to a small hospital. But the more we looked around, the more my confidence in the place's cleanliness and validity waned... I don't know if it was the 1977 and 1982 certificates on the wall for the doctor who was still there or the fact that me and my companion were the only people there under the age of 60. Eventually, I got called back to meet the doctor. He was ancient and cross-eyed. I thought I was going to die. He told me I needed to get tested for influenza, and sent me to another room...portion on the office separated by a hanging sheet... to be tested by his nurse. The secretary was his nurse. She came over from the lobby with two 8-inch long white plastic q-tip looking things. And without any warning, she stuck them 7-inches up into my nose. I've never been so startled in my life. And I also had no idea I had that much room back there. Sister Park was shocked too. "I'm so sorry! Normal Korean hospitals aren't like this!"  They put us back in the waiting room with the growing crowd of ancient Koreans. 10 minutes later, the cross-eyed doctor gave me and Sister Park masks and informed me that I had Influenza B. Fantastic. They gave me a shot, pumped a small-banana sized thing of painkilling/fever reducing juice into my arm, and loaded me up with some of the strongest meds I've ever taken in my life. And I just got to say, my world is SO LOOPY right now. It's not funny. I've got three more days worth of meds before I'm free.

About an hour later, we headed to the church to put on our ward missionary activity. We had planned this activity for months. The purpose of the activity was to give members the opportunity to invite their friends to learn more about the church. We had spent most of February preparing, organizing with our ward leaders, contacting members, inviting them to invite their friends, and proselyting on our own to hopefully get a decent turnout. The activity was a come-and-go kind of deal, but it started at 1pm. Our first member showed up at 2:15. Members eventually began to trickle in, and slowly they began to admit that none of them had invited their friends. Despite our efforts, only 3 nonmembers came. It was a great activity though! The Spirit was there; when the members arrived they brought a wonderful spirit with them, and they were willing to discuss the gospel. We were just missing the non-members. We're going to try it again in a couple months...

Anyway, not too much excitement here. Today's the first day of my 6th transfer in the field, my 3rd in Gumi, and my 3rd with Sister Park. Life's good. Still loopy. But that's okay.

Love you all!

Love,
Sister Bonney

We have investigators? But we're serving in KOREA?!

February 17, 2014
Dear everyone!

I hope you all had a great week and are staying warm wherever you are. :) Sister Park and I are staying warm cause fortunately the weather's been getting better around here. It snowed a couple times last week, and it's raining today, but the wind's died down which makes working outside a LOT more pleasant. Also, we actually have serious PROGRESSING investigatorS.

In the last few weeks, Sister Park and I have seen SO many miracles. We've been able to find, and these people are progressing, and not just progressing, but progressing towards BAPTISM. Sister Park and I can hardly believe we're serving in Korea. NOBODY has success like this on a regular basis. It's the hand of the Lord in Gumi.

Two miracles from this week:

1. Two weeks ago, our district leader felt prompted to have our district meeting in a different area then usual AND do a Book of Mormon proselyting thing as a district. All of us had copies of the Book of Mormon and talked to everyone we could asking them to fill out a short survey that told them a little about who we were and what we're doing in Korea. (Almost everyone assumes we're English teachers..) As we talked to people, Sister Park and I ended up talking to a lady, Sister Lee, who is VERY pregnant. She's due on the 28th, and she was on her way to the hospital for an appointment. We talked to her and shared 1 Nephi 11:17 and I testified that God loved her. She got this look on her face and said, "Really? God feels that way about me?" We got her number and met her a few days later. We shared more from the Book of Mormon, and made a second appointment. At that next appointment, we invited her to be baptized and she accepted. She will be baptized on April 5th after she has her baby and recovers. (Koreans spend about 2-3 weeks in the hospital after having their babies..)

2. A WONDERFUL sister in our ward gave us a referral for her friend. Originally, her friend, Sister Park (NOT my companion) had English interest and wanted us to teach her 6-yr old daughter. When we met at the church building, her daughter was asleep and refused to wake up. She just slept in her mom's lap for a while, and we finally suggested that we introduce a little about our church. As soon as we started talking about the gospel, Sister Park recognized a new feeling, a "warm feeling in my chest". We testified that she was feeling the Spirit, which testifies of truth, and began to teach. Sister Park hadn't even known her member friend had a religion, and was interested in why we also read the Book of Mormon in addition to the Bible. We explained that we can learn more and have many questions answered when we have two witnesses of Christ instead of just one. We explained that we need both the Book of Mormon AND the Bible to fully understand Christ's gospel. We used the word 증거, which means "witness" and "evidence". After we explained, Sister Park started to cry. She told us about some very difficult trials that had recently happened in her life concerning false legal accusations against her husband where there had not been a witness to prove her husband innocent, and their family suffered some huge losses. She understood what we had taught with the clarity only the Spirit can bring, and she was delighted when we gave her a Book of Mormon. She promised to read it and pray about its truthfulness. As soon as the lesson ended, her daughter woke up, and happily joined in our closing prayer. We're meeting with them tomorrow, and we couldn't be more grateful for the opportunity to teach such special children of God.

As I've thought about these experiences, my testimony that God knows His children perfectly has grown so much. Like our parents on earth, He loves us, as we are His children. He is perfect, and so He loves us perfectly and knows us perfectly. He knows exactly where we are and when we need His help. He always hears our prayers, even if we only offer them in our hearts.

I love you all so much!!

Love,
Sister Bonney

Laughing Problem...

February 9, 2014
Dear everyone!

This week's been pretty eventful! Sister Park and I are working hard and we've experienced a few HUGE miracles along the way!

A few weeks ago, Sister Park and I met a girl on a bus. She's a high school student, Sister Kim. (I think I emailed about her before...) Anyways, we met her once and she expressed interest in being baptized! We were pretty excited. She and her boyfriend, Brother Choi, started attending almost every ward activity EXCEPT church on Sunday. Well, we met them both with the elders last night. We had planned to teach about the restoration of the gospel and then read from the Book of Mormon together. One of the elders asked if we could read 3 Nephi 11, when Christ visits the Americas and teaches about baptism. We all agreed that that was a fantastic idea.

As we taught, both Brother Choi and Sister Kim were really focused, and the Spirit was strong. When we got to the Book of Mormon chapter, we began taking turns reading. We read verses 7-28, and then 31-41 testifying and clarifying and asking questions as we went. However, there was one little hiccup. Verse 34. It was one of the elder's turns and he read the verse in Korean. I was following along in my English scriptures as we read, and then I just about died. Verse 34: "And whoso believeth not in me, and is not baptized, shall be damned."

BRIEF CLARIFICATION: Now in our church, when we read that scripture, we understand it to mean that those who are not baptized cannot enter the kingdom of God. They don't go to hell. They just can't enter the kingdom of God. There's more than just heaven and hell. There are kingdoms with different degrees of glory. The kingdom you get to enter is decided by Heavenly Father based on the choices you make in this life. To us, hell isn't so much a place as a condition of knowing what you could have had but turned away from. Nevertheless, most other religions believe in the fire and brimstone idea...

ANYWAYS, one of our American elders read that scripture in Korean so it took him a second to realize what he had just read. He looked up with a look of shock and horror, and I started to laugh. And it wasn't just, a "hehe-oops" kind of laugh. I just lost it. We had to stop reading, wait to for to get a grip, and then explain that "I'm so sorry! I have a personal laughing problem..." Oh goodness. It happened in the MTC. Never thought it'd happen in the field... Good grief.

Fortunately, "damned" doesn't really translate clearly into Korean, so that didn't end up being a problem.

Well, we finished reading the chapter, and asked them how they felt. They both said that they felt good and wanted to be baptized. So we invited them, and they accepted. Laughing, damnation, and all. They're date is March 8, and we're praying that they'll be able to receive permission from their parents to continue preparing for that day. Miracles!!!!

I'm so grateful to be on a mission. Being able to serve these people and share with them the gospel that has blessed my life so much is such a privilege and a blessing. I'm so grateful to be a missionary, and for everything that Heavenly Father has given me and continues to give me. This gospel is gospel of blessings and joy! Every single thing Heavenly Father has given us through this gospel provides for our happiness. That is His deepest desire: our happiness. I know that that is true, because as I have tried to not just follow the gospel, but really live it, I am happier than I've ever been before. We really do share a happy message. I'm so grateful to be a missionary!

I love you all so much!

Love,
Sister Bonney

새해복많이받으세요!!! Happy Lunar New Year!

February 2, 2014
Dear everyone!

Remember Brother Kim from last week? The studly little kid? Well, he's not just a studly little kid. He's a studly little MISSIONARY! This week, he came to church again, and he brought his 9-year-old sister. The primary children were the best fellowshippers I've ever seen. They immediately accepted Brother Kim and his little sister as they're new friends, and they even sat together in sacrament meeting. I'm so grateful for their example of what it truly means to love unconditionally.

Interesting experience-- I tried bondegghi recently. What is bondegghi? It's silkworm. Actually, it's the silkworm chrysalis boiled in its own bodily fluids. YUM. Actually, it was the nastiest thing I've yet tried EVER, and I will NOT be doing that again.

There are more drunk people in Gumi than anywhere else I've seen in my life. In Korea, public intoxication is not illegal or questioned or anything. People just wander around absolutely wasted and everyone around them tolerates them extremely kindly. The Korean people serve without a second thought; it's a powerful example to watch. But it also has led to a few interesting experiences.. I can also know recognize when someone has recently drunk alcohol! I couldn't do that before my mission... The things you learn when in the service of God.

This week, we met with a man named .... Brother Kim. (a different one...) The elders originally had an appointment with him for English, but one of the elders was really sick and the other is fairly new in the field, so Sister Park and I said we'd go with them to help them out.

Now Koreans for some reason think that foreigners are really attractive. Usually it's just the old grandmas talking to American sisters saying things like, "You're so pretty! Why aren't you married yet?" But occasionally, you just meet a creeper. I've run into several with my companions. The man we met was a creeper. I've never felt so uncomfortable in my life as I did during that appointment.

When we first met him, he wanted to take us out to eat (fairly normal in Korean culture). He took us to Lotteria, a Korean knock-off of McDonalds. The elders were trying to good-naturedly start a conversation with him, but he had issues. I'm still not quite sure what they are... Sister Park has worked in a bar, so she seriously knows how to handle people. I'm SUPER grateful for that. And so are the elders... After we ate together, Brother Kim wanted to spend another two hours learning English, but all four of us missionaries had decided that we just needed to part ways. But Brother Kim still wanted to go to the church and learn English. So Sister Park took over. We took him to a cafe and she bought him a drink, which in Korean culture made him obligated to us. He recognized what she had done, and he told us to share our 말씀, our talk, what we usually shared with people. Sister Park brought out the Book of Mormon and shared Jacob 6:12, "O be wise, what can I say more?" As soon as Brother Kim read that verse, his entire countenance changed. There was a new light in his eyes, and I believe it was the first time in his life he's ever felt the Spirit. Together, all four of us testified of the Book of Mormon and shared that this was the center of our message. His entire attitude had changed 180 degrees by the time he left that cafe to catch his train. It was one of the most powerful moments on my mission.

President Boyd K. Packer said, "The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than talking about behavior will improve behavior." On my mission, I have witnessed that that is true. But why? Because of the power of the Atonement. As we feel the Spirit and as we become worthy to have its influence in our lives, we become partakers of the blessings of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Atonement has a healing power, a transforming power that transcends what we are capable of as human beings. Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can one day become like our Father in Heaven and experience all the joy and blessings that He desires for us. I know that Heavenly Father lives, and that we will one day be able to not only live with Him, but be like Him. It's a powerful destiny, and it's all possibly because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.

I love you all so much!

Love,
Sister Bonney

"Time doesn't matter..."

January 27, 2014
Dear everyone!

Not much time left today, but all's well in Gumi! Sister Park and I are getting along well and doing our best to find people willing to hear the gospel message! This week, we found two!

Jihae Kim. Sister Kim is a high school student we met on a bus. We talked and I asked if we could meet again. She said yes, we exchanged numbers, and we met last week. She is already reading the Book of Mormon. She has interest about baptism, although we haven't invited her yet, and she came to our ward party with her friend! She's so kind and eager to learn. We're so grateful to have found her.

Taehoon Kim! Brother Kim is 11 years old. We met him during a district caroling activity, and he said he wanted to come to our church. He came to our ward Christmas party, but although we contacted him later, he never responded. All of a sudden, he showed up to our English class on Saturday. Some of the young men in the ward also came and helped him have a really fun experience. He said he wanted to come to church on Sunday so we told him when. He came. And he stayed for almost 7 hours. We had choir practice after church for a special event and he stayed through that playing with member children. When we asked him when he needed to go home, he said, "Time doesn't matter. I'm just going to stay." He's coming to our children's English class on Wednesday. Wow. What a studly kid!

Other than that, not too much going on here! Oh! I bowed and collected money from members this week too, but that's another story. ^^ Happy Lunar New Year!!!

I love you all!!!!

Love,
Sister Bonney
January 20, 2014
Dear everyone!

Not too much exciting stuff on this end! Sister Park and I are trucking along in Gumi! The weather's cold, but our hearts are warm, and that just sounds cheesy, but it's true!

Brother Choi update! Bro. Choi got the Aaronic priesthood last Sunday! We are so happy for him. Jiwon and a little boy in primary like each other. ;) He brings her yogurt drinks which they share during our children's English class. SO cute. Bro. Choi and Jiwon are such amazing members already! I can't imagine Gumi ward without them.

Since the baptism, Sister Park and I haven't had any investigators. Sounds familiar.... But that gives us the opportunity to find! Which I'm actually growing to love and appreciate more and more as time goes by. We've seen SO many miracles as we've looked for those ready to hear the gospel. We've been able to find old investigators who met with missionaries 2-3 years ago and make appointments with them! People who just talked to missionaries on the street years ago said they'd be willing to meet with us now! Today, a woman walked up to us in Daegu, NOT EVEN OUR AREA, and said she lived in Gumi and she was trying to contact us, but she gave up a few months ago because we never answered our phone. Well, we got her number, and we're going to work with her again! This week, we also did a lot of street boarding with the elders. We talked to everyone we could, and together, we found 68 potential investigators. We DEFINITELY said a grateful prayer after counting those. We are SO grateful for how much Heavenly Father has been helping us in our efforts to find those people ready and willing to hear the message of the restored gospel.

I'm so grateful to be on a mission and to be able to serve as a missionary! Heavenly Father is so mindful of all His children, and I can't even begin to express how grateful I am for that truth. I know He lives! I know He loves and understands us perfectly. I know that when we pray, He hears us. He is our father and we are His children.

I love you all so much!

Love,
Sister Bonney