Dear Family,
This week I have some pretty
exciting news! haha. Sister Sexton and I have our first investigator!
We're so excited! It's that cute little grandma we met on our way to the
temple! She's the sweetest lady and I still don't understand most of
what she says to me, but she says it all with a warm smile, so hopefully
she's as wonderful as I think she is! haha. But yeah. We met her by
this store and she was SO excited to see us. And we went to her house
and there were a bunch of Jesus pictures and crosses everywhere, so it's
good to know she really has a testimony about Jesus already. And then,
she sat us down and said, "can we pray?" haha. It was perfect! So we
prayed and she got us some strawberries and she prayed over them and
then we had a little mini lesson, and told her about JS, and the book of
Mormon and showed her our family pictures (my picture book is so great
btw! and I love the pictures of the 12 apostles and the prophet, because
it always segways nicely into the church. haha) But yeah. There are
also tons of pictures in my book with temples in it, and so we talked
about temples a lot. I feel like since we met her on the way to the
temple and she has been to the grounds and now we are talking so much
about them that the temple will be really important to her. We found out
that her husband has passed away, so hopefully we can help her with
that:) Anyway, so we talked for a little bit and she was so cute, and
then we heard some babies in another room, and she goes and pulls out
the two most adorable little Korean boys I have ever seen! Both almost 2
years old. Oh my goodness. It was so fun to play with them for a few
minutes. I forgot how much I love kids. It made me so happy! haha. But
yeah. Apparently she does this thing kind of like foster care, and those
two boys are being adopted by families in America. So cute. Also, they
know four English words- hi, mom, dad and doctor. haha. Random. But
super cute! Anyway, it was a great meeting and she wants to meet again this Wednesday,
so we'll see how that goes! She told us she thinks God has brought us
together, so that's always a good sign. She's really great though.
Cutest lady.
Also this week, we visited this man in the hospital
from our ward. he's having a surgery next week I guess. Hospitals here
are really weird though. I'm not sure exactly how they work, but people
can just walk around and leave (in their hospital clothes) whenever they
want. It's really weird to be walking down the street and see people in
hospital clothes wandering around. But yeah. Not at all like they are
in America. And people go the the hospital for EVERYTHING. There isn't a
doctor's office I don't think. They just go to the hospital. So yeah.
really weird, but it was nice to visit with him and his wife for a
little bit there.
This week I've been really studying about the
restoration and the priesthood. I realized that I know almost nothing
about the restoration of the priesthood, which is bad, because that's
like one of 3 things in our church that is different from other
religions. So I've been trying to find out a lot about that. It's also
made me realize how little I know about the priesthood itself besides
the basic. But I also am learning how grateful I am to have the
priesthood, and all of the many wonderful blessings we have because of
it. We couldn't have this church without it. It's crucial! We wouldn't
have callings or prophets or modern day revelation or anything. We
couldn't have temples or baptisms or the gift of the holy ghost.
Everything depends upon the priesthood. It's really incredible, and the
more I learn, the more I'm shocked at how I've never learned these
things before. So I would encourage everyone to learn more about the
restoration of the priesthood, and build your testimonies of it. It's
been a wonderful experience:) I truly know that this church is true and
that the Lord has blessed us with so much. I know that Joseph Smith was
a prophet and he truly saw God the Father and Jesus Christ. I know that
they responded to his humble prayer, and it was because of his faith
and God's love for us that this church was restored. It's also
interesting to note that the Priesthood was restored only after Joseph
Smith followed this same pattern, and read and pondered on scripture,
acted in faith, went to a secluded place and prayed to God. Sounds like a
pretty powerful and effective pattern to me. I've been trying to be
better about applying that in my own life, and I'm learning so much
because of it!
The trees are blooming here, and everything is
beautiful! I love spring here! There are cherry blossoms literally
everywhere! It's so beautiful! We went to visit a less active this week,
and she has the most amazing view! The mountain outside her window is
simply covered with cherry blossom trees, so rather than being a green
mountain, it's mostly white! SO PRETTY! I took a bunch of pictures, but
this computer isn't really working for attaching pics. I'll try, but I
might just send pics next week!
I'm super excited to watch conference next week too. We
watch it a week late here, but hearing from you all how wonderful it is
makes me happy! I love conference and it's crazy to think I'm almost a
third of the way through my mission! So weird! But life here is SO good,
and I'm really happy every single day. I tell everyone how much I love
the Book of Mormon, and even though my Korean is still not good, I think
the power of my testimony of the book of Mormon still comes across. We
had dinner with the bishop's family and I was able to bear testimony of
the Book of Mormon, and it was just a really really good experience. His
wife thanked us a lot later and said it's what she and her boys needed
to hear. She's such a cute mom, and really wants her sons to gain a
strong conversion. But yeah. My testimony of the Book of Mormon has
really been the thing to grow the most the last 6 months. I know it's
true with all my heart, and it makes me so so so very happy!
I love you all! Send me your favorite conference quotes too! That'd be my favorite! Have a great week:)
Love,
Sister Hunter
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