Two Koreans, one Nigerian, and an American

This week has been slow, we dropped most of our investigators. Or, more like they dropped us, but we're still trying hard with everyone. 

 

EDD is.....gone. He hasn't answered the phone since we last met. But, I can be happy knowing that when they're not in our hands, they're in God's hands, and he'll take better care of them.

 

When I street contact, we say jundo, the most important thing I've found is to be happy. When you can't take confidence in yourself, take confidence in the Lord. I've met people on the streets of Seoul, with 15 million people in it, and they say, 'I saw your people a few years ago. Their faces were literally shining.' They remember you. So just make an impact. 

We haven't had much success with reactivation, but we did help this guy who's about 40 get back up on his feet. He went from complete inactivity and separation with his wife, to hopefully getting back together, starting temple work and baptisms for the dead, starting a family, and later sealings. He baptized his wife about 10 years ago, so it's super sad to see them torn apart. But it's glorious to see him back at church, wearing an old suit, fitting in with the members in activity. Wonderful. How great shall be your joy, right?  We're doing the Lord's work, and we're trying to trust Him to do things His way.

We met tons of Nigerians and Ghanaians this past week, and a few have followed through with return appointments. I'm trying to learn basic greetings in Igbo, their dialect in Nigeria. One guy, CRS, came for work, married a Korean, now she's pregnant with their first daughter. He's been here for around 10 years, and he speaks Korean so well. We met on the street a week or two ago, spoke in English, then I turned to his wife and spoke in Korean to ask a question.  CRS looks so surprised, turns to me, and in fluent Korean, asks, 'wah, hangulmar chincha char hashineyo' which just means, 'woah, you speak Korean?'

He proceeded to start speaking fluent Korean to me which surprise me, so there was just a group of confused and surprised people. Two Koreans, one Nigerian, and an American, all speaking Korean. He's going to invite us over to his house to teach him and his wife later, so we're really excited!

This is the Lord's work, and not only does it change the people we share it with, but it changes you.

Elder Franchina