at
the beginning of the week i felt like i was always overwhelmed with
things and i couldnt figure out why. i didnt know if it was the language
and the mission in general but it always seemed that no matter what i
did i always had those feelings. till one night my teacher felt like
something was off with all of us so he took us outside to go talk to the
people on the tours at the open house, except we arent allowed to talk
to them so we went and sang to them "I am a Child of God" in korean
instead and it was amazing. i felt so much peace after that and the rest
of the week i didnt feel like i was overwhelmed or anything! the rest
of the week was so good and honestly i have no idea why, part of me
thinks it was because we were finally able to go to the temple (oh we
went today too, the temple is the best!!!)
on wednesday
we got to host the early arrival/international missionaries, except
there was only one sister that came early so we ended up sitting on the
couch just talking for our two hour shift. it was fantastic. and we all
realized we havent even sat down and not thought about korean the whole
time we have been here and we will never have that chance again, so it
was a nice little energy boast for the week!
oh gosh..... on friday
my district made it a goal to do an english fast for 24 hours (that
means all we can speak is korean, but if you have to speak english you
have to put it in the korean sentence structure) it was so incredbily
hard but also so fun! it helped me realize that i actually know more
then i thought i knew but also that i have so much more to learn before i
leave (3 weeks exactly from today!!! which mean if you want to send me
letters you better do it within the next few weeks ;) ) we had a lot of
fun with it though because most of us dont know a lot so we would end up
saying random stuff that had nothing to do with anything so just we
could say something in korean rather then sit in silence. and it made
class time real interesting because our teachers would ask us questions
and we would all stare at them in silence because we didnt know how to
answer them in korean, so eventually they told us that if we have to we
can answer them in english because they were tired of us just staring at
them.
on Saturday
we were able to help with the open house tours as testifiers. it was so
incredible and made me super excited to go be a real missionary in
korea!!! so with the tours they choose random districts to either be
positioned through out the tour so people can ask them questions or they
have them in rooms at the very end of the tours where they show the
people a little video on missionary work and testify on how this
experience has blessed their lives. we were able to talk to so many
different people and bear our testimonies on how this gospel had blessed
our lives and how the past month has completely changed our lives for
the better. it was so fun to see the little kids and talk to them about
random stuff, some kids get SUPER excited to see missionaries so it made
our day so much better!!! plus it was nice to talk to people that
werent missionaries and they didnt do the same thing we do everyday. it
was cool to hear about people lives and alittle about what they do. i
cant wait till i can go to korea and do that everyday!!
OK NOW FOR THE BEST PART OF THE WEEK!
so sunday
for dinner my district sat around talking for a while and we lost track
of time. when we realized what time it was we were already supposed to
be seated for devotional, so we just decided to head straight to the
over flow room when the Executive Secretay to the MTC president stopped
us and asked why we were going over there so we told him that we figured
the Gym would already be full. so he looked at us and said "i can tell
you guys are faithful obedient missionaries so follow me because you
guys will really want to be in the gym for this devotional" so we were
like okay and followed him. he found us seats right in the front row of
the gym. the devotional was really good. Elder Oakes daughter is an
incredible vionlist so she played for us. then normally after sunday
devotional we go and choose a church movie to watch but this week the
presidency asked us to all watch the "Character of Christ" talk by elder
bednar (which to be honest i was not that happy to watch that for the
3rd time) but we watched it anyway. then after the movie ended we were
all ready to get up and leave cause it ended at 9 and thats when we are
supposed to be back in the dorms when someone from the presidency said
"We would ask you so stay seated because we have a special treat for all
of you" and GUESS WHAT?!?!?!? ELDER BEDNAR WALKS IN!!! and we were
front and center, a real blessing actually! he did a questionarie with
us for an hour and it was amazing! i actually was struggling a little
yesterday because i had been fasting alll day that i would feel peace
and comfort when it came to korean and that i would get conformation
that i would eventually learn it. all day i had been hoping to get an
answer and i was getting nothing, until Elder Bednar bore his testimony.
he started out by saying "there are some of you here that feel like you
cant do this, but i want you to know you can. just stick it out a
little longer and you will see that you can. you dont have to be perfect
at being a missionary or even at a language as long as you try your
best and rely on the lord." i knew that that was Heavenly Fathers way of
answering my prayer. that was exactly what i needed to hear to realize
that while i struggle now, it will come eventually and that peace i was
praying for came. it was the best.
i loved all your pictures
this week, they were all so cute! im so happy you guys are all doing
well!!! im also happy you got to spend so much time with Lincoln and
Lainey, i miss them so much! i love and miss you all so much!
love
Sister Hemenway
Sister Alyssa Hemenway
Aug 29 Kor-Seo
2005 N 900 E Unit 125
Provo UT 84602
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