We have seen many blessings this week. God is good, he knows us, loves us and is always trying to make us the best people we can be! As you live in the mind set "Not my will but thine be done" you will see how much he blesses your live and how he can mold it to make it so much better than you ever would of imagined! As my grandma said in her book Conquering my fears in Cambodia: "You can choose to live your life 2 ways, one way as if everything is a miracle or the other as if nothing is a miracle." Its so true, if you look at life always appreciating and noticing gods hand in your life, you are so much more grateful and life is better!
We got a new investigator! We met him last Sunday during jundo (street contacting) but actually we didn't meet him he met us. We were talking to this old man and we hear someone say in English "he is to old to understand you", after we finished talking to the old man we walked over and talked to the person who spoke to us (who was waiting for us). His name is Jimmy and he had a friend who served a mission years back--- but they dont talk anymore. This man teaches English at an academy that he owns. He learned English in Australia. We are anxious to get to know this man and find out more about him.
We have now met with Kong Meen Jay, a super cool kid, twice now and he read the book of Mormon! He is keeping commitments and appears to have interest! Hopefully he keeps reading the book of Mormon so he can get an answer for himself!
The only part of this week that was a little unnatural was this morning when I woke up to a text saying due to recent activity with north Korea, please prepare for a potential evacuation. We had to double check all of our 72 hour kits and review our evacuation plans. haha! Cool! But don't worry, President Hinckley told South Korea that as long as worthy members are attending the temple he promised the people of South Korea that they will not go to war with North Korea! So missionaries are literally saving the country of Korea from war! Haha... except too many people are becoming less active! There are 80,000 members in Korea but only 10,000 active.... so we got to stop that!
We had our zone conference this week in Busan! Not only in Busan but in a mountain in Busan! We had the conference as we were hiking! We would stop at different locations and each companionship would stand up and give a thought about each of the days during the last week of Christ's life! Elder Johnson and I were asked to talk about Monday. We were asked to relate it to the principle of peace ("gods word"). So we shared the account of the stripling warriors and how they had to receive Gods word from their mothers (or however you receive Gods word). They were obedient and listened with exactness! Once we receive Gods word, we need to follow what he says and follow it with exactness. If we do that we will receive peace, knowing that whatever the outcome is, it in line with our Fathers plan for us. Just like the 2000 stripling warriors, when they went to battle for the first time in there lives, they talked about how they were not worried and were at peace KNOWING that god would watch over them!
When Christ went into the temple on Monday, he cleared the temple of merchandisers and mockers of peace. He had received Gods word and in doing so he knew that making the temple a place of merchandise was not OK. In following Gods word, he knew he had to clear it, no matter what the consequence or the popular group thought of it! We can receive comfort and peace from Christ in knowing the if we are bold in obeying Gods word, Christ will be on our side. So don't be afraid to do what you know what is right. Don't let people pressure you into breaking commandments or covenants!--- if you do what you know is right, you WILL receive strength from God. And he is mightier than all the forces of evil combined!
I love you all! I know this church is true with all the energy of my heart. I haven't just believed someone else's word but I have asked God himself and MY father in heaven has taken time to answer. I know that if anyone who SINCERELY wants to know if this church is true ---or any question they have --- if they follow James or Moroni's words and ask God, they will receive a personal answer from God their Father! Then they will know with assurance that this is Chris'ts church, restored in the latter days! I encourage you all to try this and constantly seek to have your testimony strengthened! We are in the last moments of the great "war" and Satan and his forces are trying harder then ever to pull as many people down with them as the can. So likewise we need to be trying harder then ever to resist the forces of evil and fight with the power of God against them! We need to help pull up our brothers and sister who are waging the same war but maybe are slowly losing, we need to help them regain there strength! Always resist Satan and remember we have the most powerful being in the universe on our side! How cool is that!?
"not my will but thine be done"
Elder Nathan Stagg
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