Merry Christmas! December 18, 2017

All sharing obviously the best candy ever. This doesn't exist in Korea, Sister 
Oh tried it for the first time, we were all super excited. (Thanks Erin Foster:))

Sister Oh bought me this duck gummy because she knew I loved ducks. And I got this cute picture in the mail from Weston, from feeding the ducks. Good times.

Missing our train after MLCM, calls for a picture. Joys of getting lost.

Our Christmas Card!

Our Christmas proselyting activity in the downtown area of Pohang with our district!!

Our investigator 이미진

Hey everybody:)

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone is staying warm. It is literally so cold. I never realized how cold it could be without snow. I definitely decided it should be against the law for it to be so cold and there not be lights or snow. If it's going to be cold, you may as well be able to build a snowman.

So much has happened this week! Woah. Christmas miracles are real.

First, a mini throw back to last week. So Saturday a sweet older couple in the ward took us, the Elders and the youth out to lunch after seminary. It was good, everything was fun. We were sitting in a little side room. In Korea they have rooms off to the side that close off and you sit on the floor with low tables. It's like having a private room. We were eating there and then the older couple had to leave early. They got up to leave, left, closed the sliding door and right as they closed the door both of the Elders go "Ahhhhhh" straightening their legs out under the table (the pain of sitting crossed legged is real!) And Sister Oh flings her arm out and tips over the pitcher of water! Everything turned into a wreck in 10 seconds. It was like flaws of the missionaries coming out the second the authority left. The Youth all looked at us, and it just turned into a 5 minute laughing session, like not the normal haha funny, but the hard to breath and you can't seem to stop. 

Well, Heavenly Father decided to whip us into shape this week, probably because of that. Or Satan is tripping us, maybe a mix of both. But that's been the joke all week. "Hmm well if we hadn't done that, maybe we wouldn't have missed our train...*as we stand there and watch it drive by us*" Haha. This past week Sister Oh and I have been running from appointment to appointment with our heads cut off. I don't know how, but we can't seem to catch a break or find time to hmm I don't know, eat dinner. Haha. But hey thats the best way to have it! 

So Christmas isn't really a thing in Korea. I mean it is, but it's not a holiday, there are no lights or trees and it's just kindof a normal day. Pretty much only church members really celebrate it. Anyways, so we decided we needed to get in the Christmas spirit! We have been making Christmas tree shaped banana bread, with a wrapped up Book of Mormon to give their friends and a Christmas card we made to all the members and then caroling to them. It has been so fun! Definitely getting us all into the Christmas Spirit. And our members are seriously gems. All of them had names and a plan of who they were going to share the Book of Mormon with. They amaze me.

As a District we deicded to share the Light the World challenge with, well the world. This week has been so awesome. We met with our District in Pohang and got permission to use a window in the downtown area. And there we're asking people to write the name of someone they love on a sticky note and are building a huge Christmas tree out of them. Then we talk to them about how they can show love this Christmas and all that fun stuff. The Pohang missionaries (they're cool.) wrote out 3000 Christmas invitation card to come to church that we're handing out like candy. We aren't done with it yet, but hopefully will be this next week. Holy cow. Doing it, I don't know if I've ever been colder in my life. Wind blows you to the core!! But it's been a super fun project.

This week one of our investigators told us she wants to get baptized. She has a lot to work on to help her get there, but it has been so cool to watch her change and see the way the atonement is changing her. It has been a huge testimony builder, being able to grow with her and see how the atonement and Christ's love has no limits. 

Love you all and hope you have a Merry Christmas

XOXO  Love, Sister Stout