tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85067223160277517802024-03-14T06:31:52.250-07:00Sister Laken StoutCalled to Serve in the Busan Korea MissionJody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-11980512640482364172018-07-02T06:12:00.003-07:002018-07-02T06:12:42.986-07:00Last One!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last pday!! Went to the bath house super early and then went over to a members house for ribs♡ then they took us around Pohang to sightsee!</td></tr>
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Well this is officially the last email I'll be sending, it's crazy to me. Time has gone too fast and I'm so thankful for the time I've had to serve in Korea. I'm forever thankful for the things I've learned, people I've met, and the opportunity I've had to share what I love with the people here. And most of all I'm thankful for the time I've had to strengthen my relationship with my Savior. It may be time to go but the memories and effects its had on my life will last forever.</div>
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I'll see you all next week.</div>
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Well if you're still reading these, you're awesome. Haha. Time is going so fast and I'm just ignoring the fact I'm going home soon. Don't know if that's the best thing buuut it seems to be working! </div>
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This week was another week of miracles and I wanted share a couple! So recently a lot of our investigators started not calling us back and kind of disappearing, which has been really frustrating! We've had a hard time finding people that are actually interested and things just weren't working. We started this week with a fast to help of find new investigators, and woah. This week has been amazing. We started meeting all kinds of interested people on the street, getting member referrals. All of which has just been the biggest miracle. </div>
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And another amazing miracle that was seen this week, you all I'm sure already saw on the news, but North Korea and South Korea are making huge steps towards peace that just amaze me. You'd think me being in Korea I would know a lot, but haha not watching the news I know very little! But when I first came to Korea we practiced emergency evacuations and what to do in case North Korea attacked. To now a year and a half later mile stones being made. There is all kinds of talk here about a train they're going to build from Busan to North Korea. That is something I never thought I'd get to see while on my mission and has been the answer to so many prayers. It's been a huge reminder of the huge plan Heavenly Father has and how He is in control of it all. He hears our prayers and is taking care of us. I hope you all are having a great week!</div>
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Ps. My homecoming is coming up! It will be <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1111673203" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">July 15th at 11:00</span></span> at the Paradise Church♡ (I can get the address later!) I'd love to see you all there♡</div>
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Another great week has flown by. It brought with it my last Zone Conference, and sharing my final testimony. The feels are weird and all over the place, but as I was reflecting on my mission, thinking of what I wanted to say, it just left me in awe. The last year and a half has been so amazing and I wouldn't trade it for anything. There was a talk shared and they talked about the power and strength of our testimony. Our testimony isn't something we gain, and then it's done. Each day our testimony either has the ability to progress or degress. They compared it to an escalator. Life is always moving and Satan is always working on us. If we want to keep our testimony strong, we have to be moving and strengthening it each day. And in this crazy world always changing, we can't afford to stop walking, or stop trying. One question that was asked kindof made me think and I wanted to share it with you all. He said, "When was the last time you prayed to God and asked him if Joseph Smith really saw God?" I know I couldn't come up with an answer. Knowing something is true once, getting that good feeling and moving on, is not enough. We need our testimony on these foundational truths strengthened each day. We all know that through the Restoration, the Gospel was restored and everything was forever changed, but, do we recognize the power that has each day in our lives? It's a lot of deep questions, but I really want to challenge you all to think about it.. the power it has is incredible.</div>
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Sorry for the slacking again... but hey! I got transferred! I was positive I wasn't getting a phone call, until <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1185822994" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">9:50</span></span> the phone rang... I think I just stared at it for a while to be honest. Haha. So yes, for my last transfer I got sent back to my second area, Pohang! I was seriously so excited. I have served over half of my mission in this district, it just feels like home. I love it here! I was giving my little talk the first <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1185822995" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> and it was like..."Mm hey I'm back!" There is just so much love here, and I was able to go to one of my other areas, Gyeongju, for district meeting and, haha life is good. </div>
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Well I just started my last transfer. I'm still not sure how that happened, but time is going so fast. It makes me so thankful for all that I've learned on my mission, the people I've met and the experiences I've had. It definitely hasn't been easy, but I wouldn't change a thing. It has been the biggest blessing in my life. I was studying Alma 5 this week and thinking a lot about some of the questions Alma asks. I wanted to send them your way♡ It is in Alma 5: 26-28...</div>
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27 Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God? Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble? That your garments have been cleansed and made white through the blood of Christ, who will come to redeem his people from their sins?</div>
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28 Behold, are ye stripped of pride? I say unto you, if ye are not ye are not prepared to meet God. Behold ye must prepare quickly; for the kingdom of heaven is soon at hand, and such an one hath not eternal life.</div>
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Our relationship with Christ can take on as deep of a meaning as we let it. It has the power to shape us and turn us into someone better than we could ever imagine. One of the first, but sometimes the hardest steps, is recognizing our faults and acting! If we don't act, we never change or become better. The Lord has big plans for all of us, and I learn more every day how much He's waiting for each of us with open arms.</div>
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The last couple weeks have been super busy, but great! We saw lots of miracles, lots of drama in the Branch, (it could literally be made into a movie met cool people and are now somehow on the last week of this transfer. I feel so many mixed feelings about going home coming soon... but I find that just pretending it's not is working best! </div>
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Some random events this week, we had a Musical Fireside in Youngdoe. All the members had prepared things to perform and it was super fun. Going great, and this young man in the ward got up and started singing this American song that is really popular in Korea. Which happens to be a super naughty song, and he sang his little heart out. It was one of those moments as a foreign missionary, being the only ones that understand it, that you just go...hm. Dang. What do we do? All the cute old people in the branch are just cheering and everyone loved it! I'm just exchanging glances with the American Elders, we both just shrug our shoulders... haha what are you going to do?</div>
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A cool miracle from the last couple weeks. So two weeks ago we were walking down the road and this lady fell so we ran to go help her up. She has a bad leg, so we carried her stuff and helped her back to her house. We sat with her at her house and drank lemonade, sang hymns together and were able to share a message. She had met the missionaries at some point before, but her daughter had blocked our number from her phone. She said she didn't know how to unblock our number but to come by again at the same time. Well everytime we tried to visit, she wasn't there and we were super bummed! Well fast forward to exchanges and Sister Welch and I were walking down that same road from before and saw her! She asked us to help her home, and when we got to her house, her daughter was there. At first... I was obviously a little worried because she had blocked our number. BUT we were all able to talk, had such a good time AND she unblocked our number. We'll be able to keep meeting with her and her daughter. The Lord, like always, is preparing our path, people's hearts and is leading His work. I'm so thankful to be able to be a small tool in His hand and do His work here on earth.</div>
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How are you all doing? I hope everything is going good at home. This week was fun, a lot of random things happened!</div>
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We go visit another older lady in the hospital every week and sing her a couple songs. My companion is really good at singing and I'm just, well me. So we went and were singing a song and my companion decided to keep it fresh and sing the alto part, well it threw me off so then I didn't know what to sing and it all ended up crashing and burning! Fail. Oops. What's a missionary that can't sing Hymns?? Haha.</div>
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We were able to go to visit our investigator, Sister Kang, at her house this week and meet all her little kids. That was the best. There were a lot of good appointments this week!</div>
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This week we planned a super awesome Family Home Evening night, last time we had a really good turn out, so we were really excited. It ended up being, well the family of missionaries, plus the Branch President and his wife! </div>
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I promise, I had a point in listing off all those kind of weird, random, sort of fail of activities. We talked about our "failures" this week in district meeting and I wanted to share it with you all. A lot of time in our lives, we only focus on the times we fall, the things that didn't turn out how we planned, or our insufficiencies. We label them as failures and allow Satan to use them to his advantage. BUT that is not part of Heaven Father's plan. Our failures aren't supposed to push us down, but help us become better people and learn to rely on the Lord. I wanted to share a quote from conference that I loved. It is from the talk "Until Seventy times Seven" by Elder Robbins.</div>
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"Success isn't the absence of failure, but going from failure to failure without any loss of enthusiasm." </div>
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How great is that? And as we rely on the Lord we can find happiness amidst the storms, trials and things we see as failures. In the end, becoming better people than we ever could be without them. </div>
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Well I officially survived the first week of another transfer! It was super great! My new companion is Sister Choi and she's awesome. She actually is the Korean sister I was with in the MTC and then came to Korea with. Best part, she loves scary movies and has watched every episode of Criminal Minds multiple times! When she told me that I was like, ah yes this is going to be a great transfer. Hahaha. She seriously is hilarious too, I can't even describe it. For example, she had told me she likes to hide, but I had no idea what she actually meant, until one night I walk out of the bathroom and all the lights are off. I walk over to my desk and there is a sticky note that says, "Find me." ......... considering all the scary stories that had been told the last couple nights, it was horrifying! So I grabbed our roll of tissue paper and start walking around the house until I feel something reach out of the closet and grab my ankle! I squeeled, she laughed, I hit her with the tissue papers, good memories all around! </div>
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You couldn't think the week could've gotten better, but it did. Highlight of the week, our investigator asked us <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_60013885" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">on Saturday</span></span> if she could come to church with us, see the baptismal font and while she was saying the closing prayer she said thank you for helping me find the true gospel and letting us learn about it today. She literally is so cool, and so prepared. I feel like I've waited my whole mission to find someone this prepared and willing to listen! </div>
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I love how it talks about how they were "fixed in their minds with a determined resolution." If we decide we want to do something, with the Lord's help, we can accomplish anything. I think Satan likes to make this hard for us to see sometimes. There are hard things along the path that may just make us feel insignificant, like we're failing. There was a quote I remember hearing in Young Women's that said, "The difference between stepping stones and stumbling blocks is how you use them." Along our path, because none of us are perfect, we all fall, stumble and have moments when we feel like we're failures. BUT that's not true! Through every "fail", we grow, we learn and we become more capable than we were before. Through each of our learning experiences, we are becoming more of who the Lord wants us to become, who He needs us to be. We have to keep our minds focused on the big picture and where we want to go, what we want to do. Truly as we keep our minds "fixed with a determined resolution," there can be no other outcome than things benefiting us for our good. The Lord knows best and is sending us exactly what we need.</div>
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I don't know how I always run out of time for this..oops sorry. But this week transfer calls came again! Sister Ju got transferred and my new companion Sister Choi came. She actually is the Korean Sister I came to Korea with, so it'll definitely be fun. </div>
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This week was really great, probably the best of the transfer! It feels like things are all starting to work out and all our hard work is starting to be seen. Thank goodness! It's getting me excited to see what this transfer has in store. </div>
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With this transfer coming to an end, I feel like I have a lot of different thoughts I want to share, but due to the lack of time I just want to leave you all with how much I know the Lord knows each of us individually and really is listening to your prayers. I feel like I've learned that a lot over and over again this transfer, as well as doubted it too. I've learned so much about the plan He has for each of us, and if it was all easy we wouldn't be able to learn. Trials and times He takes to humble us, is what shapes us to become who we need to become. I know as we go to Him and take our troubles to Him, He won't take them away, but He'll make them possible. Through Him, we really have the power to do anything. </div>
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Fun story of the week, we met this super crazy man on the subway. In Korea, we aren't allowed to talk to men, unless they talk to us first, it's a culture thing, but anyways he came up and started talking to me. I was super frustrated because I had no idea what he was saying. Gee, great. I love not understanding anything after being here for a year. My companion was listening and I invited him to English class anyways, not really thinking about it. Well, after my companion just starts laughing and pulls up google translate to explain to me what he just said. Well, I invited a crazy man to English class. He had been telling me how he just got out of a mental hospital, and flew here from the O zone layer in the Earth with his head on fire....well obviously I've been studying the wrong words! Oops. Then he called us the next night to follow up, got to love when people you meet are better at missionarying than you! The Elders are pumped about their referral of course!</div>
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We were also able to watch Conference this weekend, a little bit later than everyone else, but hey better late than never!! I love Conference weekend. We were able to watch it in a room across the hallway from everyone else in English. (The party room of course.) It never stops amazing me how Conference seems to get more and more powerful. I absolutely loved President Nelson's talk about revelation and it got me so excited to see all the work that is going to be done while he is serving as our Prophet. I'm so thankful we have prophets on earth here to lead and guide us. It is such a unique thing and a blessing to everyone who takes time to listen and apply it. Conference shouldn't just be a weekend full of good feelings, it should be something we take and act on the next 6 months! That is when the real miracles and blessings come. I invite you all to act on the prompting you recieved and keep studying the talks through the next 6 months. The blessings and opportunity to change is just sitting before you, go get it and let this Conference change your life. </div>
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Happy Easter and General Conference weekend! We dont get to watch it until next weekend, but Ive heard its been amazing, as always♡</div>
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This past week has been beautiful with all of the flowers blooming, Easter, and I've officially been in Korea a year. On our flight home from Jeju, we flew into the same airport that I flew into almost exactly a year ago. It got me reflecting a lot on the past year and all thats happened. The good days, bad days, laughs and tears. But through it all how much my gratitude and love for my Savior and this gospel has grown. None of it could've been possible without Him and His sacrafice for all of us. Because of Him, even in our darkest times, we are never alone. He's there and sends angels into our lives to help us. Im so thankful for this past year I've had to learn, grow, and share Christ's love in Korea. Thank you for all your prayers and support♡ </div>
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Jody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-49427146809079585012018-03-26T15:42:00.000-07:002018-03-26T15:42:38.247-07:00March 26, 2018<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week officially became spring and the weather is just perfect. The flowers are all coming out and it's the perfect amount of warm. This week was, well interesting. Two of our investigators turned out to be kind of crazy and bible bashed us, gotta love it, but we met other cool people this week, so it's okay!</div>
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I had the weirdest experience of my mission this week. Literally I think I could win any two truth and a lie game in the future. We got a call <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1290201711" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Friday</span></span> night from our dear 90 year old Daysheen Grandma freaking out saying she fell and needed us to come as soon as possible. We run to find a taxi and head straight to her house. When we get there, there is a little crowd outside her door. All of her doors are locked and she can't move. We end up jumping this little wall up to her glass sliding door and breaking it off so that we could get in. When we get in, we help her up and see her knee is pretty messed up. She needs to go to the hospital, but she is sooo stubborn. We spent the next hour and a half trying to get her to go to the hospital, but she was throwing any excuse she could because she didn't want to have to go to the ER. "They don't take x-rays at night." "Missionaries have to be home at 9 and I don't want you to be late." "I can't leave the bathroom." It went on and on. But the biggest thing was she refused to call an ambulance, she wanted to take a taxi to the hospital. We were kindof in a mess, so we call the Elders to come help us. After an hour, she had come to a conclusion. She was going to sit on the toilet with her leg on the chair until morning, then we could come pick her up in a taxi and take her to the hospital. Obviously there was no way we were leaving her sitting on the toilet all night with a broken knee. The sad part is, she really had no one else to call but the missionaries. After so much arguing with her, we talked her into letting us call the ambulance. They came, loaded her up, and off she went. It was all such a mess and so stressful, I didn't even think. They said one person had to ride with her in the ambulance, only made sense for my companion to jump in...and before I realized it...I was watching my companion drive away in an ambulance. When I realized what I had just done, I look to my left and then right and there are the Elders, followed by, "...crap." and "Yes, exchanges with Sister Stout!" There we went running down a dark back alley road looking for a taxi to take to the hospital..to end our super illegal exchange. When we finally got to the hospital, we waited outside of the ER for forever...the exchange just kept going, until the Branch President got there so that we could go home. </div>
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This week was a week of a lot of firsts: first exchange with the Elders, first 25 minute talk (perks of only having 5 members), first time calling an ambulance, and first time fighting with a 90 year old grandma for pills. Learning experiences everywhere we go. </div>
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Jody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-39093333106966532172018-03-19T08:40:00.001-07:002018-03-19T08:40:40.707-07:00March 19, 2018<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"><br /></span>
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Every week is just going by so fast. I can't believe it! It feels like it was just P-day, and here I am typing again. </div>
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I'm getting used to the new area, finally! Thank goodness. It is so much bigger than any other area I've served in. I mean, this is the first time I've ever had the Subway in my area on my mission. I'm like an 'old missionary' who is learning how to use the Subway. Embarrassing, yes, but there is a first for everything I guess. </div>
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This week we had a whole lot of English class. Quite eventful actually. We had music day, where we sing songs along with the guitar, some fights, someone threw a chair, we had way more people come than normal (miracle), and are starting to study Liahona talks during class. It's really cool and makes it easy to just talk about the gospel the whole time during our Advanced class. Our classes are full of a lot of recent converts and then a group of people who attend every English class in the area and have been for years.</div>
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This area is full of less actives and we were able to meet with tons this week. There is one lady that has been the coolest miracle. She has been less active for 15 years and randomly came to church a couple weeks ago. She invited us to lunch and we've been able to see her every week multiple times since then. She said she finally feels like it's time to come back to church, but coming back to this specific branch is hard, but that she feels like she can start with being around the missionaries again. She is so amazing and it's been cool to watch her fire start again.</div>
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And drum roll, we are officially starting Facebook. Having never used Facebook really before my mission I feel like a Grandma being taught how to use the computer for the first time. Haha ah I'm learning a lot of new things. The church is true and the work is getting pushed forward. I'm excited to see all the miracles coming!</div>
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Jody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-59746586785478734332018-03-14T08:07:00.001-07:002018-03-14T08:07:24.234-07:00HELLO!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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This week was insane! We are the only Sisters in the whole zone, which somehow turns us into the District Sisters. We are pretty much over 3 areas. We attend all of their activities and are teaching people in all of the areas. I keep laughing at it, because I am the absolute worst at directions and now they're throwing me in bigger city with more areas and I'm convinced I'm just going to get lost. Plus I have to teach three English classes a week now, and I'm just not that good at English. </div>
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This week I met so many new people and so much happened. Keeping it at the basics, I met the Daysheen Grandma. She calls herself the Grandma of all missionaries. It's kindof funny, because she's a little tired in the head and so she really just slams everyone. Visiting her is hilarious. The first time we went and visited her, she called us after and was talking to my companion and was like, why did they send such a stupid ugly new Sister Missionary? I was like...hmmmm welcome to the new area. Hahaha. Then we visited her again on Sunday and she came and gave me a hug and was like, wow, I'm so glad they sent such a beautiful new Sister to replace the other.... Haha. Emotional roller coasters here we go. It'll keep me on my toes!</div>
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We had STLTM and MLCM this week. Miracle, it was in Sister Oleson's area so I got to see her for a hot second. The beeest. We also got to see tons of snow on our train ride there, it was like a little touch from Utah. During our meeting, we got a bunch of new news with our fancy smart phones. From now on our Area book will be on our phone digitally. Wow, how convenient. Except for for the poor suckers who have to go through every old record and type it in, oh ha yes us. <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1132727326" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">10 years from now</span></span> people are going to be using the phone saying, wow I bet it was horrible having to type in all of these old records. And I'll say, Yes. However, the work is going on!</div>
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As part of our meeting we did a proselyting activity. Pretty much we just went out and proselyted for an hour and a half and then had to come back and report our stats and have a little mini testimony meeting. During the activity we ran into a lady from America who is here teaching English. She had a bunch of questions about our church she had always had, but never met missionaries to ask. It was a cool miracle to see how the Lord allowed our paths to cross all the way here in Korea. </div>
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This Branch here is tiny. At church we had a solid 5 members. Our Branch President comes from a different area to help out, and as for the rest, it's the missionaries. It definitely has a different feel that Gyeongju, but it'll be a good change. </div>
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This week has gotten me thinking a lot about a verse in Alma 26:2, "And now, I ask, what great blessings has he bestowed upon us? Can you tell?" </div>
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There are so many blessings the Lord has given us and he continues to. As we take time to notice them there are miracles to be seen everywhere. </div>
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Jody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-56844851199038212592018-03-05T18:04:00.002-08:002018-03-05T18:04:52.150-08:00Heeyo!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our last District P-day we went to an escape room!</td></tr>
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Well another transfer came and went and I got shipped off to 대신/괴정. (I don't know how to spell that in English..I'll figure it out maybe later.) This is the first time I've ever served in bigger city, I mean I've never even been in an area with a Subway, so this will be interesting! Leaving Gyeongju was the worst, I just hate goodbyes in general and I'm bad at them. It was really just a disaster all around. This new transfer also marks the first time on my mission, besides like a couple weeks, that I won't be able to call Sister Oleson whenever I want to. So that sucks a lot. I feel like I'm leaving to go to the MTC all over again. BUT it's going to a great new transfer! I'm excited to see all the miracles coming. My new companion's name is Sister 주은수. She just finished training and is adorable! </div>
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This past week we spent every day in Pohang, except <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1842909020" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span>. New record! Our dear District Leader I've served with the past three transfers, Elder Schupp, went back home to Germany today. (Another darn goodbye, definitely my least favorite part about missionary work.) So it was fun to be able to spend time a lot of time all together this week. In Pohang we had an English Camp we helped out with. Woah, they planned good. It was super awesome. Lots of kids came and it turned out great. I got a weeee bit sick and was loosing my voice, so I sounded stupid trying to talk loud enough to keep the kids attention, and sounded like a dying horse by the end of the day! But, it was totally worth it.</div>
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This week it feels like we just spent running, a lot of good byes, and off to a new transfer. New starts and change are always necessary and good in the end, but dang it. Sometimes they hurt! </div>
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I'm running low on time because of transfers, but it you have time this week, we studied the talk "The Reason for Our Hope" by President Packer (October 2014 General Conference) in <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1842909021" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Sunday</span></span> School this week and it was so powerful. Give it a read.</div>
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Jody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-24703380809015105662018-03-04T07:55:00.001-08:002018-03-04T07:55:53.516-08:00Hey hey again.... February 25, 2018<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week was like the best week of my mission, and also probably the worst. Haha it's funny how those always seem to go together. We had one investigator we've been meeting with since I got here shoot downhill, but hey our other investigators progressed so much this week. Annnnd so we're going to focus on that!</div>
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Highlights of this week. We started the week renting Tandem bikes for P-day with the Elders. Talk about being connected as a companionship<img alt="👌" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f44c" goomoji="1f44c" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f44c" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /> We spent the whole day riding around and exploring our area. We found some cool things, almost hit some people, and got all kinds of weird looks. I guess its not very often you see two Americans riding a bright yellow two seater bike down the road.</div>
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We got to go on exchanges twice this week, THE best. On one of the exchanges we were talking about movies late one night and the Korean sister i was with said one of her favorite American movies is, "The Fart in our Stars." Ah Yes, to each his own<img alt="😂" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f602" goomoji="1f602" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f602" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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We had some super awesome appointments with investigators and members this week. We had one appointment with our investigator and a member who came and as we were sharing our message our investigator shared her testimony on the power of the Book of Mormon and prayer. She shared how the first time she met us was the first time she ever had prayed and how it was changing her life. This girl is seriously amazing. Her love for the Book of Mormon inspires me. Her testimony is on fire and she's growing so much! </div>
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Transfer calls are coming this week. We finally get good at living here as two super white Americans, and it could be over. I mean when we cross the street now, cars actually stop! Not ready if I'm ready to leave Gyeongju but here we go.</div>
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Last I just wanted to share a quote I read this week. It's from Elder Holland's October 2013 General Conference talk, "Like a Broken Bessie." It said, "...remember the Saviors own anguished example: if the bitter cup does not pass, drink it and be strong, trusting in happier days ahead." Things don't always end how we think, or go as we expect, but I learned a lot this week that in the end, it always goes as the Lord plans. Sometimes that is the worst pill to swallow, it seems unfair, or hard to understand, but the Lord knows each of our hearts and needs. I know He knows and is looking out for each of you. </div>
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Happy Chinese New Year everybody! We kicked off the week going with our district to a Meerkat cafe. Confusion aside, not a place where you eat them, but you can buy drinks and sit and play with them. It's a magical thing, there are friendly Meerkats, Raccoons, those small Kangaroos that may as well be called Kangaroos because that's what everyone calls them anyways...obviously it was a great day. </div>
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Anyways, Chinese New Year!! is huge here, way bigger than Christmas. (sad) Big holidays normally mean no one on the streets, which is true, but in my area it means there are a million foreigners. I've never seen more foreigners in Korea than I have this week! They always say the only scary thing about Korea are the foreigners, which after this week, I fully agree. Everyone was out of town for the most part this week, so we weren't able to meet with very many people, but we took that time to heart attack all of the members front doors. Along the way we met a lot of really cool people, just all around was a good time!</div>
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A cool miracle form this week! <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_762873920" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">On Sunday</span></span> we were sitting with one of our investigators, Sacrament ended, and there is this lady sitting in the back of the room that I've never seen before. We go up and start talking to her, turns out she started investigating the church like 10 years ago and used to come to church all the time. She had a baptismal service and right before it started, her husband called and said if she went through with it to not come home. She still loves the church and knows it's true. It's so amazing how much some people have to sacrifice for the church, when I feel like I've just always had it. I feel like that is a lesson I'm never going to stop learning.</div>
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Jody Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02198487763870687646noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8506722316027751780.post-8639426376339837002018-02-05T09:59:00.000-08:002018-02-05T09:59:00.992-08:00Heey...still me<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Soo we had a meeting in a city like an hour away this week. Took a wrong bus, and were going to be late, so we ended up having to take a forever long taxi ride there. I should really learn directions.</div>
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So this week was cool, I hit my year mark which was insane! Celebrated with Baskin Robbins ice cream, aka it couldn't have gotten better. I seriously can't wrap my head around the fact it's been a year. I never thought time on a mission could go so fast. Other exciting news, at our STL meeting this week they announced that in a few weeks we are officially becoming a Facebook mission! The Lord is definitely pushing His work forward and I'm pumped to be part of it!</div>
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This last week has been super funny. I forgot what it's like to walk the streets here with another American as white as me, especially someone like Sister Monson. Our lives are a joke. So there is this big road that goes through the city we cross everyday, but there's a part of it without a light. I don't really know how to explain it very well. Essentially it's a four lane road, it has a cross walk, but no light to tell us to cross, you just go for it. Whenever we would cross it before Sister Oh would just say, "I am a car." ....and just go for it, then I would follow her like a scared puppy who didn't want to get hit by a car. So this week Sister Monson and I walk up to this cross walk.....I look at her and say, "I'm scared of cars." And she's like, I got this. So she starts walking into the road and puts her hand up like the little kids do, and this car in the next lane just steps on the gas and Sister Monson jumps back into me! Apparently if you're not actually Korean it doesn't matter if you're a pedestrian. Ha darn all these Americans!</div>
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We had the coolest miracle this week. Exchange miracles are awesome, plus Sister 조희수 is just awesome. During exchanges they went English sticker boarding. We pretty much just stand there with a board and get people to stick stickers on it and it has English questions. We talk to people, advertise English class, all the good stuff. Anywho <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1157231178" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> night after exchanges we were calling contacts of people they had met and this girl had watched the video about Christ on the pass along cars they gave her and loved it. She kept talking about how well made it was and this special feeling she felt when she watched it. Then she asked us how soon we could meet and we said...hmm Church in the morning at 10? The next morning there she came with her friend too! They stayed, loved it, and asked if they could come every week. It was such a cool miracle, I think it took Sister Monson and I a second to pick our jaws up off the floor. </div>
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Just want to leave you all with something I've been thinking about this week. I got asked to give a talk on anger (Yes for real!) in District Meeting and it's gotten me thinking about how much everything we do is a decision we choose. There's a talk by Gordon B. Hinckley called Slow to Anger and if you have time, you should totally give it a read. Anyways, it talks a lot about how we may not always control our circumstances or other people's choices, but we can decide how we will react and how we will let it affect us. It all comes down to our choice and how we are going to let it affect us, whether that's for good or bad. I love this gospel that I get to share everyday and watching it touch peoples' lives. I love this beautiful place I get to serve, the people I get to serve, my family and I love Sister Oleson! (Haha)</div>
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This week was just kindof funny. I got my new companion, Sister Monson. She's a doll. Every member that she has met so far at first like freezes, and says..."Like President Monson?" And then the longer they look at her, it's followed by, "Oh my gosh you looked like him too!" It's hilarious. We haven't successfully gone to bed this week before 12 yet because we can't stop talking and laughing. I literally feel like I'm a new beehive back at Girls Camp and can't close my mouth! And the craziest thing is, we were talking and I mentioned something about Burley, and she stopped walking. Looked at me and said that her Mom grew up and Burley and that's where all of her family on her mom's side lives. Whaaat? I think the phrase it's a small world is over used, but woah it definitely applies!</div>
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This past week was the coldest week that Korea has had in over 6 years! It definitely felt like it. There was specifically one day that was the coldest Korea has had for forever (The humidity and wind goes to the bone!) I just have to tell this story, it's too funny and pathetic not to! So that day we had a lunch apppointment at one of our Less Actives/Recent Converts house with the Relief Society Presidency. (big deal!) We're super tight with this lady, except...she always likes to punk us! She's a little special needs and I think she feels a lot of love knowing we come over to her house. I don't know. Anywho. It's all set and we leave the house and make the 30 minute walk in the freezing cold to her house. Knock, and she doesn't open the door. Hahaha but we can totally hear her in there telling her dog to be quiet so that we don't hear here. We call her, reject. Again, reject. I call the Relief Society President and apparently the morning of she sent a text to all of them canceling...except us! And there we stand in the freezing cold. Poor Sister Monson...Welcome to 경주!!...? Hahaha good first day!</div>
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That same day we went on a wild goose chase to find this Less Actives house. I can't address in America, let alone in Korea, but after walking up every street we foound it! Later, my ears hurt so bad and were super itchy. I kindof just ignored it and then later we were at our MCM Leaders house and somehow got talking about the beginning stages of frostbite. Hahaha yes. I got frostbitten. Stupid. And our MCM leader is like my Korean Dad and gave me the talk about why we wear a hat...hahaha. </div>
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We had the coolest appointment, I think of my mission, this week. We are teaching this girl right now, 이시은, and she's seriously so prepared. Before we met her she had never prayed before or even heard of the word baptism. It was cute, when she was saying the closing prayer she said the word baptism wrong because she seriously couldn't remember what this new foriegn word was! She is soaking in the Book of Mormon like a sponge and just takes every verse to heart. She asks us to send her texts of scriptures randomly during the day and then she'll screenshot it and put it as her background. (SO CUTE) We taught her about Baptism this week and she just lit up and told us how she believed everything we have been teaching her. </div>
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Today has been one of those crazy transfer days, aka I have no time! Sorry. But hey, this week was fantastic. I'm staying in Gyeongju, and Sister Oh left to Jeju! Somehow, Sister Oh seemed to pack up the whole house and off she went! I always teased her that she had a lot of stuff, but didn't realize how much until we had to pack it all up! Good times. My new companion is Sister Monson, she is actually who Sister Oh is replacing on Jeju, we played the switcharoo game! I'm really excited for this transfer!!</div>
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Weird story of the week. We were at our service activity this week and I was stirring the soup and all of a sudden I look down and I stirred up a fish head! Eyes and everything!! I think it gave me a heart attack. Except then they explained it's healthier that way and the soup sucks in nutrients from the fish head. Beeecause everyone wants nutrients from fish eyes. Yum, I had to gag the soup down just knowing the fish head had been swimming in it!</div>
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This week started off with our zone pday! So much fun, but i think I enjoy them more when I dont have to help plan them. Haha. However, it went great. Somehow we managed to 22 missionaries all over town without losing anyone or missing any buses. (a miracle in itself!) We went to one of the biggest Buddhist temples in South Korea, its huuuge. We were super worried about how it would turn out, but everything went smooth and i think we broke the record for the most korean speaking white people on one bus! </div>
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"Being happy doesnt mean to slap a plastic smile on your face no matter what is going on. But it does mean keeping the laws of His and building and lifting others."</div>
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With all the different types of people I've been able to meet, one thing I've learned the most is the truth of this quote. There truly is no way to find true happiness without the gospel. People who don't have it, or choose not to embrace it, truly never can find that eternal peace and comfort amongst life and trials. And on the other side, watching people let Christ touch their life and let Him change them. He has the power to change and bring is eternal happiness richer than we can imagine.</div>
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Happy New Years and Happy Birthday!!!! In Korea everyone turns a year older on New Years, not their actual birthday. Birthdays are actually not even that big of a deal here, but woah is New Years a party. So heres for turning 21 before even turning 20!<img alt="🎉" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f389" goomoji="1f389" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f389" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /><img alt="🎉" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f389" goomoji="1f389" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f389" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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We did soo much this week. Starting with I got to skype my family, obviously making this week the best ever. Since the wifi at our church was out we had to skype at a cafe, yes that was kindof lame. But hey, thanks to all the people in the cafe if helped me avoid tears. Ha thats one way to do it. </div>
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This week our RC was in the hospital, so we spent a whole lot of time there. And the thing that shocked me was how hopping the hospitals here are. There are so many hospitals and literally theyre the place to be, so many people. In Korea they dont really have doctors offices, just hospitals, and everyone goes to the hospital for everything. You have a cold- go to the hospital. You have an excessively stuffy nose- go to the hospital. You stubbed your toe- go to the hospital. You get the point, aka there are so many people there! We decided if we just proscelyte in the hospital instead on the street, there will be more people and they cant ignore us as easy.<img alt="👌" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f44c" goomoji="1f44c" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f44c" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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This morning we were able to get special permission to get up insanely early and take a bus with our investigator and the Elders and their investigators (our investigators are living together) and go to the beach to watch the new year sunrise. Its a huge thing to do here. Everyone does it! It was absolutely beautiful and so much fun. But ignore how warm it lopks in the pictures because it was actually freezing! Another fun different new years thing, here instead of a ball drop type thing, they do a big bell ring at <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_1330863167" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">midnight</span></span>. We were talking about the ball drop in English class and tryingto explain it out loud made me realize...well its kindof weird. Haha.</div>
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We also got to do exchanges this week with our 방어진 sisters. (Bangojen i don't know, spelling is something like that!) I was able to go to 방어진 with Sister Coon and learn all kinds of great things from her. We got a last minute phone call from this well known kindof crazy member in the ward saying he wanted to take us and the Elders to sing to the branch president in the hospital because he got random nose surgery no one knew about. (Mmm maybe supposed to be a secret? Oops) So we went with them thinking it would be a short little thing, until we're driving...driving....driving. Finally we get there, get out and realize he took us to another area! (He's not a fan of rules<img alt="😂" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="1f602" goomoji="1f602" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/1f602" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" />) We sang super quick, get back in the car and he says "I buy you American Pizza!" Types Costco into his phone and off we went...going into another area of the zone. The whole time we were driving i was thinking, hmmm safe to say Im fired! We got to Costco, and ate so much pizza I was sick. (Dear family and friends, please dont ever make missionaries eat more food than they can/ ever want to!) Going to Costco was fun though, its literally like stepping into a mini pocket of America. Smells the exact same! Anyways great first exchange of the transfer...and possibly the last. ;) </div>
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As for the rest of the week we spent meeting investigators and actually met a couple new investigators, all in their 20s and one of them seems super golden. Its been a week of more miracles in our cute little corner of 경주, thats for sure! Gotta love Christmas miracles.</div>
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Today the Wi-Fi at the church went out so we ended up with no email time, so if I didnt email you back, sorry, next week! </div>
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Christmas miracles just keep on going, this has been another fantastic week. If feels like they just always get better and better. </div>
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Best thing ever this week. So Sister Oh wants to learn all kinds of American slang so we've been teaching her. Well Elder Lee made her a set of flash cards full of popular American slang (and not so) and boy has she been studying them. We were getting ready to leave the house and head an appointment and we kneel down, pray, get ready to leave and she says, "Lets blow this popsicle stand!" After i got control over laughing, I was like....hmmm.... probably dont say that in America! She also likes to write down all of the slang she hears me say, which lets just say isnt the best. The other night we sat down getting ready to go to bed, she pulls out her planner and says she has some English questions. Well, she had written down all the slang i had said that day and wanted to know what it all meant, the difference between oh crap and oh crud, when to use which... it makes you really think about what you say when you know someone is writing it all down!</div>
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This week was full of Christmas activities!! We had a Christmas party in Busan, where our district performed (and nailed) a dance to a remix of a Christmas snowman song. We may have less friends now because of it but it was totally worth it. We also finished caroling to all the members houses this week and planning our ward Christmas party. The ward Christmas party, thankfully, went good and we liced! We put together a skit of the differences between America's Christmas, Korea's and New Zealand's. (Because that's where Elder Paul is from) Then at the end tied it together to Christ and the reason for the season. And Santa made an appearance at the party too, aka autimatic huge success. </div>
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Even cooler than Santa though, biggest miracle. The branch here is pretty small and our building is just the second floor of this office type building. Which means, everyone knows everyone and everyone knows if someone new comes. Well that night this man was walking by and was drawn to the church. He came in walked around a bit, then walked up to the Elders and said, I want to learn about your church, there something special here. The Elders are going to start teaching him next week and it was such a cool miracle to be able to see. Christmas time is such a cool time to be a missionary.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">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.</td></tr>
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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.</div>
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First, a mini throw back to last week. So <span class="aBn" data-term="goog_2059860444" style="border-bottom: 1px dashed rgb(204, 204, 204); position: relative; top: -2px; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0"><span class="aQJ" style="position: relative; top: 2px; z-index: -1;">Saturday</span></span> 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. </div>
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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! </div>
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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.</div>
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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.</div>
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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. </div>
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Ah what a week. As always, too much to type and no time.</div>
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Transfer calls came. Sister Oh and I will be staying in Gyeongju and STLing. We are super excited we get to stay together another transfer. But plot twist, they broke up the fantastic four early and Elder Schimbeck got transfered out of Gyeongju. We were super sad, but he's going to go do great things other places! </div>
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We have a less active we visit every week named Gulmira and she's from Khazakstan. We are helping her learn Korean and just help her live more comfortabely in Korea. She's absolutely adorable and has the cutest little girl. Their family is just so cute. So when we teach her we have to use a translater. Anywho, she's been needing a job. But because she can't speak Korean, it's hard, she doesn't have a car, so it has to be close, and she has to be home by 5 to take care of her little girl when she gets home from preschool. AKA their are so many restrictions. We've just been praying like crazy for us to be able to help her find a job, and the Elders have been trying to help her husband find one too. Because they don't know Korean, they can't really just call places, and reading the newspaper to find new jobs is hard, so we've been helping them after our appointments. When we met with Gulmira a couple weeks ago we promised her if she kept our commitments and came to church, that the Lord would provide and she would find a job. We've been praying like crazy for everything to work out. Last week the Elders found her husband, Slava, a job!! And this week we were able to find Gulmira a job that fits perfectly with all of her restrictions. It was such a cool testimony builder to us all that the Lord will always provide when we put Him first. I'm so thankful for this time I have to be an instrument in the Lord's hands. Serving a mission has been the best decision I've ever made and there is no where else I'd rather be. To any of my cute friends, if you're thinking about serving a mission or aren't sure, my advice to you is to do it. You won't regret it I promise.<img alt="❤" class="CToWUd" data-goomoji="2764" goomoji="2764" src="https://mail.google.com/mail/e/2764" style="margin: 0px 0.2ex; max-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle;" /></div>
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Merry Christmas Season everyone!</div>
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Love,</div>
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Sister Stout</div>
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