This past week I arrived in
Korea and have been sent to the 만수 area and my companion is Elder
Karlson. He has been out 5 months and he will be training me for about
12 weeks. We have one really incredible investigator who we will be
teaching named 윤여준 who is really progressing very well. He will be
baptized on the 24 of January!
So
Korea has a lot of very strange things. First, they sleep on mats on
the ground, which is actually more comfortable than you would think.
Second, they don't heat hallways, so when you walk from one room to
another, it is very cold. Third, they don't really have a place where you
take a shower. They just have a shower head in the bathroom and you
kinda use it there. Yea lots of other interesting things but I'll just
say those for today I guess.
So I had one
special spiritual experience this week. To preface, I have been feeling
very sick because of the lack of protein and plainness of the food here,
so I've been sick on and off and just really exhausted from the big time
change. Anyway, so Sunday
came around and I have really been struggling to feel the Spirit since I
got here. I had felt it in terms of being productive (like we luckily
ran into some super cool people while we were proselyting) and I was
helped in other ways, but I hadn't felt that peace the spirit brings for
several days. Anyway Sunday
morning as we were running out the door to go to church, I said a
really quick prayer and just asked God if he wanted me to go through
this that was fine, but to just give me that feeling of peace. After I
finished the prayer, I felt a tiny feeling, barely recognizable, but it
was the same Spirit that I have come to offer the people in Korea. It
was wonderful to feel it again. So after that, the day at church went
really well, even though I didn't understand anything and I made a lot
of mistakes. After church during study time, I took time to read my
patriarchal blessing (for those of you who don't know what that is, it
is a blessing members receive from someone called of God specifically to
help you in your life) and also took some time to read the Doctrine & Covenants.
Both of these focused on patience and standing to wait. I know that I
have been called to this area to do a work that I don't know yet and I'm
not sure I can do yet. But I know I will be prepared to do it if I am
faithful and diligent.
I hope all of you are healthy and doing well,
Love,
Elder Nathan Coleman
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