Week 80

Hey there family!!

We had another good and busy week!! This week was filled with quite a few surprises...

First of all, turns out that Korea is FREEZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It snowed literally everyday this week. But we still just bundled up and went to work. Luckily we had a lot of appointments on most days so we could be inside and avoid the cold and snow.

Second of all, Hayree was supposed to get baptized yesterday, but she actually didn't end up getting baptized :( We finished the interview and everything was all set last sunday, but she contacted us again on tuesday night saying that she wanted to meet with us and her dad and aunt to talk about baptism again. Her grandmother is a hard core buddhist and she talked to Hayree about her baptism in a way that made her start to doubt whether she was really ready or not to be baptized yet. So She told us that she wanted some more time to prepare to be baptized. I don't think anyone will quite understand what Sister Ha and I felt that night when we got home...we were pretty sad. But we still have faith that she will be baptized in her right time and she will be even more prepared and willing to make that covenant when she does. It will be a happy day when she really comes to know this is true for herself. She is still planning to come to church and meet with the missionaries, so her baptismal date has been delayed for now. That was definitely unexpected this week, but usually when something likek that happens in missionary work, it means that another miracle is on its way...so that's how we decided to look at it.

The next day, on Wednesday we were able to meet with Sister Bae (investigator) who we haven't been able to meet in a really long time. But we met her with a member in the ward and it ended up being such an awesome experience!! We were sharing a message with her about the temple because she has expressed interest in going to the temple. She wants to be able to have a place to really worship Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ...when she told us that, we immediately thought of the temple and how we needed to not only help her to prepare for baptism, but to prepare to go to the temple. So we were sharing a message about how covenants prepare us to go to the temple. We taught about the baptismal covenant and how it is the first step toward going to the temple. It was really good. Then the member looked at me and mouthed the word 침례 (which means baptism) to me while my companion was talking. So then when I started talking I asked her "in order to prepare to go to the temple will you be baptized?" And she said yes!!! We were all so happy!! She is such a wonderful woman...feels like family whenever we visit her. (she is 64 years old). She doesn't have a baptismal date yet, but we have a goal to prepare for baptism together. I'm really excited for her. Then the really fun part was after we left the appointment and were walking to the bus stop with the member we all talked about how we were connected by the spirit to know what to say...we call ourselves a threesome because this member helps us out  A TON!!! she is amazing. SO thankful for Sister Kim. There is no happiness that quite compares with the joy you feel when you participate in the work of the Lord. It's the best.

Yesterday I bore my testimony at church because it was my last fast sunday...you could say some tears were shed. I actually haven't thought that much about the fact that I'm going home...it hasn't really hit me yet. I feel like I'm just going to keep doing this forever so I think it's going to be a bit of a shock when this ends all of the sudden. I'm excited to see you all, but I'm also pretty devestated about having to leave. Luckily I have this last week to give it my all.

I love this gospel and our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I know that they love us too. I am so thankful!!!

Love you all!!

Sister Livingston