Hello! This week here has been great! I'll start off by telling a
funny story that happened this week. A little background information is needed
first. :) So in Korea a lot of the older people eat dog. Yes, dog. They eat it
especially in the summertime when it is easy to get dehydrated. I had been
teasing Sister Oh about it all week. Then one day we had knocked on several
doors and no one answered, but at every door there was a loud, barking dog. We
went up to one house and knocked and got nothing but barking. We were tired and
frustrated and all of a sudden I hear Sister Oh saying, "Do you want to go to
Korea? No? Then shhhhh." The dog continued to bark and she said, "Careful, I
know how to cook you!" She was just joking but it was soooo funny! It was just
the thing that we needed to lighten our day! It was hilarious!
We have had some awesome member missionary experiences this week! In ward
coordination we had Sister Navarre, one of the ward missionaries, share her
experiences of following the promptings she got when we did a member inspire
lesson with her. She had two people come to her mind and both of the people are
people that she doesn't really contact very often. She decided to write them
both letters and invite them to meet with missionaries. She got a response from
both of them! One of them has had some major medical issues and has not felt
very well. She said that she is not looking into changing her religion, but that
when she is feeling better, she would love to meet with missionaries. The other
person responded through a phone call and said that she would love to come to
church with Sister Navarre. There was a Relief Society activity a few days
later, and so Sister Navarre invited her to come. She did and she loved it! Then
on Sunday, both her and her husband attended the Garrison Creek ward! It was
awesome! After Sister Navarre shared that, Sister Hunting shared an experience.
She took some pass-along cards to the dog park and talked with a lady for about
45 minutes about Jesus Christ. The woman was raised Muslim and was going through
a hard time and Sister Hunting shared with her the hope that Jesus Christ
brings. They exchanged phone numbers and are going to get together soon! After
Sister Hunting shared, Brother Johnson shared that Amanda, a lady that works for
him, was complaining one day, and so he showed her an uplifting Mormon Message!
She loved it! That all was shared within about 10 minutes! Once Sister Navarre
shared her experience, everyone was just hungry to share theirs! We were sharing
those stories with the Browns last night, and their eight year old daughter
shared her experience! She gave one of her friends the set of children's
scriptures and invited her to read them. A few days later she followed up and
her friend had read some of it! She loved it! She then invited her friend to
church, and she came! The members here are just on fire! It has been so
awesome!
Another funny story: There is a member family in our ward that has had some
huge trials the last few years. The husband got Sickle Cell 5 years ago and was
in a coma for three months. He lost an eye, went deaf, and had to completely
learn how to walk again. He now has a Cochlear implant on the right side and is
getting the left one next month. They can't do much about the eye so he doesn't
see very well. Well, he has decided that it is time for him to get mobile again.
How does he want to do this? He want to buy a MOTORCYCLE! He has his heart set
on buying a 3 wheeled motorcycle and SOON. He even went online and bought one
but the dealer called his house and his wife answered and put a stop to that
REAL quickly. He is still convinced. They were kind of bickering about it when
we were there the other day and Sister Oh shared an experience when she was
trying to stop eating so much sugar. Her trainer suggested that she pray about
it. She thought it was a strange thing to pray about, but she did it anyway. She
saw miracles happen from that. She suggested that they pray individually and as
a couple about him getting the bike. All of a sudden he smiled and said, "So,
you're saying that I should pray for the strength to ride a motorcycle? I can do
that!" His wife glared at him and said, "I don't think that's what she meant!"
He is still dead set on getting the bike and she is still dead set on him not
getting the bike.
Moral of the story is, PRAY! It will change your life. More importantly, it
will change your eternity! I testify that our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
live. They love us. They want us to talk with them about our lives. They want us
to counsel with them. We do that through prayer! In the name of Jesus Christ,
Amen!
Love,
Sister Keele