Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Happenings in Harbour City 9


Another great week has flown by.

Some exciting news about today- the whole mission gets a "Special P-Day" because we made it 30 days without a car accident or infringement, so this afternoon we get to watch some movies! We're watching Frozen and How to Train Your Dragon 2, I am super stoked!!

So, I don't have much time to write today. 

But it has been another smash week here in Sydney. I love my companion, Elder Ko, and we've been seeing heaps of blessings from Heavenly Father.

This thursday, Ethan is getting baptized! He passed his interview with flying colors, and seems all ready for his baptism. We're really excited for it!

Jay is doing great. We taught him 3 times last week, and he loved everything he learned. He didn't make it to church on Sunday, but we'll be meeting up with him tomorrow, so that'll be good. We're excited for him!

Yu Jeong has been really fun to teach. She is being antied pretty hard, and has a lot of concerns regarding our church- she kept reiterating that satan is a smart person, and he could very easily be tricking her with this religion. We couldn't do much else besides bear testimony and invite her to take the lessons with us before she makes a decision, to which she agreed. We gave her a Book of Mormon and when she came to church yesterday, she'd already made it halfway through 2 Nephi! She's a living example to me of the efforts the adversary makes to keep us from the gospel, but also the preparation and protection the Lord gives to His children. Clearly, Heavenly Father's got a plan for her, and He's going to make sure it happens! Haha. Truly a miracle.

Nuri and Sol continue to be awesome. We started something called the "Missionary Resource Plan" with them this week, a program designed to help members become involved in missionary work. Nuri and Sol absolutely loved it- and they came with a list of questions for us on Sunday about how they can start working on their goals and what skills they should work on to be prepared to invite their friends. What more could you ask for? 

On Friday we had a ward Halloween party. It was organized by the missionary couple, so of course it felt very American, which I loved. We even got to carve pumpkins and make roasted pumpkin seeds! It was pretty funny though, the Chinese members didn't want to eat the seeds, they wanted to cut up and eat the pumpkins. Haha.

Overall it was a great week. We're teaching more and more in Korean, and so I feel like a new missionary again, having to learn how to teach and ask questions and do all the basic missionary things, only this time in another language. It's a challenge, but I'm enjoying it. Elder Ko and I are getting along really well, and it makes the work so much easier, that's for sure. I'm so grateful to be a missionary here in the Sydney North!!

Love you all, have a great week!

Elder Easton

P.S. Aussieisms: "I'm puffed" or "All puffed out" is what an Aussie'd say when they're out of breath from running too fast, or tired after a game of sport. The opposite? When the little kids are all wild on sugar, they say they've "gone hypo".. pretty close to what they'd say in the states, but a bit different. And there you go!



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