Hello!!! I cannot believe I have been here for 6 weeks and
am on my second transfer. This week we said goodbye to Sister Willcox...NEVER
want to have a dying companion again. We had to walk her suitcases down to the
curb, watch her get in the taxi and drive away...leaving Sister Lee, 윤성희 (our third
amigo) and I crying on the side of the road. So sad!!! Also can't believe she
is with my family currently as I speak. I miss you all!! Good news is: we had
the best Pday ever on her last day in Seoul. We went to World Cup Stadium in
our area and got to be a part of FC Seoul for a day (football club Seoul). They
played Japan's team and won 4-1. The fans go ALL OUT to support their soccer
team - Jerseys, scarfs (or two), hats, signs, flags, blankets (and the best
part: Seoul is Gryffindor colors - I'm a true fan). They jump, wave flags, and
sing songs with individual dance moves for each player throughout the entire
game. As soon as the game ends...the entire stadium runs to the outside and has
the after party = HUGE crowd of people jumping and singing the songs again! 아싸!! Also
congrats to my best friend Mackenzie for getting engaged!!! So so happy for you
and Ryan. And happy birthday to Jax, Sloshy and Jujee!!!! I LOVE YOU!!! <3
So we are teaching some amazing people right now annnnd they
are almost all foreigners! So crazy I had to come to Korea to meet our friends
from Mexico, Thailand, Costa Rica, Congo (Speaking French), Vietnam, and a
couple from China (also met someone from Finland this week mom and told her you
served there!!...wasn't interested though. Ahh :/ ). Every week we ask for a
Book of Mormon in a new language and are constantly teaching in English! A lot
of them came to Korea either to study, work, or just following a desire to move
to a foreign country. It's amazing how Heavenly Father is in the details of all
of our lives. Everything happens for a reason and for some people it takes
coming all the way to Korea to be open to Christ and the gospel.
This week I learned a lot about becoming a representative of
Christ. The past few weeks I have really been focusing on how to teach better
with the Spirit, how to learn the lessons perfectly, how to set expectations
and be committed, how to speak Korean....etc. We had a lesson with one of our
foreign friends who said she originally had no interest in our message. She had
heard it all before: from having three different religions among her siblings
all saying "We are the true church..." or being in a youth group in her
20s saying the same, or people here in Korea telling her "join our
church." She said she can't be open to religion right now because she
doesn't know which is true. But then she told us," the only reason I am
interested is because of the way you live your lives. She said she has noticed
a lot of people follow strict rules, read the bible, avoid certain things...but
that it doesn't represent how Christ would live. I realized that more important
than what we say is who we are. Jesus is our greatest example and we should
always be striving to become more like Him. I have so much to work on and feel
like I find something new every day, but as we work a little at it daily and
rely on the Atonement, we can overcome our weaknesses and become a better
representative of Christ. You don't just have to be a missionary to live like
the Savior :)
LOVE YOU ALL!!!
Sister Davis
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You're not a real fan unless you have your hardcore FC Seoul
scarf - (gryffindor scarf ^^)
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| Photobombing by Gustavo!!! |
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Hard core fans – FC SEOUL
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Seoul World Cup Stadium – Celebrating victory!!
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Go OSMAR!!!
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French Fry Spaghetti!!!
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