I have found why I am here in this area

This week has been so good. I’m sorry for being a total wimp last week and talking about the problems with the language. I should be over it by now right!?? Anyways, a lot has happened this week. A lot of learning on my part and it feels like ages ago when it was last Monday! Anyways, the event of the ship was pretty devastating. The students that were on the boat were actually from a school not too far from here. The missionaries said no members of our church were on the ship but their friends were and they were really worried about them. There is a lot of skepticism and wonder if it really was an accident or not because the owner of the ship had been known for causing other problems too... You probably know more than me because you can watch the news.. but it has affected a lot of people here and they have closed down a festival in remembrance of the them  in this area. Pray for them and their families, and that they might be forgiving of the leaders of the school and faculty as well. 

This weekend Sister Linda K Burton came with her husband to Korea and talked to our mission and held a fireside for the people in this area! If you didn’t know, Brother Burton was a mission president of this mission before it closed down. They were so wonderful and spiritual. President Burton talked about the importance of the word REMEMBER. It is said 157 times in the Book of Mormon. We must remember that we are always a disciple of Christ!! Anyways, so much to say so little time! 

I realized that for a while now, I had been focusing my efforts on the language and getting frustrated and feeling like I was going nowhere. But maybe that’s because I was comparing myself to the native Korean speakers!!!! silly me! How can I be perfect at a language that I’ve only been learning for 7 months! Wow time flies.... anyways, I decided to cast Satan out of my mind, to stop letting him influence me in bad ways. I decided to devote my thoughts, energy and time to the work. Seek the spirit more than the vocabulary I needed for that moment. No wonder I had been having a hard time. I was pushing away the spirit and focusing on the things of less importance. The spirit speaks, not the language. The spirit is what makes me act, not the language. 

This Sunday I met the father of the girl Joy Lee who I met in the MTC and became instant friends. He is a less active member of the church. As we talked, we bonded over his daughter, who he was really proud of. He showed me all her pictures. I found out her served a mission too and then the spirit kicked in. I had thoughts and questions put into my mind that I knew were not my own. I asked every single question that came to mind. I didn’t want to leave anything out or miss any opportunity. I asked him if he had mission photos and he found them and started showing us and after asking many questions it got him to reminisce on the good and happy times while he was a member and he started telling stories that i could understand. It was so fun to laugh with him and imagine him on the mission. He started smiling and his smile was so bright!! I could see something spark within him. He was different. It made me sooo happy. It is amazing what the Holy Ghost can do and speak to people without words. This work is so amazing, and the blessing of feeling the spirit is the greatest blessing I could ask for!  Even though I’m not the greatest at this language, I am grateful that I can be trusted enough of the Lord to be filled with promptings of the spirit and know what to do and to say when the Lord needs me. I have found why I am here in this area and it was not by coincidence that i bonded so well with my Korean friend in the MTC. My vision has been enlarged and I am realizing things I would not have if I had not gone through the challenges I did. I love missionary work. I love it soooo much. 

Love Sister Wright

ps. transfer calls came. I’m staying here and my comp is leaving! I’m getting Sister Rose from my district in the MTC! haha it will be a blast!