I am in
Korea right this second!!! I still can hardly believe it, it's all a bit
surreal to me, like tomorrow I am going to wake up and be back in the MTC. But
as I look out the window all of the signs are definitely in Korean, that's all
the proof I need.
So a quick
wrap up of my journey and the first couple of days in Korea. We left the MTC at
4:30 am Monday morning and traveled for a very long time. Making pit stops in
L.A. and Tokyo. We arrived in Busan Tuesday night and I was so happy to be done
traveling. I felt dirty and gross and so tired. The mission president Pres.
Gilbert and his wife met us at the airport and it was exciting to finally meet
them, they are wonderful. All of the new arrivals stayed at the mission home
that night. Wednesday was mostly training and orientation meetings. Wednesday
afternoon they brought all of the missionaries in who would be training. We
didn't get assigned our companions at that point but we did go out and
proselyte with them just switching around every so often. That was an intense
experience I'll just say that. That was probably the moment when I realized
that I actually don't speak any Korean. We slept at the mission home again
Wednesday night and then Thursday we got our trainers. My trainers name is Sis.
Baker and she is wonderful. This is her last transfer and I feel so lucky
to have her training me, I know that I will learn so much from her.
I am serving
in Geoje right now. It's an island off
the southern coast of Korea and it is beautiful. Sis. Baker and I are the only
missionaries on the island so it's all up to us. The ward here has about 15
people (including us) that come to church regularly, so we've got plenty of
work to do. It's going to be hard but we are going to try our very best.
Getting
dropped into a foreign country has been a challenge. This week has been
interesting to say the least. It is a strange and terrifying feeling to be
somewhere that you can't communicate with anyone and you also can't find your
way around. I can honestly say that this has been the hardest part of my
mission so far. But it has also been great to be able to actually be out doing
work.
There have
been times this week that were harder than others and which made me re-evaluate
my purpose here a little bit. At one point I was having a small panic attack
thinking about doing this for the next 16 months and the scripture ran through
my head, "be still and know that I am God". It calmed me down very
quickly. I have turned my life over to God for these next 16 months. Who better
to have in control of your life than God? He knows everything, he loves you and
he has a plan for you. I can't think of a source of guidance in my life. I can
parallel a mission to life. In our earthly life we don't know everything.
Sometimes we don’t always keep the perspective in mind what the end result will
be, as well as the blessings to come in the future. Blessings are rarely
immediate, but we have to hold fast to the faith that they do come. We must
have faith and trust in God. He will guide us if we, like the scripture says,
be still. It is in those quiet moments that we can hear the whisperings of the
Holy Ghost and hear the directions God has for us.
That is what
I want to strive to do. I know I can't do this on my own and this thought
scares me more than I could have ever imagined. But I have faith that if I
trust God and remember that He is omnipotent, I know that He can, and will,
guide me. He will make me into more than I could ever be on my own, because He
has faith in me.
This week I
invite you to be still and listen for the Holy Ghost to guide you in your life.
I love you
all and I miss you.
Sister Annie
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