From: "Nathan Rice"
To: deesuz@q.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 8:40:56 AM
Subject: Re: The Day after Easter
HEy Family,
Hw is it going in phoenix where its like what 92 you said? Ha it snowed last week .
So back to other things. First of all. on Easter Sunday, Elder Dyer and I sat at a Sacrament table. We didnt bless but we broke the bread and such. It was super awesome. There were 5 sacrament tables and we gave the sacrament to all 2100 people that were there. It was awesome. The presiding authority at the meeting was....presidant Boyd K Packer. He and his son, who is a Seventy spoke. His talk was so amazing . He talked about how the Savior makes up the difference and we alone cant fix things; its impossible. But through the Savior, we can and that was awesome . He also talked about how fear cant exist with faith. ( Sorry bout my spelling korean has ruined me.) well ya and i have been scared to teach korean and all that. But when he said this, I remembered I need to have faith. The lord knows I can do this. That's why He called me here. I need to have faith that the Spirit will help me and guide me as i do this.
Last Saturday we had "trc". It was our first 40 minute lesson. We go into the room and there are 2 real Korean sisters like in their 30 or 40s i think . and I sat there teaching and i realized this is what it will be like... and i cant wait! Koreans are the most amazing people in the world.
THere are a lot of native Koreans here we are finding out that are going to English speaking missions. and we try to talk to them all the time. They are so nice. They always help us with the languange and teach us things and laugh at me when i say something dumb, which happens alot, (seriously it does) . But ya Koreans are super nice people. They love family and helping each other out. And I was thinking, and on Sunday we were having a testimony meeting ( just our zone). and I was thinking about my purpose here. I am slowly starting to realize it. It hit me so hard during the meeting that I went up and bore my testimony partly in korena partly in English. But ya i realized , like when we first got here, they always told us to remember why we are here and that will keep us here. And I sat and thought why am i here? Ya know I first came here because thats what we do: we go on missions. I never understood what that really meant until now. There are these amazing Korean children of Heavenly Father all over the place and they want to be happy. They try to get good jobs so their children and families can have a good life. a lot of times the children and the mother will come to america to learn elglish and come to school here. because shool there is super hard to get into . and like 10 times harder than harvard. so the mom and children come to america and the fathers stay in korea and work and earn money for them . They love family so much . And i thoguht about the Atonement and all it has done for me and every person that applies it in their lives. I think of after we die how awful it will be to not live in Heavenly Father's presence with our families forever. And now I think how awful it would be if those wonderful Koreans couldn't be with their Father in Heaven or their families forever. And then it hits me: its my job to get them on the path to acheiving that. Its a super awesome responsibility/opportunity to help them achieve this aweosme happiness that can only come from followitng the Savior. And now, I am realizing that when I study, I am not studying for myself , when I learn Korean, its not for myself: its for the Korean people. And now I realize I should have been studying a lot more and harder because I do not want my lack of preparation to be the reason someone doesnt get eternal life with their Father in Heaven and with their families.
Thank you for the package especially the bunny cake. That was awesome! I have noticed my headache and dizziness arent as bad after the blessing. I am trying to see if different foods alter it or not. I dring tons of water now and usually dont eat the dessert that comes with the food to see if its a sugary things . I love all the letters you send me. they are awesome to get. I love them .
And thank you so so so much for the "Preach My Gospel". I love it. The teachers saw it and were like wow thats awesome! Elder Hem especially loves it. He is the most happy, spiritual, grateful person I know here . I gave him it and he was so grateful and tried to give me stuff and i said, " no its free its a gift". Then later, I was ironing my shirt for Easter and he comes up and gives me this tie.(I'll send a pic its a Cambodian tie and nothing is better than a Cambodian tie - they are hand sewn. I tried for like 5 minutes to get him to not give me the tie. Then he said something that hit me "I love you more than this tie". I realized that I need to love everyone more than objects ya know. It hit me how awesome he was, he would give anything to help other.... and i would not be as good as him so this taught me so much. So i went back to my room, grabbed my best tie and snuck it in his room without him noticing ( because if he did, he wouldn't take it). Then next day, he tried to return it and my companion said, " hey its a tie trade. you traded fair and square. You have to keep Elder Rice's tie". haha so ya. I learn alot from Elder Hem.
I am almost out of time. Sorry i didnt say much about the mtc. Im doing really good here. Oh btw jessica is always right. The deodorant I use is the gillete stuff . i think i bought a pack of it before I left. Its somewhere in my room i thought.
Well i love you all and pray for you everynight and I hope you are all doing well.
This gospel is true. The Book of Mormon is true. If we follow its teachings, we will be happy and blessed. I know it! Mosiah 2:22,41 says it all: if we keep the commandments, we are blessed.
We have our new district in here and tonight I sucked at Korean. Then I see them and realize I used to be there. Than i think of how far I have come: I can teeach a lesson.. . not very well... but when we testify of truths, the Spirit is there and I know that the Spirit will carry my words to the hearts of those I teach .
Well time is ou.t I love you all so much. remember the Lord in all you do.
Oh and btw Elder Hem doesnt get mail or packages only from his companion's mom. Ss if you wanted to send him anything, he would love it. His address is the same. Just write "Elder Hem" instead.
If there are any awesome ties at Goodwill, they would be awesome here! They are like money here... seriously .
Love you all
Elder Rice
1 comment:
What a great letter from your boy.
Thanks for sharing!
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