Hey family,
Another good week in 익산,
ya lots of struggles but after every struggle there was a blessing. hmm
“After the tribulation cometh the blessings.”
“For
verily I say unto you, blessed is he that keepeth my commandments, whether in
life or in death; and he that is faithful in tribulation, the reward of the
same is greater in the kingdom of heaven.
“Ye
cannot behold with your natural eyes, for the present time, the design of your
God concerning those things which shall … follow after much tribulation.
“For after much tribulation
come the blessings” (D&C 58:2–4).
The scriptures don’t lie. Anyways... So
last week we had INTERVIEWS WITH THE PRESIDENT dun dun dun. No, it was cool. He
is awesome. He gave me lots of inspiring words and advice. I love him!
He is So awesome! And Sister Furniss gave us cake. It was funny, I was
late to my interview because I was on the phone with a person that has an
apartment in our area, but goes to the Seoul English Branch. She is Australian.
Anyways, her apartment flooded in Iksan and her phone got
destroyed, and her phone had all the info to
get to church, so she was like lost haha. Well I had to call the Daejeon
Mission Office and have them call the Seoul Mission Office to call the
missionary that teaches her to call her. So many rules. hahah. But President
Furniss thinks I’m a stud now! haha jk.
So, this week. hmm what happened. Oh the professor..we
went to go teach and he said, “Hey lets fix your jaw.” I was like “ok”. He found
the
perfect place for my jaw to be and made me this
mouthpiece
to hold it there. It takes the pain away. He said that your jaw alignment
affects your brain, the blood circulation to it, and this mouthpiece
can prevent cancer,Alzheimer's and other brain things
wow.So cool.
So, this week we had a great plan to set a baptismal
date with this couple we teach and right before we were gonna meet, they
cancelled. Ugh. But we got a referral from them; a newspaper reporter and
he wants to interview us. Sweet. Get our names out there hopefully. Ya
I had a horrible headache this week and was
dizzy and couldn’t think or teach. It was horrible. Then I had other
trials come up and it was really bad. I found myself on my knees a lot yesterday praying for help
cause I felt alone and super miserable, and
just wanted it all to be over. Then, I felt this warmth around me and it
was almost like being
hugged, and all the fear and doubt and
horrible feelings went away,and the Lord told me to do something, and
when I did it, everything became good, actually better then it was
before. And I really didn’t think what I was told to do would work, but
as soon as I did it, everything became better. Wow when we listen to the
answers we get, we receive so many blessings. The bishop fed us last nigh: Fish (from his fish
farm ) and docarrbi (like sweet meat; similar to hamburger with sweet
sauce on it, and egg soup and all sorts of good things. So good.
Love him . Then I went in his yard and oh my
gosh - ill send pics - therewere huge spiders everywhere.
The one pic the spider
is like the size of my palm, maybe not as big but he was huge like ya.
He laughed
because I was freaking out. Language
is ya coming. I understand when the bishop asks me stuff sometimes, which is
good. haha. So the Zone Leader showed me a great way to “street contact” with
teenagers. I go up and say "movie star" or "i think i saw you in
a movie" haha They love it. the Zone Leader says "if
You’re not flirting with the people when you
“street contact”, you’re not doing it right. When he said it, I was like “uh
that’s weird,” but he was right it totally works. (don’t get jealous
Jessica) jkjk
So I’m glad to hear the family is all doing good.
We got rain like everyday this week, Its the rainy season… go figure,
oh ya Elder Lee’s aunt
(she lives in Iksan) - really weird - but ya.
She gave us meat and tuna and Spam, so we made Kimchi Sigae 김치시개 its
kimchi soup, easy to make! You
take kimchi, put in a pan with water and
boil, then throw in meat. Its so good. I love it.
Well…
Spiritual thought this week about faith.
When you look in scriptures,every miracle or good thing that
Heavenly Fahter did was because the people had faith. When Christ
healed, he would always ask “Do you have
faith to be healed?” Thus we see that God
can do no miracle in or through us if we don’t have faith. Faith
is an actual thing and it is power. The scriptures promise us if we have
faith we can do anything that God wants us to. If we have enough faith
we can command the elements. Everything in the earth has to obey us if
we have faith. Just like when Christ walked on water and his apostle did
too. That
was his faith overcoming the elements. If we
realize how awesome faith is, why do we lack it? I struggle with it.
Like, I don’t have faith that God can speak through me. Instead I fill
my mind with fear that I can’t teach and that makes God unable to work through
me. But if we just exercise a particle of faith and give the Lord
something do work with, he can do
so much through us. Faith is so awesome. I
am working so hard to try to develop it and it comes difficulty, But
it’s so worth it. A very important part of faith is the trial we get.
"You receive no witness till after the trial of your faith”. So,
when we have trials, it’s the Lord helping us. So I think I’m working on
is not complaining in a trial and instead turning to good things and
learning from it. Then we can grow.
Well I love you all! You have to tell me how
Jessica is, and take care of her.
Be safe. Remember to pray always. I love you
all so much.
Love Elder Rice
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