Sidewalks are straight ice

Hello everyone! 

The weather is still cold here, no snow this week but now all of the sidewalks are straight ice, I haven't slipped yet (I can't say the same for my companion), but there have been plenty of close calls~

Lots of really cool things this week, we've been able to find several more people to teach, and we had a really special experience on Saturday. There is a sister in our ward that does member missionary work better than any of us missionaries can do full-time missionary work, she's a huge help to us. And she helped to organize a "youth English class"( we have a basic, intermediate, and advanced english class but they are mostly adults and sometimes it's hard for teenagers to have fun in those kinds of classes). We have been doing that for a while, and the sister in our ward invited her niece to come to the English class. Their family is not members of our church, but they had a really fun time during English class. The mom (the sister in our ward's sister-in-law) didn't really have any interest in learning English so she would wait outside for the hour during English class. So the sister in our ward thought it would be a great idea if my companion and I practiced teaching with her during that hour. We teach about our church and we want to properly convey just how important this message of hope through Jesus Christ is, but sometimes the the fact that we are doing it in a very difficult language makes it a little more, well, difficult. So, whether members of our church or not, we like to practice teaching a lot with native Koreans so that when it does come time to teach somebody with real interest, that we will be prepared. So we taught about the Plan of Salvation, God's plan for us that tells us where we came from, what our purpose in this life is, and where we will go after this life. And especially since my companion has only been learning Korean for 5 months, this was a great opportunity for him to practice teaching. So we taught this woman, and when the discussion was over, I asked "Well, how did it go?" And she said "I don't know if this teaching helped you to learn Korean at all, but I'm certain that this helped me more than it helped you. Thank you." She then set up another time to meet, and asked if she could have some material to read in advance. I don't know whether or not she will be interested in learning further, but the fact that we could say "Yes, God has answered our prayers, and he will answer yours if you seek him in honest prayer" is more of a blessing than I can explain.

I hope you all have a great week! 

Love,

Elder Bigelow