This week was good! It started off on a high note when we went bowling during preparation day and I bowled my all-time high score of 214. I was feeling pretty smug about my 5 strikes in a row until the middle school team started bowling next to us and the girl next to me bowled 9 strikes in a row...
The following day was Zone Conference, where we meet with the mission President and other missionaries to receive training and instruction. It was my last one as a missionary, and in our mission they have you share your testimony at your last Zone conference. I shared the story of going home to receive surgery, and some of the fun things I did while I was home. And I also told about how many people have asked "Wasn't it hard to come back on a mission after going back to normal life? Didn't you just want to stay home?" I have of course told all of those people "There's not one second while I was in America that I didn't want to be back in Korea as missionary." I encouraged all of the missionaries to remember how great the calling of a missionary is, because there is no other time in your life when you will go to bed every night so tired, yet so satisfied with the work you are doing.
After Zone Conference ended, we did a proselyting activity called "Are you better than a Foreigner?" We had several different events (arm wrestling, soccer juggling, drawing, using chopsticks, rubik's cube, etc.) and we invited people to have fun by challenging the foreigners to see who would win. During this, we also had a good opportunity to share our purpose as missionaries. I didn't really have any talents worth challenging Korean people, I mean I've learned a lot of Korean the past two years but I think Korean people would beat me at that pretty easily. So, I stood at the front and explained to people that approached us what we were doing and explained the events we were having. It turned out to be really successful!
Also we sang a song at Zone Conference with the Gimpo missionaries~
This week in church we had 3 sister missionaries that finished their mission last year come visit and sing a song, I served with each of them so it was a fun reunion! (they are the 3 in the middle)
Also this week I finished a project that I started in the first few months of my mission. I read the standard works of scripture (and the 4 books in the missionary library) and marked all the verses that I felt applied to missionary work. After finishing reading all of it, I wrote them all down with a brief description or my thoughts on it, I finished this week with a total of 393 verses~ It took almost my entire mission, but it has increased my faith and completely changed the way I see missionary work~ I love being a missionary, it's a shame that it has to come to a close so soon.
English mistake of the week: "Thanks you"
Have a great week everyone!
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