April 29, 2012

This week was an awesome week for us. We found a new investigator named Sun (that is his English name, we still don't know his Korean name). He has all sorts of questions about our church and has a genuine desire to learn. My companion met him on the bus a couple of weeks ago and began talking to him. He is really good at English and teaches English down here in Mokpo. He is an alcoholic, but really wants to stop drinking so we're trying to help him through it. He has been looking all over the internet about our church and we just answer all his questions and concerns and he seems to be understanding more now. He asked us how we can believe that Joseph Smith truly did restore the church and not make any of it up and we responded that it is through the Book of Mormon that we know these things. We had a great lesson on the Book of Mormon being convincing evidence that the true church was restored to the earth because if the Book of Mormon is true (and it is) then all other aspects of our church must be true. We gave him a copy and we hope he begins to read out of it. We also had 3 baptisms this week which was so special for the family. The mom used to hate churches, but through the example of the members here in Mokpo gained a desire to learn about our church and she recognized it as truth so she was baptized with her two sons. I had the privilege to baptize her two sons and it was a lot different because I've never done it before. I've always been on the receiving end so to baptize someone was a really special experience, especially when you say the baptismal prayer in Korean! We're excited for their further progression in the church and we're hoping that the ward will fellowship them well.