Hello everyone! Week 2 in Sangin is complete! Another awesome week. Our new investigator, Brother J, came to all of the church meetings, and to family night again! We were able to meet him again on Thursday with a member--we taught the first half of the restoration. The member is an 18 year old kid; he is super awesome and preparing for a mission. He lived in America for 10 years but is native Korean, so he speaks both languages completely and helps us a lot. He shared such a powerful testimony and awesome thoughts during the lesson. Then yesterday we went to his family's house for dinner with Brother J (he is 28). It was super good--We taught the importance of scriptures, and I am so grateful that we were guided to do that. The family has 3 sons who are 18, 15, and 12. Each one of them, as well as the parents, shared how the scriptures have blessed their lives. Since the whole family was there, we taught the message to everyone, not just the investigator, so he wouldn't feel weird. Overall the lesson went super well, and we were all strengthened by it.
Brother J is keeping commitments well; he is so faithful and good. The thing I am learning so much is that we did nothing to find him; God sent him to us. It is pretty humbling, because he is so good and willing to do what is right and learn things. God is so amazing! Each Tuesday we have a fun service activity we do--we ride the subway a little ways away to this place where special needs children learn to ride horses. It is indoors, and they just go around in circles. For safety, we walk around with them next to the horses--it reminds me of Grantsville, haha! And the children--what sweet, pure, children. I love them! And also we meet great people who also go there to serve, so that is great. Some of the horses can be a little feisty sometimes; one of them kind of stepped on the side of my boot, but it is much less of a big deal than it sounds. Fun service!
We also visited Brother P, a less active member. He is a great guy! His cute little boy came to church and we sat together again. When we visited Brother P, Elder M asked a great inspired question about the first time Brother P prayed. Brother P shared an experience about when he went to the military, and it was super hard. He prayed for real, and received an answer to his prayer. It was a cool lesson. We invited him to start praying each day, albeit simply.
Then Saturday we went out to dinner with a guy we met at the service activity. It was so cool to talk with him and help him. He has no experience with God--and he met with us to practice English, but it turned into a neat lesson about God. He prayed and asked God if he exists. It was really neat to hear that!
Anyway, it was an awesome week! I am also able to keep in touch with my beloved Kyung Ju members, which is great. Our old ward mission leader has an older brother who lives in Daejeon--and Allie just moved into his brother's ward! Ha ha, so cool!
Love you all. Great week! Sorry no pictures, I forgot my camera cord. Love you!
Elder Beckett
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