Wow! I can't believe it has been a week! Yesterday all the
new missionaries came and we were so excited to welcome them. It is so amazing
here and I feel like crying all the time, the spirit is so overwhelming!
So I don't have a lot of time so let's get down to business.
I'm not going to lie and say I had no problems adjusting because I did. It was
so hard the first week. I had stomach issues, I had to teach my first lesson on
Friday to an investigator who spoke almost no English, I had to learn how to
deal with a companion, and I was shoving Korean down my throat. Everyone
kept telling me to just wait till Sunday, and the minute Sunday hit, I felt so
much better! My stomach problems went away and learning Korean hasn't felt as
overwhelming. With the stomach problems I went and talked to the dietitian here
and found out that the food here is so high in fat that all deep fried food was
causing me problems, so know I'm eating much healthier and don't have any problems
(don't worry, I'm still eating because I got permission to use the diet room
when needs be. It is amazing!). I was so grateful to receive a package from my
mom filled with healthy snacks and the sweetest note ever! It helped me to know
that God is watching out for me.
My companion is my exact opposite. She is super friendly and
outgoing! She is kind and loving of everyone, and she already knows a ton of
Korean! That has really been a struggle for me because we aren't at the same
level in the language, but I guess that is just preparing me for the field
where that will happen a lot.
Korean is hard, but it keeps bringing me back to what I
learned in Spanish. It is hard here, but I'm learning to speak up and express
my feelings. I was having a few problems with my companion, but after a Sunday
night Devotional, I learned that first I need to change my perspective before I
can complain and it has helped me so much.
I'm so grateful to be here. I know that this gospel is true
and that Christ will always be there for us. A person I love dearly told me to
read Mosiah 24:13-15, and right now it means the world to me! When life gets
hard don't give up because we can do all hard things through the help of our
Savior, Jesus Christ. I'm so grateful to be able to spend the next 18 months of
my life dedicated to him.
Love,
Sister Mustain
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