Kenzie+Korea: This One with 가가호호 Trick-Or-Treating

Happy (late) Halloween!

First of all, I CAN'T BELIEVE MY ONLY OLDER SISTER IS ENGAGED AND GOING TO GET MARRIED WITHOUT ME THERE!!! ifnsoignsiofgnsiofgnsfiogn

But that aside, this week was AMAZING!

Last P-Day, we literally slept for the entire day. It was the best! It gave us all of the energy we needed to get through this week! Here's some advice: if you're tired, take a nap.

I'll start with some bad news, then move on to all of the good stuff. On Wednesday, Joo Rami dropped us. I was so sad, but also a little relieved because I got a weird feeling every time we went to her house. But I am also a little sad because she needed a lot of service and now we can't give it. But it's okay. She has her agency. And I am so grateful that God gave us the ability to make choices for ourselves.

On Thursday, we taught Han Mihyung the Plan of Salvation, and she really liked it, but she has a really hard time developing faith in Christ and accepting that Christ's life is not just a good story. Which, I totally understand because for about 50% of my life I felt that way. But now I know that Christ lives and He is our Savior because I asked God about it and got an answer in the most inexplicable way. Please pray that Han Mihyung will be able to have that experience too. I love her so much. She literally takes care of me like I am her own daughter.

On Friday, I went to exchanges in 도계! It was so fun and cool to see another area!

On Halloween, we went door-to-door reverse trick-or-treating and gave out the goodie bags Mom sent with treats and Because He Lives cards in them. It was pretty fun and my companion really loved the pumpkin stuff!

Okay, now the best part!

This weekend we taught Kim Hyunji again. We taught the Plan of Salvation and she was so happy when she heard that she could be with her family forever and that she can go to the temple one day. She just lit up. It was amazing. Yesterday, she came to church and really loved it. She said she had a warm feeling and wanted to keep coming. Last night, there was a fireside and we invited her to come and she did! There are two other 19-year-old sisters in the ward (who I love!) and they all became instant friends. It was so amazing to see. When we were eating dinner, she was talking to a member who got baptized last month and she turned to me and said "나도 짐례 받고싶다!" aka "I also want to get baptized!" I am so excited! I really think Kim Hyunji will get baptized, but the thing that I most worried about is the Enduring to the End part. People go inactive so easily here in Korea. Our focus is to help her develop faith on her own so she can stay strong forever. And how amazing will it be if she really does come to BYU?! We can all hang out together! I am just so happy and grateful I was able to meet this friend!

Also, last night after the fireside, we were cleaning up and Bishop came up to me and he was totally serious, which is so rare because he is the biggest jokester on Earth. I think I have seen Bishop Moon Je-kun act serious three times in the four months I've been in Jinhae. Anyway, he said that he was really proud of me and that out of all of the trainees he's met in Jinhae, I am the best at Korean and the hardest worker. And that he was sad that I would probably get transferred out of his ward this month. I was so shocked. I literally just show up. Haha. But apparently I am doing something right? That was one of the really special moments of my mission. I love these people I am meeting here and I am so grateful for the opportunities that Heavenly Father has given me to improve my Korean and grow as a missionary. I actually hate it when people tell me that I am good at Korean because I still have so much to learn and I really don't want to be put up on a pedestal. I have just been really lucky to have had two really awesome Korean companions who have helped me with the language a lot. People make being good at the language such a big deal here, but really it doesn't matter at all. All that matters is loving the people and trying your best. Anyway, that's my soapbox moment. Please don't think I am being prideful. Becoming prideful is my biggest fear. In actuality, I have so much Korean to learn and I still can't understand most of what people say! But I am just glad that I have been able to grow.

Okay, one more fun thing! Pak Pooja, the cute old lady that is my Korean grandma saw that I didn't have any warm clothes and gave me some of her old granny cardigans. It was so cute! I love her to death. She is the cutest and the sweetest! I am planning on sending her letters during the rest of my mission and after. Also, she said that she wants me to set her up with any of the single old men in America. Hahah. I just about died laughing when she said that. But I don't blame her. She's so lonely. LOL.

Anyway...

I love y'all so much! Thanks to everyone who wrote me this week! I really appreciate hearing from everyone! Sorry if it sometimes takes forever for me to respond! I promise I love you all and pray for you every night! Email times is just way short.

사랑해요!!

I you love!

Sister Johns

They had special Halloween stuff at a 빵집 in Doghe!

Reverse trick-or-treating!

The cutest thing ever: When we were doing this, we gave a goodie bag to the cutest little middle schooler and she had just learned about Halloween at school so she ran back inside and got candy and gave it to me so I could feel like it was American Halloween. She also said she would come to English class. So stinking cute. There are still good people in this world!! :)