The One Where There Was No Such Thing As Coincidences

Hello! I have so much to say and no time to write!

This week we met with a new investigator that was referred to us from the missionaries in Pusan. We were taking with her and she is seriously the most prepared person I have ever met. We invited her to be baptized and she was so down. The only problem is that she is going to China tomorrow and won't be back in Pohang until June, but she wants to be baptized then!! She asked us to send her spiritual message texts each week until she gets back and to send the Elders to meet with her husband. All of the sacrificing and hard work is paying off! But here is where it gets really crazy! This lady is a referral from a member living in Pusan. We were talking about the member who referred her and we found out that her name is Kang Min-jung. Now lets flash back to my first week in Korea when I sent out a message to all of the members and less actives in the Jinhae ward introducing myself as a new missionary. And if y'all remember right a less active sister invited us over to her house after getting that text. We went and she told us that right as she had been praying to find a way to come back to church, she got my text and invited us over because it was an answer to her prayer. For the three transfers that I spent in Jinahe we met with Kang Min-jung all of the time and she was able to come back to church once her son's tests and college applications were completed. She was an active member again and then on my last week in Jinhae, she and her family moved to Pusan for her husband's job. While she was in Pusan her friend (our investigator) come to visit, went to church, loved it, and then decided to find out more when she got back home to Pohang! Miracles happen and every little thing you do counts! I am so happy and I know that there is no such thing as a coincidence! God really does put people in each other's paths for a reason! Kang Min-jung was the first person I ever met with in Korea and I had such a special connection with her! And now because of her example her friend and her friend's family are going to be baptized in June!! Never ignore a prompting or an opportunity to serve even if it seems insignificant! You never know where it might lead!

Also, in other less important news this week, last night we met with a member who is a little on the crazy side (the one who said I look like the Angel Moroni and that I will be the next prophet) and on the way there it started pouring rain and snow and we had no umbrellas so we got SOAKED! So when we got to the member's house we smelled like wet dogs and had crazy string-cheese hair (like the weird little cartoon string cheese man on the string cheese packets)! She didn't care one bit and invited us right in! So we shared a message and in the middle of us sharing our testimonies, she farted SO loud! I think she even caught some air because of it. And it smelled so bad...like kimchi farts!!! So I am literally using every bit of will and self-control to hold it together and Sister Clove just started cracking up. I am not kidding, it took every ounce of willpower in me to not pee my pants laughing, but I made it through without even cracking a smile! Mom would be so proud of me for being mature! But not really, because once were were out of that member's door I was practically rolling on the floor laughing!  Oh, you've gotta love being a missionary!

사랑해요!!

"I you love!"

Sister Johns