Week 61

What a crazy fast week it has been. The biggest blessing has been relief from the heat. The past week has been very rainy and wet. It rained almost every night and most of the days. It has been really nice not having to worry about melting every time we have to go outside.

This past week also marked my one year mark in Korea!!! How crazy is that... Time just doesn't seem real anymore. To celebrate we ate lots of yummy food this week. Mostly because members or potential investigators took us out to eat. My favorite was probably going to Outback with an amazing family from our ward. They are so awesome! We got to talk with them a lot about their missions and things like that. Their kids are also adorable^^

We also had interviews with President and Sister Turner :D This time around they decided to mix things up. We did individual interviews with President Turner as always and then we had "interviews" with Sister Turner, but we did that as a district. It was so much fun to talk with Sister Turner and also learn from everyone in our district. We did lots of different activities and talked more about companionship unity. For one activity we went up with our companion and were each given a squirt bottle. Sister Turner asked us a series of questions and if we got them wrong we would get sprayed in the face and the same for our companion. It really showed us how much we really knew about our companions.

There was also an obstacle course that we had to navigate blindfolded with the help of our companions. That was a bit tricky to do in a skirt because we were climbing over chairs, crawling under things, and going through tunnels. It was great! At the end you also had to shoot a free throw basket shot. With some crazy luck I actually made the shot blindfolded. I don't know how that is even possible because I can't even do it WITH my eyes open. I'll send you picture proof next week after Sister Turner sends me the picture :D

Sister Turner as always gave an amazing training. She talked to us about bank accounts. Not the bank accounts that we use for money, but the bank accounts that we use for our relationships with others. Like a real bank account you start out with nothing and have to deposit money to make it grow. Over time in all of our relationships we "deposit money" as we serve, love, and care for those we love. BUT we also "withdraw money" when we offend or do other things that hurt the other person. We talked a lot about life and how it is a constant "deposit" and "withdraw" between those we love. One of the main points that Sister Turner made was that we have to always make sure that the other person knows that THEY CAN ALWAYS DEPOSIT MONEY back in after they withdraw. We must always forgive and continue to love! Whether it is our companions, siblings, parents, friends, or just random people on the street. They can always deposit money! There should be anything that they do that makes it so that we cannot love them still. I love Sister Turner and her wisdom that she shares with us.

I always went on exchanges with Sister Munhk-Erende. She is from Mongolia, but grew up in California since she was 11. She is such a funny person. So random and always has such a bright smile on her face. She is a new missionary and her trainer is leaving at the end of this transfer. It was fun to work with her for a day. We taught 3 of their investigators and that was insane! We had 2 appointments that took over an hour to get to each of them on the bus, back to back. We ended up being a little late to both of them, but things worked out.

Sunday was also Stake Conference. We watched a broadcast that included Elder Bednar. Of course everything was in Korean so understanding was a bit rough. Elder Bednar is SO HARD to understand in English, let along Korean. Also our investigator and his family came! It was a miracle! We weren't able to meet them this week so we doubted that they would come. As an act of faith we texted them on Saturday night to remind them to come and they did! We were sitting down waiting for it to start when we noticed them at the very back sitting by themselves. The three kids didn't want to focus so we played tic-tac-toe for most of the meeting. I hope their parents got something out of the meeting though. It was also a blessing that I had packed some snacks in my bag that morning so I could share with them to help them be a little more quiet. It was great to have them there!

This coming week will also be super busy. We have a special MLC on Tuesday and some mystery mission activity on Friday. We don't have very many details yet, but I'll let you know what happens next week. I love you all and hope that you have an amazing week. Make sure that you are depositing into your various bank accounts!

-Sister Rindlisbacher

One greenie tried to run his way out of getting wet... it didn't work

Zone conference from a few weeks ago

Our epic water fight