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Due to the need for trainers in the mission right now, I've officially escaped the role of SNS Elder after a short transfer and a half. President says I'll return eventually, but we'll see what happens. For now I'm looking forward to training this winter in chuncheon. 

Chuncheon is considered country side and is pretty far from Seoul. I couldn't be more excited! Chuncheon is also famous for its 닭갈비. I don't really know how to explain 닭갈비, so I'm not going to. I'll leave to chuncheon this Thursday.

Highlights 

Mission Tour! Elder Esplin and Elder Cook of the seventy came to the mission. Elder Esplin forgot his scriptures the first day so me and my companion had to go into Presidents House and get his scriptures and take them to him haha 

I saw 박선재 at stake conference! He's the person that we baptized in the YSA branch and this was my first time seeing him since his baptism!

Prophecied by Elder Velazquez: Training in Chuncheon 

This is 손상중 ^^ he made us FaceTime his mom to prove to her that he was serious about bettering his life haha. "See mom, the missionaries I told you about are real!" - 손상중 (direct quote)

Spiritual Thought 

2025 general conference Niel L Anderson 

As you seek the Lord’s forgiveness, be patient as you wait upon His full approval. Consider this scripture:

 “They … humble[d] themselves … in the depths of humility; and … did cry mightily to God; yea, even all the day long. … [But] the Lord was slow to hear their cry because of their iniquities.” “Nevertheless the Lord did hear their cries, and began … to ease their burdens; … and … they began to prosper by degrees.” 

Be patient as the Lord gives you His blessing and approval by degrees. In the Lord’s time, you will feel His voice telling you, “Let these things trouble you no more.” One day, as you continue to turn to the Savior, your Heavenly Father will take “away the guilt from [your heart], through the merits of his Son.”

I really liked this message from Niel L Anderson at this last general conference. I think that when we sin and break our trust with God, it is only fair that He be slow to hear our cries at first once it gets hard. But as we continue to choose him again and again, working to receive a remission of our sins and also building a foundation strong enough to where those sins become abhorrent to us, He will at least lift our burdens and help us to prosper by degrees. And eventually, we will be able to look back without the same sadness and guilt that we used to feel 

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