Good morning, brothers and sisters! I hope you had a
wonderful week and are sitting in a comfortable chair or some other comfortable
thing as you read this email.
This week, I went on exchanges to Dongdaemun! During that
time, me and my ZL got bible-bashed by two Presbyterian church guys... It's a
fun story, but the person my ZL set up an appointment with that night had
called two of the Elders from his church to come and share opinions on church
with us. All with the best of intentions, I assume, but perhaps it was a good
thing that I didn't bring my English scriptures, lest some larger conflict
should have arisen.
For P-day, we found some Superhero keychains that light up
and make noise, so we bought matching district superheroes. Apparently, I'm the
Green Lantern.
One of our more interesting investigators moved to Incheon
this week, and for once we had a normal conversation with him on the phone...
It actually made me sad a bit but the work moves on, right?
On Saturday we barely
made it into English Class with our nametags intact, as we very nearly had a
tier-1 emergency with the English book. As it was, we put it all together in
time, and all worked out reasonably without hitch, so that's good... Right?
Also at English Class on Saturday was the other Elders'
investigator, Ted, from Ethiopia. Yes, he did come to learn English, but
afterwards the other elders gave him a Book of Mormon in his native language (I
don't even remember what it was), and he was super stoked about that. He's
gonna read it.
And as you all know well, we had a baptismal service
yesterday! It didn't come without its problems- I won't go too much into
detail, but there was some drama before the baptism- but in the end, Brother
Son was able to get baptized! He's super happy about it, despite his expression
in the photo below. ^^
I had a pretty interesting thought while reading Alma
today... From the war chapters, wouldn't you know.
Alma chapter 44 details the way the Lamanites reacted after
they found out they were surrounded by the Nephite armies. At first, their
leader refuses the covenant of peace, and the battle continues. However, later,
as he finds that his armies are being destroyed, he returns and accepts the
peace treaty. Moroni allows them to leave peacefully as they make this covenant
and deliver up their weapons to him.
The Lamanite leader could have saved a lot of bloodshed if
he had from the get-go accepted the conditions Moroni put forth. As it was, the
offer was still available when he was ready to accept it, but many more
soldiers would have gone home to their families if he had accepted the terms.
It is very similar to the Gospel- We can always accept the terms of the covenant,
but the longer we postpone repentance, the longer we needlessly suffer, and the
harder it becomes to hold out. Nevertheless, Moroni accepted the Lamanites'
surrender, showing that the arm of the Lord is ALWAYS extended to us, no matter
how long we put it off.
Love you all, and have a wonderful week! Long email is long,
but thanks for reading!
~Elder Skinner
서울시 종로구 자하문로 152 1동
서울 선교부
Seoul-Si Jongno-Gu Jihamun-Ro 152 1-Dong
Seoul Mission
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