My Mission to Korea

I'AM A SENIOR BABY

Well, I have officaially made senior companion! I finished my pass-off this past thursday. For pass-off we meet with the APs and have to teach a lesson (one prinicple from each of the four PMG lessons), basic proseleting approach, 10 minutes Restoration lesson, recite D&C 4, first vision, 3 Nephi..., and vocabulary from the 5 lessons (you can only miss 3 out of 30).

The second week of this transfer I passed off on my memoraization things, but not on teaching because we ran out of time. So, Ocotober 6th I met with the APs to finish pass-off. The first time I did pass off I did it with an Australian, but this time I did it with the Korean AP. I was like "crap", he knows Korean, I don't want to teach him! But it ended up being fine.

We started our with basic prosetleyting approach. He had me do it two times. Then we stopped and talked about it. He prosetlyed to me and then had me implement the things we talked about and proseltye one more time. He told me to focus more on the Restoration, because that is what makes our message unique. Whatever what we talk about with people, always make a reference to the Restoration. So I did that and he passed me on that one. Yeah. He said you smile and have confidence in you message, so that's good. Smiling really does make a difference on how people speak to you on the streets. It's important to be happy always.

Cool experience me and my companion where prostelying on the street corners and we were in a really good mood. Sister Jung had just passed out a Book of Mormon on the bus to a lady you seemed geniuely interested. So we were excited and happy and while we prosetlyed people recieved us really well. Everyone accepted our flyers and were kind. One lady told us "you two look so happy."  What a wonderful compliment to recieve. Our Stake President always stresses to us about being a happy missionary and always being polite when people reject you. It was a good lesson for me, but I was able to understand how it affects how people accept our message. Even if they don't accept it, at least they have a good memory of us and remeber us to be happy.

Anyways, back to pass-off. So after that he had only 30 more minutes because he had an appointment to go to. So he told me I only had to teach one priniple and I could include any other principle that I wanted to. The principle he gave me was tithing. Such a blessing because the week before for Language Study I figured out sentences to explain tithing, because I couldn't do it at all.  And then we did practice teaching it because we had to teach it to an investigator. So the Lord had prepared me to be able to teach it. I included the principle of obedience. And he accepted my committment to pay tithing once he was baptized. It went well. He asked me if I felt prepared to be Senior companin and over my own area. I explained to him I feel like I can do missionary work, its the language the makes me nervous. But I know if the Lord feels I can do it, then I know I can do it. On each thing he signed me off. Even quick restoration lesson, which I didn't teach. I lucked out, espeacially only having to teach only one principle instead of four.

I am nervous because I most likely will be over my own area next transfer with a companion youger then me. That's a scary thought. But I know they Lord blesses us and will give us the ability, in language, to accomplish his work. One Sister I did an exchange with trained her 6th or 7th transfer. She said "I was horrible at understanding, but once I started training, I was able to understand people a 100%." Then she said she did an exhange with another Sister who had been on her mission a long time and when they taught a lesson she could barely understand anything. It was a reminder to her that us being able to understand and speak Korean is a blessing and is given to us when we need it. So I know if I get more leadership responisilites, like being over my own area with a JR., the Lord will bless me so I can do his work.