My Mission to Korea

SPILTS

So this past week I got to go on splits for the first time. My area is so far from any Sisters that we never get to go on splits. But all the sister's went on splits wednesday. I stayed in my area with Sister Ellis. She is hilarious, so much fun. This is her 7th or 8th transfer. She trained one of my MTC companions.We worked on Street Contacting. I am always trying to improve to talking to people on the streets. I feel like I say pretty much the same thing and sometimes come off as aggressive, which I don't like. But Sister Ellis has a casual, friendly style I really like and feels more like me. Each person does it differently. I've been doing it the way I was taught, sounding kind of robotic and not the way that was my style and natural. We had training in district meeting about being yourself and doing things that feel natural, instead of being a robotic missionary.

Anyways, it was really fun and helpful for me. And just showed me different ways on how to talk with people and approach them. I no longer care if people reject me anymore. Last week I went to talk to a lady by myself and she went off on me, telling me something, I don't really know I didn't understand, you could just tell she was an intense woman and heard something bad about our church. Afterwards, I felt fine, I didn't care. Sister Jung came up to me and said she was going to come over to help me, but she thought "Sister Hill doesn't know what she is saying, she's fine." She decided to leave me! So funny.

Even though I am not afraid to get rejected anymore, I am still nervous about approaching people by myself and my lack of understanding skills. When we went on splits it was different talking to people with another American then a Korean. People had different reactions. A lot of people laughed and were surprised to here us speaking Korean. And even though I love my Korean companion and she is an awesome missionary, we defiantly get rejected more. Korean's get contacted by different churches all the time, so when another Korean comes up to talk to them about church usually they are like whatever. But if you are a foreigner they listen more and are kind even if they are not interested. Friday I just went off by myself to talk with people and it was really fun. I tried all the new things I learned and I just felt more comfortable because I didn't feel "Oh I have to do it this way." It was really good. I want on to got on more splits they are very helpful.

I still have so much to work on and fears to overcome, but it is getting easier and more fun as the more comfortable I become with missionary work.