just read the Ensign and read an article about the mission and it made me so mission sick. I LOVED my mission and I can’t wait to serve a mission with Jay later on. when we were in california, we met up with Ron and Karissa and their little boy Blake from my mission. Ron was my very first baptism on my mission so they’ll always hold a special memory in my heart.
they’re the cutest family. sadly, I didn’t get to see their oldest boy Colin who was only 2 yrs. old when I was a missionary. aww. i love them.
they also got us free tickets to disneyland/california adventure since Ron works there. They drove to disneyland just to meet us there and to sign us in. they’re so sweet, thanks so much guys!
And here is an email I wrote on my mission about the day when Ron gained a testimony of the Book of Mormon! missionaries serve and live for days like these.
10/05/05 so can i tell you just how much i love being a missionary? i cannot say it enough! i love it!!!! my whole body feels like it would explode with my love and the happiness of being a missionary. i want to share with you one of my fav. experiences so far. Ron Salagyi who is one of our investigators has been taking discussions from 3 different sets of missionaries when we met them. he told us he just hasn’t received the answer whether it was the right choice to be baprized or not. and he’s been asking for over 2 years. we asked him to take on the challenge of reading the entire BOM by the end of the year. we told him if he did, he would receive the answer by the end of this year. so last week, we prepared the lesson of “how the holy ghost answers prayers” and went over to his house. we said a prayer and right before we were about to start, he says, “as you know, i’ve been reading the BOM about 10 pgs. a day. and i prayed again to ask if this BOM was true. well, last week i read this verse. “and now behold, my beloved brethren, this is the way, and there is none other way nor name give under heaven whereby man can be saved in the kingdom of God. and now behold, this is the doctrine of christ, and the only and true doctrine of the father, and of the son, and of the holy ghost, which is one god, without end, amen.” (2 nepho 31:21) then he says “I received my answer. I know the BOM is true. I want to be baptized as soon as possible.” WOW!!! my comp and i were speechless. literally. we just stared at each other and back at them over and over and i just started crying! Ron was so surprised by our reaction. later he said, “yeah it was a little awkward, i was like, aren’t they suppose to say something? like that is so great! congrats! we’re so happy for you! but instead, you didn’t say ANYTHING!!!” haha we laughed about it later. but he knew that we were just so stunned and happy that we didn’t know what to say. after a long time, sis. packard said, “well, you just gave us the lesson, so… let’s plan for the baptism!” I was so happy guys! tears just kept on coming and coming! we’ve had other people say they wanted to get baptized, but not like this! i felt the spirit so strongly. and the spirit confirmed to me very strongly, once again, that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. it hit every nerve in my body with such great power that when i recall that time, i feel the conviction of the truthfulness of the BOM every time. I know God is the author of the Book of Mormon. I know Joseph Smith is a true prophet. I know Gordon B. Hinckley is the prophet of God who holds the authority to act in God’s name. I know our church is of Jesus Christ. It’s the same church he set up himself when he was on the earth. i’m so proud of the gospel and our church! we da bomb! Fo sho!!! (that was for you, H ^ ^) i’m so proud of being a missionary! mormons are peculiar enough, but a 21 year old female serving a full time mission is even more peculiar! and how proud i am to be peculiar! i love the person that i’m becoming. everyday i wake up feeling more happy, content, peaceful, smart, grateful, and wise. i’m telling you, i already have anxieties when i think about going home. i still have 14 or so months left but i don’t want to go home! the things i’ve learned and the person i’ve become in the past 3 months are so wonderful and great, that i’m just so excited to see what the next 14 months will be like. I love making the Lord happy. no greater happiness is found than knowing that you made him happy and that he’s proud of you. to have that peace of conscience, knowing that you’re in the right path, doing your best, and that if i were to die right now, i would be happy and content with the life i lived on this earth. the gospel brings such tremendous happiness, it is overwhelming!!! this feeling cannot come from this earth, it has to be from heaven! i love all of you so much. how ’bout president HInckely’s talk about forgiveness? if any of you missed it, it was during the sunday morning session, the very last talk. you can watch it on www. lds.org. watch it, it is sooooooo good. i’ve made a promise to God that if something like that happened to me, i would be like her. she is my hero. take care and i miss you all so much!!! sis. choi
AWWW! I MISS IT SO MUCH!!! 🙁
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