Korea Korea Korea Weeks 1 & 2!

WEEK 1

Hello Everyone!!

 

Oh  man this week has been probably the longest week of my life. Haha we finally got to leave the MTC! It was so bittersweet. Sister Christensen and I made sure we had everything packed and ready to go two nights before we left!

 

So the flight to Korea was awesome, haha we flew to Seattle first and then straight to Korea. It was so funny because on our flight from Seattle to Korea we almost missed our flight! There were 15 Missionaries, and our other plane ride came in late. We were running so fast thru the airport people thought we were weird haha. But! We made it with 5 minutes to spare. It was a blessing we made our flight. The flight was long, but we were all so anxious to get to Korea and very excited! When we finally landed our Mission President, and His wife was there to meet us, and they are so nice. President and Sister Madsen welcomed us right into their Mission Family and took us out everywhere to eat food. THE FOOD HERE is amazing! I love it so much!

 

So I am in an area called Chungju! I love it here! I  got a new Companion, and she is awesome! Her name is Sister Zuniga; she is from Texas, and she goes home in 5 weeks! Kind of sad but she honestly is the best and helps me a lot with the language and things. My second day while we were out proselyting I got to talk to an amazing Korean Woman about her life and her family. I had broken Korean, but the Spirit prompted me to talk to her, so I tried my best. I was speaking to her in Korean and told her I was from America and then she started to speak English to me. Haha, she asked me if I was going to be okay here in Korea and I just laughed and said yes. I pray I see her again; she had the light of Christ in her even though she was Catholic. I love going out and proselyting because I love telling people about how amazing this Church is. It brings so much happiness and blessings to people's life, they all should get the chance to hear it! We are currently teaching two investigators right now, and they are so cute. Her American name is Sarah, and she is 13 years old. We taught her about prayer and repentance, and she has so much energy about her. She has a baptismal date, and we are starting to teach her the lessons.

 

We also went and taught some members, and I bore my testimony to them, and they are so kind and loving! The members made our dinner, and it was good. I ate a lot. I was so full after. I continue to try and do better and to have faith. It's been a crazy week, and I've been overwhelmed at times, but I know that with my faith, and with Hope, God will help me.The antidote for things like that is service!! Serving others brings me a lot of happiness! I love helping the people here.  He knows how to comfort us in times of need and is always with us. It's up to us if we want Heavenly Father in our lives. He obeys our agency; it is up to us to turn to Heavenly Father and seek him. He is there waiting and always wants to help us. He loves all of his children so much and nothing can seperate us from the Love of Christ.

 

So sorry I don't have any pictures to send home this week I forgot my chord! But next week I will for sure :)

 

KOREA!

1. Food is amazing

2. The People are Amazing

3. Everyday I get told I am super tall, I have really long eyelashes, and that I am super tall again. haha Makes me feel good because I can finally feel like I fit in with my fam now!!

4. I love this Gospel and I love this work. It's amazing and brings so much joy.

Have a great week everyone!

 

-Sister Kaufusi

​WEEK 2

Sorry for the late email everyone! My Companion and I were doing Companionship study when we got a call from a Woman who wanted to meet with us and do the 30/30 program. 30 Minutes of Enlgish and 30 minutes of us sharing the Gospel. We were so excited we dropped everything we were doing and ran as quick as we could to the Church! We taught this Woman some English and then started to teach her about the Gospel. She seems amazing and agreed to meet with us two more times this week! She's learning about the Restoration right now so I'm really excited how this will go. Where do I even begin! This week has been tough I'll be honest. Walking around in a foreign Country and trying to speak a foreign language can be one tough thing to do! But the Lord helps me through it when I speak and people understand me.. I think ;) ha! This week we had Mission Tour! Which was really amazing because we got to hear from Brother Choi who is one of the 70 covering all of Asia. His wife and Him did a great workshop and he spoke about how it is a gift to speak and that we shouldn't be scared or anything to speak this language to people. The Lord called us to the work and he will always provide a way! They said a lot of amazing things for me and it really helped strengthen me,and my testimony.

 

SO. Story time:

 

Some members called us last week and really wanted to take us out to dinner. So of course we went and they actually lived in Provo for a bit! So we talked about Provo and their family and we were at a really nice Korean food restuarant and food just kept coming. There was this one fish, we have no idea what it was but my Companion and I put it in our mouths and were like WHAT IS THIS?! I started to sweat it was something out of this world hahaha my Companion was laughing so hard watching me eat it. It was such an intresting taste.. Pretty sure it was stingray or something but after my Companion kept looking at me and told me to keep eating it... So i told myself I would try and with a lot of Kimchi I did. hahaha it was funny!

 

I also gave out a Book of Mormon this week to a cute girl on the train! She was a student and she's buddhist but she was very kind and gave me some food as well. She's a student studying french but I told her we could help her with her English.

 

We visited a former investigator named Lisa who is from the Phillipines. She only speaks english but she is a strong Christian and believes in the Bible. We had a long talk about the Goodness of God and how God has a plan for us all. She is uneasy about the Book of Mormon but no worries the Lord will help her!

 

I also gave a talk in Church yesterday and I was so nervous. Haha I got up and was so tall I had to bend over to speak! Once I sat down the cute old ladies patted me on the back and said good job.

 

Mission Work is hard, but it is so amazing and I love it! It's the best decision I have ever made and I know I have a long way to go but Heavenly Father is always there to help us. To pick us up when we are struggling and make us into something better than we ever thought we could be. He knows us better than we know ourselves. Have a great week everybody!

 

There's more picures on my blog if you want to check it out!

 

The last picture is from some ofthe Sisters I served with at the MTC!

 

-Sister Kaufusi

Goodbye America

 So... Daryl is officially in Korea. She made and she's alive, she's well, and they've already corrupted her to think their food is amazing. I think she forgot how good Mexican food is since she hasn't had it in weeks. Poor thing. Daryl did get to spend the last 6 days of the MTC with her friend Sav Pinegar, who I also tried to convince to not go. I told her to get Daryl and I would pick them up and bring them home but they decided to stick it out... Lets hope North Korea keeps their hands to themselves for the next 13 months or they will have to answer to me! And anyone who's seen me at Daryl's soccer games knows I can get feisty when it comes to my baby sister. So here is her LAST email while in America and in the MTC: 

Hey hi Hey Everybody!!

It's fall time and oooooh I can smell Football in the air!!! Football season is here and I'm so excited for the BYU Football team!(Go Corb and Dad!) I'll be cheerin nice and loud all the way from Korea!! 

Next time you hear from me I'll be in Korea! Crazy to think my time is already done here in the MTC, it's been such an amazing experience and I've learned so much here! This week has probably been the longest week here just because we're all so excited to head over to Korea! I mean I may not know how to say a lot over there but I do know how to Testify, I can pray, smile and just LOVE the people of Korea!

We have to say goodbye to all our Teachers this week and I'm going to be a MESS. Ugh oh man I hope they're ready for a Sobbing Sister Kaufusi to just be hugging them for so long before I leave. They've all taught me so much and they are all Angels!! The Lord blessed me extra with Sister Lee, Sister Choi and Brother Hone (Sorry if any of these are spelled wrong!) They're all amazing!!

This week has been crazy. We had to teach two of our Investigators for the last time. As a Missionary you really learn to care so much for your investigators. They consume my thoughts 24/7 and we plan, we love them and we pray for them all the time! So it was sad we had to teach our last lessons. I'm so excited to share this message of the Gospel to other people because it brings so much Joy. A message that can help people in their lives! AHH I get so excited when I think about it. Also we get our Korean Name tags this week so that is really exciting! 

The amount of crazy Adventures that go on here at the MTC is Unreal!!

MTC LIFE:

1. We had a fake "Transfer Meeting" last week and my Cute Companion was tearing up because we were separated for the first time and it hit us that that will be happening soon! haha She is the cutest I love her so much.

 

2. I locked My Companion and I out of our room one night... so we had to run across the MTC Campus in our night gowns and barefeet awkwardly telling the people at the Front desk we got locked out.

 

3. Another night we were running away from the Lady Security Guard in our building because one of our Sisters on a different floor was very sick and we were checking on her to see if she was okay, but since we were on a different floor The Security Guard wouldn't let us talk to the Sister in our Branch. But we really wanted to help her so we were dodging the Security Guard like non-other so she wouldn't find us! We would hear her coming down the hallway and run and hide so fast. 

 

4. My Companion hid underneath my Bed the other night to try and grab my legs and scare me... but no worries I was too far away from the bed for her to do it!

 

5. My Companion accidentally said "I have a child" in our lesson and it was the funniest thing of my life. She meant to say "When I was a child"  haha our Investigator was laughing pretty hard.

 

6. Found SAVPIN today at the MTC. She is one of my best friends and we've been besties for 14 years! We grew up together, elementary, middle, high school even our first semester of College was together! We ran to each other and we cried and were laughing at the same time we were so happy to see each other!. haha I love her so much! Welcome to the MTC Savpin! 

 

 

Have a great week everyone I love you all!!