AIM High

Hello Friends and family,

There is something that I've learned especially this week is to Aim High and be committed to do whatever you want to do. 

It is amazing to see the miracles that happen when you actually believe that you can go higher than what you do.  It is so beneficial for this saying, only because we can improve so much more than if we aim to our abilities to our current time.

I just want to share with you that being on a mission is such a blessing, and that when we try our best no matter where we are (even not on a mission) we can achieve the miraculous.  

I know this is a short email, but I hope all of you are doing well.

I love you so much!

Elder Han

And remember  AIM HIGH!

Charity

Dear family and friends,

How amazing it is to be able to email you weekly about the life of a missionary in Australia!  I am extremely blessed to be on this mission and to share my thoughts to you today about this week.

Let me first say that this week was extremely interesting and rewarding.  It may have been the most physically demanding week on my mission.  We biked and hiked and helped many people with their lawns and what not.  

We saw many miracles this week, especially I saw this week a desire in a person to be better than who he was before.  It is always amazing to see that change, and that knowledge has helped me recognize that I need to continue to be better myself.

I love this Church and the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  It is something that I hold dear to my heart and the knowledge of it, helps me overcome anything that I might have. 

I wanted to talk about Charity this week, because it is something that I have been studying the past year.  What it means to be charitable and why it is so important in our lives.  For me, it is something that I strive for.  When we look at Jesus's life when he was on this earth, he did everything for others.  He had pure love for them.  

We can't judge others, but we need to love everyone and serve them.  It is so very important to know that we are all children of God and He loves us so very much.  

We are all brothers and sisters.  

I love you all and I hope you have another fantastic week!!!

LOVE YOU HEAPS

ELDER HAN

추워졌어요!!! (It is becoming too cold!)

My dear friends and family

This week has gone too fast!  It was the last week of the transfer, and now we are in a new transfer! I am still staying in the cold mountainous area, but I am so excited for it.  As of late, Elder Honema'u and I have been eating hot oatmeal for brekky (breakfast) every day, because it is too cold to have normal cereal.  In our flat, we literally see our breath when we breathe...  But you know it is alright, because we have heaters.  

I seriously love everything about the mountains, from the trails and from the wonderful views of life. Attached are some pictures of the places where we've been so far.

There is an Aboriginal story that I want to share that has to do with a picture that I will send.

It is called: The Three Sisters and the Lyrebird.

There once was a village who was in battle with another village.  The reason behind it, was that the one village wanted the three daughters of the chief from the other village.  In trying to defend his daughters, he had a magical 'wand' of sorts made out of bone and could do anything with that wand.  He turned his daughters into stone, so that the people wouldn't be able to take them away.  However, as they were fighting the chief lost the bone.  His village won however, but they couldn't find the bone to turn his daughters back into human.  As the chief was getting old, he turned himself into a lyre bird so that he may continue to find the bone to turn his daughters back into people.  

That is the brief summary, but legend says that below near the three sisters that there is a lyre bird still trying to find the bone.

How amazing is Australian culture.

I am so grateful to be here, and working to help people come closer to Jesus Christ.

There are so many miracles in the mission life that strengthen my testimony of this wonderful Gospel.

I love you all so much,

ELDER HAN 

first picture:  Govetts Leap

second picture:  Wentworth Falls, the mini falls

third picture: The Three Sisters

Soup Sunday!

Dear friends and family,

This week has been amazing!  We were able to accomplish a lot of things, and talk to many people. 

This week I wanted to try something different.

Usually we send in these answers to our mission president, but I will also send it here.

1. What was my core experience with God this week?

My core experience with God this week is the amazing power of prayer.  Our teaching pool is kind of diminishing, but as we really focused and tried to keep on going.  We felt impressed to call our former investigators (those investigators that dropped or did not keep commitments)  and we did.  We scheduled appointments with them this next week, and I am really excited to talk to them and pray that they will be ready to accept our commitments now.

2. My best practice for the week in “Teaching as Jesus Taught”. 

To show the love for everyone and not just a few people.  That has helped me not to judge, but to really share my love for everyone.  I have seen what a big difference it is.  Rather than just talking to people, but to show them how much I care for them.

3. Please share how you overcame a time you were tempted to be discouraged.

There are times when I get discouraged.  However, the way I overcome them is that I really pray.  Pray for that help and guidance.  As I do, I can tell you that I have been helped many times.  I am able to have more strength and continue to move on.

Those are the emails that we usually send to our mission president, but I also wanted to share with you what we did this week.  After church, we were able to have an activity called 'Soup Sunday.'  It is a big get together where we are able to talk and have soup with one another.

It was very delicious.

LOVE YOU HEAPS

Elder Han

P.S. We went hiking last week and it was beautiful.  Next week I will share the pictures.

Sense of Direction

Dear family and friends

 

Lately, I have been really seeking out to Heavenly Father what I need to do.  It has been really interesting to look back, and the things that I have learned only knowing that I still have so much to do and learn as well. 

 

It has been interesting, because as I look back it doesn't feel like it has already been a year...  So, I have a new sense of direction.  Here is my quote for the next year.  Make THIS day the BEST day.  I do not want to miss any opportunities to help bring others to this gospel.  I want to consecrate my time here and to do everything to help fulfil my purpose!

 

I just want to share with you a miracle I had with our investigator.  He is so ready to be baptized.  We had a lesson with him yesterday, and we could just feel his determination and testimony of this gospel. 

I just want to testify to all of you that FAMILIES CAN BE TOGETHER FOREVER.  That is one of the main reasons that he is getting baptized, because he knows that he can be with his wife again one day. 

Sorry this is a short message, but I am just so excited and I love you all s very much!

 

Elder Han

Miracles of Fasting

Hello Friends and Family!

Lately, I've been focusing on how to recognize the Spirit, and what Heavenly Father wants me to do.  It has been very influential to me on what I need to continue to improve on.  So, I want to share a couple of miracles that we've had in this week

Miracle 1:  We were going to Lithgow, which is an hour drive from our flat, and it is still in our area!!!  Anyways, we were fasting that day and were trying to fast for new investigators as well as people that we could teach.  We got there, and we had an appointment with a member in our ward.  While we were outside visiting her, literally everyone she knew walked past us, and she introduced them to us!  It was just a miracle that we had people to talk to, and an opportunity for them to be acquainted with us.  WE FOUND A NEW INVESTIGATOR THAT DAY! :)

Miracle 2:  You probably were wondering.  Elder Han, have you seen a kangaroo yet?  The answer is that I have been waiting for a year in Sydney, and I FINALLY SAW NOT ONLY ONE, but like TWENTY!  We were able to go to dinner to one of our member's home, and we saw heaps just jumping around! (picture attached)

We were able to have a lot of conferences and I was really impressed of all the missionaries, and their willingness to serve the Lord.  It has also been really amazing to see new missionaries become who they need to be and the potential that they have.  Being in a leadership position really helps me recognize the love that Heavenly Father has for each and everyone of them and us.  

I'm always so excited to share this wonderful gospel, and my invitation to you is if there ever an opportunity to hear from us missionaries, please at least listen.  

I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week!!!

ELDER HAN

1. Kangaroos!!!

2. Sunset up at the mountains!!!

3. E. Honema'u trying to pull a weed :)

Happy Mother's Day

Hey everyone!

First, I want to say happy mother's day to everyone!!!!

Second, there were so many miracles this week!  It is so awesome!

First: We were on a train going to a meeting, and when we walked out we sat at a bus station for a little bit waiting for a ride.  We were just saying hi to everyone, but there was one person who walked towards us with some luggage, and she stopped what she was doing, put her things down, and said "I need some prayers with you."  She then started explaining her life and what she was going through, and said that when she saw us, she felt like she needed to pray with us.  We got talking, and before she left, she said, "I want to meet with you after my travels in a couple weeks."  What a miracle to know that we were in the right place the right time.

Second:  We were thinking of ways how we can get to know our less actives more, and so what we did is that we decided that we would bring food over to one of our less actives house, and just say, "Hey!  We came to have dinner with you!  Can we come in?"  That being said, we just walked in and started to dish out the food, and we had an amazing talk with him and found out the problems that he is facing at that time.  It is a good way to get to know people and have an opportunity to talk to them.

I am so grateful to be here in this mission, and the fact that I have almost been on my mission for a year is very crazy!  In fact, it feels like I've only been on my mission for about 1 month....

My companion is so funny, and his faith is inspiring.  He has total trust in God and is willing to do anything in order to help people learn more about the gospel.

I love you all, and here are a couple pictures of us!

ELDER HAN

1. Elder Honema'u and I just taking a funny picture together

2. Our chapel is very different from other chapels!!!  IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL