October 12, 2014

Family and Friends,

Hi! So another week has gone by.It's been great and guess what?? Transfer calls came again and it looks like I will be moving! I'm transferring to 분당 ward/area I'm so excited. Of course though I'm sad to leave kimpo! It has been my home for 7 months! I love it and I love the people! My new companion will be Sister Goodnough! I'm so excited we actually new each other before our missions, she is from Vegas too and her dad used to be my Sister's bishop, so cool!

So this week we went to see North Korea again :) so much fun! Then we also got to watch General Conference! So awesome!!! I have so many favorite talks. Among them President Uchtdorf from the women's session and Elder Godoy :) So awesome!!! 

Sorry I will write more about my new area next week. Today my brain is just a bit fuzzy from packing last night and all morning, but I'm all done :) 

Love you all so much!!!

Love always,

Sister Tovar

My Kimpo ward.

October 5, 2014

Family and Friends,

This week has been great. It's funny as I come to write this email every week I always have to sit and think for a second, then I turn to my companion "What happened this week?" " I don't know" " I don't know either." So much happens in one week it's hard to forget but also hard to remember all of it. And then you kind of zone out reading emails and anyway.

This week was awesome!! We have a new investigator. She is super curious about the gospel and says she wants a church because she feels like something is missing but other churches don't feel right. She has come to English class for a while now so she knows a little about our church. She grew up Buddhist and her mother in law is Buddhist so she doesn't know much about Heavenly Father or Christ. We are so excited to help her learn :) 

We went to the temple this week and it was fantastic!!!! Brand new things I have never seen before :) so cool. And Sister Fudge and Sister Van Weezep were there too so it was awesome. We are such goofballs together!!! Then we spent most of Pday eating food and dessert :) 

Sunday I spent some time writing in my family history booklet! So cool! I'm so pumped to do family history now. It's so awesome!! I'm grateful for my sister who has done all of ours. I'm so curious about our history now. The prophecy of Elija is coming true :).

Short email sorry... Today is Sister Stastny's birthday :) 

Love you all so much!!! Stay strong and work hard!!! (I think that's more for me lol) :)

September 28, 2014

Family and Friends,

Such an awesome week!!! It was a great Sunday, we had a special sacrament meeting. We only had Sacrament and first we had two little kid baptisms, and our sacrament meeting was a primary program :) So exciting!! And so adorable. Oh yeah and we sang :(.... I don't think I'll ever like singing in public. So we used all of these things to get people to come out well of course it didn't work for most people but we tried, and because we tried we did see miracles.

So Sunday one of the less active we have been working with came out to church!!!! So exciting!!!! And she liked it which was awesome! Then another less active we just met that week came out! And Yen our recent convert also came with her brand new baby!!! It was so good to see them all there!!! 

This week we also had interviews with president and they were really good. I learned/realized more things I need to work on. Like going to bed on time. I'm in my bed on time but I don't go to bed on time... so that is something I will be working on :).

Oh and this week we were able to find two new investigators :) So exciting!! One has gospel interest but the other doesn't say she does but she will hear us out. Yay :) But we will stop meeting with Elly, this week is our last meeting with her :( so sad. 

Sister Fudge's mom is such a sweetheart! She sent me a year mark florida package :) She sent a shirt, a keychain, a sticker, and a card!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are so sweet!!!

Oh and a cool service idea anyone can do. It's really hard to find volunteer service in Korea, really it is. So we decided to just pick up trash. We buy big trash bags, bought big tongs, gloves and went to work. So much fun!!! I would recommend this for anyone and everyone! It's not hard it's super cheap and it's a cool way to serve and maybe talk to people about the gospel. 

Recently I've been reading the Sermon on the Mount found in Matthew and 3 Nephi 12-15 I LOVE IT! It is so good. I am just really trying to delve into it. I am reading the foot notes and it so good!!! I have so much to choose from to work on. but little by little it will happen.  

Lastly, yes the cute little girls you saw on the video during the Women's Conference are from my ward and stake :) So cool!!!! And they are wearing traditional Korean Hanbocks!!!! They look beautiful!!!! 

Love,

Sister Tovar

P.S. Sister Burton what is your regular email going to be????

P.P.S. I got bangs :)

September 21, 2014

Family and Friends!! 

I'm so sorry last week I was not really able to write a long email. Last week I had the horrible stomach flue :(. Boy was it horrible :( It was no fun. We actually had to stay home for three days!! Three days of cancelling our appointments :(. It happens I suppose but ah so hard. It was a blessing of sorts though my companion and I were able to get to know each other better so that was nice. 

Besides that well we did have a miracle!!! A less active that we are working with decided she wants to come back!!!!!! She made a goal to read the Book of Mormon everyday, pray, and go to church!!!! We are so excited and so happy about it! Heavenly Father is so kind for letting us be part of this :). 

Today we are going Biking!!!! So much fun!!! So we get to wear jeans :) It feels weird kind of suffocating in a way,  but then it also feels nice. Anyway short email sorry.

Oh before I forget the Sermon on the Mount in the Book of Mormon is awesome!!! Currently my companion and I are working on studying it thoroughly. It's actually been really enlightening and tons of fun. I love that the scriptures can be so awesome!!! 

Love you all thank you for your love and support!

Love,

Sister Tovar

August 31, 2014

Family and Friends!!!!

Well to start off with I had to say bye to Sister Van Weezep this week.... I was very sad about it! She is one of the best companions I have had. I will miss her so much!!!!!

Sister Statsny is great though. She is really nice and kind. She is from Idaho and went to BYUI for a short time before coming here. She is 19  years old so super young. 

Okay so super cool experience, so yesterday I was super worried about two investigators Sophia/Olivia and Joseph. Well it was daily planning time and we had just ended it and I was super worried still so I look over at Sister Statsny and with a desperate look I say Sister Statsny could you please pray that we can talk to them... that they will respond. She does and during her pray I get this though call them. I'm like I tried that already. Then I get the thought again... call them. I think okay I'll look at the phone log and if I haven't called them then I will call them. We all know how great my memory is so I check as soon as we are done praying. I don't even get off the floor. I hadn't called Sophia/Olivia... well I called and they answered!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy! and just felt relief. They said they missed us too and we made an appointment to meet Tuesday!!!! I was so excited!!!! Miracles happen if we listen and go and do! Love it!

Other really awesome news!! Our member Shinggijorl got his endowments out this week!!!! He is married and has the two cutest little girls that I love!!! His wife has been a member a lot longer and she got her endowments out a while ago and everyone has just been waiting and hoping for him... and it happened!!!!! And they are getting sealed this month!!! So excited!!!!!!!!!!!!! Other awesome news another member's husband got the m- priesthood(don't know how to spell it) yesterday!! So exciting! 

This week we also got to eat at an awesome restaurant that has awesome rice paper, super cool and super delicious!!!  Next week is jusok Korean Thanksgiving and my year mark!!! Can't believe a year has passed! It has seriously flown by!!!

I am so lucky to be here in Korea serving my mission! And to have family and friends as great as you all!!! I love you so much and I'm so grateful for you!!! Thank you for your great example and love!!!!!