5.15.16 Sejong Update

Huge sculpture in Sejong

This week was very good. We were not able to meet very many current investigators, but we were able to meet 2 New Investigators off of referrals(not from members). One is in high school and through meeting he has opened up a lot and I think as we continue to meet he will be up to coming to church. As well as this other new guy, he's very into baseball and has a family of his own and we extended a soft baptismal invitation and he said as we continue to meet and his faith strengthens he would be wiling to change and follow Christ.

We were able to create some great relationships this week with the members through many visits and working together through the branch preaching activity yesterday. I realize there a lot of women and not a lot of men in the branch, so I know we really need to pick things up on that side so we intended to visit that less active you told us about, but his mother was sick so we weren't able to meet. But this week we will try again and continue to get our quality investigator pool up.

SeJong really is a gold mine with members who are wanting to help us all the time and with a city full of people who are willing to listen to the message. It's a wonderful area with so much potential and we are going to try to expound on that potential in the next upcoming weeks. I know this is the Lord's work and that he is always watching over his missionaries as we are obedient and search for his will. The Church is true and the more opposition and different religions I come across My testimony grows and I see what a difference and what a blessing it is to have the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and have eternal families. There's no doubt in my mind Joseph Smith was a prophet no matter what anyone says about that man, he was good, honest and tried his best to follow the Lord. We are all imperfect but thank our God for Jesus Christ and His atonement. He is true and pure love.

-Elder Cody Benefiel