it doesn't seem quite real that we are halfway through our mtc experience. i am a district leader now. our district really is an amazing group of people. i am so blessed to have the opportunity to try cultivate a culture of righteousness within our district. with only 5 weeks left here time is really short. Korean is still a work in progress, but each day is a vast improvement. we have gotten to the point where we can somewhat comfortably teach without any notes or anything, but it is still very rudimentary and we sound like cavemen sometimes, but with the spirit it goes well. i still cannot wait to get to korea, but it will come before we know it. in two mondays the oldest group of missionaries is gone, and three mondays after that we are gone. my companion and i had a very interesting experience this past week. we went in to teach one of our investigators, and we had a plan that completely depended on her reading the book of mormon and praying to know if it was true, which she did not do. so our entire lesson was pretty much useless at that point and we had no clue what to do. even more interesting was that there was absolutely nothing that we could say, no ideas, nothing. so after siting there for ten minutes we invited her to church and left. probably the most disappointing lesson so far, and it really bugged me. so i went to the scriptures to find and answer. at first i thought that i might have gotten prideful or something and so the lord was trying to teach me humility, because the language was going well, but thats not the answer i found. i came across Job 1:20 or 21 if i remember correctly and it talked about how the lord gives and takes away. so i thing what the lord was trying to teach me was that i better watch myself and not get prideful, because at any moment he can take his power away. anyways, i love it here and cannot wait to love the people of korea even more than i do now.
i am doing exceptionally well. i still love it here and i would definitely say that the vacation feeling has definitely worn off. the best things that are happening is the blessings that we are getting. the gift of tongues is real and the lord is helping us. the most frustrating thing for me is not being able to say exactly what i want to say, but even that isnt as big of a problem as it used to be. our district is great, and me and my companion get along very well. i love it here at the mtc. only 5 short weeks left its awesome.
love,
Elder Dobbins
i am doing exceptionally well. i still love it here and i would definitely say that the vacation feeling has definitely worn off. the best things that are happening is the blessings that we are getting. the gift of tongues is real and the lord is helping us. the most frustrating thing for me is not being able to say exactly what i want to say, but even that isnt as big of a problem as it used to be. our district is great, and me and my companion get along very well. i love it here at the mtc. only 5 short weeks left its awesome.
love,
Elder Dobbins