Really hard experience this week. We were walking to the church for an appointment and a woman driving slowly past rolled down her window and asked "Jesus Christ?" to which we naturally said yes. She immediately pulled over and got out of the car with her hands outstretched as if demanding we give her whatever we have. She super excitedly explained how she's a convert to Christianity for three years and has been going to different churches around Korea praying and trying to find one that was true to the Bible, but eventually decided that there was no true church. When she saw us she remembered that she used to cut missionary's hair before she believed in God and when she saw us she took it as an answer that we came from the true church. She started crying as she explained all of this and she talked really fast so we didn't try to interrupt her. She wanted to meet that day. She just seemed golden in every way.
Our meeting lasted three hours even though we only taught the first lesson. She loved everything in the restoration pamphlet, especially the great apostasy. She emphatically agreed that the the true church was lost. When we got to the first vision her countenance changed a little. It was clear that she was not expecting this. She seemed equally surprised at the Book of Mormon and I was a little worried but when we talked about finding out its truth through prayer she said "I've already received an answer". So that was kind of weird/cool. It wasn't a perfect lesson and we knew she didn't fully understand what we taught, but she was still super happy and wanted to come to church the next day so we were confident that in further meetings we would be able to clarify everything. At the end she said that it was all very new to her and she needed to process it.
Late that night we got a text that said "Don't wait for me at church tomorrow. The path I need to take is different from your beliefs. I would be grateful if you didn't contact me."
That was heartbreaking. The hardest part is that we don't even know her reason. We're praying for her and trying to figure out what to do.
Sorry for the sad story but I know God has a plan for her and I think we will be able meet her again.
We also had a couple really positive experiences this week. Yesterday Brother Jung the man we've been meeting for English became a real investigator and he has a ton of potential. We also got to go picking persimmons at a member's farm. That was super fun, I have some pictures I'll send sometime.
Life's good. I'm happy. God lives. The church is true. Read the Book of Mormon.
-Elder Brown
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