The end is upon us!

The pace has been so frenetic that we have used our time in other ways during June.  It's been almost four weeks since we last posted.  We hope to have one more after this.

We had interviews the first two weeks of June.  We love the time with them.  Seven districts over the two weeks.  We started with Anyang and Ansan district.  We forgot to get a lunch picture...

We had a picture of these two sisters together, but somehow lost it!

 Ansan had a threesome at that time.  They were very productive.

We then went to Suji and Shingal

 

 

 Sorry for the bad lighting on these pictures.  The sun was directly overhead and this cameraman is not a professional.  We hope you can get these and make use of them.  I even had to catch the mission mom in her favorite place, among the flowers.

 For those interviews where were able to have only a district and where we didn't have any emergencies we were dealing with, Sister Turner made Lava Cake and we provided ice cream.  They were quite happy.  This may be the only picture with the tasty treat.

Next up was the Bundang and Icheon district.

 

 

 On one evening after interviews, we had a special visit from a missionary who served with us.  We were so happy to have her with us!  She came with her family.  Her older brother served in this same mission finishing up one year before we arrived.

We've had a busy couple of weeks as our returned missionaries finish a Spring term and take their summer vacation in Korea.  We are so lucky to still be here.

For the Gokbanjeong, Pyeongtaek, Anseong, and Singpung districs, we had to meet all together.  A wonderful sister in the Gokbanjeong ward ordered and prepared an amazing meal for everyone.  She has always been so generous and loving to the missionaries.  Her son is a Daejeon Mission returned missionary and is the mission leader  in the Anseong branch.  He came also to help and to entertain with his musical talents.

This was such a long day of interviews, but we loved every moment of being with them!

We had two couples and a missionary go home. It was good to be with them.  The military relations couples do so much for our service men and women.  We had a great farewell dinner.

 This banner brought so many smiles to us

We welcomed two new missionaries and another military relations couple and mission nurse.

We finished off with interviews with the Gangnam and Songpa districts.

The sisters didn't get their pictures because they arrived late and left early.  We feel bad about that.

That's it for the interviews and the missionary activities for tonight.  We will continue to post for the next few weeks as we had zone conferences up on the mountain and a few more special activities we would like to share.  We are so blessed to be serving with these wonderful sons and daughters of a loving Heavenly Father. 

So many missionaries and their service

We started the interview process for one more round.  This is an emotional one as we greet each missionary.  Terri has a surprise for them which we won't share here because we're trying to make it a surprise for everyone.  There are many tears.  We're glad we still have zone conference in about 10 days where we get to see everyone again.  We will  have a few more interviews after that before the last transfer.  So many 'lasts'....

We started with the Yeongdeungpo and Bucheon District.  We had a great bunch of interviews, district council and a surprise tasty treat for dessert.  They were surprised.  This district is very diverse.

 A Philippine and a Korean,

 An American and a Korean,

 Two Americans, but one is half Argentinian,

A sister from the Philippines and a sister from Mexico.  They all have so much personality and joy in them.

 They even had a special musical number for us before we left.  Watch to the end!

We then met with the Gimpo and Cheungna District.  Another diverse district.
An Argentinian and an American,

 A Utahn and a Wyoming girl,

 Two Utah girls,

 a Philippino and a Nevada young man.

The camera got away...

The third day we didn't have a district council with the Incheon District, but we did have a joint service project on that day.  We went to a Red Cross supported hospital to help serve food to elderly poor and to clean dishes.  Wow, it was one of the funnest hours we spent this week...  The smiles seem the biggest when serving others!

 This is the dining area when it was nearly finished.  It was pretty crowded from 11:00 - 12:30.

They even fed us afterwards.

We then went back to the church for interviews and Sister Turner's surprise Tasty Treat.  We got to share a birthday this time.  You'll have to wait until later to learn what the surprise tasty treat was...

 Complete with singing...

 Sometimes the elders are very uncomfortable putting their arms around Sister Turner!

 They normally overcome it with a nudge...

This elder, like Sister Turner smiles and his eyes disappear,

 Some times we all exaggerate so everyone feels better...

 Great day for an outdoor picture.
 We all have our unique personalities...

On Saturday there was another baptism to attend.  It truly was a spiritual event with great support.  He even brought his mother, father, and a close friend to be with him on the special day.

Another unique thing we started is having Korean Connect classes.  We have been teaching EnglishConnect, but this group of elders have started a new class to teach foreigners working in Korea the local language. It appears they are off to a good start.

We are having a great time with the missionaries.  We are busy with them and they are busy in their work.  We hope you saw someone you know and love, but if not, there will be about 32 more interviews this upcoming week.  How we love their talents, their personalities, and their zest for life and the work they are doing.  Thanks for your ongoing support and love!