They're back on Facebook! They're Spreading the Message!

What an amazing week.  We had three zone conferences and taught all the missionaries how to use the new missionary tools!  They are excited but a little nervous as they want to use them in a proper, effective manner and not as they did as high school teenagers!

What a great conference we had!  You can see it in their faces.
Gangnam Zone

 Anyang Zone (we'll get to the birthday later)

 Gangseo Zone

 Incheon Zone

 Suwon Zone

 Gyeonggi Zone

They want you all to see that they still have their sense of play (goof off) Two of the zones didn't play!

There was good training and good music.  Nearly all of it was based on using Facebook, Messenger and KakaoTalk (a commonly used tool in Korea).
Of course, a break for lunch is always nice...

 For the first time, we have a trumpet player in our mission . We are excited to utilize his talent. He has tremendous talent. It's amazing what you can do with a trumpet, violin, and piano... this number was awesome.  visit the mission facebook page to hear it and other numbers as well.

The camera runs off on its own once in a while and captures an occasional cameo shot...

Sister Turner and I had a special experience today.  We had a busy calendar so we couldn't stay for the baptism, but we attend the Sacrament meeting at Bucheon Ward.  Two young men were going to baptized and we wanted to meet them.  The missionaries ran into a 15 year-old boy several months ago who had a lots of interest in what the missionaries had to say.  As he learned, he invited a friend to join him.  The two of them are full of joy and kindness and love the missionaries.  They already have so many friends in the ward.  It was fun to watch.

As for the birthday, the missionaries surprised President Turner with all kinds of things this week.  There are a few videos that were too large for the blog, but we tried to include at least one.  There were lots of fun, touching moments, so many calls, texts, emails with warm birthday wishes.  At the end of the day, while wrapping up, the Assistants and Sister Turner asked me to come downstairs.  They had received pictures from almost all the missionaries which were taped on the walls of the hallway for us to peruse and finished with a nice birthday cake.  It was a rich day.

Finally, on the page of strange things we see, while driving home today, we looked up on about a ten-story building and saw something we're still trying to figure out.  If you think you know what it is, be sure to let us know.  It has a harness, but I don't think Santa lost him...

We are excited to go into interviews this week.  We're into the one-on-one time with each missionary.  We are getting into a cold period, you'll probably hear about it.  We gave them permission to spend extra time in their homes or at the church updating their electronic area books.  They have to move all the records onto their phones.  That will keep them busy through the coldest part of the day.  They are wonderful examples and we love being with them.  Until next time...