A full week of interviews and one celebrity!

This carrousel is going faster that we ever imagined.  On weeks like this we especially feel vulnerable to time passing.  We arose for interviews on Tuesday and rested Friday evening excited we got to see 83 of the missionaries and chat one on one with each of them.  Then, on top of that we prepared all week for the missionaries to attend a Lexi Walker concert on Saturday with their friends learning about the Church.

As we said in the last blog, we started interviews.  However, we didn't show any pictures at that time, but wanted to combine the majority of them for this week.  We hope you can find the loved one you are missing:

These two got away for an appointment before we could get a picture with them, but they sent us one later.

 

 

 The phone gets away from us once in a while.  Usually, the pictures that come out are pretty entertaining.

At the end of interviews one day, two wonderful missionaries provided a nice gift to us.  Ever made banana bread in a rice cooker?  These guys are amazing.  Moist and tasty!

Finally, on Saturday we had a wonderful opportunity to attend a concert from the YouTube star and Church member Lexi Walker.  What a thrill that was for us.  She was full of light and a real pleasure to listen to.  If you want to know a little more about her you can find it here: Lexi Walker

The missionaries were invited to come and bring friends learning about the Church.  It was well attended.  It will be fun to read the reviews later. The person on the card with her was Seo Chulgu, a local rapper who became famous by competing in a large Korean talent show.

These two missionaries had a great picture with her.  I had counseled them to not put their arms around her, but it appears she grabbed them!

 We had a great conversation with Lexi's father.  He's quite a kind man and had many fun stories about their family which would be fun to share, but they are theirs to share.

We had one fun observation outside our own apartment this week.  Most times we see people cleaning windows, but these guys were cleaning the granite!

We continue to find great joy in these young people.  We hope their letters home reflect positive things.  We love what we're doing and are humbled by the opportunity to be in this situation.

Until next week!