We had a fun week with the missionaries. We were able to interview them in their homes.
You will be very proud of them! They do a good job of being organized. I think some mops would help, but in general, very nicely cleaned. It didn't even look like they waited until the last minute!
We are very proud of them. We will do another 15 homes this week. This is a fun thing to do periodically. The pictures are even fun for us.
Great picture to have in your home to see every day!
We decided to do some interviews outside with them because the selfie stick wasn't with us.
This is the cover of a future rock group...
We tried to give you a sense of the view for this house...
The members of the ward provide gifts to the missionaries 'by the dozen'...
Korean pears or "bae's" are quite amazing. They were so kind to share...
Who wouldn't want this soothing wallpaper in their son's apartment?
All smiles because a local church member took them to Costco for a treat...
This apartment was kind of small and hard to find a place to extend the selfie stick...
Another small apartment where we went into the hallway to get a picture with wall art and poetry...
The lone piece of wall decoration in this apartment... Is it Christmas already?
Another house with Christmas stars...
Royalty's chairs to recline in with the sober look of royalty...
These large marshmallow chairs were hard to pass up on...
These sisters are carefully nurturing a small garden. They even named their plants...
Another place with few decorations and very clean. They have 'The Book'...
We also did some lunches, district council, and a few missionary activities together.
Sorry this one is so fuzzy. It's the old man shakes on the selfie...
We had three visits from previous missionaries who have finished their service, but still come visit us. These truly are a blessing to us. Sometimes they are surprises and we have to adjust our schedule. We never tire of the relationships we have with them!
This one came all the way from England. She brought her sister who has been working in China.
This sister we only had a dozen weeks while awaiting her visa to serve in the United States. She lives pretty close
This threesome surprised us on a rainy morning. They traveled from the southern part of the country to visit the temple and to visit us.
What an amazing couple of weeks in the work. We had a number of baptisms, people seeking the covenant path. They are a rich blessing to our missionaries and the missionaries to them. The joy of the gospel is clearly apparent in their eyes.
There were others we did not receive pictures for and were unable to attend.
This little family is from Cameroon and she met the missionaries while riding a bus nearly a year ago. Their little girl, who doesn't like strangers was playing with the missionaries and the mother wanted to know why there was so much light and kindness in the missionaries.
We had another luncheon with missionaries completing their language certification training. What a fun bit of time it was being with them. We forgot to capture the picture with them and their feast, but we caught them nonetheless.
We caught a few random pictures of missionaries these past few weeks or they forwarded them to us.
One of the nicest chandeliers in the mission...
Just a random pose. Can't get enough of the wall paper!
Who wouldn't want the light of these sisters in their lives! This little girl cried and cried when her mom took her to church. Now she cries worse when she tries to take her home!
I can never get enough pictures of Sister Turner in random (?) poses. She wants to pet every puppy. This one really lit up for her
She loves the group of nutcrackers we have in our home. She'd like to add this one to the collection. It's a little larger (10X) the others, but that's okay...
She is known as the mother of the mission... One of the favorite foods of the missionaries come from "Mom's Touch" restaurants...
Biggest dandelion we've ever seen. These are in some sisters' apartment.
Finally, we took a trip on the train to avoid the traffic. We traded cars for bodies... Your missionaries see this much more than we do!
No boring days during our time here! We are enjoy everything about Korea, even the challenges that come from the traffic, the distances, etc. We are so grateful for any time with the missionaries and working side by side with them. Their attitudes are infectious and magnetic. There is such light and goodness in them. We will take this group over any other 18-21 year old group you can give us. Thank you for all you've done to prepare them to be here. Until the next publication!
