Spring is in the Air!

We are going more and more without winter coats, though we still need them occasionally.  You can see in some of the pictures things are changing. You can't go by the color of the grass as it is always yellow except in the prime of the year.

Last Sunday we held a "True to the Faith" fireside which is a fireside where recent converts speak to those who are learning about the church, the missionaries perform musical numbers and one missionary shares a personal testimony.  It is always a great thing followed by about an hour of socializing over cookies, strawberries, nuts, chocolate, etc. 

We could only fit so many in the picture.

Here are the three actual performances.  I have learned how to get the long ones into a smaller format.  They have so little time to practice given their schedules, but they do amazing things!  We try to include everyone in the pictures.  This is only one stake and some missionaries were unable to attend.  We try to do one of these each month in a different stake.

We had two more districts of interviews this week.  We could only have one district council as the Korean missionaries in one district was participating in a special English aptitude test to be considered for enrollment into BYU-Hawaii.  It was still great being with them.

We think the picture in the background is especially meaningful to these missionaries as they do so much service for others!  This group is in the Yeongdeunpo and Bucheon District.

This group is in Icheon and Bundang District.  No pictures, we weren't smart or alert enough, but as we arrived, we were in a freak snow storm with huge flakes and cold wind.  Gratefully it blew over in only a short period and we were able to walk outside to lunch together.  Spending time with them is always an amazing experience, especially over food!

The highlight of the week was definitely another day at the temple with our wonderful missionaries!  We truly enjoy spending time with them.  Have we said that before?
Sister Turner enjoys getting them to pose.  They really have fun with it.

 See if you can find anything unusual about this one below.  You may need to enlarge it to really appreciate it.

 They do love Sister Turner and her big heart and tasty treats!

 All with a common title and role...

 Pretty awesome group of young ladies!

 What's one more pose?

 Posing takes a lot of energy... Needed an energy lift.

 Of course, we don't mind being together either...We are together so much now, we are really uncomfortable when we are not together.  Ah, blessed companionship!

Well, that's all for today.  We have lots of pictures planned for this week as we have a Mission Tour with our visiting General Authority and counselor in the Area Presidency, Elder and Sister Yamashita will be coming.  We'll have pictures with everyone.  We are excited for Spring.  We're sure those of you in the US are probably most ready for spring after the brutal winter that never seems to end.  We hope you find someone in these you know and love!  We sure appreciate all of you and your support and prayers for us and our missionaries.  Until there's more...