MISSION TOUR

I love this picture of Elder Bischoff bowing. Koreans still do this to show respect. Dinner at the mission home with the leadership from our stakes Elder Choi spent the evening instructing them. Our senior office missionaries came to the dinner. I asked him how he did since the entire evening was in Korean. He laughed and let me in on his secret. When meetings are in Korean, he chooses a topic and composes and sermon in his head. He said he did a very good job that night. This is the Elder that shared the story about his interview with Elder Choi He had asked what was hard about his calling as a general authority.

Wonderful experience for our mission

Fish Market

Dad and I went exploring to the local fish and produce market

You choose the one you want

while it swims in the case This looks tasty Or these for dinner

We went home empty handed and ate salmon from Costco The sweet lady in the background gave Dad hot red peepper spice, but she didn't want her picture taken My Korean cooking class uses red pepper all the time. I use 1/4 of what everyone else uses I still do not like the spicy foods here in Korea

BAPTISM DAY

Elder Choi asked Dad and I to drive down to see this man baptized. It was a friend of his for the past 30 years.

A sweet sister in the ward asked us over to dinner. They live in a beautiful high rise on the beach. Notice the kitchen table with chairs in the kitchen area. I was hoping to sit there but that is not KOREAN style

Wonderful day

MISSION HOME

When you enter, this is the first the first thing you will see. Korean style is to sit on the floor to eat, and these guys can eat.

I served scones with chili, rolls with chicken alfredo, cheesecake and mint brownies. The only thing I served that had even a morsel left was hot dogs. Needless to say, no more hot dogs. The sisters prefer our dining table.

Road Trip

I love when we travel. This is what most of our mission looks like. We are in the "country" of Korea. Everything, really everything is green.

Baptism

Sister Judd and Sister Choi asked Dad to baptize their investigator. They had met her on the bus. She is here doing graduate work. At first she would call them to make sure they did not forget to come. She understands English best, so dad did the baptism, confirmation and blessing in English.

The Perriton's had the mission so well prepared for us.

As I told you in my email, the Elders had gone outside and when Pres. Perrition handed Mark the phone it rang. They said they were Elder who had got on a wrong bus, was headed to Seoul, and didn't know where his companion was. My heart sank, but soon the Elders were through the door laughing. Our office missionaries. Elder Cho does everything with the language including helping me learn my testimony. Elder Lallitan (head turned away) is related to us through Grandma Furniss. Elder Duckworth left after 10 days. We missed him. Elder Anderson is incredible and continues to help Dad organize everything. He will leave in 3 weeks. Sister Pierce and her husband have helped me with every detail in the mission, taught me to drive and were stores are.

Meeting our missionaries.

Our neighborhood in Daejeon

This is just around the corner from the house. I am standing in the church parking lot.

I am standing in my driveway now. The mission home is located in a little below average neighborhood because there is no parking areas. About three blocks away the apartments go upscale a bit. Apartments nearby. These are older. The new apartments are usually 15 or more stories high.

Yes, I have learned to drive and these are the streets. It is like being on a mountain road, you must wait your turn to drive down the street. Korean people do not seem to have road rage. They know that the only way to make cars work on street not designed for them is to wait your turn.