Anyanghasaeyo: 12 New Missionaries Arrive in March!

Thursday, March 20, 2008

12 New Missionaries Arrive in March!

We hit the jackpot with the largest group of incoming missionaries yet since our arrival last July! On Thursday evening we traveled to Inchon airport to meet two Sisters and four Elders from the US, and earlier in the day six Korean Elders arrived from the Korea Missionary Training Center in Seoul. They are all so wonderful. We are so excited! On their first full day we take them out to a nice lunch at a nearby Korean restaurant. For some, it is their first taste of Korean food from which there are some mixed reviews! But everyone is brave, eager and excited to begin their great 18-month or 2-year adventure.
The lower left photo shows all the new missionaries with their trainers, ready to depart to their new areas. Elder Haycock and his new companion Elder Ahn Min departed earlier.

7 comments:

jackie said...: How exciting! It's fun to see Elder Sealy's smiling face! That's great he gets to work with some of the new missionaries!; March 21, 2008 at 1:34 AM
Anonymous said...: My Elder Sealy is TRAINING!!! Send him my love!; March 21, 2008 at 2:28 AM
Anonymous said...: Goodness, I just realized that this is his first Korean Companion! That is what he wanted. I am so happy for him and proud of him!; March 21, 2008 at 2:30 AM
Mary Perriton said...: Yes, he is very happy to be training a new Korean companion! Thank you so much for your comments! It makes me day!; March 21, 2008 at 11:15 AM
Davy said...: This is Sister Crockett's dad. Thanks for doing the great blog. It is exciting to see these wonderful pictures. Thanks for your great service and all you are doing to help these great missionaries feel at home in this new land for them.; March 22, 2008 at 5:51 AM
Kim Hill said...: Sister Perriton,

Thank you so much for having this site and posting pictures. It is soooo nice to see pictures of our son and know that he really is in Korea. We appreciate all you are doing for the missionaries in Daejon. Thank you!

Kim Hill; March 26, 2008 at 2:45 AM
Cristie said...: Dear President and Sister Perriton, Our son Nathaniel just opened his call on Saturday (we had a big conference call with all our 8 children and spouses on the line--including one who is in Beijing China), and he was thrilled to be called to the Daejeon Korea Mission. We have enjoyed exploring this blog and learning more about the mission and the people. He enters the MTC May 7. Thank you for creating this wonderful blog! We're excited to read it over the next 2 years. Warmest Regards, Sister Cristie Gardner; April 3, 2008 at 2:17 AM

Welcome

A short history about us:
President Alan G. Perriton was born in Christchurch, New Zealand. He served a mission in Korea from 1965-68. He and 3 other elders opened the Daejeon area to missionary work in 1967, so this area has a special place in his heart. After his mission he attended BYU where we met and were married in the Salt Lake Temple in 1972. After graduation, he began a 34-year career with General Motors Corp. that kept the family mobile with assignments in New York, Korea, California, Tennessee, Michigan, back to Korea, and Japan before retiring in 2006.

I, Mary Perriton was born and raised in San Diego, California. I completed my college education and graduated from BYU in 2006 after taking a 34-year break to raise a family of five children! Our oldest 3 children are married, the youngest 2 are single and still attending school. We are the proud grandparents of 7!

The Pierces come to us from Aurora, Colorado and will be serving in the best mission in the world for the next 23 months (until Dec. 2010).
Elder Michael S. Pierce was born and raised in Sacramento, California. He served in the California South Mission and then studied Bus. Management at BYU. In 1969 he and Laura DeGrey were married in the Salt Lake Temple.
Elder Pierce is the business owner of his own Insurance Agency and also owns two Baskin Robbins franchises. He has served in many capacities in the church, including as a counselor in a Stake Presidency and as a Bishop.
Sister Laura Pierce was born in Miami Florida, and grew up in New Orleans. She graduated from Ricks College with a degree in Phys. Ed. She has work experience as a health aide in the Elementary Schools and as President and Manager of their Baskin Robbins stores. Sister Pierce has held many church callings, including teaching seminary, gospel doctrine and as Relief Society President. The Pierces have 5 children and 14 grandchildren.
As the office couple the Pierces help everything run smoothly and efficiently by handling many of the temporal affairs of the mission, allowing the full time Elders and Sisters to be free of worldly concerns. They are invaluable and we couldn't do it without them!

The flag, called "Tae Kuk," symbolizes the thought, philosophy, and mysticism of the Far East.

The circle in the center represents the essential unity of all being. The Yang (positive) and the Yin (negative) divisions within the circle represent duality. Examples of duality are heaven and hell, fire and water, life and death, good and evil, or night and day.

The four trigrams also indicate the duality of opposites and balances. In the upper left trigram, three unbroken lines symbolize Heaven; opposite them in the lower right, three broken lines represent Earth.

In the upper right trigram, two broken lines separated by an unbroken line is the symbol of Water; opposite them is Fire, symbolized by two unbroken lines separated by a broken line. Symbolic of the nation is the white background (the land), the circle (people), and the four trigrams (the government). All three make up the essential elements of the nation.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

12 New Missionaries Arrive in March!

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Contact Info

Seoul

President and Sister Perriton

Welcome

Comments

Meet Our Office Couple

Seoul Temple

Believe

Daechon Beach Baptism

A precious well-read book!

Gotbap (Flower Rice)

Newly Planted Rice Fields

Prayer Rocks at SangGoksa

Wild Camelias

Korean Chest

Really Big Mum

Familiies are Forever

Buddhist Structure at Gakboksa

14th Century Wall Carvings in Cheonan

Wild Iris Field

Ceiling at Gakboksa in Choenan

Old Traditionl Home

Herbland

Daejeon Expo Center

Duck

It's Harvest Time

Lovely Orchids

Alot of Garlic!

Drying Peppers

View from the Highway

Cherry Blossoms

To learn about the message that our missionaries are here to share visit the following links:

The MakeUp of the Mission as of May 2010

Followers

NeoCounter Beginning February 12, 2008

Double Plus a Little More and Il Shim(Of One Heart and One Mind)

Wedding Ducks

The Field is Getting Whiter!

Lanterns

Kimchi Pot Tile Roof

Fountain

On Top of Daedunsan

New Rice

Pretty Rice Field

Lotus Bud

Jikji Printing Museum

Mikasa

In Our Neighborhood

1000 Buddahs

Pres. Hinckley at 2005 50th Anniversary

Traditional Dance

Korean art

Blog Archive

The Korean Flag

The 6 Zones of the Daejeon Mission and cities where missionaries serve

Where In the World Are You?

Music