Missionaries' Merry Christmas!

On Wednesday, December 23rd, the north half of the mission met at the Daejeon Stake Center for a day of Christmas celebration. The agenda included a video clip of each missionary, after which we watched The Polar Express. We used the theme of "I Believe in Miracles" throughout the day. After a Christmas luncheon we exchanged gifts and decorated gingerbread cookies. Finally, we adjourned to the chapel and enjoyed a wonderful program of music and scripture. A joyful time was had by all!
This A-frame is called a chigae. It has traditionally been used by Korean farmers and vendors to carry their wares. Without the basket, it is astounding to see what can be carried on a person's back! The pole is used to prop against the frame while resting. We piled all the white elephant gifts that the missionaries brought to the party in the basket as our main decoration of the day!

As a gift to Pres. Perriton, I made this gift as an office decoration: a paper chain with the names of all 253 people baptized in 2009 - The highest number of baptisms since 1999. Each link is a precious soul that we are so thankful to have brought into the fold!
A big THANK YOU to Elder and Sister Pierce for all their help to make our Christmas parties a wonderful success!

Happy Birthdays to Elder Brown, Ko, and Sisters Eagar and McKay!

Daejeon Zone, including our Daejeon Stake President, Sol Yang Hwan and his wife, Sister Kim

Daejeon Zone, District A

Daejeon Zone, District B

Daejeon Zone, District C

Cheongju Zone, including our Cheongju Stake Pres. Jung Tae Gul and his wife, Sister Kim

Cheongju Zone, District A - two of our lovely sisters wore their Hanbok, traditional Korean dress in beautiful Christmas color!

Cheongju Zone, District B

Cheongju Zone, District C

On Christmas Day, the south end of the mission gathered together at the Jeonju Stake Center. We followed the same program as on Wednesday. We have so much musical talent in the mission for which we are very grateful. On each day we had several missionaries share their talents in special musical numbers during the program. Our amazing Elder Anderson wrote a beautiful background score for the piano that played throughout the readings, and a wonderful arrangement of What Child is This, played by two of our accomplished pianists at each of the parties.

Happy Birthday to Elder Barzee on this very Christmas Day! and also to Elders Bulloch and Lallatin during this transfer period!

Jeonju Zone

Jeonju Zone, District A

Jeonju Zone, District B

West Gwangju Zone

West Gwangju Zone, District A

West Gwangju Zone, District B

East Gwangju Zone

East Gwangju Zone, District A

East Gwangju Zone, District B