Suncheon District Conference

Here are some pictures of missionaries with their investigators and members.

February Zone Conferences

Elder Park was the lone missionary to be celebrating a birthday during the period from this zone conference to the next. Happy Birthday!!

East Gwangju Zone

West Gwangju Zone

Jeonju Zone

Daejeon Zone

Cheongju Zone

This month's zone conferences focused on teaching the pure doctrine of Christ with emphasis this time around on the Plan of Salvation. Zone leaders trained on ways to encourage investigators to attend church and the AP's presented a great power point on the subject of retention. Sister Kim Yeong Jun, who lives in the Cheongju Stake and is newly returned from serving in the Washington DC North Mission, was a special guest speaker and bore a wonderful testimony of the thing she misses the most - the POWER of the call to represent the Lord Jesus Christ. The removal of that nametag at the time of release has a huge emotional impact! But missionary work doesn't ever end! Returned missionaries are expert in knowing how to be perfect member missionaries.

February Zone Leader Council

Front to back, L to R: Elders Ha, Baek, Millard, Cho, Stephens, Schrack, McArthur, Anderson, Richards, Duckworth, Han, Choi and Pres. Perriton

It's time for zone conferences again next week! Zone leaders and AP's met together for a day of planning and preparation for the training and focus of this month's conferences.
Missionaries recently made a list of why they love this day as a time to: feel the spirit and be edified, to know how to fulfill our purpose, to learn, be renewed, and to feel the love and support of fellow missionaries and leaders.

REALLY Big News Flash!!

The Daejeon Mission is about to expand! Beginning with our next transfer on March 4th, the Suwon Stake, currently in the boundaries of the Seoul West Mission will be incorporated into the Daejeon Mission. This means that we will also receive twelve precious missionaries from the Seoul West Mission who serve the Suwon Stake. On our part, we are thrilled with this wonderful news. On the other hand, we sympathize with President and Sister Burton and the grief they and their mission will suffer to turn 12 of their beloved over to us. However, we are all in this wonderful work together, and allegiances can be shared. Love multiplies, it does not divide, and we consider the missionaries who will transfer to be very blessed indeed, to be able to broaden their experience in building up the Kingdom of God in multiple missions. We don't yet know who they will be, so stay tuned for our next exciting transfer week!
The rest of the story is that in July, at the end of President and Sister Burton's three year assignment to preside over the Seoul West Mission, the Seoul and Seoul West Missions will combine under the leadership of current Seoul Mission President Lee Yong Hawn. The Pusan Mission remains unchanged.

Elder and Sister Donald L. Hallstrom Mission Tour

East Gwangju Zone

Daejeon Zone

West Gwangju Zone

Cheongju Zone

Jeonju Zone

Yesterday we were delighted with a visit from Elder Hallstrom from the Presidency of the 70. Accompanying the Hallstroms were Elder and Sister Choi Yoon Hwan from our North Asia Area Presidency. Rarely have we had the blessing to gather all of our missionaries together. We enjoyed a wonderful spirit of love and spiritual insight and all felt edified and renewed!

Mini Reunion in Hawaii

This past week President Perriton was required to make a quick trip to US soil to renew his green card status before it expired. Without doing so it might have been tricky to return home come July! He went to Hawaii for a couple of days, and was able to have a wonderful evening with some of our beloved returned missionaries who are attending BYU-H. Pictured above are Kwon Jun Sung with wife Jang Hyo Jin and baby, Daniel Hill, Im Eun Sol, Choi Jung Geun, Hong Kwang Jin, Byun Chang Ki and Lee Jae Won (and girlfriend). Special bonus guests were President and Sister Cole, who were the 2nd Mission president and spouse to serve the Korea Daejeon Mission in 1989-92. They are currently serving on the faculty of the university.