March Zone Conferences

We were delighted with special guests from our Asia North Area Medical Advisors, Elder and Sister Mead and Elder and Sister Brown. They gave wonderful presentations on how to protect and maintain good physical and mental health while serving rigorous missions. Along with expressions of faith and testimony, their visit was a wonderful blessing and enhancement to our zone conferences!

Daejeon Zone

Cheongju Zone

Suwon Zone

Happy Birthday and Saeng-il Chuka Hamnida to Elder Elliott, Sister Crowther and Kil, Elders Treufaht, Stephens, Sumsion, Tegai and Duckworth!

West Gwangju Zone

East Gwangju Zone

Jeonju Zone

We sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY and gave out little gifts to Elders Anderson, A. Morin & D. Morin, Elder Thorkelson, Sister Oh Min Jeong, and Elders Jube, Nelson and Duckworth!

Sisters from the Cheongju and Daejeon Zones. At this time there are no sisters serving in the Suwon Zone.

Sisters from the Jeonju, East and West Gwangju Zones

Elders David (R) and Alexandre(L) Morin had a joyful reunion this morning as they met for the first time since saying goodbye on the day of their arrival in Korea nearly a year and half ago. Alexandre has been serving in the Seoul West Mission until the recent transfer of twelve Elders to the Daejeon Mission. Happy day!

MARCH ZLC

Left to Right, front to back: Elders Thomas, Duckworth, Kang, Shrack, Choi, Han, Richards, Anderson, Bulloch, Gygi, Stephens, McArthur, Pres. Perriton, Elders Jube and Kappas.

This group of Zone Leaders is larger than usual with the new addition of the Suwon Zone. Elders enjoyed a great day of planning and preparing for upcoming zone conferences.

Newcomer to the Ponbu

With this last transfer, we had a changeup in the Mission Office staff. Elder Choi Hong Soo returned to the field to serve in Nonsan and Elder Cho Min Hyeung came in to serve as Administrative Assistant to the President.

Welcome to the Suwon Zone!

The former Suwon Zone, with President and Sister Burton, front left to right: Elders Bae and Kappas, Elder and Sister Wright, President and Sister Burton, Elders Sorensen, Nye. Back: Elders Fertig, Jube, Morin, Nordfelt, Thomas, Pearson, Nelson and Curriden. A very fine looking group!

The new Suwon Zone, including Elders Conley, Selman and Choi who will be moving in from more southern areas.

Oh, it was a happy day on Friday when we were able to meet the 12 wonderful new missionaries and Senior Couple who have been officially transferred to the Daejeon Mission from the Seoul West Mission. High emotion and great gratitude were experienced by all in this historic move. We were able to spend a couple of hours and share a meal together, and had a chance to express feelings and testimony. We are so blessed!

Gone But Never Forgotten!

Elder Ha Young Soo left a few days earlier than the rest to be able to begin his school term on time. It was wonderful to meet his delightful family!
We said a difficult and emotional farewell to a record number of departing missionaries. How we love them and will miss them SO much! We wish the VERY best to Elders Ko Hong Soon, Ahn Min, Baek In Woo, Zachary Huffaker, Baek Seung Ik, Joshua Freckleton, Randall Cox and Sisters Katie Jensen, Jessica Moynihan, Angela Erickson, Jessica Miller, Lee Se Ri, Connie Fairbanks, and Mallory Eagar.
Waiting on the train platform for the KTX to take them to Seoul to attend the temple.

Our New Arrivals!

Welcome Sisters Seo Ye Ji, Megan Warner, Janae Richey, Jung JiYeon, Elders Kim Sung Won and Kim Hak Pyeung!

Private training session with President and the AP's

Just before departing to their first areas with their trainers - Back: Sisters Jung, Copeland, Thayn, Seo, Richey, Oh, Warner, and Nam. Front: Elders Park, Kim, Kim and Millard. This is such an exciting time!

We are so happy to welcome six new missionaries to the best mission in the world! We enjoyed two wonderful days getting to know them and feel our kindred spirits meld! We can tell they are going to be amazing missionaries!

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.