Ponbu Birthdays

"The District" Sisters Chong and Healey, Elders Robinson, Lish, Jeong, Ha, Mulcahy, Byun, Treuhaft and Haycock

Both of our office Elders - Mulcahy and Byun - celebrated birthdays in the past couple of weeks. A convenient tradition is a quick lunch and birthday dessert at the nearby Costco!

New AP

With the departure of Elder Bergeron, the effervescent Elder Greene is assigned as a new Assistant to the President and companion to Elder Lyman!

Early Dismissal

Oh, my aching heart! How we will miss these absolutely stellar missionaries! This was/is our most unusual transfer yet, with 5 missionaries departing two weeks early to accommodate the start of the new schoolyear. Our new arrivals won't arrive until September 2nd. In the meantime, things are a bit discombobulated!

Sisters Henrie and Knowles

Elders Bergeron, Adams and McWhorter

Heading to catch the train to Seoul to begin the homeward journey.

Elder Adams' 21st birthday fell on the evening of our farewell dinner and testimony meeting. He's looking fine even with the accidental scalping during his last haircut!

English Camp Dance Instruction

This is a belated video post to highlight the indefatigable Sister Missionaries we have! Sisters Chong and Healey taught 12 dance sessions during the day !! and then called out the line dancing during the evening dance. Elders enjoyed the chance to join in and help demonstrate!

August Zone Conferences

Jeonju Zone (Friday)

Daejeon Zone (Friday)

Happy Birthday in the Daejeon/Jeonju zones to Sisters Lutz, Koo, Elders Mulcahy, Byun, Bergeron and Adams

Happy Birthday in the Gwangju Zones during this next transfer to Sister Bourgeous and Elders Mathis and Boyce!

East and West Gwangju Zones (Tuesday)

One birthday to celebrate in the Cheongju Zone - for Elder Quinton- one of our few Canadian missionaries!

Cheongju Zone (Wednesday)

Summer English Camp

Over the past 3 days the Daejeon Stake held it's 2nd English Camp of the year for youth aged 12-17 at a lovely nearby mountain resort. Our Stake President, President Soh, has a vision and a passion for missionary work that has enabled members and missionaries to work together in this very successful endeavor. More than half of the participants were guests of church members who enjoyed sports, a variety of 12 different fun booths planned and operated by missionaries, special seminar presentations each day, and lots of food. Everyone went home happy and exhausted.
We hope to see similar success as at our Winter Camp six months ago which produced a 20% baptism rate of participants and their family members, sparked from interest in the church derived from the English Camp experience and friendshipping by members.

New District and Sister Leaders

Elders Krall, Bailey and Hansen

Sisters Henrie and Moffat (missing Sister Koo)

Elders Cox, Sadler and Jeong (missing Elder Greene)

Every zone has from 2-4 districts and each district has from 4-10 missionaries. District leaders have many responsibilities such as supervising, teaching and inspiring the missionaries in his district, planning and conducting weekly meetings, interviewing baptismal candidates and generally looking after the well being of the missionaries of his stewardship.
Sister leaders responsibilities include coordinating sister exchanges, promoting harmony and setting an example through obedience, hard work, proselyting skills and other aspects of missionary work.
These leaders are key to the success of the mission!

July Zone Leader Council

Zone leaders met for an all day planning session for the upcoming zone conferences. It's a great day of bonding and a spiritual uplift to discuss needs, ideas and goals and to help keep the mission moving in the upward trend.
Front to back, L to R:
Elders Ha Yeong Woo, Baek Seung Ik, Haycock, Cha Yo Na, Byun Chang Ki (AAP), Bergeron (AP), Kim Hui Jae, Cianflone, Hill, McWhorter, McCort, Lyman (AP), Adams, Pres. Perriton

Farewell

Left to Right: Elders Hong Gwang Jin, Wilcox, Bae Seong Jin, Richter, Lee Jae Won, Clegg, Thiel, Kim Jong Chul and Sisters Lim Eun Sol, Lee Da Rae and Mabray.
How we love them so! It's hard to say goodbye, but I know we will meet again!

The evening before the departing missionaries head up to Seoul we have a farewell dinner together at the mission home. They arrived in the mission together and sometimes they have not seen each other again except on the rare occasion of a whole-mission meeting such as when Elder Scott visited in April. Sometimes they may serve their whole mission without serving in the same zones and so this end- of -mission dinner party is a wonderful reunion for them.

Awesome New Missionaries!

Left to Right: Elders Treuhaft, Chamberlain, Bullen, Dickson, Boothe, Gardner. Sisters Bourgeous, Chartier, Alder

Ready to head out to their first areas with their trainers:
Top row L to R: Elders Bullen, Taylor, Boothe, Saunders, Chamberlain, Ence
Row 2: Elders Gardner, Skabelund, Hansen, Dickson, Treuhaft, Robinson
Row 1: Sisters Bourgeous, Henrie, Blazzard, Chartier, Alder, Moffat

We fit 28 pieces of luggage into the mission van when we picked the new missionaries up from the airport! They rode back to Daejeon by bus with the AP's.

Everyone enjoyed the yummy traditional meal at our favorite neighborhood restaurant. Elder Dickson loved it so much he was reluctant to leave!

Nine wonderful new Elders and Sister arrived this week, so full of excitement and wonder. It's the rainy season and on their first full day here they go out to proselyte for a few hours and have already experienced getting soaked by warm rain! Umbrellas don't help much when the wind is strong! They are so happy to be here, they think everything is great!