We hosted our first branch party on Sunday to say farewell to three of our four missionaries. Sister Rix came with folding chairs, an extra table, plus all the yummy Korean food. We had a good mix of soldiers, Koreans, and Africans.
The most interesting people who came were invited by the elders. The African man thought he hired the Korean woman to clean his house. She thought he invited her to move in and thinks he is going to marry her. The African didn’t learn about the miscommunication until the elders translated her explanation of the relationship to him. Responding to the conversation of Korean’s with, “Yes, Yes,” isn’t always the best idea.
Brother Kim added to the festivities by playing his coronet for the missionaries. He was very honored to play in the Korean Navy Band at the White House to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean conflict.
We did apartment cleaning checks for young missionaries and none of you mothers want to know what we saw.
Most of our week was spent at the USO. It is a time of transition here with soldiers going home and others coming. Our USO is opening smaller facilities for two or the outposts on the DMZ so they needed help here while they were away.
We were able to meet one of the advance soldiers from the new brigade and he is LDS. He said he would stand on a street corner in Taiwan where he served his mission and the Chinese would come to touch his fire red hair. He never knocked a single door. We look forward to working with him.
We finished the week at the temple with our branch president and his wife. We love to be in the Lord’s Holy House and to remember that families can be together forever.
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