New group of missionaries arrived!

Last week we had a large group of new missionaries arrive, 24 total!

In this group of new missionaries we had a couple score perfectly on the ACT, a few champion athletes (like one young man was on the All-State and All-National teams for rugby).  We have some talented artists and talented musicians, that can play numerous instruments as well as sing (three sang in this last general conference missionary choir). We have a baking elder who supposedly makes great cream puffs! Recently an elder completed his mission who baked wedding cakes before his mission. Such talent! We have an elder who has such self discipline that he lost over 100 pounds in order to go on his mission (50 of pounds were lost in the MTC!). I’m sure he looks way different than he did before. We had a sister arrive with short hair (not the picture she submitted with her application-unrecognizable).  I needed to consult with a few missionaries before they left for their first area as they had medical problems.  A number of our missionaries have a sibling serving in another Korean mission.  One missionary was described by his bishop, on his application, as the most easy going and stress free person who makes friends with anyone, and that you would want him by you in case of an emergency!  And this group of missionaries came saying they met our son in the MTC, with a couple of them having pictures with Ben on their camera (I hope they forward those pictures to me).  The last transfer we had 14 new missionaries come. With this group of 24 added, plus trainers, we have 76 missionaries working through The First 12 Weeks program. That’s more than half our mission! We have a young group of missionaries in terms of time serving and leadership.