One of our projects recently has been hanging up maps to show where our missionaries are from.
We have 11 missionaries from countries other than US and Korea
We even have a special one for Utah from Ogden to Santaquin. We decided this one was too small. We'll get a bigger one for all our Utahans.
We've also been working on some apartments. After our meeting Monday morning, we went with the office elders to move the Ilsan Sisters into their new place. Their old apartment was so very tiny. The new apartment is not especially "new" but it is much bigger.
And since we needed a new tire on the van and we were in the neighborhood, we spent some time at Costco while the tire was being changed.
Tuesday afternoon we went out to fix a light at the sister's apartment in Girum. It was a pretty quick fix. Someone at church asked if we had been in Girum this week. She spotted us at the subway station.
Then on Wednesday we took possession of another apartment. This is for our new medical couple that will arrive this Tuesday. We've been gathering up more stuff to stock this new apartment.
One morning on our way to the office, we saw these workers. One man has a stick that he uses to shake the limbs of these trees to make the berries fall. They are nasty to step on so they're trying to get it over with.
And we saw this interesting building one day when we were out and about.
And we "found" a burger shop. Wow, remind me not to do that again!
Saturday we went out to Mapo. The World Cup Stadium is right at the subway station. We had heard about this festival they have every year, so we wanted to see it.
This was a pretend school and the kids are trying to learn their symbols. A little girl that was pretending to be a teacher was hitting the tables with her pointer and telling them what's what!
This was a mock up of an old prison. He looks pretty happy to be locked up though!
Games for old & young
Instead of sand, it has rice husks to play in. It's a wrestling game.
An ox cart ride
And some Chinese costumes.
Weaving with rice stalks
But this is what we really wanted to see. We thought it would be at 2:00, but found out that it would be at 4:00. That's why there was no one around.
So, in the mean time, we went next door to the fish market.
Giant crabs
And lots of other stuff.
And even some non-crowded space. We found some snacks to eat while we waited.
Then this "Pop Orchestra" started up. They're pretty cool guys. I mean, look at those hats!
One couple even did some dancing.
And before you knew it, they had a big crowd. The little ladies that came late somehow managed to work their way to the front. Watch out!
These are very typical Korean ladies. With their visors, wind breakers and backpacks. All they're missing is their shopping carts or their hiking poles!
Finally it was time to line up. All the kids got a bag for their shrimp.
He threw the shrimp into the pond,
Then this guy went in and picked up all the dead ones and threw them at the crowd. One landed by us, but we let the lady by us have it!
Then they let all the kids in.
After a few minutes, the shrimp were all caught, so the kids climbed back out. If they didn't get to catch one, they could go get one from the guy in the truck. I only noticed one boy crying about missing out. One older man went in with the kids, but they made him get out.
The staff had some neat t shirts
Then they let the adults go in and have a turn after they restocked the pool.
We decided that was enough fun for one day, so we headed home. Turns out everyone was heading home then too. It was pretty crowded.
When we got back to town, there were thousands of people with these yellow hats on. Some type of convention maybe. They didn't seem to be protesting anything!
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