Korean Family‏

Dear Family,

More thoughts on the past weekend.... We attended a Korean wedding reception and dinner which was fabulous. The bride is a member of our little Qingdao Branch and she wore a traditional Korean wedding gown. She looked stunning and we had a great evening. Not all the members of the Branch were invited, just us and we felt honored.
We took a 45 minute bus ride, in the pouring rain, to Brother Harrison Kong's home, to ride to the reception with him. He and his mother-in-law, sister Yeom, went with us. It was another hour and a half to the reception. It was a memorable evening because we shared it with our dear Korean brothers and sisters. I will send pictures.
Oh - and the bride and groom had a special gift for all the guests - 2 hand towels each, with their names and the date stamped on them!

We were married AGAIN the following morning on the Beach - here in Qingdao. It was a fun day,with the Chinese treating us like monkeys in the zoo....We are the "token" Americans. They don't understand a word we say and we don't understand a word they say. The wedding "ceremony" was so funny and there were photographers all over and there was a feeling of celebration. We went to dinner after the "ceremony" and the meal consisted of both kidney, as well as liver - fixed Chinese style ..YUCK..YUCK..YUCK
Oh - and there were gifts too. Another plate, with Chinese writing on. Two t-shirts that will probably fit Marin and "1", very small - single bed sheet!!!!!!!!! So funny........

Sunday we had another baptism in our Branch. It was Brother Yoon's middle son, who just turned 8 years old. The baptismal font was filled as we had Sacrament meeting and the children kept going back and sticking their hands in the water. As soon as the block of meetings ended, the baptism took place, with your Father officiating. Brother Yoon ask Dad to confirm his son and it was a beautiful confirmation prayer - I wish you could have all been there to hear it!
Then, the Koreans fed all of us! Peking duck! It was really pretty good and it was a wonderful afternoon.

There is something I wanted to add here because I don't want to ever forget it....
There is a very reverent, loving, caring, kind, feeling among the Korean members... They are so generous to everyone. Generous with their time. Generous with their money. Generous with their affections. Generous with all they have. As I sat there at the baptism, I watched them and the way they treated each other and each others children. They treat all the children as the Savior treated the little ones. They all had a small one on their laps and they all were hugging, either their own child,or anothers child. And, the children were perfectly content with whoever was holding them - even if they weren't their own parent.
Are we as Christlike to other peoples children? Do we truly love and care for all of God's children? It really caused me to think and look at myself and how I act or re-act to the situations in my life. Am I as Christlike?
Please think about this.... I know I have!
Much Love,
Mom