Tradition!

Our mission has two unique traditions.  The first is a "Bean Shower" where new missionaries are "showered" with gifts.  Here's an example:

Then when a missionary is going home, they get "pie-d".  I'm not sure when these traditions began, but they seem to be part of who we are as The Chosen Frozen.  Here is a "Pie-ing":

Besides the tradition of having fun, our missionaries are obedient, hard-working and full of

Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

Ringing in a New Year!

Yay for New Beginnings and Fresh Starts!

Kacie left Japan with many sweet good-byes.

She's getting adjusted to college life and seems ready for this new adventure.

Feeding lunch to our mission leaders.  Thank goodness for Costco pizza!

This is our ward's New Year's Party--making mochi.

It's fun to experience these new traditions--pounding rice into a dough.

Yes, Happy New Year to All.

We are so grateful to be serving and sharing God's Plan of Happiness with the people of Hokkaido.