I've been transferred to Taegu! It's the third largest city in South Korea and the second largest city in our mission. It's also very hot. I'm now a "senior" missionary, with Elder Seal from Ogden, Utah as my junior companion. He's a nice guy. My area in Taegu is huge and is called Su-sung, or Seusung. It serves as the Stake Center, with a large Korean Ward and the US military foreign branch. I'm pretty excited.
It's hot here (did I mention that?).
It was sooooooooo hard to leave Sacheon. I felt like the Branch was my home away from home, family away from family. I love them and will do whatever it takes to get back there to visit before I end the mission! I'm really going to miss the beautiful, dirty, crazy south-western corner of our mission.
A large group of missionaries went home this week. I'm pretty sad. I had a number of really good friends in that group.
I'm really excited to serve here. It should be fun. Please pray for me to survive the heat!!!!!! Taegu is known as one of the hottest places in Korea in the summer. :) Love, Elder Bocchino
Hey everyone, Josh here. I've been called to serve a two-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Korea Busan Mission (Korean speaking). I'll have limited communication during the mission, so my family will keep this blog updated with my experiences in the Land of the Morning Calm.
"For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent?
"So then Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God...Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." Romans 10:13-15, 17-18
"So then Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God...Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world." Romans 10:13-15, 17-18
Mailing Address
Elder Joshua Bocchino
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Korea Busan Mission
Dongnae PO Box 73 Busan-si
Busan-gwangyeoksi 607-600
South Korea
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Korea Busan Mission
Dongnae PO Box 73 Busan-si
Busan-gwangyeoksi 607-600
South Korea
The Portland, OR Temple
LDS Temple in Seoul, Korea
Interesting Links
Areas and Companions
- 6) Bangojin, South Korea: Companion: Elder J. Adam Murray (Bountiful, UT) 12/07/09 to 3/01/10; Elder Trevor Moore (St. George, UT) 3/01/10 to present.
- 5) Gyeongju, South Korea: Companion: Elder Landon Green (Kaysville, UT) 8/2/09 to 10/25/09; Elder Routson (Lehi, Utah) 10/25/09 to 12/07/09.
- 4) Taegu, Seusong Ward, South Korea: Companion - Elder Seal (Ogden, UT) 6/22/09 to 8/2/09.
- 3) Sacheon, Samchonpo, South Korea: Companions: Elder Naccarato 2/16/09 to 3/30/09; Elder E. Tay Hee (Elder Lee) 3/30/09 to 4/10/09; Elder McKenna 4/10/09 to 6/22/09.
- 2) Gwangan, Busan, South Korea: Companions: Elder Jeff Hinton (Sandy, UT) 10/13/08 - 01/04/09; Elder Choi 01/04/09 to 02/16/09.
- 1) Missionary Training Center (7/30-10/13/08): Companion: Elder Marcos Heaton (Vernal, Utah); Roomates: Elder Caleb Anderson (Orem, UT) and Elder Thomas Singleton (Layton, UT)
About Me
- Bocchino
- I have completed my first year at Brigham Young University, and am now serving a 2-year mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Busan Korea, from July 30, 2008 to July 30, 2010.
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