LDS Church News: Fortify church in Korea

SEOUL, Korea —

A special meeting with Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve was a highlight on a varied list of activities during a young single adult conference in Seoul, Korea, Aug. 13-15.

Also available to the young adults were a Han River cruise, humanitarian project, tour of the Korean National Museum and visits with famous politicians at the National Assembly Building.

Nearly a thousand young people came together for three days of instruction, inspiration, interaction and just plain fun at the \"Worldwide Korean Young Single Adult Conference “ 2009.\"

The theme of the conference was \"Gather in Zion,\" following scriptural guidance to \"be gathered home unto the lands of their possessions,\" (see 2 Nephi 29:14) and to \"seek to bring forth and establish the cause of Zion\" (see Doctrine and Covenants 11:6).

Elder Cook of the Quorum of the Twelve, who was accompanied by his wife, Sister Mary Cook, asked participants, \"Why do we need nearly a thousand of our single adults together at this time?\" He then answered his own question, speaking of how it had long been a concern of the area presidency that the young people of Korea need to be thinking about courtship and marriage earlier than has traditionally been the case. He invited Elder Claudio Costa of the Presidency of the Seventy and Elder Yoon Hwan Choi of the Quorum of the Seventy to share some of their courtship experiences, later allowing their wives, Sister Margareth Costa and Sister Bon Kyung Koo Choi, \"equal time\" to give their own versions of how it really happened.

Elder Cook concluded the conference with three principles he felt were important.

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