Almost One Year...

Hey everybody,

It's almost Halloween, which means I'm heading up on my 1 year mark. It's a strange sensation, time has a strange way of passing on a mission. The days feel like weeks, but the weeks feel like days. And yet, every second can be pure bliss - as long as you make it so.

This week was good, we kept busy with going to the temple on Tuesday and buying groceries, we met with investigators, talked to a lot of college kids, and had a musical fireside.

We had to drop a lot of investigators this week, some, like SSS, said he got a job and couldn't meet anymore, he'll be working 12 hours a day every day. Others said they'd be busy for the next...year. And the rest just stopped answering their phones. We still have plans for a baptism this coming week, but he hasn't answered his phone for a week. He would accept everything we taught him and we were able to see him really change, but it seemed like he just dropped off the face of the planet. It's hard, because regardless if he gets baptized or not, I still want to talk to him. Just like SSS. They're my friends, and I love them. It's hard when people can't see past the suit and name tag and see a person underneath. But I still think he'll be able to contact us soon and we'll figure out if he will still be baptized soon or not.

Still enjoying every moment and definitely loving the weather. We started to call all of the members and get their available time, so that when we schedule an appointment, we have to find a member available at that time. Now we can schedule our appointments according to the member's time. We didn't finish, calling took a long time, but at church they started passing around a calendar for members to fill out. Wonderful. We were so happy.

The work is tiring, humbling, frustrating, and hard. But it's one of the most fun things I've ever done.

I love it out here! Korea pride. 뿅!

Elder Franchina