The Elder Franchina-Elder Gardner Team Returns

Our investigators are doing alright, but progressing slower than we think they can. But it's good, they know we love them, and we go at the pace they can.  No baptisms planned for the next few weeks in our area, but we have a lot of hope.
'Why?', you might ask
The reason is, there's a great missionary coming to our area to be my new companion.
'How do you know he's a great missionary?' you might ask.
It may or may not be because I served with him a year ago.
That's right boys and girls, The Elder Gardner-Elder Franchina team was so great last year, they decided to put us together again, ready to take down all of Kangneung.

Old investigator in Sokcho!

It might not sound so cool to you folks at home, but serving with this Elder is a privilege. Elder Gardner is so nice and a really great guy. He was a great missionary when he was just a wee greenie, and now he's a Zone Leader! It's going to be so much fun.

The weather is getting hot, but we're trying some creative ways of staying cool (those refrigerator pants work better than you think!). Don't judge me, y'all, I'll be rocking these grandma pants at home.

It's really sad to see Elder Farr go, but it's good to see his example of sprinting to the end. Literally, we run everywhere. This morning for exercise we ran to the beach, and whenever we're going from place to place we sprint there. It's a lot of fun. You realize on your mission that when things get harder, they get more enjoyable and fun.

We did some service at an old folk's home. They're adorable.

 Missions are great.

Elder Franchina