24 Feb - 1 Mar

Well this has been an interesting week.  On Friday (21st) we were told to stay in our apartments because of the Coronavirus in Daegu.  We have 18 missionaries in that Zone and it was getting scary when the amount of people infected went from 30+ to over 800 in less than a week.  On Tuesday, President Jeong contacted the Area Authorities and asked if he could move all of those missionaries to the Busan area.  The approval was given, and they began to drive back and forth and move missionaries around.  We moved some missionaries out their apartments so that the missionaries from Daegu could be in that apartment.  We wanted to have the missionaries from Daegu be kind of isolated for the two weeks.  We still don't know what will happen in regard to all the missionaries here.  But whatever the Missionary Department decides, we will obey.  No meetings are being held.

So we were notified on Wednesday that all missionaries that would have gone home by May 31st are to be sent home.  And all Senior Missionaries. And all missionaries that are taking medications for asthma and depression will go home immediately.  We were also told that we would need to be isolated for two weeks after we get home.  So we planned on being sent home on Friday 28, February.  We had to come to the office on Thursday so that we could start training the elders with what I do and the finances.  One day training was not going to work very well.

When we arrived at the office the President told us that we may be extended for a week.  So we are just waiting right now.  We did take a picture:

Elder Aiwohi, Us and Elder Scow.

Elder Scow is from Las Vegas.  Somehow we were talking about Poland and what we did there.  Elder Scow asked us if we knew President Nielsen that was the mission president in Poland.  Of course, we said yes.  So he sent this picture to President Nielsen to let them know that he (Elder Scow) knows us too.  Elder Scow knows President Nielsen very well.  Small world!

So we will be coming home on the 7th of March.  We will be staying with our son Sean.  They have a big house and only him and his wife live there.  We can stay upstairs and not bother them at all.  2 weeks is going to drag by.  Better safe than sorry.  

So when we arrived last January, the city had just started digging the ground for a new apartment complex.  We just ahd to take a picture to show the progression.  These apartment buildings will be 30 stories high.  And there are a total of 8 buildings.

They are working on the 15th floor right now.

Well that's it for this mission!  I am thinking we will be released when we get home.  But we will have 3 months left, so who knows. 

I will write again when we get home.

Love and miss you all.😍😍😍