Elder Hanks' Knocking in Korea: Greetings from Kaysville Utah !

Probably one of the first emails you guys have gotten about a missionaries week at home, right??

So finished my 3rd week of quarantine here, and HOPEFULLY just one more to go!

So the week was full of studying, yard work and whatever else could be found! My dad had a list of things he was planning to do this spring, so I think the Lord had some fun with the timing. Cause we've been able to get a lot of it done, and it was also pretty helpful for me to pass the time a little easier!

Also turned 20 this past week at home! Never thought I'd be spending my 2nd birthday as a missionary back at home, nowadays you can never expect anything. Sad thing though, is that because age is a little different in Korea, I had totally been 21 since my last birthday, but then I had to come home and lose a year, RIP. But it was nice to spend it back home.

Just last night my mom checked my temp (to make sure I don't have The Kung Flu you know?) and she was like "you feel a little hot..." And I was thinking 'oh shoot, I could totally have Corona!' and she was like "do you have a headache or sore throat?" because I wasn't coughing either, and I didn't at the time, but then just a little bit later I thought I started to feel it. And so last night I was sitting there in bed like worrying I was gonna wake up with Corona. So my mind was racing with all the worst case scenarios of not finishing the mission, or the whole ward getting infected or something. So I was pretty convinced I could have had the Kung Flu. But then woke up and all is well, no worries everyone. I'm not infected (as far as I know) and I'll be headin out to OKC next Monday hopefully!

Prayers go out to all the other missionaries serving in the world who are each dealing with their own struggles because of this thing. Please keep all the missionaries in your prayers!

Much love,

Elder Hanks