You say Good-bye, and I say Hello

It's transfer week again. Monday we say good-bye to a group of outstanding Missionaries, and send them home to their families. Our loss is their gain. A lot of happy parents out there, to be sure. We are going to miss them here in the Mission, we grow to love them in a hurry. Tuesday we"ll welcome 17 new missionaries into the fold. Elder Wilson gets to help pick them up from the airport, and likes to ask them, "How you doing, Elder?" in the hopes that one of them will reply "preety good?" just like in the movie "Called to Serve". He assures them they have just arrived at the best mission anywhere, and they are going to have the time of their life. It's our own circle of life, so to speak. So, you say good-bye and I say hello. Hello, hello.