Failure:

This was supposed to be the day when the first payment was due, I think it was the payment for plane tickets, but it turns out that almost everyone who wanted to go suddenly dropped out. We have maybe five from last year and two new ones. Danny Joe and Tyler. It seems like it is going to be very hard to get interest in missions for some reason this year. CBC had more than seventy-five applications last year alone and we have seven...

I don't understand why people don't want to go, maybe they are scared by Brother's amazing man beard. Or, maybe they just need to be made aware of the mission opprotunity by a more reliable source. It can't sound good to have two seniors come up and ask you about whether you want to run away to mexico for a couple weeks... Note to whoever takes me and Trevor's place next year. Make sure you get the administration involved in promoting this mission. Obviously kids need more encouragment to commit to leaving the country than I can give them.

First Parent Meeting:

Our first parent meeting was tonight and we had quite a few parents show up. So far it is looking okay, we had maybe ten new families here so we should have a decent turn out for the mission this year, better than last year anyway.

But even with all the parents that showed up we only have two new guys committed to mission. Danny Joe Adams and Tyler Fratzke. We were hoping for at least three from each grade... Not what we are looking for so far.

The people that are interested though are Kevin Hogan, Matt Mac, Teddy Dujokidivc (misspelled quite badly), Anthony Liggit, Brandon Weshe, and a couple others that are even less involved than those ones.

So this could end up being fantastic or it could be a waste of time to try and plan... We have nine committed if everyone from last year still wants to go.