I'm feeling a little better today. Not quite as congested. I'm still real achy and totally wiped. The director is teaching for me again today. I have hardly been out of the apartment in four days.

After what the director said to me yesterday, I've come to the really sad decision to leave Sapkyo at the end of this term in mid-May. I've actually been contemplating it since my first week here but decided to try to stick it out in hopes that some of the problems would resolve themselves. I have requested that the mission board give me some options for what else I can do with the church in Korea (my first choice since I'm already here and really like Korea) or Asia (my second choice since I'm already here and really like what I've seen so far) or elsewhere, but it seems that there aren't any other options for me through the mission program at this time.

I'm going to give the school 1-month notice, as stipulated in my contract, so I'll turn in my resignation on April 10th. I've already emailed the mission board to let them know of my decision. I've applied to a couple other schools here in Korea. I'm just trying to decide if that's really what I want to do since what I love is church work. If all else fails, I'll go back to Illinois, but that's really not what I want to do. I was really excited about having an international experience and serving the church, and I really like Korea. I could even see staying in Korea for longer than a year. It's a nice, clean, safe country. Friendly people. Very low cost of living. Lots to see and do. In fact, the only thing I don't like is this director who has literally made my life unbearable.

I guess that's all to report since I haven't done anything but sit around for four days. I'm down to two more days of Dr. Kim's mystery pills, and my butt still hurts from his shot, though the laugh I got out of the whole experience was worth it. I really, really like Dr. Kim and his wife. They've good people, and they do a lot for us. It's people like them that make it hard to leave here.