Interesting fact. When we receive new missionaries, flu shots are administered from about June through October. The medical personnel figure these are the months when flu hits the Philippines hard. Our first batch not receiving the flu shot was hit with a heavy dose of the flu. The Missionary Recovery Center (MRC) was like a revolving door. Missionaries would arrive and stay for 3 or 4 days, leave and others would arrive. We had a "no handshake rule". This is often very difficult for missionaries to comply with. It's even more difficult when you are out in the field and your Mission President tells you not to shake hands.
This was another large batch. Australia, China, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, United States and Vietnam. We had 2 translators this batch - Thailand and Vietnam. 197 RTM's and LTM's plus 54 from Provo. 251 mighty missionaries this batch!
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