To the best Friends and Family a person could hope for,
Well, other than the world pretty much going into apocalypse
mode, it's been a pretty normal week for me! Jk, these past few days have been
super crazy. As of right now, we are doing normal missionary work and teaching.
Our mission president told us to not freak out, however he did tell us to go to
the store and buy two weeks of food and toiletries, just in case. Us, being
mature adults and all, rather than buying 2 weeks of "food", we
bought 2 weeks of snacks! Yep, you can begin to shake your heads now. He said
if we come into contact with anyone with the virus, we are to quarantine
ourselves for 14 days! I don't know about you, but being locked in an apt for 2
weeks with nothing to do but study, sounds horrible. Be prepared for me to lose
my sanity and start saying really weird things in my emails if that happens to
us. (You're probably laughing and saying, "I thought he was already saying
some pretty weird things?", which you'd be right for saying. For example,
one person we talked to was talking about the toilet paper issue. He said the
only toilet paper he had was "John Wayne toilet paper", in other
words, "rough, tough and don't take crap off anybody!" Elder Leavitt
died laughing after hearing this.)
After we heard that all church meetings were cancelled, we
were a little bit lost for a second, since that is one of our main focuses, to
get people to church. However, after a moment's confusion, we picked ourselves
up, and decided to start getting the fellowshippers/minister of the people we
are teaching to invite them to do Come Follow Me with them. Our mission
president later said that that is the way we would be counting
"sacrament" attendance for our mission, so yay! It's amazing that the
recent changes with the church, such as 2 hour church, and a home centered
church supported curriculum for the members. this is a testament to me, of the
ability of the prophet and the apostles being led by God in these latter days.
Despite the craziness and setbacks, the Lord is still
working miracles. Nothing will stop the Lord's work from happening! We found
one person to teach yesterday. His name is Sam Maughn is 9 years old, and his
family is so talented! They invited us over for dinner, and the dad cooked for
us. He is a professional cook that's been cooking for over 20 years and he made
some coconut and peanut butter curry that was the best thing I ever ate! Yum!
(elder LEaviit said the title of the email after we ate it.) Then after we had
a lesson with them, his older brother Caleb, brought out his cello, and him and
I (on the piano) played a Pianoguys duet of "Bring Him Home" from Les
Mis. Their mother started singing as well, and it sounded amazing! It was
amazing how we were able to connect with them through music. I definitely don't
think it was a coincidence that I was brought to this area, where the Lord
could us my musical talents in such a way. We were able to build a great
relationship with them through this. This whole experience taught me to trust
in the Lord, and to have faith in him. We may not know why we are sent
somewhere, or why things happen to us, but we can trust in the "wisdom of
him who knoweth all things" (2 Nephi 2:24). Despite the chaos the world
may seem to be in now, we can trust in God's plan for us, and trust in the
knowledge of where to find happiness and peace: His son Jesus Christ. I know
that if you follow Jesus Christ and his teachings, nothing in the world will be
able to affect your happiness. He is the light of the world, and the only way
to lasting peace and happiness in this life. trust in him, and everything will
be alright.
What disease is the leading cause of death among potatoes?
Nope. It's not corona. It's
Nope. It's not corona. It's Tuber culosis
Pictures:
1-2. A beautiful sunset
3. 2 weeks worth of snacks
4. For service, we are helping a non-member build his house,
so we did a little mudding this week
5. For some reason, when you sit on our coach, the light
makes it so one pant leg is a different color than the other! It blew our mind
the other day as we were planning.
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