I hope everyone has been doing fine and dandy this past week! I know everything is still all whack in the world, but I hope you've been able to find peace and comfort.
So for starters, a whole lotta missionaries are getting sent home for a whole bunch of reasons. It started a week or two ago where missionaries that had already served a majority of their missions are getting sent home earlier to clear up room for a bunch of new missionaries to come in. Missionaries that also have some health conditions are also getting sent home for their safety. And this past Friday they made the announcement that ALL international missionaries are getting sent back to their home countries... which is a LOT of missionaries. There were 25 missionaries that got sent home yesterday in the Salt Lake City West mission alone. It's important to note that most of their missions aren't over btw, they're just gonna get reassigned in their home countries after a 14 day self quarantine.
The good news is that I don't fall into any of these categories - I just got here 🤓, I'm fit as a fiddle 🎻, and I'm in 'Murica 🇺🇸! And I'm actually really lucky to have not gotten my Visa to go to Perú, cause I would've gotten sent home just two weeks after arriving, like some of the missionaries in my MTC district (sorry guys, hopefully you get reassigned to the Salt Lake City West Mission wooo!). So I'm staying here in Salt Lake !!
There have definitely been some miracles this week as well. So, one of the things I miss the most since being "socially distanced" is having meals prepared by the members. Now we cannot ask for food from anyone for our safety, so we cook ourselves, which I'm not complaining about, since Elder Clark and I are professional chefs, of course. But if the members absolutely *insist* on giving us food, we can accept it with caution.
One of the families, ❤ the Duarte family ❤, said they'd beat us up if we didn't accept food from them (which in my book, is *insisting*). So we got some nice home cooked steaks with rice and it was soooo good. Also, ❤ the Grange family ❤ offered to have some flour dropped off at our door. Instead of just flour, they gave us a whole box (a care package if you will) of meats, soups, desserts, recipes, and anything else you could ask for. So now we're 🔥 stocked up 🔥. Also, when we went shopping today, the woman in the line behind us paid for our groceries today !!! We didn't need much groceries cause of the Grange's care package, but still, the Lord blesses us whenever we make an effort to serve others, and that angel of a woman will be greatly blessed as well.
Other than that, there hasn't been much going on here, cause we're just inside all day doing phone calls and being virtual missionaries at this point. So... sorry for the lack of photos.
I am, however, SUPER excited for the church's General Conference, where we get to hear from the leaders of the church about what's goin on and the things we can do to not only get through our challenges, but to overcome and learn from them. To all the members reading this, I invite you to prepare yourselves for General Conference, so that it will not only be memorable, but UNFORGETTABLE." To everyone else reading this, if you're free this weekend (which you are haha), I invite you to look up General Conference online, and give it a watch. I can promise you'll find peace, comfort, and the answers to any trial you're facing.
I love all of you so much. Stay smart, stay safe, stay fun... in that order. Peace 😊
Elder Terry
Fotos:
1. The care package from the Granges. Christmas came early for us woo!
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