Week 17

Hellllooooo everryybooodyyyyy!!

I hope y'all had another good week stuck inside. Speaking of which, I'd love to hear all of your predictions as to when we might be able to go outside and start up our normal lives again. I optimistically think that we should be able to do so at about mid-June, and everything will go back to normal - no masks, no disinfecting, normal gatherings - probably in August or something. But that's just a guess on my part.

What has been swaying my prediction to possibly be later than June, however, was some MORE restrictions that were placed on us earlier this week. Just when the fore-placed restrictions were beginning to be alleviated, and the light at the end of the tunnel drew near, the tunnel's doors slammed shut on our faces. We received an email stating that, once again, we cannot gather in numbers greater than 6. We cannot play any sports that lead to physical contact or touching anything that other participants touch as well... in other words we can't play any sports at all.

Also we can't have 5 people in a car at once, because I guess there's too much elbow and shoulder contact with the passengers in the back seats. This proves problematic for us, since I'm in a trio now, so we can't give any companionship a ride anywhere. But because these restrictions were inspired by the authorities of the Church for our safety and protection, I mustn't argue against their revelation.

Also yea... I'M IN A TRIO NOW...... again! We adopted the newly reassigned missionary, Elder Sutton, into our companionship. He's from Arizona, and had served for 17 months in Paraguay before he was sent home, and was reassigned here. Our job these next few weeks is helping him adapt to the mission life here, with technology, cars, and having the only contact limited to phone calls. It's nice to have more human contact in person with Elder Sutton around, and hes such a stud so it won't be a problem at all for him.

This past Friday, I had one of the best lessons I've had on the mission so far. We had received a person to contact that was interested in the teachings of the Church. We called him, and before we even started the lesson, he told us that he had already read a lot in the Book of Mormon, and when we asked if he believed it to be true, he couldn't deny the feeling that every time he reads it, he knows that it's the word of God and helps us to grow closer to Him. And he believed everything that we had taught him afterwards, because his testimony of the Book of Mormon and the Gospel of Jesus Christ was already so strong.

Y yo solo quiero añadir mi propio testimonio también, que El Libro de Mormón es verdadero. Y gracias a este libro, mi familia y yo hemos tenido el gozo que Dios quiere dar a nosotros. Yo estaría muy confundido sin este Libro en mi vida, con la sabiduría que la contiene, y muchas de mis preguntas de mi alma han sido preguntados porque de las palabras de este Libro. Yo tengo una firme esperanza y confianza que todas las cosas que están pasando ahorita están debajo del control de Dios, y espero que vaya a pasar muy pronto también. Dios conoce a ustedes por sus propios nombres, y él ama a ustedes, porqué ustedes son hijos e hijas de Dios.

Gracias a cada uno de ustedes por leer mis experiencias y cuentas cada semana. Nos vemos la próxima semana!

Elder Terry

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1-3) Woooo we went on another hike last Monday. It was super fun and SUPER windy. Sorry for only hike pics, nothing else interesting really happens during the week. And another sorry for not getting any pics with Elder Sutton this week either - you'll get some next week for sure!