Quarantine? Yes

March 16, 2020

So, the original subject line of this was going to be "Quarantine? Maybe, but not now". I have since had to change that title because we are now in quarantine. 

Well this is exciting! The missionaries in Armenia are now quarantined for 30-40 days. We are also going into quarantine for the time being. We don't have any details right now, but I'll certainly provide them when I find out. We currently have a two-week supply of food plus a bit more. I'm pretty excited.  The work will be much slower, if not non-existent. But this will give me time to do a lot of things. I have a lot of materials that I have collected over these past several months. Lots of stuff to listen to, read and watch. I'll also have a bit more time to play trombone and work up to where I used to be. Plus, I have an entire language to learn. 

Other than that, all is well. Because all church meetings are suspended worldwide, Elder Bergeson and I had sacrament meeting in our home. We got approval from the Branch Presidency and held a great service together. We cleaned up the apartment nicely. We started at the same time as normal. (Like I've said in previous emails, I love the organization of the Church. It is standardized and connects. We follow the order of things even in times of change.) I conducted the meeting. We had an opening hymn, an opening prayer, and sacrament hymn, then we blessed and passed the sacrament to each other, we each bore testimony of the work, the Gospel, and the priesthood, then closed with a hymn and a prayer.  And it was ALL IN GEORGIAN! (Except for two hymns). Then we had Sunday school. We discussed Jacob 1-4 in the Book of Mormon. We each learned a fair amount from our little talk. I greatly encourage you all to read The Book of Mormon. There are many doctrines of the Gospel that are clearly explained, especially when read in conjunction with the Bible. 

I hope everyone is staying healthy. I'm honestly very surprised by the measures that are being taken by governments right now. From what I understand it's been over 100 years since this kind of response has happened to a disease. It's an exciting time to be in another country. But if we're being honest, it's probably pretty interesting being in the U.S. as well. Well, I have little else to say, so bye-bye! 

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