Stuck in Georgia

March 26, 2020

Gamarjoba Chemo Megobrebo! 

Well, I didn't send anything last Monday, but a big thanks goes out to my mother for sending a nice quick update to you guys.  As you may have read before, there are now four Elders and two Sisters here. Our mission president is in Armenia and can't come to visit us across the border and the senior missionary couple went home with the missionaries with asthma. Across the mission, we now have half the number of missionaries that we used to. We have less than 35 missionaries in both countries. We have all gathered to the capital cities, Yerevan and Tbilisi.  Here in Georgia, we have to get rid of most of the apartments since most of the missionaries are gone. This has kept us very busy.  It gives us more to do, but I'd much rather stay in and study. We are staying active. We can go outside for about an hour each morning, so we play wiffle ball, basketball, and spike ball. We are still in contact with the missionaries that left. It is hard on some because we all love serving the people of this country, but we are separated and neither of us can really do any missionary work. 

We may be able to teach a few people via Skype or Facebook, but we will see. A couple of the Armenians want to do a Doctrinal Discussion night every Wednesday, so that'll be fun. I'll have much more time soon to read and write, so if you want to send a nice email update, I'll have the time to read it and respond. 

I listened to a wonderful talk about the Bible as a sealed book. In the Church, we don't typically speak of the Bible being a sealed book. But in a way, it very much is sealed. The speaker went through keys that we should use to unlock this sealed book. The first and foremost key is, naturally, to read it. The greatest key was to seek for answers from the Holy Ghost. This applies to all scripture and all the words of God. I implore you to read the scriptures and words of the prophets and do it with the Spirit so that you can more fully understand the ways of God. 

I'm glad that I'm staying here as a missionary. I hope that there is a good reason that I am staying here during this time of quarantine. Anyway. Have a good week everyone. 

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