Week 76  Basically Quarantined

Well, this week did not go as planned whatsoever. Currently not in the most happiest of moods. Our mission president early in the week informed us that everything was OK, nothing to worry about the in regards to the coronavirus and then the very next day we were informed to take no public transportation, only taxis. Then the following day church was suspended and our bank accounts we were full so we could fill our apartment with 14 days worth of food. We are still not on quarantine...but we basically are. English night, game night, church, district meeting is all gone. Most finding has been suspended and the only thing left is to walk outside and go to parks. People won't accept meetings because of the coronavirus. Georgia has been flipping out. People are leaving to the villages and so our area is becoming a ghost town with each passing day. We go outside but there are barely anyone around. I'm bored out of my mind and not happy. Everything I loved about missionary work is basically gone...and I don't want to end my mission like this. Plan for today is to buy all my souvenirs because next week they might not be open. I want them at this point to put us on quarantine so that we don't force ourselves to try to make nothing into something everyday with barely any tools/options other than to walk for 7 hours....but I also will go insane if we go on quarantine. Sorry for the rant but it's been basically all that has happened this weekend.

The beginning of the week WAS good.

- met a super cool lady from France that is motorcycling around  the world

- met with Em and visionary man with a member present. Awesome meeting

- tried to find some long lost members and we got lost along with them

After that...is when the mess happened and Georgia started to flip out. All the stores are being ransacked. It's insane. We had to figure out church and put groups together with the elders. The church is already unstable over here, and now doing it this way is causing a lot of problems. But, over all it wasn't too bad. Church was an 1 hour late because members got lost. 2nd hour also didn't happen...we just had tea time really instead...yeah it was very Georgian, and it's really not tea. I gave a talk, so that was fun. Overall, not bad. We might have broken a rule though..asking president today if we can meet there. Instructions not clear to us. We do know that members are asked not come unless it they are in walk-able distance. Well, for us anything is walk-able. 30 mins why not heck we are chill with an hour. I mean during this time there is nothing else to do so why not. Anyway that was the week.

Spiritual thought: I have to say having sacrament in someone's home was weird. During the prayer we had the house owners rooster go off too. Despite the situation, I still felt the spirit. The ordinance is quite special and although it wasn't super fancy like it usually is, I still felt the all the same spirit.

Well that was the week, til next time!

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