So quarantine has been better and worse than I expected. I have been way less anxious and realized a lot of my anxiety actually came with how hard missionary work is and wasn't all about home and being far. Now that days are nothing, I dont wake up super anxious or have problems in the morning. But quarantine has also been hard haha. Days feel so long and I get tired of activities so fast. Studying is nearly impossible in these circumstances and I study less now than before. We try and play games, study a bit, and got our hands on a mini projector which has been clutch for movies I had on a USB that doesn't work on our mini DVD players.But multiple times a day we just sit and look into blank space, chatting a bit, and stressing.
Days are also filled with lots of speculation, news updates and gossip. I can confidently say that our mission hasn't handled this well. Their strategy of silence for the full first week of quarantine hasn't been my favourite. Ive heard all my news from my mom, other missionary moms, other elders, and members. Ive been receiving and passing news like crazy. Its kinda fun but so stressful. So much news has been indicating home, and then calls that say otherwise, and then a news article that seems to confirm home, and then a text that points away from that. Its been horrible.
Some mission updates:
-Tahiti restarted a more serious quarantine for 15 days on top of the 5 we had already started. They predict it'll be longer
-All outer island missionaries here (30) got flown in this weekend and are staying at temple housing
- All missionaries going home April and may are leaving this week
- Some french sisters are stuck
- We still have to get dressed up in white shirts, get up at 6 and shave daily (as if. I laughed when I read that in a text we got)
-Tahiti went from 3 to 11 cases in a day and started a panic
So I think, based on a call that caused a mini panic attack, we are waiting out the Tahiti quarantine for 13 more days, and then waiting out the planes being cancelled for 15 more on top of that. So stuck in our apartment. Dont know how we will do it haha i hate this. I just want to go home at this point instead of staying in this torturous state. We are all struggling hard. At least its not just me I guess!
Im still hoping (and praying) we will just be sent home asap instead of "waiting it out". I don't care about being "safer" here. What a joke.
But as this is meant to be motivational ill end with a cheeky spiritual thought. We were all stressing hard and decided the only thing to do was a house Book of Mormon read. As we read I felt a peace come over me I Hadn't felt at all in a few days of stress. Heavenly father gives us things to help us through difficult times and the Book of Mormon is one of those tools. It has been hard, but I've been able to find a little bit of comfort through the little bit of BOM study I manage. I know the book is true and brings comfort and peace. I also finished the book this week and had been highlighting references to the Godhead (God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost). Out of 531 pages, only 23 had no highlights. The Book of Mormon truly testifies of Christ and is a book centered on Him and God. I quite like that book.
Anyway, hope everyone has a fantastic week probably chez vous. Enjoy wifi for me and ill enjoy my camera I take pics of emails with. the elder who owns all the houses games is leaving too so that should be fun (not actually).
Love
Elder Fore
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