20 🎉
Man I can't believe it's another week come and gone. Despite the fact that most days seem to be the same, I have gotten pretty used to it now and the time is just literally flying by. It was also my birthday yesterday so I'm now officially 20 which is also pretty sick! Anyways here are some of the highlights of the week I guess:
Tuesday we had some video call exchanges with the zone leaders for an hour, that was pretty cool. Wednesday was our district meeting over video call and that was decent as well. Hands down Thursday was one of the busiest days I've had during this lockdown. We had weekly planning in the morning, in the afternoon we had some things to organize, and then in the evening we literally had 4 lessons and a correlation meeting with some members in the ward. It was so busy! The rest of the week didn't really have anything too new to share about just average days in the life of a quarantine missionary.
BUT some super great news, we actually had a slight change this week which was super nice! So now we are allowed to meet outside in groups of no more than 6 people, while still maintaining social distancing. Which means we are allowed to have in person exchanges with other missionaries, and it also means we are allowed to have dinner with members as long as they come to us and we eat outside. It's not the most ideal situation but I am super grateful to finally see a little bit of process, that is just a huge blessing to me!
Saturday was a great day because I was able to beat my 4 mile record! I managed to finish with a time of 28:51. It was so nice! Then in the evening one of the families from the ward came to Guildford and ordered some food and we all sat on a bench to eat and talk, it was sooo wonderful!
Sunday was pretty great as well. We were able to have 2 church broadcasts with friends and with members, despite the fact that because today was Father's day we had less people available than usual, but it was still good the meetings we were able to have. Also I had members bring me cookies and also bring me cake for my birthday so that was quite exciting! Plus add on calling family for Father's day/birthday and you just get a fantastic day. It was a wonderful 20th birthday and a wonderful Sunday as well! That's everything from me this week, hope y'all get a good quick update. Love ya!
Elder Orchard
Tuesday we had some video call exchanges with the zone leaders for an hour, that was pretty cool. Wednesday was our district meeting over video call and that was decent as well. Hands down Thursday was one of the busiest days I've had during this lockdown. We had weekly planning in the morning, in the afternoon we had some things to organize, and then in the evening we literally had 4 lessons and a correlation meeting with some members in the ward. It was so busy! The rest of the week didn't really have anything too new to share about just average days in the life of a quarantine missionary.
BUT some super great news, we actually had a slight change this week which was super nice! So now we are allowed to meet outside in groups of no more than 6 people, while still maintaining social distancing. Which means we are allowed to have in person exchanges with other missionaries, and it also means we are allowed to have dinner with members as long as they come to us and we eat outside. It's not the most ideal situation but I am super grateful to finally see a little bit of process, that is just a huge blessing to me!
Saturday was a great day because I was able to beat my 4 mile record! I managed to finish with a time of 28:51. It was so nice! Then in the evening one of the families from the ward came to Guildford and ordered some food and we all sat on a bench to eat and talk, it was sooo wonderful!
Sunday was pretty great as well. We were able to have 2 church broadcasts with friends and with members, despite the fact that because today was Father's day we had less people available than usual, but it was still good the meetings we were able to have. Also I had members bring me cookies and also bring me cake for my birthday so that was quite exciting! Plus add on calling family for Father's day/birthday and you just get a fantastic day. It was a wonderful 20th birthday and a wonderful Sunday as well! That's everything from me this week, hope y'all get a good quick update. Love ya!
Elder Orchard
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| A solid run |
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| On my birthday |
A note from mom: Stockton had been in quarantine for so long that I wanted him to have something fun for his birthday. I contacted his bishop and he ordered food at Five Guys for them to pick up! I'm so grateful for kind members who take care of my son. Stockton loved it!
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