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Quarantined in the Bronx

March 23, 2020

It is crazy how much can happen in a week! New York City is completely shut down and we have been quarantined all week. We will remain quarantined in our apartment for at least another week, but it is possible it could be extended! Almost all of my friends from home and from the MTC who are serving missions got sent home (some temporarily, some permanently), and I am now one of the few of my friends that are still left in the mission field! That feels really weird. Even some missionaries in MY mission who have been here for awhile got sent home! I am so sad that things are getting shut down, and the work is slowing down! It is currently illegal in the state of New York to gather, in any size! So that means, baptisms are illegal, and going anywhere to talk to anyone is a crime haha. But God has a plan and I am confident things will be okay and will work out! President Teuscher said he has not heard any news yet about if I will be sent home or not, so for now we are just waiting out the virus from inside the apartment and we will see what happens.

As for me and what is happening in my new area, I literally have no idea. I have been inside all week and I don't know my ward, I have never met (in person) the people we teach, and I don't really know what my area looks like. But on the bright side, I know the inside of my apartment VERY well. Luckily, we have smart phones and wifi, so we have been teaching 8+ lessons every day through video chats. Though we are at home all day, we have been able to stay busy 24/7 and still find new people to teach, and help people progress towards baptism. With all missionaries doing work online, the gospel is spreading faster than the Corona Virus! We have been teaching more lessons now than ever because people actually have free time! We are also focusing all our efforts into social media, so we are hopefully reaching more people than ever before. Lots of miracles! But also, lots of time inside, which I don't like very much. We take short walks every once in awhile just to stretch and get some "fresh" air, but the air smells like weed so it really doesn't help us that much haha.

My new comp!!! I feel SO blessed to be quarantined with Elder Goodman!! Of all the people I could be stuck in an apartment with, he is a great one to be with. He is from Rexburg, Idaho, and actually went to the High School that my mom went to! We are super similar! We figured out that we were sitting RIGHT next to each other at the 4th of July parade in Rexburg! How crazy is that?! He is really chill and we get along great! His Spanish skills are a little low just because he is still pretty new, so I have had to step up my game a little and lead the lessons. It has been really good for me and it is really stretching me to learn more!

Other than that, not much else to report. Feel free to email me throughout the week (please) to entertain me, because the work can feel a little slow, even if we are busy! If you want to mail me anything, I will put the address at the bottom of this email. Sadly, I can't receive mail directly to my apartment because it is kind of sketchy and people might steal it. So, you can send stuff directly to the mission office and I will get it eventually! Have a great week!!

700 White Plains Rd Ste 315
Scarsdale NY 10583
United States

Elder Webster

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