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Quarantined... again.

August 3, 2020

This week we got to have our first in-person lesson! It was my first one in almost 6 months, and it was the first one EVER for Elder Chavez! It went really well! We had to wear our masks, and the lady we were teaching sprayed my entire body with some sort of hand sanitizer before I could enter her house. That was fun. We weren't planning on eating with them (because I am pretty sure we aren't allowed to), but they ordered us pizza and chicken wings... so what were we supposed to do? Say no? We didn't want to be rude and reject the food that they bought specifically for us! So, we taught them about the Law of Chastity, told them they needed to repent, and then dined like kings.


President Teuscher organized a bunch of mini testimony meetings over the weekend so that we could get together and share our spiritual experiences from being in self-isolation. We couldn't gather in large groups, so they organized a bunch of sessions with about 15 missionaries in each one. Each companionship sat a few pews apart, we all wore masks, and President Teuscher wiped down the microphone stand after each speaker. The spirit was SO powerful! The spirit works through our phone screens, but it is so much more powerful in person. It was really refreshing, actually. On our way home, we had to take a train to Harlem, where we ate some Taco Bell. Harlem is crazy haha! But the train we took was not the normal subway we usually take. It was one of those fancy trains with leather seats, a bathroom, air conditioning, and a guy came around to punch a hole in our tickets. I was half expecting someone to come by and say, "Anything from the trolley, dear?"

A member in our ward works in an ice cream truck, so we decided to visit her one day! She gave us free ice cream and we asked her to join us in a lesson with one of the people we are teaching, and she said yes! So that was awesome! The place where she parked her ice cream truck had an awesome view of Manhattan and a really cool bridge, so I will attach some pictures of that in this email.

Yesterday, the AP's called us to tell us that we are getting a reassigned missionary from Mexico, and he comes TODAY! His name is Elder Fullmer, and we are so excited to be in a trio with him! The only bad thing is, we dont have an extra bed, dresser, desk, or any extra space! Also, because he is new, we have to go BACK into strick quarantine for 2 more weeks! No walks, no nothing. We can't even go to the store to get groceries, so I honestly have no idea how we are going to manage. We literally had 1 week of freedom and we are back at home haha. But we are excited despite being crammed, hungry, and stuck inside! This will be the 3rd new missionary I will have received straight from the airport in the last 8 weeks.

That's all my updates for this week! Adios!

Elder Webster

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