Adventures in Epidemiology

This week we were supposed to have a series of meetings throughout the mission with a visiting General Authority Seventy (my mission President’s boss). However, both the high-profile visit and our weeks of careful planning went out the window when several non-American missionaries tested positive for Tuberculosis. There were a couple of frantic days as we scrambled to cancel travel plans and reservations while simultaneously isolating and testing the missionaries who had potentially been exposed. So far we are looking good as most everyone has very fortunately been testing negative. It has been very stressful and frankly a little bit scary this past week, but the Lord’s counsel to the prophet Joseph Smith has been […]

Not Really Sleeping

This week has left me exhausted. We’ve had a lot going on this week early in the morning and late at night, which unfortunately means that we just lose sleep because we have to work in the office during the day. On Tuesday, we waited at the bus terminal until after midnight for a couple of missionaries because the bus they were traveling on was 2+ hours delayed. Then we got up at 4:30am to take them to the airport🫠 We also have a missionary who is in the hospital right now. We have all been taking turns accompanying him so that he doesn’t have to be alone. For a variety of reasons, we were […]