Week 56: The world is shutting down!

Hello everyone! I hope you are all safe and healthy. It's a crazy world out there.


We are doing great over here. Not sick, and other than church and meetings being cancelled we are not limited at all in what we do. We have been using tons of hand sanitizer so psshh we fine ;) we do have supplies in case we get quarantined (minus toilet paper because everyone bought it all before Monday- but a member is a real pal and bringing us some). So we are set for whatever does happen.


This week got really weird with everyone talking about covid-19 and freaking out and church being cancelled. It just feels like a weird dream haha.


We finally did some biking this week, and man, Cumming has so many steep hills. Even driving around is crazy in some neighborhoods. There's one place in the neighborhood we biked to that has a steep hill with a stop sign at the top. Even in a car you don't 100% fully stop. It's kinda crazy. But it was fun and only my lungs hated me, and maybe the cars behind us on the hills haha. Lots of construction going on so sometimes we have to be right in traffic (always at the big hills) but sometimes have our own lane blocked off by cones. So ups and downs to it.


We have had lot as of stop by's of people who had shown some interest before but hadn't had much contact after. Not lots of them are interested so we haven't had too much progression happening. But we had an amazing lesson with this older couple. Ricardo referred them to us as he helped move them in and works with their son. They are the cutest old couple. We thought she was late 60's, but she is 86! She's killing it! But they loved having us over and the message we shared. They are super excited to read the Book of Mormon and meet with us again. They even were planning on coming to church until it got cancelled :/ but they are awesome and so loving. Oh, their names are Luis Manuel and Maria Isabel. When they welcomed us Luis went for the handshake and cheek besos, but Maria was kinda reproaching him to not because of Corona. It was really funny :)


But until further notice, the work chugs on, now with sunscreen. A few days have had good weather and have been sunny and when we were out walking for a few hours we got a little burnt. Not bad, but time for sunscreen.


One little thought my companion and I were talking about was from a sign we saw. It was a spa place called Back to Eden. And we were talking about how so many people just want to go back to the Garden because they don't understand the purpose of life. And they just want things to be perfect and no troubles. But it's our trials and troubles that truly make us grow the most. But growing hurts, and growth spurts bring growing pains. But our work as missionaries is to help people change their direction to look forward to growing their garden with God and not back. So during this time I ask each of you to take a moment to reflect on where your attention is, and how you need to cultivate your gardens. Do you need extra light, nutrients, new plants fitted for the situation? Do you have weeds of doubt or distraction you need to pull? Are you letting Christ, the master Gardener do the work he needs to do? How can you help others in their gardens and how have you seen the harvest of your labors?


Love you and stay safe!
Hermana Nielson :)

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