Well, it certainly was an interesting week in the office! We started by mass-reimbursing missionaries for purchasing their 2 week supplies. That was a good bit of work, but we figured that was probably the only weird thing that was gonna happen this week, so we didn’t let it get us down. I had an exchange with Elder Henderson in Kladno. We had a good time together, even if it down-poured for the whole day. When I finally got back to the office on Wednesday, things started getting crazy. I honestly don’t remember the order things went in, but by Saturday morning when we got up to go weekly shopping, we discovered that only essential stores were open. On top of that, all of our senior couples were hurrying to Prague so that they could fly out. The borders are closed, a lot of the missionaries in Slovakia are on government mandated quarantine, and we need to wear masks on public transportation now. It certainly was a chain of events.
After all of that, we are still quite hopeful. We are still allowed to go to work in the office, even if the country is on quarantine. We are getting a lot done in the office. We are discovering new ways to talk to people without physically talking to people. We are also still looking for new ways to spend our preparation days. Today we played district monopoly (ended poorly) and tried to do a puzzle (never ended).
Now for some other things we did this week:
- Carried 17 jugs of water up some stairs
- Walked across Charles Bridge, twice!
- Got soaked by the rain
- Spent all day waiting for emails that never came
- Had 27 phone calls in one day
- Made Potato Goulash with a recipe from a Czech
- Got the keys to a new apartment
- Helped find places for the senior couples to sleep
- Walked around Prague almost completely devoid of tourists
- Cleaned out a lot of junk from the office (A LOT)
Anyways, life is crazy, but good as always. Things have changed, but thanks to the advantage of a modern prophet and the guidance of the Holy Ghost, we were prepared. Elder Williams and I were completely prepared to take over all the responsibilities of the office before this even happened, which meant our mission president didn’t even have to worry about what to do without a senior couple in the office. Look for the ways the Lord is blessing us in this time, and you will find them,
Starší O’Barr
Pics:
Me on the empty Staroměstské Náměstí
Us in Letná Park, overlooking Prague
My potato guláš
