Five Months and 40 Trips to the Airport
Dear Family and Friends, Recently I needed to speak to a nurse at Missionary Medical about something, and she summed it up pretty well when she said, “These are crazy times.” I agree — completely nuts. We are in the midst of getting some of our missionaries ready to return to their original mission assignments. Even though they flooded in, I thought they would drizzle out. We will see. We really don’t know. Every country has different forms, checklists, and requirements regarding visas, COVID, and travel. Some need a negative COVID test result 72-hours before the flight. And if you are wondering how President Heap and I have been trained to handle these situations? Just like most of this wild ride in 2020, zero training. We are all making this up as we go along, even the Mission Department. I hope parents of our missionaries don't read this blog! If they do, I’d like to change this paragraph to read, “We’ve got it all under control.” While we appreciate that no one knew how missio...