Two transfers, January 15 to February 28, and Feb 28 to April 9, 2020.
FEBRUARY 28-APRIL 9, 2020 The transfer started out pretty normal for a few weeks, new missionaries arriving, missionaries returning home, interviews and district council, MLC turned out to be the last meeting we had in person on March 13th. Covid 19 Virus then plagued the entire earth. We sent home seven senior couples and eight missionaries with underlying health conditions. We brought two elders into the office from 4 hours away to take over the job of secretary and vehicle coordinator, one of them only having arrived in the mission field three weeks earlier. Our other office couple, the Lewis' were able to stay, thank goodness! They are our only senior couple now. The seven other couples all drove home and we never saw them before they left. That was heart breaking for us, and for them to leave with such short notice, not being able to say goodbye and hug the people they had grown to love in their wards and branches. Their ti...