Week 15

 Hello Friends and Family!

This week has been unique! On Monday I woke up with a little cold. Covid has been blowing up in Florida, so our mission medical advisors recommended that I quarantine to be safe. We have been tested for covid, and the results came back negative. I am feeling much better, and I am anxious to get out of our house!

These are interesting times we live in. While it is disappointing to be quarantined over a cold that you had a week ago, I also recognize that as good citizens we have a responsibility to protect those around us. When so much is at stake, it seems that proceeding with caution is logical. With all of that being said, our mission doctors have given us the go ahead to come out of quarantine starting Tuesday. Elder Murri and I are excited to get out again. 

While we were stuck at home, we were still able to do some missionary work. We taught lessons over zoom, reached out to members in our ward over the phone, and tried to use technology to bring others closer to Christ. Our quarantine was an opportunity to recognize that I should be doing more missionary work over Facebook. I have posted some videos of Elder Murri and I playing hymns to various Christian Music groups, and I plan to post more in the coming days. 

On a side note, we were in a small car accident this week. I was stopped at a stop light when all the sudden we were rear ended. Everyone was okay, and we feel very grateful that no one was injured!

On this coming Wednesday we have our transfer calls! Every six weeks we have the possibility of moving to a different area. We get a call that lets us know where we will be serving and who we will be serving with! Elder Murri and I are both excited to see what the future has in store for us. We are anxiously waiting for Wednesday!

Because of covid, I wasn't able to go through the temple before my mission, so I am preparing to go through the temple now! My studies this week have been centered around this preparation. In temples we make promises to God to become better people. It is a joy to learn about the temple, and I feel so excited to go through with my family in mid-November. Normally missionaries aren't able to see their parents on the mission, so I feel lucky that an exception is made for missionaries who haven't gone through yet!

I look forward to writing to you next week, and I hope you have wonderful weeks! Each of you is an inspiration to me, and I feel so lucky to call you my friends! 

Love you all!

Elder Garff