Changing the World

 We have been cautioned to keep the gas tank in our car full, to not let it get below half a tank.  So our first order of business today was to fill up at the superstore on the edge of town.  It takes about fifteen minutes to get there.  We got in line for the gas, which wasn't long, and then decided we would go in the store if it didn't look too busy.

I had read that there was going to be a rush on all the grocery stores because the food supply in the UK has been interrupted.  With the UK deep in new surges of the mutated virus, we have been cut off from most of Europe.  No flights in, and they will not accept flights from here.  As far as I know, the U.S. has not closed its borders to the UK.

The parking lot seemed pretty full, but we didn't see crowds waiting at the door.  We parked and went to the front door, only to discover it was the "out" door.  We walked around the corner and discovered a line of people that extended back to the very back of the building, all waiting patiently to get in.  We decided to wait.  It wasn't long, and inside the store it wasn't too terribly crowded.  We only had to wait five minutes to reach the register.  We purchased fresh produce and cream and a few other things for Christmas dinner.

We will have one young adult here, and we want it to be nice.

We had a couple of zoom meetings today, both were very good.  

On the evening's zoom mission call, the winners of the approved movies for Christmas day were announced:  "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" - with Jim Carrey, "Frozen 2," "Home Alone," and "It's a Wonderful Life."  All the missionaries can choose one to watch on Christmas day.  We will have a zoom call in the morning to finish reading The Book of Mormon as a mission - the last chapter of the book.

With the rapid spread of the COVID mutation (called B117), most of the missionaries will not be visiting anyone during the holidays, but there are several things they can do.  The young missionaries - the Assistants to the President conducted that part of the meeting, and outlined activities that would be enjoyable and permissable.

Amazingly enough, there have been no missionaries who have been sick with the virus...as far as I know.  I read the news every night before I go to bed, and I just can't help but think this is such a strange time.  I plan on reading a book titled "Pale Rider, The Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world."  With rapid communication about everything under the sun, I am certain this pandemic will be viewed as a "world changer."

Whatever changes are occurring now, and in the coming months, I hope that at some near-future time, we will sit comfortably and safely together and talk about 2020 - with 2020 hindsight, and a clear view of what happened.

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melissa said…
Oh my gosh, things sound scary there!
December 23, 2020 at 10:17 PM
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