Our Mission Experience: COVID19 --- CRAZY Shake-up (MAR 22

COVID19 Shake-up

When we first heard about all the COVID19 stuff we made sure all our missionaries had plenty of food and supplies to last in their apartments in case they got "stuck". We were ready to look at how to start doing missionary work in a different way. Then, we got notice that all our missionaries needed to return to their home countries. We immediately started looking for flights. We had already scheduled a zoom conference to update our missionaries. As we were looking for flights, we noticed that we either needed to get our Curacao missionaries out that day or it would be weeks later....so our Curacao missionaries literally had 2 hours to pack and get ready before they had to be to the airport. It was heart-wrenching to have to say good-bye so quickly. Over the next little while we said good bye to all but one of our North American Missionaries and many of our other ones. All Elders who had completed at least 18 months were finished, all sisters who had completed at least 15 months were finished. Everyone else headed home for quarantine until receiving a reassignment within their home country. Things changed way too fast......We have 11 missionaries left. 7 in Suriname, 2 in Aruba, 2 in Guyana. President Baird and I are here with Elder & Sister Lehman in Curacao. We are so hoping that when things settle down and borders open back up that we get most of them back....Part of my heart is with each and every one.

Sister Scott, Sister Baird, Sister Meyer, Sister Patterson, Sister Lindberg

Elder Wardle

Elder Flynn & Elder Jones

Elder Holman & Elder Weeks

Elder Grant, Elder Hollingshead, Elder Stauffer, Elder Frandsen, Elder Jones,
Sister Baird, President Baird, Elder Holman, Elder Flynn

For "Social Distancing" they had everyone wait outside the airport in this "group" so they weren't all in line at the same
time....even though in a few minutes they will all be on a plane together....a little crazy if you ask me.