Sawyer's adventures in Australia

This week we had some awesome miracles and met some awesome people. We're getting more and more into a rhythm in quarantine.  We got a referral from some Elders in Texas. Turns out one of them was my boy from the MTC so that was pretty awesome. It was fun to reconnect and realize that both of us actually speak Chinese now. Anyway, he ended up introducing us to this sweet family with 3 kids. They are really prepared and have even been to church before. They had been taught by the Elders in Texas but they live here in our area so we have started teaching them now. The mom asks such good questions and it's been really rewarding to help her see how the gospel can help her burdens as a mother of 3 kids in quarantine. We also finally got in contact with a guy named Jake who we've been reaching out to ever since I got here to California.  We just had his number and heard he was interested in the gospel. We finally ended up meeting with him in a park this week and rea...

Hey everyone, still here in quarantine, seems like we'll probably be here for a while longer since the virus continues to spread. But I've gotten used to it and figured out how to make the most of our time inside. It all came down to being humble and relying on the Lord. Praying a lot has helped me stay in tune with the God wants me to do each day. It's weird, missionary work is so much different now, but it still goes forward. And we're all pretty motivated as well. Everyone once in a while one of the Elders in the apartment kind of has enough of quarantine and goes a little crazy. Some things that I've witnessed this week during what I call 'quarantine-breakdowns' included an Elder slicing a watermelon in half with a machete, another one taking a shower while fully dressed, and another one trying to slee p with his mattress on top of him instead of the other way around. It sounds crazy but somehow the work still goes forward.  I actually didn't hav...