Germany Week 12

Yup. I'm still under quarantine. Yeah, I'm positive I had them when I was little. And you would always talk about how I got a major case, but Joseph got a minor case, so then they came around again, and he got them again and I was fine. Unless that was Isaac. Either way, I remained unscathed as the plague returned due to my earlier suffering. Apparently that has expired. nah, but it's still really minor - it didn't get any worse, but the spots have been migrating around my body. So the only concern is that I'm contagious. Apparently when you get them a second time as an adult they can either manifest themselves as a minor case or as shingles. I have been extremely blessed to receive the former. All of that also means I've done a whole lot of nuthin' since last week.
A couple examples of nothing are:
On Tuesday we actually drove out to Hannover for the mission tire rotation. I tried to keep my distance from people....
Then on Wednesday a new member called us in the morning and said we had to pick him up from the Hospital.. he's been called as a ward missionary in order for us to be able to take him to church... but yeah, we didn't know what else to do, so we went and got him - I stayed in the car while Elder Ririe got him.
Since then, other than a visit to the Burger King drive through, we've kept ourselves under proper quarantine. It was a marvelous opportunity to grow out my facial hair. In a few more days I'll look just like George Albert Smith. Just Joshin' ya, I'd need glasses.
To take up the time, we've been doing a whole lot of reading, a good deal of letter writing (though I've nowhere near written all the people I intend to), and all sorts of Tom-foolery. One fun thing was a game of battleship. We had 40 ships, 812 spaces, and just over 7 hours of play time. It was actually a lot of fun. It was more fun because I won after being behind for nearly the whole game.
Elder Thom suggested/gave us permission to do the Sacrament in our apartment, so that was really nice. That was the third sunday without Church, due to General Conference and the Quarantine, so it was wonderful to be able to take the sacrament anyway. We also sang some hymns and had an opening and closing prayer so we had a little sacrament meeting. Then we read this Hugh Nibley paper on the Book of Enoch together - it was super long but super interesting. It's just incredible to me how much secular evidence there is for the Scriptures brought forth by Joseph Smith. I mean, none of it really matters if you don't have a testimony, but it's just so cool!
Well, it's been a magnificent P week, but I'm ready to go. After tomorrow I'm gonna declare myself well and go out even if I break out with the plague. Just Kidding, I would never knowingly spread the plague - I wouldn't want anyone stretching those words ;P But I'm ready to go back out and help people to find and accept the word of God. I love the opportunity that I have to help people improve their lives and turn to their Savior. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God, and that as we give those out, we are handing people a marvelous tool to bring happiness into their lives and families. I pray that I can be a tool in Heavenly Father's hands to help people to find that happiness. I hope you all have a marvelous week! - Elder Cloward