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IMPACT OF COVID 19

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IMPACT OF THE COVID19 VIRUS Under the direction of the First Presidency, we evacuated all non-native missionaries beginning March 28, 2020.  By the 1st of June all were evacuated, except those from El Salvador, who were not evacuated because of conditions in their country. It was physically and emotionally very difficult to part with over 70% of our missionaries so quickly! We love each one of our missionaries and were so sad to see them leave us!  Because of the need for social distancing, we only said good-bye quickly and got them all safely to their own countries.  To our knowledge, none of our missionaries contracted Covid 19. So we carried on with our valiant 30 missionaries! We followed the government leaders in quarantining in April.  The Church also did not want our missionaries to use public transportation.  All missionaries were placed in apartments within walking distance of the chapels and all we