Craigs in Cauayan

Sundays are usually busy and find Sister Craig and me up early and on the go.  Not today.  Today we have lots of time on our hands because we are in quarantine.........again.    Last Wednesday we gathered into Cauayan our 5 wonderful missionaries who are completing their missions and going home to excited and proud families.  They were to leave early Thursday morning.  They arrived at the mission home early afternoon Wednesday as scheduled.   The day before departure day is a busy day.  They first take their English competency test which will help them obtain placement in schools and employment.  Next there are interviews, which are wonderful because I get to tell them one last time how proud we are of them.  In that interview I give them a temple recommend and hopefully some helpful advice.  They meet with the mission finance secretary and settle up mission accounts.  Then there are pictures and a farewell dinner in the mission home, followed by a tender testimony meeting.   One missi

 Mission Presidents and their dear companions have many things to worry about.  For example when I was privileged to serve as a counsellor to three Mission Presidents in Canada I would watch the blood pressure of those good Presidents rise every time a winter storm rolled across the mission.  The mission had 50 to 60 cars driven by young missionaries from Southern Utah, Arizona, California and other warm places.   A few of those worries are awarded nightmare status in the hierarchy of worries.  Perhaps one of the greatest worries we face is an accident which harms a young missionary.  We send many prayers to Heaven asking God to watch over and protect these dear young missionaries. Last Sunday we were to have a rare day which was to be different from the frantically busy life of Mission Leaders.  All of our interviews and visits were cancelled at the last minute because of COVID restrictions.  We woke up Sunday morning with no particular place we had to be.  There was, however, a quiet