I have also been staying busy with crafting. A member let us borrow her sewing machine and a Sister donated some cloth to us, so I have been making face masks to donate. So far I have made twelve, and this week I hope to make more! It only took about five completely failed masks to get it figured out, but now I only make a mistake every three masks, so that's improvement. The place we are donating them to requested we leave a little pocket opening at the top for them to put filters into the mask, so I left little encouraging notes in there for the nurses.
Also, since our building is confusing and our apartment is on the third floor, people have trouble finding us when they come to drop stuff off. Now, to try and make it easier for them, we have them call us when they get here and then open our garage for them. They leave the stuff in there, we close it, then go and get it after they leave. Another thing we are starting to do to thank them, since we don't go to church and can't give them thank cards, is drop them. I used old easter eggs, string, and tissues to make little parachutes. We put little thank you notes in them and drop them down, and it seems to have worked pretty well so far!
Another thing we are starting to do, if people are bringing smaller stuff like craft supplies or snacks, we lower a little basket down to them to put the stuff in, that way we don't have to keep going back and forth between the garage and go back up the three flights of stairs with what they brought. The things you do to not have to climb multiple flights of stairs several times a day is amazing.
My mom sent another box of meal kits, and they have turned out pretty well. I learned how to make Balsamic-Glazed Pork Chops with Roasted Zucchini & Garlic Thyme Potatoes and French Onion Chicken with Roasted Carrots & Mashed Potatoes, and yes, I did share with my companions. Tomorrow I am excited to try the last meal kit of the week, Thai Steak Tacos with Pickled Cucumber & Garlic Sriracha Mayo! By the end of this quarantine, I predict I will be a much better chef and be able to join my brothers and mother in making delicious meals.
On Saturday, we had the wonderful opportunity to volunteer with a food drive held at one of our church buildings. We wore masks and gloves and maintained a six foot distance from one another, and it was our job to wipe down every food container that was donated with bleach and organize them to make it easier to separate for the multiple trucks that would be coming to deliver the food. It was so nice being able to go out and serve so many with this food drive, and we hope opportunities like this will arrive in the future.
So yeah, my week has been full of fun and opportunities to create, think outside the box, and serve, three of my favorite things! It has been a really good week. God is leading this work and I am honored to be a part of it.
I am grateful everyday that I chose to serve a mission at this time.
