Good morning everyone!
I appreciate the immense support I've felt from last week. I love you all so much. Thank you for all you do. I wish I could say this week was better.
Monday, Day 13 inside, was PDAY. We ran to the store to get a few things. Came home and was able to reply to emails and call family for a while. Not much else to report that day.
Tueaday, Day 14, I didnt sleep well the night before so after exercising and planning I fell asleep again for a while. We then recieved some major updates. Our quarantine is (at the moment) until April 30th, our final day to go shopping would be Thursday to get a month supply of things, and Sisters won't be taking the sacrament until may. A lot of things that's for sure. I then had my session with our mission therapist which went really well. We then worked on (don't know if I mentioned it) book of mormon pages were taking out of damages book of mormons, marking up, and sending to people. Joined our ward mission leader, Brother Perry's, institute class. So fun. There were also updates for all the missionaries that had returned home so that was crazy.
Wednesday, Day 15, I wrote in my journal that I wish I could wake up from this nightmare. Sister Roberts and I spent the morning discussing what we could do for our area because were not having much success which right now is so hard. Talked with some of the other sisters in our zone so that was nice. Filmed a video for our ward on tips for conference. One of our members brought us chick fil a for dinner. So sweet of them. The night didnt really go well and I'm not going to go into much detail with it but it was hard. Long calls comforting our other Sisters. A realization that all this isn't getting much better.
Thursday, Day 16, my slight glimmer of hope faded a bit. Woke up early and we were out the door for our last time shopping till May. Picture 1 is of the line at Walmart around the building we stood in. 
insane. We got everything we needed. I bought some new sweats so that was nice. We stopped at Smith's as well and all got cute little squishy stuffed animals. I got a cat. Picture 2 is of it with the yarn I was making a hat with. We came home and sister Roberts had her mission leadership training. I finished listening to saints book one, made a hat, made cookies, and did my best to stay calm awaiting news on what changes might come to help us out. Nothing really. We can watch ONE non church movie from an approved list only on mondays, we are to call 5 people every hour we aren't studying or having a lesson, and no Facebook. That was really hard. Trying to be a productive missionary with little tools.
Friday, Day 17, bit of a rough day. Woke up with a bad headache. Pushed through the meeting. Had a meeting with president and a bunch of other missionaries. Kind of a pep talk. Went for a walk, lunch, and made another hat. We then couldn't reach the other Sisters for awhile and started to worry. We then got a hold of them and recieved the news they are both going home for medical reasons. It was a hard few hours with a lot of calls rearranging our zone and such. We just keep hearing that from this point on things are just going to get worse so thats terrifying.
Saturday, Day 18, was okay. Watched conference from our apartment all day so that was interesting. All the announcements were good. I loved the night session though and sister Bingham's talk.
Sunday, Day 19, was another day of watching conference. So exciting about the new proclamation. Not gonna lie though my favorite moment was the new temples announced. I'm thrilled about Dubai and Shanghai. Sister Roberts and I stalked the area where the temple will be built in Dubai and it was really cool. Did our best to stay busy and productive the test of the day.
I'm trying my best to keep my hope about me as I went through this week. Its been hard though for sure. We don't have any outlet really besides making hats or other crafting or cleaning. I'm nervous for the next week or so. We'll see what happens. Love you all!
Love
Sister Sydney Hanks 
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