Dear Parents:
How grateful we are to serve with your sons and daughters in the Lord’s cause. We love these young women and young men as our own. Please know that with the coronavirus, or COVID-19, affecting people here and around the world, our highest priority right now continues to be your missionary’s personal health and safety.
To help ensure the missionaries’ continued physical and spiritual well-being, we are following the inspired and well-informed direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, our Area Presidency, and the Missionary Department. We also are instructing the missionaries in following local and national government guidelines and precautions, reminding them to:
· Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
· Stay in their apartment whenever they themselves are sick. Avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth.
· Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
· Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces with household cleaning spray or wipes.
· Wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (which should always be done if their hands are visibly dirty), and, if soap and water are not readily available, to use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
We are asking your missionary to contact us immediately if they feel sick so that we can involve health care professionals and our area medical advisers. If your missionary has chronic or critical health issues that we need to be aware of, we also invite you to reply to this email to make sure that we address any concerns. We understand very well that the current situation may be stressful and cause concerns for some of our missionaries and their families, but we will watch over your missionary carefully and will communicate with them often.
If it becomes necessary for our missionaries to only work from their apartments, we will provide additional funds for them to purchase food and supplies. We will help the missionaries prepare and make sure their needs are met.
These are challenging times and circumstances, but to us this also is an opportunity to continue sharing the gospel. If our missionaries are required to work primarily from their apartments, they will continue to focus on their missionary purpose by teaching
How grateful we are to serve with your sons and daughters in the Lord’s cause. We love these young women and young men as our own. Please know that with the coronavirus, or COVID-19, affecting people here and around the world, our highest priority right now continues to be your missionary’s personal health and safety.
To help ensure the missionaries’ continued physical and spiritual well-being, we are following the inspired and well-informed direction of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, our Area Presidency, and the Missionary Department. We also are instructing the missionaries in following local and national government guidelines and precautions, reminding them to:
· Avoid close contact with people who are sick.
· Stay in their apartment whenever they themselves are sick. Avoid touching their eyes, nose, and mouth.
· Cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue, then throw the tissue in the trash.
· Clean and disinfect frequently touched objects and surfaces with household cleaning spray or wipes.
· Wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds (which should always be done if their hands are visibly dirty), and, if soap and water are not readily available, to use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol.
We are asking your missionary to contact us immediately if they feel sick so that we can involve health care professionals and our area medical advisers. If your missionary has chronic or critical health issues that we need to be aware of, we also invite you to reply to this email to make sure that we address any concerns. We understand very well that the current situation may be stressful and cause concerns for some of our missionaries and their families, but we will watch over your missionary carefully and will communicate with them often.
If it becomes necessary for our missionaries to only work from their apartments, we will provide additional funds for them to purchase food and supplies. We will help the missionaries prepare and make sure their needs are met.
These are challenging times and circumstances, but to us this also is an opportunity to continue sharing the gospel. If our missionaries are required to work primarily from their apartments, they will continue to focus on their missionary purpose by teaching
using technology (where available), studying the scriptures and Preach My Gospel, language learning, family history, online community service and other activities as needed. This is also a significant opportunity for missionaries to work closely with local Church leaders to reach out to new and returning members, families where some individuals are not yet members, and members with special ministering needs. Our missionaries will continue to go outside for exercise and fresh air while observing wise guidelines for personal contact. All of these activities will help them continue the Lord’s work, grow spiritually, and bless those in the communities they serve.
Going forward, we will continue to send updates to you as mission circumstances evolve. If your missionary is working from their apartment, they may communicate with you (parents only) twice a week to share their status and experiences.
Please be assured that we are completely dedicated to keeping your missionary healthy and safe. And we are most grateful for our loving Heavenly Father’s supporting hand in caring for them. May he continue to abundantly bless you and your family, each and every missionary, and the people we have been called to serve.
With our greatest love and appreciation, President and Sister Hintze
Going forward, we will continue to send updates to you as mission circumstances evolve. If your missionary is working from their apartment, they may communicate with you (parents only) twice a week to share their status and experiences.
Please be assured that we are completely dedicated to keeping your missionary healthy and safe. And we are most grateful for our loving Heavenly Father’s supporting hand in caring for them. May he continue to abundantly bless you and your family, each and every missionary, and the people we have been called to serve.
With our greatest love and appreciation, President and Sister Hintze
Parents and Family of the Missionaries of the Mission Argentina Córdoba,
We are sending this email to give you an update of the situation here in terms of the Corona Virus. We want to inform you that the we are taking the safety of your missionaries very seriously, and that it is our priority. We are taking precautions according to the recommendations of the church, and the government of Argentina. All missionaries have been informed to have at least a three-day supply of food in their apartments. In this moment all meetings in large groups (including meetings with other missionaries) have been suspended, and they have been advised to avoid public spaces. Every missionary has also been advised to carry hand sanitizer, and to use it frequently, especially after contact with other people. In areas with confirmed cases of the Corona Virus, the government has ordered people to stay in their houses and only leave if necessary. In areas where this applies, the missionaries are complying with this demand. As we have more information, we will contact you. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us.
The Office of the Mission Argentina Córdoba
Oficina de La Misión Argentina Córdoba
Gay Lussac 5270, B° Villa Belgrano 5009
Córdoba Capital, Córdoba
Argentina
Telefono: +54 (03543)421232
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