I heard various things about “home MTC.” Some say the missionaries have too much down time. Others say that they’re too busy. One person said, “It’s like living in COVID again and being quarantined.”
All three statements are valid. They do have too much downtime while at the same time being way too busy. And it definitely felt like COVID as far as being online Zoom all day but also trying to find creative things to do during downtime.
Nicky went stir crazy. He’s not one to sit still, so he got really antsy during “home MTC.” It felt like I had four-year-old Nicky with me again… “What are we going to do today, Mom?” “Can we go somewhere?” “I’m bored.”
I tried to think of something to do with him each day during his long break. Unfortunately that break took place during the hottest part of the day and my most tired part of the day.
I took him to run errands, I took him to visit friends, I dropped him and Scotty off at a bike trail with their bikes a couple of times, and I even took him to get a pedicure (he’ll have the cleanest toes in the Mexico MTC!)
Last week someone asked me, “What do you think the purpose of home MTC is?” to which I replied, “I have no idea!” But a few days later, I decided the purpose of home MTC is to drive the missionary and their parents to the point of “get this over with!” so that all parties are ready for the the missionary to go!
It wasn’t all bad, though. We got to have Nicky around for the 4th of July, and we got to witness his first week and a half as a missionary up close and talk to him every day. We got to have some time with him without his social life taking priority (he was stuck with US for once!) It was really special having a missionary in our home.
He’s ready to go, though.
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