For example, I could have never imagined a world where it was illegal to take my children to church yet with the limits on how many people can attend religious gatherings, my kids haven’t gone to church since March. I hate that! I feel it is so healthy for children to be raised with multiple voices speaking truth into their lives. On that same note, we have hosted a weekly Bible study for decades- literally over 25 years. Not this year. For months, we totally stopped it until we started back on Zoom, but it is just not the same when you are trying to encourage one another on such a deep personal level and the internet keeps freezing and people’s voices keep cutting. That is a snapshot into the trials Covid-19 put on our family’s spiritual life.
It doesn’t end there. We weren’t able to travel back to America, where my family is, for Christmas this year because international travel has become so complicated and unpredictable. Many friends I know who have travelled back to America this year have literally gotten stuck there unexpectedly for months because of various restrictions which prohibited them from coming back. Even just to travel to my husband’s home village, we have to apply for a permit and hope we can get the government’s permission to go see his parents.
