Prayers for spiritual kids

Who would have ever guessed that in 2020, schools would close for months and kids would end up studying in their own homes, led by their own parents. Most parents are struggling with this, but there are a number of silver linings. Two close to my heart are:
1. Kids don't have to worry about school shootings for the rest of the school year and have the potential to feel safe 100% of the time;
2) Kids can complete the school year with full religious freedom so they can pray and study scriptures with parents and siblings. Remember "prayer at the flagpole?" well, any day, any time!

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Astronaut Scott Kelly's tips for living in Isolation

Click on the link to read the article:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/21/opinion/scott-kelly-coronavirus-isolation.html

Psychological help line

On March 17th, after we had been staying at home for 3 weeks already, and the second week of national lockdown, our town posted a new community phone hotline for psychological help. 

"That's a great idea" I thought "are there already in week two?" Someone somewhere is already there. 

A call to step up

I watched Bernie Sanders’ press release asking the President to declare a national state of emergency. He hadn’t yet? And I cannot express just how relieved I felt listening to his sincere and raw words: "we are all in this together." This is a humanitarian response. A Christ-like response, if you will.

Some quotes:

"If there ever was a time in the modern history of our country, when we are all in this together, this is that moment. Now is the time for solidarity, now is the time to come together with love and compassion for all, including the most vulnerable people in our society who will face this pandemic from a health perspective, or face it from an economic perspective." 

"We need to know what is happening right now in our country, in our states, and in fact all over the world. If there was ever a time for transparency, for honesty, and being straight forward, this is that moment. And we need that information coming from credible, respected scientific voices, of which we have many in our own country and all over this world. Not from politicians." 

"The bottom line is that in the midst of this unprecedented moment we need to listen to the scientists, to the researchers, to the medical folks, not to politicians." 

Then he lists a number of measures that would each be revolutionary in America, and weapons of mass relief. Many of his "welfare" type proposals would be revolutionary in America, such a big deal, but did you know they would be rather normal in most other wealthy countries?

VIDEO https://youtu.be/clomd4d4b98

Drive-thru

I read news that Denver created a free drive-thru Coronovirus testing site, following the Korean model. They should win a prize for fastest learning and implementation (who cares if they're copying, they learned what works and did it)!!! Thank the Lord God Almighty, they did it. Despite so much fighting, restrictions, and failures in other states. Colorado pulled it off, and lets pray the other 49 states get their act together and implement this model as far and wide as possible.

1. because it's free people will do it. They want to know if they have the virus so they know how strictly to quarantine themselves, just in case they're asymptomatic but contagious;
2. because it's drive-thru they don't have to worry that they'll get sick by sitting in the waiting room with others potentially infectious;
3. even if they test negative, it helps the government to have a wide public sampling to know how many have the virus, rather than only testing those who are very sick and very likely to have it.

Article https://www.koaa.com/news/national/coronavirus/colorados-first-drive-up-covid-19-testing-facility-opens-in-denver-is-free-of-charge?fbclid=IwAR161rJw5TtnUnZLCH4EORmmS55eyhgoi6hAC5cxN1nBEGI_7gqtL6qoVvI
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