We Got Our First SHOTS

During our mission devotional on Thursday, our mission president started off his talk by saying, "I just got an alert on my phone and the governor has just announced that individuals 65 and older can now get appointments for the Covid-19 shot."  Now in the future, you might know how this "big" experiment worked out to mass vaccinate the population of the world to stop the Pandemic.  Hopefully it is successful, but maybe  it won't be.  However, right now, it seems like the best route to take for us individually and for our society.  Each person needs to understand the situation and make the best decision for them.

I was able to get on my phone and make our reservations on Thursday as we were driving home from visits in Salt Lake.  So Saturday afternoon, Gary and I went down to the Fair grounds and got our vaccines at a very well organized drive-thru shot clinic.  We didn't even get out of our cars.  Gary got his shot in the left arm, me in the right--which works out for how we sleep---

Driving into the rodeo arena---

Inside they had many "stalls" which each held two cars each.  One person came to your car window, confirmed some details, and then another person came  and gave you the shots.

You then drove out and sat for 15 minutes in your car as volunteers walked around to make sure everyone was doing okay and then we were out of there. No waiting, no fuss---

We will get our second shot in three weeks--March 13 or after.  

Gary and I have sore arms today but nothing else.  Scott had his second one this past week and had a bad headache for a day or so, but that was his only reaction.  Hopefully we will have mild ones as well to the second one.

I have to admit that as we pulled out of the arena, I got a little teary eyed.  I am grateful for those people who worked so hard and probably through evenings and weekends to make this possible.  Of course there are unknowns that only time will tell if this worked and if we reached all peoples in all places and we handled it in the best possible way with compassion and love for all men---only history will tell the final story of this pandemic.  But we are living it--and how we choose to manage ourselves and be an impact for good is up to us as individuals!

I have said before that life is an adventure--how true that is.  Not all adventures involve travel to fun places, some of them are pandemics and earthquakes and hurricanes and personal illnesses.  We need to embrace them all and use them to grow closer to God and to our fellowmen.  (End of Soapbox.)