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Sister Belynn Borg, a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, stands in front of The St.-Paulus-Dom in Munster, Germany. Because of the pandemic, her journey to Germany included multiple reassignments, setbacks and quarantines. (Sister Belynn Borg)
A limited number of missionaries are returning to their original foreign assignments a year after the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the world and sent thousands of missionaries home.
The Provo, Utah and Preston, England Missionary Training Centers shut down March 16, 2020 and since then, all missionaries are being trained virtually.
During March and April 2020, almost all missionaries serving outside their own country were sent home, except for a few countries in Europe and Asia. At the same time, many missionaries whose service would end on or before Sept. 1, 2020, were released from missionary service early.