So yes, the coronavirus had been getting media attention in growing amounts since January. Towards the end of January, the US got its first confirmed case in country. But life here still felt like this was not something that could take over lives.
We were finishing basketball, WKU students were returning for the Spring semester, and church was bursting with people. We were planning and praying towards kicking off two services on Easter Sunday. We had our 2nd annual Valentines dinner (so fun).
Fast forward to March 13th, and our children were sent home from school for 2 weeks to help with social distancing. The Preston Center was closed as of Friday the 13th also. WKU extended their spring break for an extra week while everyone got prepared to continue classes online for the remainder of the semester. Safe to say, life between January 21st and March 13th had rapidly changed. Toilet paper was chosen as the most needed commodity (??), and stores were quickly selling out of almost everything. Basically, many were spiraling into varying degrees of panic. On Sunday, March 15th, no Redeemer folks came to our building for worship. We moved to "Church Online" and began learning how to minister completely over the internet.
And thus it began...
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