My third week was good!! It has gone by so fast yet so slow at the
same time it's weird! My district didn't change but my zone did. So
there was District 8C in zone 8 they were here when we all got here. My
district is 8A and another 8B we all got here on the same day. 8C all
left this morning and yesterday for Costa Rica and Panama! We woke up at
4:15
this morning to say goodbye (apparently it's tradition or something)
but dont worry I went back to bed :) Then we went to the Temple at
7:15
ish and just did initiatory's which was really cool! And of course we
had to have breakfast! I was talking with a sister who was ringing up
our food who spoke spanish and in spanish she said it was the celestial
language haha. So yeah Spanish is coming along great! I'm starting to be
able to express my emotions and thoughts in spanish. That was the
hardest thing, when we were giving a lesson to an investigator and I
couldn't say how I felt, and that made me feel like I was going to
EXPLODE!!! it was so frustrating!! But I'm getting better at that!! I'm
not worried about the language at all, I practice hard and I know the
Lord will bless me. The first week we learned to pray and bear simple
testimonies, and I learn more everyday! It's so fun I love it!
My companion is pretty good! I'll explain that in a minute though.
Okay so now my stories :)
So
first I feel perfectly normal now! Which is so great that was probably
the shortest cold thingy I've ever had... Last Wednesday in gym we did
lunges for a 1/10 of a mile and my legs and butt hurt so much from that!
I need to get into shape! We woke up early and went to a yoga class at
6, that was interesting...
Okay sorry now I'll explain the subject. So! It all started on Saturday. Normal day things were good. After dinner around 7:00
in class with Hermano Thompson an Elder in my district Elder Shamata
did not feel well, he and his companion left and he threw up in the
bathroom so they went back to their room. Then about a half an hour
later Hna Lundberg didn't look to good when we came out of the bathroom
but she said she was fine. Then about 20 min later she said she needed
to leave so as soon as we got in the hall way she broke down in tears
and was in a lot of pain in her stomach. But not her stomach it was like
right below her belly button and she said it felt like someone was
stabbing her. She mentioned a blessing earlier, so I didn't know what to
do so I went into the other districts room and got the zone leaders and
they gave her a blessing. She was able to stop crying, and in the
blessing it was interesting, they blessed her that she would be healed
by or with light and that all the darkness and evil in her would leave.
(18 year old boys!!) I thought that was cool. Anyway we come out and
Hermano Thompson is out there and he sees her and asks what's going on.
She said she was fine...yeah as her face twisted in pain and she started
crying again a little. He didn't buy it so he called the front desk and
told them we were coming down there. (Because it was Saturday night the
clinic was closed so they had to call a doctor) She did not want to,
she just wanted to go lay down and put heat and lavender oil on it or
something but we couldn't just not go. So they called a doctor and she
talked to him and he wanted her to get it checked out. So it's like 8:30
ish now and we get to go to the ER!! woohoo..it was the only thing open
saturday night :( So on a 12 passenger bus we go and drive down the
street, passing every one coming out of the BYU basketball game. And to
the IMC or IHC whatever it is ER. I've never been in an emergency room
before so this was quite the experience. ( I actually really loved it
though, I'll explain why) So they drop us off and we go in. She sits
down and then stands up, and starts talking to people! I kind of freaked
out in my mind, what are you doing you don't talk to people like that!!
Then I though oh she'll make a good missionary haha. But later I found
out 1. she's just like that and 2 it kept her mind off the pain. So then
we got her checked in and sat down to wait. And she talked to more
people. While we were waiting a couple comes in the girl is not walking
well and leaning on the boy. They sat down and she got a wheel chair.
and more of their family came in. They were all around her when they
started to freak out! She passed out and I guess was pregnant too, so
they tried to get a nurse and wake her up, it was kind of scary. But
everyone in the ER I found is so calm, I could not work there. Anyway
Jade asked me to pray with her for this girl so we were praying silently
for her and I could hear them saying " Wake up sweetie, squeeze
my hand". Well Jade gets up and
goes over and asks for her name! Later I found out she really didn't
hear them but I was again like, what are you doing?! But I found out it
was a good thing she did. Because then they noticed we were praying and
knew it was for her. When she finally got to go back her future mother
in law and grandma( we found that out later) came and thanked and hugged
us, they were crying so we were tearing up a bit. But that moment right
there that experience I felt like a missionary. I felt like a
representative of Jesus Christ. I felt like we were in the "real world"
and for that time in the hospital I felt the reality and weight and joy
of my calling. I felt the love of the Savior for these people. And yes
it was already an emotional situation but I felt like those people saw
and felt Christ through me. I can't explain it but I felt like a
missionary and it was so cool! I was actually really happy and joking
around the rest of our time here. I knew Jade was fine (sorry Hna
Lundberg is too much to type) she knew she was fine, she just hurt. So I
felt bad but it was so cool. Anyway we went back she got blood tests
and did a urine test and got an ultrasound that was interesting. (I
documented the whole thing, we have lots of pictures (: ) Then we were
hanging out in our room I was pretty bored, sometime we would read a few
scriptures because I had mine, or blow up latex gloves or I just
wondered around her room. She made friends with all the nurses and
doctors. Jade became
best friends with everyone. Then the future mother in law of the girl found us, and talked to us, her son is her fiance. It was
interesting she told us all about them and that was doing fine
and they were LDS I guess her son and the girl are working on coming
back... Then after she left we were just sitting waiting for results,
when 2 elders walked by our door it was Elder Shamata the one who threw
up and his comp. Poor guy he did not feel well, they think it may have
been really bad food poisoning with something else. I guess it was bad
enough they have him morophene how ever you spell it. Jade would not
take it. So yeah we were just down the hall from each other! They were
there till about 1:30 while we left around 11:45.
so I guess with Jade they were looking for appendicitis or ovarian
cysts. But they found nothing so they let us leave. She still hurt
though not as bad. We got back around 12 and went to bed. so yeah! That
was an adventure! She did see a doctor here though who explained the
results more form all the tests she had. Not much else happened...except our zone decreasing by 8 which
was sad but it's what happens. Yeah I think
that's pretty much it! I love you all and hope you have a good week!!
Love
Hermana Sarah :)
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