So this week has been quite a week of adventures!
This week I had a
scare with my eyes ... I went to a doctor because my eyes went blood shot again
and well the doctor told me I had a eye condition that would cause blindness....
yessuri that sure did cause a lot of stress. But luckily I was referred straight
away to an eye specialist. I went to see them this morning and after 2 hrs of
eye testing, dilated pupils so my eyes are blurred, yellow drops in my eyes, so
on and so forth I am good and do not have "uveitis". Woah that sure was a
scare!
I am staying here in Cole Harbour, and I am staying with
my companion and we are still Sister Training Leaders. Going on my 7th transfer,
we are getting a new set of sisters in Dartmouth one of them being Sister
Sanberg who was in the MTC with me, and Sister Olsen will be coming in our zone
who also was in the MTC with me. They both just got released from being STL's
and for the last two transfer will be returning to normal missionaries.
This week was a busy week, a lot of travelling, we were in our area for 3
days. So we were not able to go and do a whole lot of work in our area. Sister
Echols is a singer and had to travel to New Brunswick for one last concert, she
took the bus from Truro on Friday, and I was on a visit with the sisters in
Truro from Friday till late Saturday night. Sister Echols and I did not get back
in to our area till 1 AM Sunday morning so we are still quite exhausted today.
On Tuesday morning Elder Evanson and I took a 6:55 AM flight
to Newfoundland that was so cool! Flying into the Newfoundland it looks like
your literally just flying onto a huge rock in the middle of the ocean! By 7 PM
Tuesday night we were back on a flight heading back to Halifax. Back in our
areas by 9 PM. It was a great trip, it was so nice to serve around some new
blood and attend a training around missionaries that I have never served around!
We had such a great group discussion about working with ward members, and how to
work with ward leaders and Less Actives. I love all the missionaries on the
rock; there is such a special spirit! We all felt the spirit and had a great
time together. It was nice talking to the missionaries in Bay Roberts (which is
the branch the Whalen's will go to) they are quite excited to begin teaching the
Whalen's.
So I would like to talk about a couple things this week,
one being my visit with the Truro sister; it was so awesome! I got there Friday
evening, the sisters in Truro are struggling with finding success, and as well
being motivated so there is always a lot of pressure and stress in my mind coming
into the visit. Hoping things will work out, that I will be able to help them,
and that we will see success, work well with one another and walk away being
edified and inspired from one another. So we begin with knocking and we knock
into this father. We are talking to him for quite few minutes he is explaining
how he doubts there is a God, how he use to be searching for truth a few years
ago. His friend walks to the door and they invite us to come to their back yard
as they are having a BBQ with their girlfriends out back. So we all look at one
another, the two sisters turn to me waiting for me to answer and I am just like
"sure ! Why not!" so we go out back and sit down with the 4 of them. We end up
blessing our BBQ food with them, and teaching to all 4 of them. It turns out 3
of the 4 of them have met with missionaries with in the last 3 years! We are
just challenging and testifying left right and centre. They were all quite
receptive. But the one man who originally answered the door was a bit
argumentative. He just was quite logical and had a lot of things to dispute
about the creation, Adam and Eve, we handled the situation in such a great way
that it actually drew his one friend Pete in because we were just quite
respectful and humble but as well boldly stating and teaching the truth by the
spirit. So Pete kept jumping in and defending us against his friend and it was
just a really cool situation. We were able to sit down with them all for a
little over 20 minutes, and pick Pete up as a new investigator. After as we were
walking out of their backyard the sisters were just in "awh" about the
situation. We were all excited! Then we decided to go parking lot and store
contacting, and I just stopped and had great conversations with every person we
passed, whether they were in their car and I walked up to the window, or
shopping in the grocery store. They were again in "awh" because they didn't
realize how many situations you can put yourself into as a missionary if you
open your eyes and go out of your way to talk to everyone. But not only that if
you are warm real genuine and friendly you can really just talk to anyone, build
a relationship, teach to their needs and have them understand why they need this
message, it was amazing!! So the first people we talk to in the grocery store is
a family from the Phillipeans. Ron the father actually use to play ball with a
whole bunch of members back home at the LDS church. They were so receptive and
very excited to meet with us and learn about eternal families! We set up a
appointment with them for the next weekend! We all were just rejoicing! As we
walk out of the grocery store we see the Philippineo family honk and wave smiles
beaming on their faces as they drive away! The sisters were just like wow!! It
was amazing to see how Heavenly Father really does bless us and I always find on
visits and exchanges that the Lord really is guiding me. It was a miracle to
see how much the fruit of our effort was right before our eyes, it was a great
visit and I was able to train the sisters alot on being a fanatic about talking
to everyone, about being bold, and having faith! This work truly is a work of
miracles!! We saw many more miracles that day in a half
together.
On friday, my eyes got blood shot again! So I decide to
go to a different doctor than the one who I had previously seen 2 weeks ago,
this doctor was extreme he looked at my eyes and said quote on quote "this is
serious, this could lead to blindness, there is nothing I can do to help you".
I was just like WHAT?!?! So he was very quick but blunt. He said my eyes were
the perfect picture of one who has "uvietis" that it is a life long condition
not an infection. SO he said he was to refer me to an eye specialist that may
take 1 week to 10 weeks ... I was like "woah woah woah sir.... you tell me I
could go blind but that I can't have any help for 1-10 weeks... that is
ridiculous!!" so he said to go to the Emergency at the hospital... so I go and
get all checked in. The doctor I had there was a lot nicer he actually took a
look at my eyes. He said the the doctor was over killing it, that my eyes could
be red from allergies, or a infection or uvietis that he isn't sure. He did
some tests but still didn't know. So luckily I got into the eye specialist today
at the Halifax hospital I go there, they put all these drops in my eyes they are
numb, my pupils are HUGE, and I had blurred vision. After a doctor testing them
for over an hour, they said I don't have uvietis which is a relief. But that I
just need to lay off the contacts so make no redness (which I have done for like
6 weeks). They said to not wear them for 2 weeks then if redness comes back
after wearing contacts again to come back. They tested my eyes above and beyond
and yea Weird hey!? But my eyes are feeling better and the redness has gone down
I have a eye drops for allergies, may be from that? But on the weekend my eyes
were like bright red!
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