First
of all, I just want everyone to know that I am sweating so badly right
now. And I took two showers today! haha Turns out that this really is a
tropical island, Jarabacoa was deceiving. But things are going so well. I
didn´t know that I could learn to love people so quickly. The members
are awesome, and we had some really great investigators. We don´t have
anyone close to baptism, but these people are so wonderful. Our
missionary leader is a recent convert. His name is Cristofer and he is
the strongest member I have ever met. He leaves with us a lot because he
is preparing to serve a mission, and every time we teach a lesson from
him, I can feel how much he loves the gospel and his Savior. The people
hear teach me every day.
Today we went to Cotui
to play soccer with the other zone. None of the sisters came, so it was
just Hermana Seenaraine and I, but it was so fun. There are fewer
things I love more than playing soccer. We played for a long time, and
it wiped me out. But I had such a great time.
This
week I´ve really started to feel my testimony grow and change. In the
lessons, I can feel the power of our message, and I can see the
spiritual resfreshment it gives to the people we teach. I´m so grateful
that I´ve been sent here, and I´m so excited to see all of the wonderful
things that are going to happen.
A Day in the DR hospital:
Last Wednesday, my stomach started to hurt, but I thought maybe I had just eaten something bad, but Thursday
morning I woke up with a pain in my side. I tried making myself
comfortable, but I couldn´t sit, walk, or lie down. When my companion
woke up, I told her what was going on, so she had my call Hermana
Grange, the mission nurse. She gave me some ideas of what I could do to
make the pain go away, but after two hours I couldn´t bear it. I was
crying like a baby. haha So she told us to go to the hospital. We called
Sister Lockheart, the branch president´s wife, and she took us to the
hospital. She asked Hermana Seenaraine where it was, and when she said
it was the hospital near the church, she said "We´re not going there.
Nope. We´re not going there. Don´t worry sweetie, I´m not going to take
you there." I´m so glad she was there with us. Instead, she took us to a
nice clinic that she gone to before. There was just a little blood on
the sheets, and the power only went out for about 10 seconds. haha So,
they gave me an IV and took away the pain, then I did a sonogram and
turns out I have a kidney stone. Luckily it´s just a small one, and they
gave me medication so I´ve been fine! I just have to wait for it to
pass and I´ll be good as new. It´s always an adventure to go to a
Dominican hopsital!
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