So this week has been pretty wild as one of my roommates would put it- it is my new favorite word of the month- as most of you know I passed a kidney stone. We call it the inconspicuous stone- mostly because that is exactly what it is. I spent a lot of time in the Sick bay in the MTC health clinic, got one CT scan where there was no stone but three days later there was a 3mm stone when I got a CT scan at the ER, also had a procedure on Tuesday to remove the stone, and it was not there. Guess I passed it , (I was super drugged up and the last 5 days were pretty hazy) After I had the procedure I was feeling more myself and I attribute it to 2 bags of IV fluid- i was pretty dehydrated.
This experience was exactly what I needed, the three Hermanas who took care of my needs, and all of my Elders needed it I know. I know I will still continue to learn more from this experience but I felt the spirit and God's love for me throughout the whole thing, I was never alone, nor did I feel alone. The Hermanas were so great to me, they took care of me every second and made sure I was receiving the best treatment and were part of the reason I actually went to the hospital and received the treatment I needed- they all took turns going out "into the real world" with me and we had fun experiences meeting a cute little girl in the Rite Aid pharmacy, having security guards wheel me out of the residence hall (and I knew them from before...a little awkward) more security guards coming in to let me use their phones to call the doctor- and the Hermanas brought me three meals a day for 10 days!! I am so grateful for them and it taught me so much about love and charity- they have only known me for a month but were with me through it all. Through this experience I was able to receive three blessings- if I hadn't been the one going through this I would have thought it was a little excessive- but all three of those blessings were completely different and what I needed at that time. Three different Elders each had a turn to give me a blessing and have the opportunity to speak through God to help me have comfort and peace- I know that all of them needed to have that opportunity and it strengthened all of our testimonies on the power of the priesthood. The last blessing I had was Sunday night and I was really out of it- and the whole branch and more missionaries were fasting for me and it was just a neat experience- I was so grateful for the Elders who organized the fast, and that they all did it, I felt their love so much and they all have strengthened my testimony in faith in Jesus Christ and love for others. During that blessing the Elders got permission to come into the Sisters residence hall to give me the blessing- they had been asking me the weeks before how ours looked and wanted to see pictures, so they were all pretty pleased that they actually got to see them- oh the things that make you excited here.
I am now going to be leaving the MTC on the 27th- so just two weeks later than originally planned- I am completely fine with this, I have almost spent two weeks out of commission and I know that this is my time to make up for it. 4 of the Elders in my district are still here waiting for visas to Argentina- 4 have left. So I will now be in the district with all of the sisters so 4 of us sisters and 3 Elders- I will finally get to teach with an Hermana! So it will be great. I am so grateful for all the prayers from those back home- I felt them- and for all of the help I received here, especially from the branch presidency as well- even though this was a really hard thing we could all see the Lord's hand in it which is the only way I was able to endure it. I am grateful for the simplicity of this gospel, I am grateful for all the people here that have shown me how to love here, I know that because of this experience all of us who participated will be going out into the mission field learning a big lesson already- with many more to come. I am so grateful for the love of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ- this is the thing that will get us through hard things and when we emulate this love we will help others get through hard things. This is my testimony and I KNOW it is true. I love you all! I am really improving and hoping to me back fully on my feet by next Monday. Make it a great week!
Hermana Coleman
I am now going to be leaving the MTC on the 27th- so just two weeks later than originally planned- I am completely fine with this, I have almost spent two weeks out of commission and I know that this is my time to make up for it. 4 of the Elders in my district are still here waiting for visas to Argentina- 4 have left. So I will now be in the district with all of the sisters so 4 of us sisters and 3 Elders- I will finally get to teach with an Hermana! So it will be great. I am so grateful for all the prayers from those back home- I felt them- and for all of the help I received here, especially from the branch presidency as well- even though this was a really hard thing we could all see the Lord's hand in it which is the only way I was able to endure it. I am grateful for the simplicity of this gospel, I am grateful for all the people here that have shown me how to love here, I know that because of this experience all of us who participated will be going out into the mission field learning a big lesson already- with many more to come. I am so grateful for the love of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ- this is the thing that will get us through hard things and when we emulate this love we will help others get through hard things. This is my testimony and I KNOW it is true. I love you all! I am really improving and hoping to me back fully on my feet by next Monday. Make it a great week!
Hermana Coleman
P.S. I have seen Sister Christensen!!!!!! Twice today actually, her and her companions sat by us at breakfast- it was SO great to see her- she is doing super well- her companion seems super sweet and she looks like a cute perfect sister missionary- having a kidney stone made it worth it to see her- it was so happy!
No comments:
Post a Comment