Mon, Dec. 31, 2012
Family!
Happy New Year! I hope that you
guys had a super fun break from school and all that good stuff. I
certainly loved talking to you guys! Oh man that was great. But oh
man, soon after I got off I realized that I totally forgot to express my
extreme gratitude for the wonderful boxes that you guys sent down to
me. Thank you! That morning I had a wonderful bowl of cereal. :) Oh
goodness that was so wonderful! So thank you again. :)
So the
youth conference went great! There were a ton of kids who came and
they all had a really awesome time. We also had a bunch of non-members
and less actives from Romanum so that was super great. We’ll have some
new investigators to work with and hopefully a new fire in some of our
old investigators and less actives. The whole thing was quite the
success. There were some really great activities and learning
opportunities. It was all planned out really well. It was super great
that we missionaries got to help out and participate.
We went
back to Romanum yesterday after church. And sadly came right back this
morning. Reason being this pain in my stomach. It started on Wednesday
just a few hours after I finished talking to you guys. It started just
as a small upset stomach, like it didn’t like what I ate just before
(ice cream:). So I started feeling that around 6. I will now compare
my pain level to a balloon. At 6 it slowly began to inflate, increasing
in discomfort. Until about 9:30
that evening the balloon was very full (soccer ball sized) and the pain
nearly unbearable. I couldn’t throw up and using the rest room did not
bring any relief. Elder Sofele and I were out in Wichap to spend the
night and work the next day. I asked them to give me a blessing because
I needed help and relief badly. Elder Huppy anointed and I asked Elder
Sofele to seal and bless. Great blessing, and the power of the
priesthood is real. My pain really just deflated during the blessing
down to baseball sized. It was amazing. I just laid down and went to
sleep and I slept really quite well. The next day I didn’t eat to much
and there wasn’t too much in at all in my stomach that I remember. But
man that was such a fun day working there in Wichap. Seeing people and
visiting places. Oh I really love that place and those people. It was
so much fun to visit and really be able to talk to those people. Man
it was great.
On Friday I did have some pain and discomfort but not much if I
remember. Not more than a soft ball in size. On Saturday
it was a bit more but I mostly came in the afternoon and evening. In
the softball/size 3 soccer ball area. Not very comfortable. And that
night in sleep it was not very good. Not a very peaceful rest. Sunday
morning I woke up super tired and still hurting. I tried to eat a
granola bar for breakfast but I couldn’t do it even though it was a
super good granola bar. The pain was just causing too much discomfort.
It lasted all through church and after a bit as well. But I did eat
some soup for lunch and it was super good. And after I ate the pain was
gone. Strange. So we hopped on a boat and went back to Romanum. And
really just after the boat pulled out to take us I started feeling the
small pain again. And once again it just grew. We got back to Romanum
about 3:30 and by that evening it was
hurting pretty bad again. Not as bad as last Wednesday, but still
worse than the other times. I was in bed and asleep just after 8. I
just took off my tie, emptied my pockets and crashed.
I really did
not want to come back in this morning. I didn’t even upack my bag from
last week. But I woke up and the pain was still a little bit there. I
honestly did not want to come in again. It means Elder Sofele misses
New Years on Romanum which he was super excited about. I feel really
dumb about it. I prayed to know what to do and coming in seemed to be
the right thing. But now the dumb thing is I have no pain. We went to
the hospital and they took blood and urine to test but that’s about all
they could do. Those will be done Wed. Early on Sunday I was maybe
thinking I’ve become lactose intolerant because that’s one thing that’s
been different in my diet the past few
days. Cereal. :) But I really don’t know what the deal was. It may
have just been something that came and went. But Elder Sofele’s got bad
because it got put off. I feel really dumb because it looks like mine
was nothing and we missed New Years on Romanum.
But life goes
on. I love you guys lots! Thank you so much for keeping me updated on
mission calls and other such news. Please don’t worry about me. But it
would be interesting to find out if I am lactose intolerant. And if I
do develop the allergens you have Momma, when such a thing would
happen. But that is unimportant now. I’ll tell you what I though!
That I love you guys so much! And that I loved taking with you and
before we know it we will again. So we live on trusting and relying on
Heavenly Father. He loves us. I love you guys.
Happy New Year!
With lots of
love,
Elder Aaron Lane Walters
On the back of the envelope it
said: Hey the pain stopped on Monday. Don't know what the deal was.
Tests are OK. :) Life's good!
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