Mon, Jan. 7, 2013
Dear Family!
Ha ha! You'll never guess what! We're back in Mwan again. We went back out to Romanum Thursday morning
(because of strong winds on Wednesday after we got the tests back
(Nothing. And no more pain. Super weird . . . ). Did a really good
cleaning of our house, replaced all our water filter filters. The
batteries we took from Pata are doing well (he told us on skype that since their solar batteries weren't working, they took the batteries from the missionary house on Pata, which they don't use right now). Then went to work! Saturday morning Elder Sofele woke
up with the exact same pains in his stomach that sent him to Guam just
over a month ago. Didn't feel strong enough to walk down to call (they have a cell phone but they don't get coverage at their house).
So I left him in the house and grabbed a priest to go down with me.
The Zone Leaders found it best to bring us in that day because they were
leaving to Guam for zone leader council and the senior couples were
already in Guam for couples conference. So we got brought in on Saturday about 1 on a long bumpy ride. The zone leaders were already gone when we got in. So we just cleaned their house, went to Truk Stop Hotel restaurant for dinner. Lifted a bit. Went to bed.
That night in my sleep I felt a fever hit me. In the morning I woke
up and looked for a thermometer. Tender mercy: I brought mine in from Romanum in my toiletry bag. I clocked in at 100.9. I went to sleep for another two hours. Elder Sofele felt a little better from the day before. I was SO achy.
Did not feel good. But we decided to attend sacrament meeting. It was
kinda hard for me but it was a good meeting. After I asked Elder Sofele and Matasio (the district president) to give me a blessing. Matasio sealed.
It was very nice. After which we went back to the house and just
slept. Around 2 I woke up and took some Tylenol because I was still
feeling super weak, achy and fevery. Relief came very quickly, which was a blessing. Tender Mercy: the fact that I contracted this fever while her in Mwan in the air conditioned house. I don't know all the reasons but I am sure that Heavenly Father keeps bringing us in to Mwan for
His reasons. I trust he's got things under control. :) The rest of
the day was spent sleeping, catching up my journal, and studying. Slept
very well last night. When I went to bed my temperature was normal.
This morning I woke up feeling strong. So it was just a one day fever
thing. Don't know what. The real mystery is Elder Sofele. He says there's nothing much today going on in his stomach. The mission nurse wants to bring him back to Guam to get everything checked out. Elder Sofele does not want that. They decided to wait till tomorrow to make that decision. I bet ya
we're going back out to Romanum tomorrow.:)
Friday was a pretty cool day for us out on Romanum. We did this service project for one of our investigators Petsinna who is the mother of our cute little recent convert Sinna.
We just pulled out a TON of weeds so that they can plant tapioca
plants. I took a before and after picture that's pretty sweet so be
looking for that. But the really awesome thing that happened on Friday
was a lesson that we had with a less active boy, about 20. The only
times I've seen him and shaken his hand have been when he was drunk.
But on Friday,
Elder Sofele decided
that we'd go visit him. I had never been to his house before but he
was home on this day. We sat down with him and began a little lesson.
Elder Sofele started
off talking about how it is a new year and that we can make changes in
our lives. He made mention of the atonement. I began talking more
about the atonement and how it is through the atonement of Christ that
we can make changes in our lives. The Holy Ghost came in really strong
when we began talking about that. We paused and pointed out that we
were feeling the Holy Ghost, and it only got stronger. Oh man it was awesome. He said with sincerity that
he
wanted to change at the end of what we had to say. He also said
something to the effect (translated) "Man I can really feel the Holy
Ghost with you guys today." to which we replied "It's with all of us."
Sounds a lot better in Chuukese but you get the point.:) We committed him
to come to church and to read the Book of Mormon that night. He asked
us to come back the next day. (Sat) So awesome! We hope to get him on a
mission. We were unable to visit him Saturday because we came in but I
asked one of our main teaching buddies, Sylas, to go apologize to him
about our inability to visit him. We'll just keep praying for him. I
sure hope he came to church yesterday.
...
Dad, Momma thank you so much for all that you do. I really hope to be
as good of a parent that
you guys are. Thank you so much. Kids thank you so much for letting
me be your big brother. I love it. I love you guys. :) Goodness! I
love you all so much! You are in my prayers! Whoo! I am so full of joy and happiness writing this! Ha ha! I love you guys! :)
Love,
Elder Aaron Lane Walters
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