Melbourne Mission Moments 08/11/14
Well, it's been a bit of a crazy week--to
say the least.
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So Monday we went ice skating in the
city with our Zone. I love ice skating! It was a lot of fun. The best part was
watching all the missionaries who have never done it try to learn how. We were
all cracking up laughing. One of the Elders from Zimbabwe was the funniest. We
spent a good several hours on the ice and we were just about finished when I
was standing talking to some missionaries who were sitting on the wall. Next
thing I knew, I was hit by this big guy that was going really fast. I fell
straight to the ice and to be honest, it hurt. We ended up leaving right after
that. I had a bit of a headache from falling but overall I was alright. After
we rode the train back to our area, a bunch of the missionaries in our zone
decided that it would be fun to do the gallon challenge... SO GROSS!!
Seriously, why anyone would want to drink that much milk to make them vomit, I
will never understand. When our P-day ended, we went to see a less-active
family who had asked us to come over. They had gone out and bought us so many
groceries! It was so nice of them! I couldn't believe how much they got
us. Our cupboards and fridge were fully stocked! After that we went to see a
recent convert and his non-member daughter. We arranged to have FHE with them
tonight which we're really excited about!
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| Ice Skating for P-Day |
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| Me and Elder D - one of our Zone Leaders |
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| Some in our zone while they were doing the Gallon challenge... SO GROSS! |
Tuesday morning after studies, we
picked up a member and went to teach a guy named D. We showed him the
Restoration DVD and he really felt the Spirit. We tried to commit him to come
to church and he absolutely refused. It was really sad. We ended up having to
drop him because he won't make or keep any commitments. Later that afternoon we
had a lesson with J. A member came who was perfect fellowship! We taught the
Restoration and it went really well! J asked so many good questions! Also, when
we got there, she told us that she had started to read the Book of Mormon. We
were shocked because we hadn't asked her to or said anything about it. She
unfortunately wasn't able to come to church yesterday because her son got hurt
in his Rugby game but we will have another lesson with her this week! After
that lesson, we went to see a recent convert who is struggling being active
because she doesn't have the support from her husband. We had a really good
visit with her. After that we went to our dinner appointment. I had been having
pain in my stomach all afternoon and I could hardly eat anything. Right after
dinner, we went to coordination meeting at our Ward Mission Leader's house. I
was in so much pain that I had to just go lay down on the couch. When we got
home, I noticed some bleeding and with the pain too, I was concerned. I called
Sister Maxwell and we decided that I would get in to see a doctor right after
zone conference the next day.
Our zone conference on Wednesday was
so good! I wish I could share everything that was shared and everything I
learned but I can't. Here are a few highlights:
- Proverbs
29:18- we have to have a vision of what we can accomplish. We have to have
goals.
- Don't lower
your expectations to meet your performance. Up your performance to meet
the expectations.
- Galatians 5:9-
just a little bit makes a big difference
- "You have
eternity to prepare for your mission and you will have forever to
reflect on it but you only have 2 years to live it." -Ezra Taft
Benson
- The purpose of
the gospel generally and the Atonement specifically is to make bad men
good and good men better.
- "Salvation
is not a cheap experience." -Jeffrey R. Holland
- "God's
opportunity is man's extremity." -Jeffrey R. Holland
- "The road
to salvation always goes through Gethsemene and summits at
the hill of Calvary." -Jeffry R. Holland
- "My
feelings for the Savior have been born in the most desperate hours of my
life when I wondered if the sun would ever come up again." -Jeffrey
R. Holland
- Repentance
in German is "umkher" which literally means to turn around.
- Satan works
hardest on those who are trying to do right.
There was so much and it was all
so good! I am so grateful for President and Sister Maxwell. They are
absolutely incredible! By the time we left our zone conference,
we had to go straight to our dinner appointment. We decided to go
there first because it is a family we've already had to cancel on before.
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| Elder S, me and Elder C |
As soon as we finished dinner,
we went right to the doctor. It was about 8:45 pm at this
point. The doctor did a little bit of checking and said that he
was worried that I could possibly have ruptured my spleen when I fell while ice
skating so he sent me straight to the Emergency at Sunshine Hospital. We
stopped by our flat long enough to change into trackies and wash off my makeup
and then we drove to Sunshine. By the time we got to the hospital it was
about 10:30 pm. Holy cow, Australian hospitals are so different. We got
there and I checked in and they told us it would be at least a couple of hours
wait. The Zone Leaders came to wait with us. I waited in the waiting room for 6
HOURS! We were all so exhausted. Finally, about 4:30 am they called my name and
took me back. They did x-rays, an ultrasound and a couple of other tests and I
saw the doctor. She said that she would talk it over with the surgeons as to
what they would do. And then I waited around for about 4 more hours. Finally I
asked the nurse if they had any news. Turns out the doctor I saw had gone home.
So then I had to wait again for another doctor. Finally after 8 hours back
there, they sent me home saying they didn't know what was wrong but that if it
got worse, I should come back in. We were absolutely exhausted so we went home
to shower and we both fell asleep. We got up to go to our dinner appointment
and then came back home to sleep.
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| Sunshine Hospital - We spent 14 hours here |
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| The Elders were so tired... so nice of them to stay there with us all night. |
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| Everyone was trying to sleep, but I was afraid I'd miss my name being called. |
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Friday morning Sister Maxwell and I
talked and decided I should try to get another referral letter from the doctor
to try to go to another hospital. Well, that doctor was not going to be in
until Monday so I ended up driving up to where the mission office is to see a
doctor there. She is a less-active member and sees a lot of the missionaries.
She thought it was important to have a CT scan and she made a call and got me
straight in to a radiology place. We went there and I had a CT scan. It took
almost two hours and they sent me away. By the time they were finished Dr. Owen
had gone home and since they were closed all weekend I couldn't get any
results. I called the office this morning to get the results. The pain has
pretty much gone away now and the scan results indicated that everything was
normal.
I've not been feeling great this past
week but I'm pushing through it. On Saturday we got to help with a stake
mini-MTC for the youth which was really good! Church on Sunday was really good.
The talks in sacrament meeting were all about the Restoration. I am so grateful
for Joseph Smith and the role that he played in the restoration of the gospel.
I am so grateful to be a missionary and to have this opportunity to share it
with everyone. Thank you for all your prayers this week. Heavenly Father is
blessing me and I trust that everything is going to be okay.
Love y'all heaps!
Sister Baker
P.S. Remember how we have that goal
of getting 5 new investigators every week or else we have to sleep on the floor
Sunday night...? Yeah well, let's just say that our floors are not very
comfortable.
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| My companion is turning me into a Kiwi... socks and jandals... |
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