Hola a todos! Wow what a week! Once again, and again, and again, and again….. So to tell you all what happened this week I will just say this: The one missionary that is supposed to help other missionaries NOT get sick GOT sick!... :P There is a virus bug going around all the mission and I have not enjoyed it. On Monday I woke up with a little tiny bit of body aches, but I didn’t think anything of it, so we all went to play soccer with the zone at a little concrete field nearby the office. We played and went back home and when I went to take a shower….. BAM! Got sick! Yeah! Haha no… it wasn’t fun. I got a fever right before taking a shower and the chills and ohh so much pain in all my body. And you know what? There’s no hot water! Yeah! Oh best shower ever! I felt like – “Let’s do the Polar Bear every day!” (Scouting reference for those who don’t know) So basically all day Monday I slept on the couch in the office. It was Monday anyways, nobody calls sick on Monday. >> P day. So I slept and then after office hours I went down to the house and slept in my bed while my companion Elder Troche sat in the room reading the Friend and such. I felt miserable. So Tuesday came. I wake up and wow! I felt great! Almost perfect! I get ready go up to the office all day and then around 7:00 pm…. BAM again! Round Two! It was like when one recovers from a tackle in pro wrestling and then - rejected! R.K.O.! (Ask Chase, he showed me a youtube video before the mission about RKO haha) Nevertheless, we went out to a visit anyways. We helped a couple of members start indexing! But wow that night and the next morning… I was miserable once again. So then the fever and headache and body aches turned into sinuses out of control and coughing and a super sore throat. Until now I have a sore throat and a little bit of a cough. The nose thing is a little better. Now it’s not más o menos (mostly in my nose – according to Mom haha). ;) So yeah, that has basically been my week. Today for PDay we went first to Buenavista to shop and then we came here to the office and ate dominos pizza.
So apart from all that stuff, as district leader I get to prepare a district meeting every Friday and do a training, and that has been a pretty cool thing. Yesterday I trained about the Doctrine of Christ and Our Missionary Purpose and about the importance of the Baptismal invitation. I will just say that I have never been really that good at speaking, especially in front of a group of people, but I know that the Lord will help me as long as I do my best.
That’s all folks! Keep on pressing forward being what He wants you to be! I love you all and I know that He does as well. Never give in to the one who desires all to be miserable and sad. Choose today to be happy! Because happiness is already available, all the time!
Ciao!
Love,
~Élder Tyler Hales~
ÉLDER HALES
Secretario de Salud
Misión Colombia Barranquilla
Hola Mommoo! How are you?
Wow that's crazy to hear that it's still super warm there. Well relatively. We all would be dying here of cold if it was in the 60's. But oh well haha. ;) I don't ever have to use a jacket here so that's fine with me haha. ;)
Uyyyyyyyyy....... Don't tell me the results. I just know the Second Coming is here. The cook here in the office told us and me and Elder Hansen got all serious and, well I was already serious because I was sick, but I got even more serious. All we can do now is pray that the people will now wake up and see the big mistakes they are making and that they must turn from their pride just like the Nephites of old. But yeah, it's probably better that we don't talk about politics. I try not to take in any of the information I hear because I really don't want to talk about it with people here and other missionaries for that matter.
Ha! Wow! There's a new Tarzan?? Ha! Who even knew? ;) I didn't! I'm sure that when I get back I won't be able to see all of the movies that have come out in this past year in a life time because I'm sure there are literally a million that have come out! haha
Thought from Elder David A Bednar, We Believe in Being Chaste: "The Savior is often referred to as the Great Physician, and this title has both symbolic and literal significance....Consider sin as a spiritual wound that causes guilt or, as described by Alma to his son Corianton, "remorse of conscience" (Alma 42:18). Guilt is to our spirit what pain is to the body--a warning of danger and a protection from additional damage. From the Atonement of the Savior flows the soothing salve that can heal our spiritual wounds and remove guilt. However, this salve can only be applied through the principles of faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, and consistent obedience. The results of sincere repentance are peace of conscience, comfort, and spiritual healing and renewal." He then goes on referring that "Bishops are the physician's assistant, who are authorized to help you repent and heal."
Thanks for that thought by Elder Bednar. Actually, something that I have really been missing is the strong impressions of the Spirit here in the mission and even at home. Here in the office I think it's kind of like what it would be in normal life, (I'm stretching it really far I know, but bear with me) because all day instead of talking about and preaching the gospel we are doing office things and taking missionaries to the clinic and such. Sometimes I wonder what it is that Heavenly Father wants me to learn from this experience here in the office. It's a very stressful environment sometimes and especially this week since I have been sick I have been a bit on edge. A bit impatient I'll say, which is something that I haven't felt or seen me do in a long time, and I hope to keep improving that.
Well, thanks Mommoo for everything! Are you guys sending stuff soon that I should be aware of here? Because who knows how much longer I'll be here in the office. I have already been here 6 months now! Two days ago! Crazy!
Love you mommoo! See you, love you, bye!
Oh actually the other day I did exactly that with the Christ picture! I have some transparent drawing paper and I printed off a little copy of the drawing and gave it to a missionary whose grandpa died this week. His grandpa had practically raised him all his life and so it was really hard for him. He felt alone and worried for his family. I was the one who had to help him call his family and see how things were going in the house. I watched him as he spoke to his family. It was a touching experience. After he hung up, he was pretty sad and so I printed a copy of the Jesus Christ drawing I made on some nice special drawing paper. I wrote on it John 14:27, it reads: "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid."
It was neat. he thanked me with tears in his eyes and he said he was going to keep it safe and in a place where he would always see it and remember it. Other than that I have had many experiences helping missionaries especially when they have problems a little bigger. I am doing my best in trying to comfort them and everything.
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