Wow whadda week. So. This week, I've been outside of the MTC bubble (MTC and temple) not one time, but twice. Because one of my comps has been falling apart. It's quite unfortunate, but it was a cool little adventure. Both times! So here's the story on that... On Friday, Soeur Cuthbert, the one from Utah, was feeling sickly, and had been for a week, but she hadn't said anything to me or Soeur Lamb. So, Friday, we went to the Health Center with her. Soeur Lamb and I worked on the puzzle that was out, (side note: puzzles are the best. I'm gonna do them ALL THE TIME when I get home.) And Soeur Cuthbert went back to find out what was wrong. They couldn't figure it out, so they sent her back with some pills and said take these and come back in a week. Well, Saturday rolled around, the morning, and Soeur Cuthbert was still in a lot of pain. More even. So, we were at breakfast, but not for long, cause she started getting these shooting pains in her right lower abdomanin (I can't spell.) So, the three of us leave immediately, and are walking down the main hall of 1M, when outta nowhere, Soeur Cuthbert says, "I think I'm gonna pass out." And, not more than a nanosecond later, she begins to fall towards me. Thanks to her warning, I was able to catch her. So I stay with her, cause she regains conciousness really fast, and Soeur Lamb takes off running towards the front desk. (Cause the Health Clinic is closed on Saturdays.) So, we talked to a doctor on the phone and about 10 mins later we were on our way to the ER. They ran all sorts of tests, blood stuff, an ultrasound, and a catscan, and we were there til late-ish afternoon, but they couldn't find anything. So yah. We went to rite aid on the way home, grabbed her perscription, and then Soeur Lamb and I were in class later that afternoon. (Cause we found another sick sister to do splits with.) And Sunday morning she got anti nausea pills, but those ended up not working, so Sunday night, we ended up going back. Soeur Lamb and I broke our fast with vending machines that night. hah. The doctors seemed a bit more knowledgeable that night, and we found out that she has a stomach ulcer, yesterday. So yah. That was the excitement of the week. It was kray kray. So yah. Soeur Lamb and I missed some class these last couple days, but it was fine. And we studied on our own at home, so it was good. I dunno what's gonna happen with Soeur Cuthbert yet, but I hope she gets better, she's still pretty bed bound though, so yah. Keep her in your prayers please!
Teaching this week. hah. It was kinda funny. I taught on Wednesday and Thursday with Soeur Kailiponi. We were supposed to teach together on Saturday too, but then the Hospital incident happened. And she's gone now :( I miss that little crazy. She's THE BEST!! But yah. We taught Michel on Wednesday and prayed with him and got him to pray!! So that was very exciting! And we also taught Katherine for the last time. And then on Thursday, we taught two awesome lessons. hah. Claude. So this was our first time teaching him. The rest of my district had contacted him earlier on in the week, but I was teaching with Soeur K that night. So, Soeur K and I had not talked to him yet. For some reason, I thought he was gonna just pretend that we had, but no such luck. The two of us knocked on the door and said, "Hi Claude, we're Soeur Santos and Soeur Kailiponi" (en francais) and then realizing that he wasn't gonna invite us in, I said, "and we're missionaries from the church of Jesus-Christ of latter-day Saints and we have a message for you!" To which he responded, "Oh, I'm not really that interested in religion." hah. And then I just stood there. Shocked. Luckily, Soeur Kailiponi started talking before he shut the door. But that little crazy made us get through the door! Oh. And I guess I should explain this too. After your first investigator in the MTC, you teach your teachers. So Frere Blosil is playing Michel, and Frere Sybrowsky is being Claude. So yah. It was kinda funny. And then once we got through the door, forgetting that we weren't supposed to know who he was, Soeur K said his name and he was like, "how do you know my name?!" hah. Luckily, she thought fast and was like, "we got your name from a referral!" hahh. That was a crazy lesson. It was good though. Despite the false start. I love teaching with Soeur Kailiponi! I can't wait to get to New Cal, cause I wanna be comps with her again! Thursday afternoon we taught in TRC, and we got this super old cool man Frere Perrez who speaks 5 languages fluently and reads the Book of Mormon in 10 languages everyday!! I wanna be him when I grow up. I love languages!! That's one of the things I like most about the MTC, everyone speaking their languages! We'll have conversations with the Portuguese elders, us speaking french and them speaking portuguese. It's the best! If I'm horrible at cello when I get home, I'm switching majors to linguistics.
A couple other cool things from this week, Frere Blosil challenged us to think about the people of the places we're going when things are hard in the MTC. I love that! Everything is so much easier when we're thinking about others. So I wanna do that more. Also. on Sunday, it was fast Sunday, so I got to bare my testimony in French!! And I was being a little crazy. Jumping up and down in my seat like a 5 year old until I finally got up there. It was great!! I LOVE baring my testimony in French. Also, Yesterday!! I taught Michel with Frere Maigre (A teacher here that served in Montreal) And I challenged my first "ami de l'eglise" to be baptized!! It was soooo exciting!! hah. I was smiling like a fool, and you could like hear my smile as I was speaking. But it was great. I love inviting people I love to come closer to Christ! It's the best!! It makes me soooo happy!
Ok, well I'm gonna cut off here, cause I wanna send some pics, but I love you all!! Thanks! Pray for my companion! And the people of New Caledonia!
L'evangile est vrai!
Love, Soeur Santos
Crap. I don't remember what all these pics are.
One of them is me with Soeur Kailiponi. And then there's one with the 4 of us. Me, Soeur Kailiponi, Soeur Cuthbert and Soeur Lamb, one with me and the map. One with me and the New Caledonians. (5 of us.) And one with me in front of the temple. One with me in front of the puzzle Soeur Lamb and I did. And one with us in the hospital.
Ok bye!
Luh, Soeur Santos
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