Dear Family and Friends,
This week has been absolutely Crazy!!! Quick overview: Sister Washington
had gall stones, not the flu, and wasn't able to keep any food in her body for 8
days and we were in emergency on Friday when they finally found out (after
doing SO many other smaller tests, 3 times into the urgent care, 2 i.v.s, the
list goes on!). She stayed overnight on Friday and went into surgery on Saturday
morning to remove her gall bladder and stayed another night after that. She was
getting pretty bad, but now she's home and recovering! She's really happy she can
eat now, but she should be taking it easy. I've been doing a lot of exchanges
for lessons and so I don't go crazy inside! haha
President and Sister Beesley had planned a long time ago to come up for
interviews and stay until Sunday. Sister Washington wasn't keeping down any
of the pills she was given, but her pain was bearable until Friday morning when
it got really bad for some reason, and that was exactly when they flew in! They
came and we made some decisions of what we needed to do and she got a blessing
again. We talked to the doctor in a ward up here, then missionary medical,
who had been clued in all week, who had approved all sorts of test we had been
doing at the urgent care (T.V.C. first care), so finally they gave some more
tests we needed to do that the doctor had been avoiding and was scheduled way
too far off. Salt lake overrode that and said to head into the hospital or
emergency room, and after the doctor spoke to an emergency doctor, she was able
to be admitted there, so we spent Friday in the ER. She is a trooper, this
whole week, she been positive and pretty happy, even joking around when she had
energy, and almost ALL her jokes HAPPENED to be about food, probably because she
couldn't eat all week! haha. They finally did an ultrasound and found gall
stones, and noticed that she didn't have the regular symptoms- no inflamed gall
bladder, but since she was so weak, they took out her whole gall bladder the next
morning and gave her pain medication in a hospital room the night before.
With the Beesleys here for interviews and Stake Conference, they were great
to have around and another support to us and the sisters. They were busy most of
the trip, but every night has been late and every morning early; we finally got
some sleep yesterday and last night and everything is going well!
So I got a call from (one of) the Juneau sisters this week, and she got permission so
she could tell me about a recent convert in the branch who we have been trying
to get a hold of since I last met him a couple of months ago. She said that he
sent her a letter saying he finally opened up his scriptures after a long time
and that work has been crazy but he is doing better. We tried to contact him
through a few people, but we texted him to see how he was doing and he answered
the next day and we just happened to be in the emergency room when he was able
to get back to us. He wanted to come meet Sister Washington and see how she was
doing and got to visit twice while we were at the hospital between his shifts
and talked about how he wants to get to the temple someday and get back. He has
such a tough schedule! We are keeping him in our prayers, but it was amazing to
see that. I joked about is as a coincidence, but that was definitely a tender
mercy from Heavenly Father and now we will be able to keep better contact with
him. It was very kind of him to visit! We also met a couple of less actives in
the hospital who were very nice and we were able to get contact with them for
their wards and connect them with the sisters! It was pretty cool, but I think
the best story of this was to see how we were still able to do work while in
this type of situation. There's no reason to be down when you can still lift
those around you... sometime you literally have to.
The Hospital wasn't too busy when we were in, so she got her own room! The
first night Sister Beesley stayed in the bed next to her and I stayed the second
night (Saturday). They wanted me to try and get some good sleep on Friday
because they knew I would be the one helping her after, but I slept on the other
Sisters' couch- their apartment is great, but the couch is NOT for sleeping on-
Sis. Washington hardly got sleep in the hospital too, before or after the
surgery, so it is good that she is finally sleeping and the pain is just surgery
pain, not anything else!
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| Sister Petersen, Sister Gerber, and me! |
Stake Conference was this weekend and all the missionaries were told to go
to the adult session (because we normally don't go to that session unless we
have an investigator or less active with us there). But Sister Petersen stayed in
the hospital for a few hours so i could eat dinner because I was pacing in the
room; I was so sick of being inside! It was great, and I went with Sister Gerber
to Stake Conference for that session and then headed back to the hospital after,
so the Sisters and the Beesley's could all see her at once, a little overwhelming
for her, but she said it was the laugh she needed although her incisions hurt
from it (she got five). We have this call in every night in the zone and one
person tells a little about themselves a night and shares a story or testimony,
so I got to do mine from the hospital on Saturday night.
So, Sister Washington jokes around and says that this was to teach her
patience, because she says I told her to pray for patience and she did.
Disclaimer, I never tell anyone to pray for patience, because I know you get the
opportunity- the problem with patience is that it takes too long-- but what I
actually told her is just to ask her if she ever has prayed for patience---
yeah, don't remember that. ever. haha
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| Today, after being home from surgery, Sister Washington needed to get out, so Sister Petersen, Sister Gerber, and I headed to Walmart with her! |
Since being in the Hospital, we weren't able to make our interviews, so
President came to us when we got Sister Washington back home yesterday, before
their flight to Juneau. We have exchanges set up with the other Sisters all week, so
we can still do work in the YSA area and the whole branch has been so great and
supportive! This whole time though, it's been good because neither Sister
Washington or I have been too anxious or worried about things, we knew they would
work out and that she will be able to finish her mission and that was confirmed
in the blessings she received. We know the Priesthood is directed from God and
that the faith of all those there was pure enough to understand it. Love you
all!
Love,
Sister Wuehler
scripture:
Doctrine and Covenants 93:1-3
Verily, thus saith the Lord: It shall come to pass that every soul who
ism: we got a message from the zone leaders on saturday night after surgery
day, it said "GALL, it's sure good you're doing better!"
Ether 12:27
27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their aweakness. I bgive unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my cgrace is sufficient for all men that dhumble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make eweak things become strong unto them.
"TODAY IS THE BEST DAY EVER" --Sister Washington's mom used to make them
say that or embarress them, so I made her say it in the hospital!
"If we put ourselves in the right place at the right time the holy ghost
can guide us left right up down" Pres. Beesley (he was called up in stake
conference, even though he says he doesn't know how they found him in the back
corner of the room)
"Without the atonement, nothing makes sense"
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