Transfers are also the worst because people move and you have to say goodbye. :( Our 2 flat mates, Sister Lee and Sister Tuu'u, BOTH got transferred this week. They are both in the bush now (so one is 5 hours away and the other is 7 hours away). We got really close these past 2 transfers, so it was extremely hard to see them go.
AND I had to say goodbye to Elder Young, Elder Feng and Sister Li who all finished their missions this week. They have become some of my closest friends and so it is always a bummer to see people leave. I guess this just give me a reason to head to China when I get back to see them all (right dad??)!!
Well yeah that is enough about the sad goodbyes. Now I can move on and talk more about my week.
So this week started sad when we got a text from President Vidmar saying that our beloved President Thomas S. Monson had passed away. It is hard to lose someone that we look up to and love soo much. BUT I am soo excited for President Russell M. Nelson to continue to lead our church and to see what happens. I truly feel like this could help soften the hearts in China and maybe soon China will open for missionary work. :):)):)
ALSO I spent ALL NIGHT at the hospital from Wednesday to Thursday so that was cool. Don't worry mum, it was for my flat mate.. NOT ME. haha I am fine. But no joke, we spent 8 hours there and it was horrible!! She had really bad stomach pains and nothing would help so at 10:30pm on Wednesday our mission nurse told us to head to the hospital to have it checked out. Well it was a long night in a freezing cold hospital, on hard and uncomfortable chairs, soo hungry with no sleep. We finally left at 7:30am on Thursday and came home and crashed. We slept for most of the morning and afternoon (with permission of course) and we were complete zombies. Turns out she just had a UTI so she got medication and all it well :) just was a crazy night!
Other than that, we have just been doing heaps of service and meeting with our investigators which is awesome! We are soo blessed and have some amazing people that we are working with.
I love this area & I love working with Sister Chen!
I am just too blessed to be stressed.
love you all. have a good week.
cheers from down under,
xoxo
张姐妹
Sister Johnson
Night in the hospital with flatmate
Companion, Sister Chen and flatmates, Sister Tuu'u and Sister Lee
Elder Ching and Elder Young
Sister Li
Elder Kaufusi
"Too blessed to be stressed"...that's awesome. I'm going to steal that phrase. Good-byes are the saddest thing in this world, that's for sure. Thank goodness there are wonderful 'hello's' when you meet up again, to balance that out.
ReplyDeleteI am happy that Pres. Monson is finally with his wife and the Savior. He sure wore himself out in the service of the Lord! Pres. Nelson is amazing...i watched him at the press conference and can NOT believe his is 93. that's a miracle right there. His words today, in talking about the Savior and our Heavenly Father:
“I know Them, love Them and pledge to serve Them — and you — with every remaining breath of my life.”
He is our prophet.
Keep up the good work Alyssa!