Monday, October 3, 2016
We spent most of the day at the hospital waiting to talk with
doctors. Our hermana is recuperating but the doctor thinks it will take up to
three weeks for the inflammation to go down.
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
We had training for new missionaries, almost 45 missionaries
and their companions. It was fun to feel their enthusiasm. Sister Bell and I
gave a 20-minute presentation about drinking enough water and eating a good
breakfast. We showed a short video of a glass of water singing with a bottle of
water about needing to drink 8 glasses a day. It was a fun little Latin tune.
We played it once, and then again and got the missionaries to sing along. Then we showed a PowerPoint about eating a
good breakfast. It was in English, so we got the missionaries to help with
translation. We had a minute left so we showed the water video again, everyone
was excited and happy. It was a fun way to start out the training.
President Poncio made the decision to send our sick sister
home to fully recover in the United States. Our church doctors recommended this
even though the Nicaraguan doctors had a game plan all lined out. So Sister
Bell and I went to the hospital to talk to the doctors. We were a little
apprehensive how they would react to her leaving, especially because the
neurologist felt that an airplane trip home could make her inflammation worse. Before we left the church for the hospital, we
prayed. When we arrived at the hospital, the floor nurse told us that the
neurologist had just left the floor so I had to talk to him by phone. He was
very agreeable to sending her home (another tender mercy) if she could stay
another 2-3 days to recover more and complete more physical therapy. She had a
little set back this morning and was beginning some physical therapy. We agreed
that she would stay in the hospital until Friday and fly home on Saturday. Her
GI Doctor came into the room and was also very supportive of her going home and
told us she would put together a copy of all the tests and reports. Again
another tender mercy. Our missionary is also comforted by this decision. Now we
just have to work out the details.
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
After dinner at our house - Game night… We and the Lees went to the
hospital and played 5 Crowns with our sick missionary and her companion. Our
sick missionary won…. It was the first time she had played 5 Crowns…. Goes to
show 5 Crowns does not take much skill… mostly luck. We had a good time and it
improved our missionary’s spirits.
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Spent a little time in the office, hospital and home…. Not much to report.
Friday, October 7, 2016
Change in plan, our sick missionary will stay in the
hospital one more night, and then travel home with her father on Monday. It
took a lot of calling and working with Doctors, MP, Church medical people to have
her father to come and travel home with her, but I believe we were guided to
make these changes.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
We took a little road trip, stopping at the Waspan Church,
Tipitapa and Loma Verde (outside Tipitapa) to drop off a package, a fan and a
cocina. Sister Bell did a little medical counseling while we visited with the
missionaries. In the afternoon, we brought our sick missionary to our home,
after being the in hospital for a week. Her dad arrived from the US this
evening. We hosted (and fed) him, President and Sister Poncio for a little
while before we took her father to a motel for the night.
Sunday, October 9, 2016
We took our Hermana and her father to the Ducuali Branch this
morning so she could see her “mission mother” one more time. The mission mother
or father is a missionary’s first trainer. We attended Sacrament Meeting (where
the branch was made a Ward) and the Gospel Doctrine class. We took father and
daughter for a short drive around the city on our way back to the house. Her
final interview with President Poncio was at 4pm and then her mission mother
and her companion came over for dinner, to look at pictures of Ocotal and to talk
about their experiences. It was a lot of fun and a great way to send a sick missionary home to recover. Her father especially enjoyed hearing and seeing
pictures of Ocotal.
Thank you Elder and Sister Bell, I'm really enjoying reading about your experiences. I'm sorry to hear about the sick Hermana that needed to go home recover. It sounds like it will be better for her, new missions ahead for her.
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