Another challenging week has struck the Surrey 1st Elders.
Last Monday morning Elder Lawlor woke up really sick to his stomach and was
having to use the washroom every 15 minutes. I felt fine in the morning but
shortly after I finished emailing, I started feeling sick too. First came the
fever, then the achy stomach, then the bad diarrhea. Elder Tolman was taken
away to work with the West Elders to prevent him from falling victim too. We
became so sick that we ended up having to stay in the rest of the day to get
some sleep and drink plenty of water. At about 8:00 pm I ended up feeling so
disgusting that I thought I was going to pass out but luckily I vomited before
I did.
Tuesday was a little better for me, but Elder Lawlor was feeling about the same and sometimes even worse
throughout the day. We were able to do a little work for about an hour and a
half during our studies, but we realized our mistake. Feeling more exhausted
then ever, we called President Burt and stayed in until the last hour of the
day.
On Canada Day I felt better but poor Elder Lawlor was still
a mess. Despite eating next to nothing for almost 3 days, he still kept on
having to use the washroom over and over and had to call the mission nurse to
figure out what to do. When he described the severity of the pain in a certain
area in his stomach, she suggested that he go to the hospital just in
case he had appendicitis! We had to wait for about an hour and a half in
emergency only to luckily find out that it was apparently just a bad stomach
virus that was going around. Despite all the terrible things he's had to
endure, Elder Lawlor still kept a remarkably positive attitude. He's a real
trooper and has been a great companion!
Then came Thursday. Elder Lawlor was finally better, though
he still had to get some rest before we left the apartment. Elder Tolman came
back that evening and managed to not get sick fortunately. What of Friday? That
was my birthday! It wasn't overly eventful. I ate McDonalds with my companions
and then went to DQ during the evening for an oreo birthday cake blizzard which
proved to be very good. I turned 21 and I will be the same age when I
return home this January. Time grows short.
Well due to our illness, we didn't teach many lessons. Just the usual finding. Ever since I've arrived in Surrey, there's
been a strange way god has chosen to teach us. Whenever we overcome an
obstacle it seems like BAM! something else bad happens and we get knocked back on our butts.
I have no idea why the success has been so scarce in this area but we just
somehow need to man up and figure things out. Hope July has been treating the
rest of you good. Have a great week!
Elder Maclean Samis
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