Alright, it´s been a somewhat eventful week.
First off I´m glad to heard everyone in Santiago is fine. I saw the news reports in a bus stop Saturday afternoon and was like "Oh snap!" I´m glad Grandpa and Grandma Nuñez decided to go home with everyone at the last minute. That would´ve been really sketchy. Nothing happened here, just people freaking out about the end of the world what with 2 devastating earthquakes in such short time (Haiti and now Chile).
Last Monday we went to Limón to play football with some jovenes, but it turned out just being us. I guess the kids got scared. =P Nah, it was fun though. Just Elder Logan, myself, and the Limón district. Wednesday we had district meeting in Limón to practice the song we had to sing for District Conference, and then we had a special divisiones. Elder Logan went back to Siquirres with Limón´s district leader, Elder Butler, to visit a family an old family they had both taught in their old areas. I stayed in Limón with Elder Nelson (from my MTC group), and work in his area of Cieneguita for the day. Thursday morning Elder Nelson and I got up a little early to go running along the beach, but we ended up just watching the sun rise over the ocean. That was just amazing. Thursday night we got the call about Changes, and Elder Logan started to pack his things.
Thursday and Friday we were just hammered with hard rains, to the point an umbrella didn´t mean anything.
Saturday we headed out to Limón, again, for the District Conference. We sang our piece, and then Elder Logan and I spent the night with Elder Litchfield and his companion. It was a good time talking with Litchfield, I love having him in the same zone.
Sunday we had a special satelite broadcast from Salt Lake for all of Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Elder Costa of the Seventy spoke, as did Elder Christofferson of the Twelve and President Eyring. I really liked what Elder Costa had to say in particular. He focus on the 3 basic pillars we need to support ourselves in the gospel: Family Home Evenings, Family Prayer, and Daily Scripture Study.
Today we had Changes Meeting, and the morning didn´t quite go our way. =P There had been a mudslide due to the extensive rain, and the main road to San José was closed. We ended up taking a 3 hour detour, but we somehow manage to make it to the meeting JUST as they were beginning. My new companion is Elder Rodriguez from Honduras. He made it a point to tell me the time he has is how much time I have left...I´d rather not think about that. He seems like a cool kid, kind of inicuo with internet though. He tried to sign into his MSN Messenger, to which I had to shut him down quietly.
January of this year we set a new record of 116 baptisms, which had beforehand been unheard of. February we made 2nd place, with 108. Things are changing in the mission. The way we think is different, as is the way we work. Everything´s becoming more efficient. And it shows.
Alright I don´t have much more time. Have a great week and take care. I love you all and I can´t wait to hear from you next week.
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Monday, March 1, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Full House
This last week was better in some ways and the same in others. Tuesday after district meeting we found and taught this black guy named Jefferson. We were really super pumped because he´s really humble and just a cool guy. The rest of Tuesday followed with appointments falling through and getting rejected, but it happens. Wednesday we went to the temple. I just remembered my first time going to the temple here during my first month in the country and how I couldn´t understand ANYTHING that was being said. Now it´s just like, "hey...I understand everything...when the freak did that happen???"
It was nice to be in the temple again. I can´t wait to live somewhere so I can visit the temple at least once week. Pretty sure I´d go insane without that.
On the way back from San José I was talking to Elder Nelson, who was part of my MTC district. He got me super hyped to go to BYU-Idaho. The thought of it just feels right. =)
Friday some of the secretaries came an ransacked our house. =P We had some extra matresses, an extra fridge, and a ton of tables lying around. Some new areas are getting opened up this next change, so they´re getting things ready to rent out apartments and what not.
I figured out where all the disánimo was coming from. After days and now a week of "bad days" Elder Logan and I just got really discouraged with it all. Our attitudes took a dive for a bit. I was looking over some of my notes from the MTC, and I found one of the last counsels Hermano Crane gave us the day we were leaving to enter the mission:
"Bad days don´t exist, only bad moments. But you can´t let those
moments bring you down. That´s Satan talking."
No matter how people may offend us, which they do try to do every day, all we can do is laugh, brush it off, and keep on keeping on. The work is going to keep moving forward, and the escogidos are going to be found and baptized no matter what. Who cares how many times we get rejected? It´s part of the job. We knew when we first made the decision to come what we were getting ourselves into, and we accepted it. And it´s not the people you need to get mad at. Only the false traditions of their fathers.
We ended the week on a mixed note. We had 88 people attend church, almost double than normal. It was incredible. We were pulling out seats from classrooms and squeezing them in where we could just to fit everyone. They even had to bless the water for the sacrament twice because 2 trays wasn´t enough. =P
On the flip side we brought our new "investigator" Jefferson to church...only to find out he was baptized when he was a kid. He just didn´t remember. Go figure. =P
Alright I don´t have much else to tell you guys, nor do I have a lot of time left to write. I´m in Puerto Limón right now, we´re going to play some real american football with some tico gangsters. =P This should be fun. ;)
I love you all. Take care and have a great week. I´ll write back, as always, next week. Oh yeah, Changes are next week. I don´t think anything is going to happen with me, but we´ll see. Ciao!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
It was nice to be in the temple again. I can´t wait to live somewhere so I can visit the temple at least once week. Pretty sure I´d go insane without that.
On the way back from San José I was talking to Elder Nelson, who was part of my MTC district. He got me super hyped to go to BYU-Idaho. The thought of it just feels right. =)
Friday some of the secretaries came an ransacked our house. =P We had some extra matresses, an extra fridge, and a ton of tables lying around. Some new areas are getting opened up this next change, so they´re getting things ready to rent out apartments and what not.
I figured out where all the disánimo was coming from. After days and now a week of "bad days" Elder Logan and I just got really discouraged with it all. Our attitudes took a dive for a bit. I was looking over some of my notes from the MTC, and I found one of the last counsels Hermano Crane gave us the day we were leaving to enter the mission:
"Bad days don´t exist, only bad moments. But you can´t let those
moments bring you down. That´s Satan talking."
No matter how people may offend us, which they do try to do every day, all we can do is laugh, brush it off, and keep on keeping on. The work is going to keep moving forward, and the escogidos are going to be found and baptized no matter what. Who cares how many times we get rejected? It´s part of the job. We knew when we first made the decision to come what we were getting ourselves into, and we accepted it. And it´s not the people you need to get mad at. Only the false traditions of their fathers.
We ended the week on a mixed note. We had 88 people attend church, almost double than normal. It was incredible. We were pulling out seats from classrooms and squeezing them in where we could just to fit everyone. They even had to bless the water for the sacrament twice because 2 trays wasn´t enough. =P
On the flip side we brought our new "investigator" Jefferson to church...only to find out he was baptized when he was a kid. He just didn´t remember. Go figure. =P
Alright I don´t have much else to tell you guys, nor do I have a lot of time left to write. I´m in Puerto Limón right now, we´re going to play some real american football with some tico gangsters. =P This should be fun. ;)
I love you all. Take care and have a great week. I´ll write back, as always, next week. Oh yeah, Changes are next week. I don´t think anything is going to happen with me, but we´ll see. Ciao!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Monday, February 15, 2010
I don´t see myself havign changes any time soon. I actually expect to be out here until July since things have changed around here. 6 months in an area has become the new norm. There are changes on March 1st, and Elder Logan could be getting changed out, but we really don´t know.
This last week was a hard one. After our interviews with Pres. Gálvez Sunday we were way hyped to get out there a work even harder than before. Tuesday seemed like we were headed in the right direction, or so we thought. Wednesday we had our Zone Conference in San José and I had the chance to talk with the elders who are now in Escazú. It´s good to know there are some solid elders there taking care of my old area.
After Pres. Gálvez´s capacitation Wednesday in the conference we had even more ánimo to just go all out. We pulled out the member directory (it´s a miracle we have one in the first place) and came up with a new plan to work Siquirres: Contact all the inactive members, looking for those who are ready to come back. We started this Wednesday, and it seemed like we were on to something.
The next 4 days killed any and all ánimo we had.
Investigators going AWOL, people rejecting us to the point that there´s no time to even say hi, it´s just been a mess. We tried to make some root beer floats to animate ourselves, but tico ice cream is more cream than ice...yeah that really didn´t work out for us either. =P
Elder Logan and I decided if things are this bad right now it just means something good is on the way. We did manage to contact an old family of investigators, and Elder Logan feels they could be what turns things around. We visit them tomorrow, and I pray things start picking up soon.
This Wednesday we´re headed to the temple with the zone. It´s been 6 months since I last went, and I´ve been needing this for a while. I hate not being able to go to the temple as often as I want, I´m going to take full advantage of that when I get home. I´m just hurting for some inspriation on what to do in the area that hasn´t already been done. I´m hoping to receive some answers Wednesday.
Nothing else really happened this week. Hopefully this coming week is a bit more eventful. Today we´re taking a bus out to another part of the area to locate some members who recently moved out here. They´re strong members from one of Elder Logan´s old areas, and exactly what the branch here is hurting for right now. I´m hoping this week is just a week of miracles, because we need them right now.
Have a great week, stay safe, and know that I´m at the very least still alive and kicking. =P I love you all and I hope you had a great Valentine´s Day!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
This last week was a hard one. After our interviews with Pres. Gálvez Sunday we were way hyped to get out there a work even harder than before. Tuesday seemed like we were headed in the right direction, or so we thought. Wednesday we had our Zone Conference in San José and I had the chance to talk with the elders who are now in Escazú. It´s good to know there are some solid elders there taking care of my old area.
After Pres. Gálvez´s capacitation Wednesday in the conference we had even more ánimo to just go all out. We pulled out the member directory (it´s a miracle we have one in the first place) and came up with a new plan to work Siquirres: Contact all the inactive members, looking for those who are ready to come back. We started this Wednesday, and it seemed like we were on to something.
The next 4 days killed any and all ánimo we had.
Investigators going AWOL, people rejecting us to the point that there´s no time to even say hi, it´s just been a mess. We tried to make some root beer floats to animate ourselves, but tico ice cream is more cream than ice...yeah that really didn´t work out for us either. =P
Elder Logan and I decided if things are this bad right now it just means something good is on the way. We did manage to contact an old family of investigators, and Elder Logan feels they could be what turns things around. We visit them tomorrow, and I pray things start picking up soon.
This Wednesday we´re headed to the temple with the zone. It´s been 6 months since I last went, and I´ve been needing this for a while. I hate not being able to go to the temple as often as I want, I´m going to take full advantage of that when I get home. I´m just hurting for some inspriation on what to do in the area that hasn´t already been done. I´m hoping to receive some answers Wednesday.
Nothing else really happened this week. Hopefully this coming week is a bit more eventful. Today we´re taking a bus out to another part of the area to locate some members who recently moved out here. They´re strong members from one of Elder Logan´s old areas, and exactly what the branch here is hurting for right now. I´m hoping this week is just a week of miracles, because we need them right now.
Have a great week, stay safe, and know that I´m at the very least still alive and kicking. =P I love you all and I hope you had a great Valentine´s Day!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
A Sense of Urgency
Saturday night we had the baptism of Orlando, which went off without a hitch. Sunday we had the confirmation, and to everyone´s surprise we had some unsuspected visitors attend church with us: President Gálvez and his wife Hermana Gálvez.
President Gálvez came in part to make sure that Ulises, who we baptized not quite a month ago, and also Orlando, would be ordained to the priesthood. The branch president here wasn´t going to do it, but it got done and President Gálvez did the ordainations himself. Slowly but surely we´re getting some priesthood power in the branch, which is sorely needed. We also witnessed a son preparing for the mission ordain his dad as well, which kind of hit home for me.
Elder Logan and I had our interviews with President Gálvez on Sunday as well. I had a good and necessary talk with President, and I felt really good afterwards. I figured out something I´ve been faulting over the last few months: A Sense of Urgency. I was seeing the work one way, and missing something key to it all. I´ve been kind of against the way my district leader has been doing things, but I can now see what Pres. Gálvez has said and taught, and how other missionaries have miscontrued it. I have the idea now, and I can see the big change Pres. Gálvez is trying to bring about in his missionaries. I feel a whole new surge of power to start over here ion Siquirres. We have some okay people right now, but Elder Logan and I both decided it´d be best to drop the ones who aren´t progressing and find those who will. We can´t play a waiting game anymore like we sort of have been, we need more of a sense of urgency to get things moving faster than we ever thought they could.
Today was a pretty relaxed P-Day. We met up with the other Limón missionaries and went to the most beautiful beach I have seen on my mission: Playa Cauhita. It was just gorgeous. We climb out over a palm tree and took some funny pictures. I´ll sent you fotos when I can, I had some issues with my USB and Elder Litchfield needed to replace a lot of my fotos from Cañas. Oh yeah, Elder Litchfield says hi too. =P
Alright well I´m sadly out of time. I love you all and I hope this week stays pretty tranquilo like that last. I´m doing great and feeling fine. We have Zone Conference this Wednesday, but other than that we don´t have any big plans this week. We´re hoping to put another baptism date this week, so wish us luck!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
President Gálvez came in part to make sure that Ulises, who we baptized not quite a month ago, and also Orlando, would be ordained to the priesthood. The branch president here wasn´t going to do it, but it got done and President Gálvez did the ordainations himself. Slowly but surely we´re getting some priesthood power in the branch, which is sorely needed. We also witnessed a son preparing for the mission ordain his dad as well, which kind of hit home for me.
Elder Logan and I had our interviews with President Gálvez on Sunday as well. I had a good and necessary talk with President, and I felt really good afterwards. I figured out something I´ve been faulting over the last few months: A Sense of Urgency. I was seeing the work one way, and missing something key to it all. I´ve been kind of against the way my district leader has been doing things, but I can now see what Pres. Gálvez has said and taught, and how other missionaries have miscontrued it. I have the idea now, and I can see the big change Pres. Gálvez is trying to bring about in his missionaries. I feel a whole new surge of power to start over here ion Siquirres. We have some okay people right now, but Elder Logan and I both decided it´d be best to drop the ones who aren´t progressing and find those who will. We can´t play a waiting game anymore like we sort of have been, we need more of a sense of urgency to get things moving faster than we ever thought they could.
Today was a pretty relaxed P-Day. We met up with the other Limón missionaries and went to the most beautiful beach I have seen on my mission: Playa Cauhita. It was just gorgeous. We climb out over a palm tree and took some funny pictures. I´ll sent you fotos when I can, I had some issues with my USB and Elder Litchfield needed to replace a lot of my fotos from Cañas. Oh yeah, Elder Litchfield says hi too. =P
Alright well I´m sadly out of time. I love you all and I hope this week stays pretty tranquilo like that last. I´m doing great and feeling fine. We have Zone Conference this Wednesday, but other than that we don´t have any big plans this week. We´re hoping to put another baptism date this week, so wish us luck!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Monday, February 1, 2010
Return of the Kidney Stone
Glad to hear the last week passed by pleasently. That´s always a good thing to hear.
This last week passed with the return of Elder Logan´s kidney stone. We made it a few days before the pain came back worse than before. We didn´t end up making it to interviews with Pres. Gálvez Friday morning, Elder Logan was bedridden and physically couldn´t move due to the pain. Pres. Gálvez had us buy shots to dull the pain, but sometimes they work, sometimes they don´t. It´s kind of sketchy in the first place that we have to do the injections ourselves...yay Costa Rica!
Saturday I was pleasently surprised though. We left to work and found a bunch of youth playing soccer at the church, along with 2 white kids you knew had to be missionaries. One of those guys was Elder Litchfield. It was a district youth activity, and since every branch needed a priesthood to accompany the kids, Elder Litchfield had to come down. I was nice change to talk with him for a little bit after being locked up in the house for so long.
Not much else going on. We have a baptism this weekend; Orlando, who´s the son of our wash lady. The work continues. We need to find some new people to teach though. I just hope we can pull through this month strong, because the more you work the faster time flies. It´s when you´re not doing anything that time drags on like an old lady crossing the street. =P
Well this letter isn´t very long, but like I said, my companion´s been dying from kidney stones. Not much can happen. I love you all and I hope you have a great week. Take care, be safe, and tell Logan to KEEP READING! =P
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
This last week passed with the return of Elder Logan´s kidney stone. We made it a few days before the pain came back worse than before. We didn´t end up making it to interviews with Pres. Gálvez Friday morning, Elder Logan was bedridden and physically couldn´t move due to the pain. Pres. Gálvez had us buy shots to dull the pain, but sometimes they work, sometimes they don´t. It´s kind of sketchy in the first place that we have to do the injections ourselves...yay Costa Rica!
Saturday I was pleasently surprised though. We left to work and found a bunch of youth playing soccer at the church, along with 2 white kids you knew had to be missionaries. One of those guys was Elder Litchfield. It was a district youth activity, and since every branch needed a priesthood to accompany the kids, Elder Litchfield had to come down. I was nice change to talk with him for a little bit after being locked up in the house for so long.
Not much else going on. We have a baptism this weekend; Orlando, who´s the son of our wash lady. The work continues. We need to find some new people to teach though. I just hope we can pull through this month strong, because the more you work the faster time flies. It´s when you´re not doing anything that time drags on like an old lady crossing the street. =P
Well this letter isn´t very long, but like I said, my companion´s been dying from kidney stones. Not much can happen. I love you all and I hope you have a great week. Take care, be safe, and tell Logan to KEEP READING! =P
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Kidney Stones! (not mine)
Wow, sounds like a lot has been going on this last week. Glad to hear Grandma´s surgery went well, and that Dad´s taking it easier at work. I hope it all works out and he can make it to summer without too much worry.
Alright, we´ve had a bit of a week ourselves. To start out, we stopped by this old black lady who speaks english on Tuesday just to see how she´s doing. Her name is Edith, and quite frankly she has no idea what´s going on around her. =P It was the first time I had met her, aaaand it was really funny. She was telling me how see met me when I was about 6 years old when I came to Costa Rica with my uncle who was a pastor...and that she use to babysit me...I just kinda nodded my head and was like "Really? Yeah I don´t remember!" ...Is that bad??? She´s so far out of it I just didn´t have the heart to tell her "NO! You´re worng!." =P
Nothing too eventful happened over the week, by things did start up Saturday around 2:30 a.m. Elder Logan woke me up saying "Elder, we need to go to the clinic, NOW." He was in major pain, like nothing I´ve ever seen before. I tried calling our district leader, but nobody answered. So I called Pres. Gálvez, told him what was happening and where we were going, and told him I´d call back when we´d reached the clinic. I gave Elder Logan a blessing before leaving the house, and we walked to a member´s place not to far from us. The brother-in-law had been woken up a few minutes before by some unknown reason, and he called us a taxi to the clinic. We got to the clinic about 3 a.m. A nurse examined Elder Logan in what I called a shady excuse for a medical clinic, and after some poking and guessing they gave him some shots and said it would be about an hour before the drugs would fully take effect and the pain would die down. They said it could either be apendisitis or a kidney stone, but they had no way to know for sure with what they had. I´ll be honest, the clinic here looked like an old war hospital like they had in in France during World War 2. Rundown, with some beds thrown in one room and very basic medical equipment. Very basic.
I called Pres. Gálvez again and explained what was going on and what the nurses said. I told him I´d call when the hour wait was over. I spent the next half hour praying until my mind finally shutdown again. At about 5 a.m. (2 hours later) we had about 20 minutes left before the "hour" wait would be up (riddle me that). I got to go in and talk with Elder Logan for a quick second. They had him hooked up to some plasma and the pain had passed. They nurses had decided he had a kidney stone, but we didn´t know how they came to the conclusion without any tests. =P
At 6 a.m. (3 hours later) the "hour" wait was up and Elder Logan was released. After calling Pres. Gálvez and letting him know Elder Logan was feeling better, we went straight to Iraydelis´ house (she´s now our breakfast cook), however around 8 a.m. the pain came back just as strong. We took a taxi to the house while Iraydelis and her daughter went to pick up the precriptions Elder Logan received at the clinic. We called Pres. Gálvez again, and he sent the APs out to bring us into San José. Elder Logan twisted and turned in bed groaning in pain while I tried calling our district leader again, of which no one could get ahold of, not even President. After talking with Pres. Gálvez we decided I was gonna go into San José with my companion, seeing how we didn´t have any real appointments set and it would just be easier that way. Iraydelis came by with the precriptions around 9:30 a.m. and the APs got to us around 10:30 a.m. We got to San José at noon and we went straight to the Clinica Biblica, the only real safe and CLEAN hospital in Costa Rica. Elder Logan stayed with Pres. Gálvez in the hospital waiting to see the doctors and I went to get some lunch with Elder Holt (one of the secretaries) and Elder Rojas (the new assistant, he´s from Santiago). At 1 p.m. we got back to the Clinica Biblica only to find President and Elder Logan STILL WAITING to see a doctor. At this point the pain had faded a bit to were he could bare with it. Finally Elder Logan and Pres. Gálvez went in to see the doctor, and I kind of chilled in the waiting room. Sleep didn´t really come at all, it was way too loud with TVs going, a ton of people waiting and talking, and a few dense americans yelling at the desk clerks because they couldn´t speak english.
At 4 p.m. Elder Logan got out from all the tests, received his drugs, and was told it was a kidney stone, but they weren´t sure if he still had it or if it had already passed. We were all a little lost on that one. President took us to his house afterwards, were the Hermana Gálvez had made us guatemalan soup for us. After eating President took us to the mission home were we tried to sleep a little before the APs and the secretaries came home. That night as we were getting ready for bed the pain came back again. Elder Logan passed the night on the downstairs couch twisting and turning in pain. The poor guy didn´t get a wink of sleep. Sunday morning he was still in major pain. I stayed in the house with him while everyone else went to church. Elder Logan finally got some sleep right before everyone got home from church. We started making a big lunch for everyone (mashed potatoes, breaded chicken, corn, etc.) and then everyone left to work again while we stayed locked up in the house. We tried to keep ourselves entertained but there´s really nothing in the mission home to do that with. Around 8:15 p.m. we went to the office were the secretaries and the APs were taking the weekly numbers. Elder Logan wasn´t feeling any pain anymore and was really glad to to leave the house and walk around.
We left this morning for Siquirres. It´s been a long couple of days, but my companion´s still alive. That´s all that really matters. =P
Alright, I think I´ve taken enough time out of everyone´s lives with this letter. =P I love you all and I want you to know that I´m doing fine, even if I am a little tired. Have a great week and I can´t wait to hear from you next Monday!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Alright, we´ve had a bit of a week ourselves. To start out, we stopped by this old black lady who speaks english on Tuesday just to see how she´s doing. Her name is Edith, and quite frankly she has no idea what´s going on around her. =P It was the first time I had met her, aaaand it was really funny. She was telling me how see met me when I was about 6 years old when I came to Costa Rica with my uncle who was a pastor...and that she use to babysit me...I just kinda nodded my head and was like "Really? Yeah I don´t remember!" ...Is that bad??? She´s so far out of it I just didn´t have the heart to tell her "NO! You´re worng!." =P
Nothing too eventful happened over the week, by things did start up Saturday around 2:30 a.m. Elder Logan woke me up saying "Elder, we need to go to the clinic, NOW." He was in major pain, like nothing I´ve ever seen before. I tried calling our district leader, but nobody answered. So I called Pres. Gálvez, told him what was happening and where we were going, and told him I´d call back when we´d reached the clinic. I gave Elder Logan a blessing before leaving the house, and we walked to a member´s place not to far from us. The brother-in-law had been woken up a few minutes before by some unknown reason, and he called us a taxi to the clinic. We got to the clinic about 3 a.m. A nurse examined Elder Logan in what I called a shady excuse for a medical clinic, and after some poking and guessing they gave him some shots and said it would be about an hour before the drugs would fully take effect and the pain would die down. They said it could either be apendisitis or a kidney stone, but they had no way to know for sure with what they had. I´ll be honest, the clinic here looked like an old war hospital like they had in in France during World War 2. Rundown, with some beds thrown in one room and very basic medical equipment. Very basic.
I called Pres. Gálvez again and explained what was going on and what the nurses said. I told him I´d call when the hour wait was over. I spent the next half hour praying until my mind finally shutdown again. At about 5 a.m. (2 hours later) we had about 20 minutes left before the "hour" wait would be up (riddle me that). I got to go in and talk with Elder Logan for a quick second. They had him hooked up to some plasma and the pain had passed. They nurses had decided he had a kidney stone, but we didn´t know how they came to the conclusion without any tests. =P
At 6 a.m. (3 hours later) the "hour" wait was up and Elder Logan was released. After calling Pres. Gálvez and letting him know Elder Logan was feeling better, we went straight to Iraydelis´ house (she´s now our breakfast cook), however around 8 a.m. the pain came back just as strong. We took a taxi to the house while Iraydelis and her daughter went to pick up the precriptions Elder Logan received at the clinic. We called Pres. Gálvez again, and he sent the APs out to bring us into San José. Elder Logan twisted and turned in bed groaning in pain while I tried calling our district leader again, of which no one could get ahold of, not even President. After talking with Pres. Gálvez we decided I was gonna go into San José with my companion, seeing how we didn´t have any real appointments set and it would just be easier that way. Iraydelis came by with the precriptions around 9:30 a.m. and the APs got to us around 10:30 a.m. We got to San José at noon and we went straight to the Clinica Biblica, the only real safe and CLEAN hospital in Costa Rica. Elder Logan stayed with Pres. Gálvez in the hospital waiting to see the doctors and I went to get some lunch with Elder Holt (one of the secretaries) and Elder Rojas (the new assistant, he´s from Santiago). At 1 p.m. we got back to the Clinica Biblica only to find President and Elder Logan STILL WAITING to see a doctor. At this point the pain had faded a bit to were he could bare with it. Finally Elder Logan and Pres. Gálvez went in to see the doctor, and I kind of chilled in the waiting room. Sleep didn´t really come at all, it was way too loud with TVs going, a ton of people waiting and talking, and a few dense americans yelling at the desk clerks because they couldn´t speak english.
At 4 p.m. Elder Logan got out from all the tests, received his drugs, and was told it was a kidney stone, but they weren´t sure if he still had it or if it had already passed. We were all a little lost on that one. President took us to his house afterwards, were the Hermana Gálvez had made us guatemalan soup for us. After eating President took us to the mission home were we tried to sleep a little before the APs and the secretaries came home. That night as we were getting ready for bed the pain came back again. Elder Logan passed the night on the downstairs couch twisting and turning in pain. The poor guy didn´t get a wink of sleep. Sunday morning he was still in major pain. I stayed in the house with him while everyone else went to church. Elder Logan finally got some sleep right before everyone got home from church. We started making a big lunch for everyone (mashed potatoes, breaded chicken, corn, etc.) and then everyone left to work again while we stayed locked up in the house. We tried to keep ourselves entertained but there´s really nothing in the mission home to do that with. Around 8:15 p.m. we went to the office were the secretaries and the APs were taking the weekly numbers. Elder Logan wasn´t feeling any pain anymore and was really glad to to leave the house and walk around.
We left this morning for Siquirres. It´s been a long couple of days, but my companion´s still alive. That´s all that really matters. =P
Alright, I think I´ve taken enough time out of everyone´s lives with this letter. =P I love you all and I want you to know that I´m doing fine, even if I am a little tired. Have a great week and I can´t wait to hear from you next Monday!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
7 Days of Rain With Baptism
Wow that´s crazy Hermana Dorsey got in contact with you. That family is so cool, I was really blessed with the opportunity to visit with them as often as we did.
Glad to hear things back home are going smoothly. Any more news if Dad´s going to need surgery again? I forgot to mention this last week, but I was wondering if you guys are still planning to pick me up at mission´s end. I´d actually like to spend even just a few days showing you guys around, but I don´t know the money situation back home. Especially if Dad´s going to need surgery again, I know that kind of put a dent in things last year.
After 7 days straight of rain, we had the baptisms for Ulises and his family Saturday night. There was a bit of craziness that happened, but in the end everything went fine. Elder Logan baptized Ulises and the daughter Carolinne, and I baptized Iraydelis. Elder Logan doesn´t have changes afterall, as we thought he would. He´s going on 7 and a half months in the area now. It´s going to be a challenge working since he feels like he´s done everything he can (kind of like I did in Cañas), but we´ll make it work.
Today we went to a hidden waterfall with the zone leaders, Elder Carr and Elder Shrock. I think the first waterfall I saw in Cañas was better, but this one was pretty sweet with the water flying out like cannon fire. It was so loud though, holy wow. My normal shoes are shredded. Not sure if they can last 8 months more, but we´ll see what happens. I´ve gone this long without buying a single article of clothing, I´d like to keep it that way.
I love you guys and I hope you have a great week. I´m doing well and working hard. Take care and I can´t wait to hear from you next week. Ciao!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
Glad to hear things back home are going smoothly. Any more news if Dad´s going to need surgery again? I forgot to mention this last week, but I was wondering if you guys are still planning to pick me up at mission´s end. I´d actually like to spend even just a few days showing you guys around, but I don´t know the money situation back home. Especially if Dad´s going to need surgery again, I know that kind of put a dent in things last year.
After 7 days straight of rain, we had the baptisms for Ulises and his family Saturday night. There was a bit of craziness that happened, but in the end everything went fine. Elder Logan baptized Ulises and the daughter Carolinne, and I baptized Iraydelis. Elder Logan doesn´t have changes afterall, as we thought he would. He´s going on 7 and a half months in the area now. It´s going to be a challenge working since he feels like he´s done everything he can (kind of like I did in Cañas), but we´ll make it work.
Today we went to a hidden waterfall with the zone leaders, Elder Carr and Elder Shrock. I think the first waterfall I saw in Cañas was better, but this one was pretty sweet with the water flying out like cannon fire. It was so loud though, holy wow. My normal shoes are shredded. Not sure if they can last 8 months more, but we´ll see what happens. I´ve gone this long without buying a single article of clothing, I´d like to keep it that way.
I love you guys and I hope you have a great week. I´m doing well and working hard. Take care and I can´t wait to hear from you next week. Ciao!
Tu Hijo,
Elder Nunie
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