It's a rainy, warm night here. If we had rained like this at home there would be flooding everywhere. They are prepared though with their trenches down each side of every road.
It is night and raining - the big kids are outside playing in the rain - laughing and shouting.
It's not like it is unusual or anything... They are just a happy people.
Our Spanish class was fun today because we have a new couple in there who know
German, French, and English but not so much Spanish. Just being in that class makes
you feel like an underachiever.
It was "Meet the Newcomers Night" for Family Home Evening. The Haws, the Despains, the Mahons, and the Cuenots. Each have such interesting stories about how they came to be here. There are now about 26 couple missionaries here so for all of us to get together in the Temple president's apartment is very crowded - but fun. These people are just like family and it will be difficult to see most of them leave before us.
The most touching was the story of the Mahons. A year ago he broke his neck while surfing. He was alone on his board and hit a rock. He went under the water and was paralyzed so could not move to help himself. He said how he went through the dying process of thinking how his wife would handle things, if he was really ready to die, and finally told the Lord that he was turning his life over to Him - "Your will, not mine, be done". The next thing he knew someone was slapping him across the face. They got him to the hospital but no one expected him to survive. The good thing was since he was paralyzed, he could not breathe so did not inhale water. When he kept living the doctor told his wife that they could do surgery but he would be another Christopher Reeves or they could not do surgery and he would still be a paraplegic. They finally decided to do the surgery. He was in the hospital in Costa Rica for six weeks then they came home and moved from Chicago to Huntsville. They had planned on going on a mission before the accident and he was recovering much of his movement so they felt his life had been spared to serve this mission. Even though his right side is still quite handicapped they put in their papers and here they are. He still has to have physical therapy every day. Their testimonies of God's hand in their lives were so touching.
What has become very apparent to us here is that your whole life really is a preparation to serve. Our choices make a big difference in what ways we can help. There are so many ways they need help in these countries- our goal is just to help in every way we can.
It is night and raining - the big kids are outside playing in the rain - laughing and shouting.
It's not like it is unusual or anything... They are just a happy people.
Our Spanish class was fun today because we have a new couple in there who know
German, French, and English but not so much Spanish. Just being in that class makes
you feel like an underachiever.
It was "Meet the Newcomers Night" for Family Home Evening. The Haws, the Despains, the Mahons, and the Cuenots. Each have such interesting stories about how they came to be here. There are now about 26 couple missionaries here so for all of us to get together in the Temple president's apartment is very crowded - but fun. These people are just like family and it will be difficult to see most of them leave before us.
The most touching was the story of the Mahons. A year ago he broke his neck while surfing. He was alone on his board and hit a rock. He went under the water and was paralyzed so could not move to help himself. He said how he went through the dying process of thinking how his wife would handle things, if he was really ready to die, and finally told the Lord that he was turning his life over to Him - "Your will, not mine, be done". The next thing he knew someone was slapping him across the face. They got him to the hospital but no one expected him to survive. The good thing was since he was paralyzed, he could not breathe so did not inhale water. When he kept living the doctor told his wife that they could do surgery but he would be another Christopher Reeves or they could not do surgery and he would still be a paraplegic. They finally decided to do the surgery. He was in the hospital in Costa Rica for six weeks then they came home and moved from Chicago to Huntsville. They had planned on going on a mission before the accident and he was recovering much of his movement so they felt his life had been spared to serve this mission. Even though his right side is still quite handicapped they put in their papers and here they are. He still has to have physical therapy every day. Their testimonies of God's hand in their lives were so touching.
What has become very apparent to us here is that your whole life really is a preparation to serve. Our choices make a big difference in what ways we can help. There are so many ways they need help in these countries- our goal is just to help in every way we can.
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