Well this past week was just crazy. We have a baptism this Saturday, and as per usual the powers of earth and hell are combining to keep it from happening. Come at me, Satan.
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| Come at me, Satan! |
So on Monday, Sister Callor totally wrecked and hit her face on the pavement, HARD. I heard this horrible sound of metal on pavement, so I turned around and saw her crash on the ground. She hit a ditch on the side of the road as we were turning. I slammed on my brakes and spun my bike around, and ended up tumbling off my bike too (got a little bruised but I'm fine guys). I ran over to her and got her talking to me. I checked the side of her face she landed on, expecting to see tons of blood, but she was just a little bruised. She landed right on her maxilla and I was sure it had to be broken and that she had a concussion. I made sure nothing else was broken and me and this Chinese man dragged her off the road to the grass, and made sure she kept talking and kept her eyes open.
We said a little prayer together, and I didn't let anyone touch her or call an ambulance because I didn't want them to take us to some sketchy hospital and make it hard for the Pryzbylas to find us. They finally came, and we got to the hospital in Matang. By then she was feeling better.
No breaks.
No concussion.
This is one of the biggest miracles from my mission. I know God protected us that night.
I begged the Pryz's to take us to McDonalds afterwards, I was starving, and they humored me at like 1 am, haha. By the time we got to district meeting we were both running on 3 hours of sleep. Embrace those crazy days, right? We took it easy and sat in the house until Friday, so I was bored out of my mind. Cabin fever is real you guys!
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| Cabin fever? |
On Saturday, I went on splits with Sister Tai, and it was fun. I did the usual Stampin-rite-of-passage day and took her all the way to Bintawa, then to the church. Hujung kawasan kami, why not? It was nice to catch up with her and remember all the fun times it was being roommates with her in Singapore. In an impromptu lesson, we showed pictures of Christ's life and tears came to my eyes as I testified of His love for this family (and some neighbors who sat in on the lesson). I'm not one to cry in lessons, because, gross, but that lesson was as much for me as it was for them. I'm grateful for Him, on those hard days, His life is what keeps me going. Gotta tell the world, right?
As you all can probably guess, the mission has been hard for me lately. THANK YOU so much for the outpouring of sweet emails. I should be getting my letters this week too. I love you all. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the thoughts, prayers, and love. I've been really depressed lately, but in one of my recent prayers, I just asked, "Heavenly Father, are things good between us?"
And they are. So I have nothing to worry about.
Anyway, little moments this week that made me smile:
(In a lesson with a less active and recent convert):
Me: So we have a baptism this weekend, can you guys come and show your love and support of Liew?
LA: Uh tengok-lah, we might be busy or still feeling kinda--
RC: We'll be there.
(Before going to Liew's house to teach him the rest of the commandments. ALL of the Tabuan Dayak kids wanted to follow and fellowship):
Laren (11 year old boy): Sampit dulu. Let's pray first.
(Introducing myself to non-members at church):
Shirley (11 year old girl): These are my next door neighbors. They were learning from the missionaries before. This one smokes!
Me: Do you want us to help you stop smoking?
Potential Investigator: Yes. Please help me.
(Praying with Sister Callor about if we can teach 5 lessons in 2 weeks to Liew and see him to baptism):
Me: Heavenly Father, CAN we do this?
Me: I have a good feeling. Do you have a good feeling?
Sister Callor: This is happening.
Good things are happening in our area. It's like catching a wave. Best feeling ever, and you can feel the swells coming if you know what to look for. One of the most important things I learned in surfing is to be in the right place. If you're not, you look over and your friends are catching all the good waves. I guess you could liken that to obedience/following the spirit and having those miraculous right-place-right-time moments. And sometimes you fall off your board and get a little cut up on the reef (or your comp falls off her bike) but you need to keep going for it.
There's a swell coming in Stampin branch. Double-overhead. We've met so many incredible people who are willing to let us in. So visa renewals and injuries aside, this is going to be a good week.
Sayau ke dik.
Sister Wynn
P.S. Check out "Swell Window" by Zee Avi
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