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Me at the Twin Temple! haha its so pretty! haven't been able
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So I'm sure you all know by now but I had a
doctors appointment on Thursday. I finally felt like I just had to get it
checked out and I couldn't wait anymore. Doctor Mckee is a really good doctor
and he's a member as well so that was nice. Its apparently just as or more
unstable as it was before. He's not sure of what condition my labrum is in but
I got X-rays and the bone socket that holds the round arm bone part(I forgot
all the medical names for these things haha) in place is broken.. apart of the
circleular area has been shoved back down my arm which allows my shoulder to
pretty much slide in and out and all around pretty constantly.. He says it
feels pretty bad and that I will need open surgery on the bone to re-shape the
whole socket area and probably put the labrum back together as well.. So thats
all kinda tough. He recomended surgery soon but he told me to make sure I get a
blessing and to fast and pray to see if its what the Lord wants me todo right
now. I'm all for that! haha it didn't even really hit me that I might have to
go home for surgery untill the next day when President Curtis called me and
talked about the situation... I probably haven't cried like that for awhile.. I
just really don't want to leave.. you here about missionaries that have to take
time off for medical issues but you never think it will be you. It just hit me
super hard how much I love what I'm here doing and how incredibly grateful I am
to have this chance and to be right here in Twin Falls Idaho.. If it was up to
me I would wait untill my time is up but I'm definitely going to find out as
much as I can and pray and fast really hard before deciding to go back for
surgery. I just know I'm here for a reason and I want so bad to beable to serve
and do everything I am meant to do. That all :) anyways I guess I'll be finding
out more about the whole thing here pretty soon. I'm deffinitely open to all
advice for sure :) haha whether I have to go home for a bit or I get to
stay and finish I just want yall to know that I love being here and honestly it
is the biggest blessing I've ever recieved and its not a sacrifice at all! haha
the thought of being released to be home for surgery soon is super weird.. I'll
have no idea what to do with myself lol!
Anyways heres the good part! We had an awesome
week!!! despite distractions we were able to pick ourselves up and get work
done!! The most awesomest part was on Saturday we set 2 baptismal dates!!! one
with C Who I've talked about a bit but he is so awesome!! we were just
teaching about faith and reading out of Alma 32 with him when we felt inspired
to ask him how his prays about being ready have been going and him and his wife
both got the biggest smiles on their faces and he said 'they've been good and I
think he's telling me I'm ready to be dunked"!!! haha so awesome! The next
one was a kid we met for the first time!! His name is Z and he is 16 and just
moved up form Utah!! The Spanish elders accidentally ran into him and asked him
if he would like to learn about Heavenly Father and he said yes!! They set up a
time for us and we came by and taught him the Restoration and he said it just
felt right! He agreed to read out of the Book of Moromon and pray for
confirmation that he is making the right choice! He agreed to be baptized on
Aug 24th! We are pumped! he didn't make it to church yesterday because his mom
made him drive her to SLC.. She is an athiest so we have been praying really
hard for her heart to be softened and all of that! So that was way cool!
We also
found a few solid new investigators and a bunch of them are really making some
great progress!! We are super pumped! We are definitely blessed for staying
focused and keeping the work up! The member support is just awesome! we have
been getting Home and Visiting teachers assigned to our investigator families
and getting all of the auxiliaries involved in helping them progress! Its meant
the world to a bunch of people! We had the opportunity to teach a woman named
L this week who really needs the gopel right now! She lost her husband 3
months ago and she is losing her house right now.. We taught her about the Plan
of Salvation and invited her to read an pray. She says she really wants to
have her faith strengthened again and she know that we'll be able to help her
do that! We are meeting with her this week so that'll be awesome! Its just been
good all around teaching and doing service!
Haha don't worry about me I'm fine! It really
doesn't hurt to bad and its definitely manageable! Just pray that the whole
insurance and getting all of the medical thingts set up and squared away goes
smoothly so that all of this can get done! I'm just going to work really hard
in the mean time and focus only on the people out here! Thank you for all of
the love and support and all of that jazz! It means the world! I love what I'm
doing and I want to keep doing it for as long as I can!
Have an awesome week!
Let me know whats up at home yall slackers!!!! haha
Love
E Aaron Macfarlane!
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