So this was another wild and exciting week of lots of
miracles and adventures!
First off, the Hospital.
So we get a call Thursday Night, from an elder telling us
that he had fallen, and that he was on his way to the hospital, he said he
thought he had broken his ankle, that it was super swollen, and that he
couldn't walk on it at all. so we head down there at about 7:00 PM and get
there around 8:00. we enter the ER and there he Is in the trauma room,
surrounded by tons of people with other serious medical Injuries, the majority
of which were the result of motorcycle accidents, which is a serious problem
here in the DR! Anyways, they tell him they are going to move him to a bed, and
so i accompany him, because only one could at a time, and he gets situated in
the hospital bed, and we are next to this guy who is seriously banged up. while
i am sitting there talking to elder Burity (from Brazil) we hear this voice
behind us say "Elder, Elder, I am a member!" the guy next to
elder Burity, was from Hainamosa Campo, and told us his story. he had been on
the way to give a blessing to his mother when all of the sudden he gets hit by
this motorcycle, which flings him up into the air, leaving him with neck
injuries and tons of road burns. so we asked if he would like a blessing of
health and comfort, and he said that he did, so elder burity gets of his
hospital bed, and limps over on one foot and anoints him and i seal the
anointing. The spirit was so strong, i was getting pretty emotional at the fact
that the Lord put us two missionaries right next to this faithful, endowed
member of the church. Later we found out that he had regained a lot of memory,
and that he was officially out of danger. his sister was there with him and she
was comforted as well that we were there. amazing experience. Elder Burity is
good now as well, he has a boot on but can walk enough to proselyte, its just
some seriously strained tendons in his left ankle. all is well!
Then this p day we took the opportunity to do one of the
coolest things available to do here in the DR, we visited the national park of
los Haitises, which consists of a motorboat tour around the peninsula on the
northern part of the DR, which includes sights of the shores where Pirates of
the Caribbean was filmed, an exploration of Caves, and amazing sights through
the ocean inlet rivers. made me so trunky for boating though, cant wait to hit
it up after the mish, wake boarding and tubing! so many cool pics that tell the
story better than I can, then we ate at this awesome oceanside restaurant,
gotta love it!
Then on Sunday we had an awesome lesson with this venezuelan
family, which are super cool, one of the daughters read the whole Restoration
pamphlet and explained it all piece by piece, including the aaronic and
Melchizedek priesthood!!! amazing lesson! anyways, at the end we are saying
goodbye and the mother, who is about 50 years old or so, comes to shake my hand
and instead, it turns into this bear hug! i couldn't do anything, she had me
cornered!!! i didn't know what to do, i just kinda awkwardly put my hands up
and started squirming, she just said, "we are latins, this is what we do
in this house!" hahahaha i felt pretty awkward afterwards explaining that
we as missionaries cant hug women while on the mish... hope she didn't get
offended, she'll just have to know that after the mish, i will come back to
give her an even bigger bear hug!
anyways, pretty good week, ill send some pics, we definately
have to go to los haitises after the mish!
Love you all,
ELDER AUGER
finally a restaurant on the beach front! SO AWESOME!
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