G'day everybody!
Yup, there are really only two seasons here. Winter and summer:
cold and HOT. It has been warming up lots all of a sudden. One day this
week it got up to 37 or 38 degrees Celsius (98 to 100F). Every time we tract someone
tells us to go get hats.
It has been a pretty fruitful week. We got a new investigator and
another potential investigator came to church and a recent convert gave
us a referral as well. We are excited for the progress the area is
making. We also set a new baptismal date with a lady named Thornly. We
tracted into her an she was " looking for a church." May as well join
the true one! She seems pretty keen, but unfortunately she didn't come
to church this week. She had family in town from far away. We set the
date for November 2nd, and set it with her as a goal to work towards. In
her accepting it it shows us that she is willing to commit as she gains
her own testimony. And as long as she reads and prays sincerely about
the Book of Mormon she will find out. So it was a pretty good week for
us. We have finally got a few people to teach and we also plan to teach
the members more, both to build our own teaching skills and to encourage
referrals.
We really have a great ward here. But the youth seem to be
struggling. Yesterday's combined priesthood and relief society was all
about how parents and youth leaders can work together to help the youth
conquer the storms of Satan that are raging harder than ever, especially
on young people. As I sat there I realised how grateful I am for the
great examples I had as a youth, both from my parents and youth leaders.
I didn't always adhere to their counsel but their influences have made a
lasting impression on me and have impacted my life significantly. They
spoke about how it all starts in the home, how the church programs and
the leaders are their to support the teaching that should be happening
in the home, and can nowhere near replace that essential learning
environment. I am so glad for Mum and Dad's constant examples of
commandment and covenant keeping.
So I am emailing toady because we had a bit of an eventful P-day
yesterday. I woke up feeling a bit of abdominal pain at around 5:45. It
hurt just enough to wake me up early and make it hard to fall asleep
again. I thought I could just poop and it would go away but it didn't.
The pain was ignorable so we went and played a little basketball with a
couple active and less-active members. I didn't hurt too bad after that.
Then we went home and showered up. After I ate breakfast my abdominal
pain increased a bit, to where it was no longer ignorable. We did our
studies and went to the library to email. My pain continued to worsen
throughout the morning. Then as I started emails I felt that I was going
to throw up. I walked outside the library and threw up on the ground.
There were no toilets nearby and I couldn't find a bin either. After
vomiting my pain exploded, to where I could hardly stand or breath. I
just crouched on the ground for about five minutes till I could get up
and go get my companion, who had just started emailing his family. He
drove me to the hospital just around the corner. It felt like an
elephant with sharp toenails was standing on my lower right abdomen.
They got me in and checked me, and eventually hooked me up to an IV and
gave me morphine (which I hardly felt the effects of until the third
dose). The whole time I was throwing up and dry reaching, which
intensified my pain each time. The doctor came after a couple hours of
waiting and checked some more things. They took a urine sample and found
blood in my urine, indicating kidney stones, which explains the excruciating pain. So anyways, we didn't get much of a P-day since we
were at the hospital for about six and a half hours. One of the nurses
knew a guy who was LDS and we talked with him for a while about what we
do as missionaries and in our church. He had a few questions. So I am on
some pain meds at the moment and feeling alright. They even gave me a
suppository pain medication. I will be getting an ultrasound on Thursday
to find out more and then following up with a GP. Hopefully all goes
well. I haven't passed any stones yet and I have no idea when to expect
them or anything.
So I think yesterday was my first time in the hospital, or at least
on my mission. Have I ever been to the hospital for anything else?
Other than that the week was awesome. Here's a few new pictures.
First two are from today after zone meeting
Say eight!
L
ove, Elder Thieme
ove, Elder Thieme 
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