I've got a lot to cover! This week
has been through a lot!! Haha Thanks a
lot for the news! Sounds like everything is going great!! I am very glad to
hear it!! :)
Okay so on Tuesday we went on an
exchange with the Zone Leaders Elder Christensen and Elder Dickinson. I was
with Elder Dickinson, who's from Nottingham actually! That's an actual place!
So is Sherwood Forest! Anyways, we went on the exchange so they could interview
Titch and Jen for Baptism. In the end it was Elder Dickinson who did the
interview. The others were in Nairn. Georgiana passed with flying colors! So we
went home, had dinner and went to bed. At 4:20 in the morning, I woke up to my
bed shaking and Elder Dickinson moaning. I turned on the light. Oh, it looked
scary! He was having a seizure!! I've never seen one before, and it was scary! We
were able to calm him down, and finally woke him up! He seemed fine, and he's
had them before on his mission. So after a while we all went back to bed. Then
it started all over again!! He had two seizures within an hour! We called
President, who told us to phone the UK equivalent of 911, and an ambulance came
over. He had just gotten out of it when they came and took him to the hospital.
We got there around 6 or 7, and we stayed there until 11. He was doing fine,
and didn't have any more. This was the morning of the Baptism!! We all went
back to the flat, had a bite to eat, and then the Zone Leaders went back to
Aberdeen. Elder Wells and I went off to the church building to prepare the
font. We started filling it at 2:11. It didn't finish until 6!
There's a faucet on the side. It
either does boiling water or freezing, so we have it on boiling for the first
3/4 and then turn off the water heater. But when it's boiling, it turns the
church building into a sauna!!!
So our chapel is getting renovated,
btw, so our main concern was where to have the service! We thought we'd get a
couple of families, which meant that the room the font was in was out, and we
weren't allowed the chapel. So our only option was the hallway! I wish I'd
taken a picture of that! The hallway isn't much larger than our family room!
And, as it turns out, almost the entire ward turned up!!!! We were spilling
into the Bishop's office!!! It was bad, but it all turned out fine.
Oh, funny story! So Titch accidentally
ripped her stitches on Monday, so she had to get new ones. When she did the
doctor said "Okay, so don't get these wet!" and one of the nurses,
who knows her well, said "Doctor, she's a smart girl! It's not like she's
going to just jump into a body of water!" So that was funny. And
worrisome. She seemed to be okay when she got out, but she was coughing more.
Anyways, they got a ticket on the next ferry back to Stornoway, which was
actually Thursday! So that was the last I've seen her. The sisters in Stornoway
had her confirmed this Sunday, so everything's going great!
Barry and Rieley both came to the
baptism! Didn't get much of a chance to speak to Rieley, but Barry said he'd
had a great time! It was a great experience for him I think!
Oh, and funny story. So the next
days I was on an exchange in Invergordon with Elder Livingston and his new
companion Elder Stobbs. But I accidentally left my shaver in their car! And
they lost it! I got my shaver back yesterday, so all is good.
Yesterday was actually Zone
Development! SO that's why I'm writing on Tuesday! We all met up in Aberdeen and just hung out
as missionaries. It was a lot of fun! We played Chair Football and Volleyball
and Dodgeball.
Yesterday we were driving to
Aberdeen, and I saw this fast food place called "Mike's Famous Fish and
Chips", and I saw it and then was like "Oh yeah, that's my
name!" THAT was weird!!
I got a letter from Grandpa this
week. He mentioned Grandma's birthday. He'd sent some Family History stuff! It
was some excerpts from his book One Line
of Bates Men. It was fascinating!
Love you all!!! You guys are
awesome!!!!! Keep Praying for this missionary somewhere in the middle of the
Highlands!! :)
Elder Bates
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