This past week my companion has been dealing with some serious migraines, and so our mission nurse schedule us an appointment with Dr. Bacci. In English, his name translates roughly to "Dr. Kisses" so you can understand my concern thinking that I was taking my companion into a doctor who may have just stepped off a Disney channel set. Luckily, he ended up being a cute old man who, after asking my companion what was going on ("I've been dealing with some consistent and evere headaches and migraines"), gave us the perfect diagnosis ("It seems like you're dealing with migraines and severe headaches, consistently) and the perfect medication (side effects include nausea, stomach pain, drowsiness, severe headaches, and migraines). Thanks Dr. Bacci. He also recommended that we go in for an MRI, just in case. They didn't try to give us any whack medicine, but they did try to make me pay with cash right then and there instead of taking our insurance. Finally after all the mayhem and confusion of the MRI and doctors appointments, my companion confesses that before the headaches started she'd eaten a whole jar of nutella in just 2 days, and a slew of kinder buenos. The jury is still out as to whether or not the sugar over load caused the migraines, but at least now it's given her a reason to hold off on nutella consumption for a while.
More than a year ago, Elder Ballard came to our mission and told us that if we each had 10 gospel conversations every day, our mission would see miracles. This week we pushed ourselves to open our mouths and hit our companionship goal of 20 a day. As promised, we saw miracles. While we were waiting to catch the metro on the way home from some rough finding, a woman carrying two huge bags and a suitcase comes up to us and starts asking for directions. Turns out she's from Lima Peru, and had met with the missionaries a couple times before moving to Italy. We helped her carry her bags to her apartment, and we're able to talk about the Book of Mormon and the restoration. She invited us to come over again and have some Peruvian food and talk more about our message! I was freaking out. It was like she fell from the sky right into our path.
The second miracle we saw this week was getting a random call from someone saying, "Hi, I'm a less active member but today I felt like I need to start coming back to church. Will you come over today at 3 to share a message with me?" So we went over and talked with her about the Plan of Salvation. She's a 20 year old girl sho moved with her mom from Peru 10 years ago. She'd gone to church a couple times in those years, but her mom hadn't been back since they moved. We bore testimony of our purpose here on earth and what is going to come in the life after this one. We told her it was never too late for her or her mom to come back. She committed to come to church, but said her mom had no interest in coming back. Then on Sunday, we see BOTH of them walk through the doors! Again, I was freaking out. It made me think of something President Pickerd shared with us at MLC a few weeks ago; "Heavenly Father loves the discovery as much as he loves the recovery"
For a spiritual thought this week, I just want to invite you all to keep participating in Light the World and keep sharing your experiences. We can feel more fully Heavenly Father's love and share it through service. "When ye are in the service of your fellow being, ye are only in the service of your God"
I'm so grateful for this gospel and for this Christmas season we have to celebrate the birth of the Savior.
I love you all!
Sorella Maxfield
P.s they lit up the rome temple this week
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