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  SARAH LETTER 3/24/2015:

 

Elder David A. Bednar came to Hattiesburg this week! He was there to set apart our new stake president! So exciting! This week was full of miracles and a lot of stinky not-so-fun stuff, too. But I am alive and breathing. Sadly it just hurts to breathe! But here is a quick run down of the week because today is TRANSFER DAY!!! I am going to Laurel, MS. Which is in my district!! AHH!  so weird! They are sending Elders to Collins, so they kicked me and Sister Fraggle out!

         So the week started with miracles! My missing luggage showed up and I got an appointment with the pulmonary specialist the day after I got my CT scan! So we went to the specialist in Hattiesburg! We got up real early, I put on my sweatpants and we went, and he said that he is not concerned with the pneumonia that is in my lungs (which they have done nothing to fix), but there’s a super swollen lymph node in my right lung. He explained he couldn't do anything until they did a biopsy. So I did! I wish y'all could hear the million different ways Sister Frandsen and I figure out how to say “Bronchoscopy!” We would just yell at each other every now and again, "I NEED A BRONKASPIE!!"

I went in Friday and they put me under and took some of my node!! AND IT HURT! I have been miserable since then! It feels like they stuck a huge tube down my throat...because they did! Sister Frandsen has been very understanding---ha-ha!  she took me to Dairy Queen right after and I got REALLY mad at her because she—GASP--- paid for my meal! Yeah I am not as cute and cheerful when I am in pain! 

         But the next day was AWESOME! Though I woke up and felt HORRIBLE, we got to hear an Apostle of the Lord speak! I am going to tell a quick story, because I am tired and we are at ANOTHER timed library! And I don’t have my notes! (Who would ever thought that I {you cant see the inflection because I’s are supposed to be capitalized} Sister Sarah White would EVER take notes at stake conference! Apostle or not!) 

Elder Bednar talked a lot about the power of southern language during the Saturday adult session of stake conference. He shared how when he was serving as a bishop in Arkansas, he had a counselor who would simply tell him, when he brought up a silly idea, "Bishop, that is a dog that ain't gonna hunt."

    So one time as a new apostle, when President Hinckley, in the meeting of the Quorum of the Twelve, asked Elder Bednar what he thought of a proposal he responded, "President, I think that it is a good idea for some places in the church....but the whole world? As the people I love and know in the South would say...”That’s a dog that ain't gonna hunt!" And then he said, "And then President Hinckley got the giggles!" And every meeting after that, if President Hinckley would ask his opinion, he would ask, "David, is this a dog that’s gonna hunt?"

         One last funny story...Brother Tebo is getting baptized! He has been coming to church with his wife for twenty years and he finally decided to set a date! (Sound familiar?) I don’t think I can count this as one of my baptisms because I haven't taught him any of the lessons... but still. I know some Thibaults with a similar story!

Alright! I will talk more about Elder Bednar and send a better update next week!

 

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Sister Sarah White

805 Myrtle Dr.

Laurel, MS  39440

 

 

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