It is hard to believe that yet another week has come to pass. Time really does seem to fly! This last week, Elder Olsen and I were able to witness many miracles in our ministry for which I am delighted to share with you.
Last Thursday, we were blessed to have another Missionary Leadership Council (MLC) meeting here in Cauayan, a meeting held once a month. Though the meeting went wonderfully, for which we are blessed to say is typical, the preparation we had for the meeting was unique in nature. As of late, President and Sister Hiatt have been extraordinarily busy. With only one counselor, President Hiatt has been conducting many interviews and various meetings around the mission. That being said, there was essentially no time for him and Sister Hiatt to sit down and think about what we should teach at the MLC. In result, Elder Olsen and I were assigned to consider the needs of the mission, pray, and receive revelation regarding the topics that should be taught. So, rather than Elder Olsen and I being assigned by the Hiatt's to each a particular topic, we recieved guidance and suggested to them which topics they teach. I must admit that I felt a little uncomfortable doing so, but I am thankful for the opportunity we had to witness how the Lord gives guidance, even when it has to do with a meeting effecting the whole mission.
In addition, among many other wonderful experiences, there is one I feel fit to share with you, perhaps an experience I will never forget. Yesterday morning (Sunday) while Elder Olsen and I were doing our personal study, we received an interesting call from Sister Hiatt regarding one of our missionaries, named Elder Tuwai. Elder Tuwai is a young missionary from Fiji and is one of the nicest elders I have ever met. It is really hard not to love him and his humble smile is simply contagious. However, to our dismay, he fell off a coconut tree last Thursday and ruptured his spleen, hurt his wrist, and was in bad shape to say the least. After having his spleen repaired and other organs checked, he was still bleeding a little bit by Sunday morning, which warranted Sister Hiatt's call.
Here in the Philippines, whenever an individual is in the hospital and is in need of care, that individual or his family must personally buy the needed items and give it to the nurses to use. Last Sunday, however, Elder Tuwai was in need of a rare blood type, and there was none to be had in the whole city of Santiago, where Elder Tuwai and the Hiatt's were located. Our assignment last Sunday was to locate some this type blood in one of the hospitals here and drive it down to Santiago.
With a quick prayer and with some anxiety, we headed out to the first hospital we know of in Cauayan. They didn't have any. As I sat down and wondered if we would even be able to acquire some blood of such an abnormal type, I heard a voice in my head telling me to be calm, as He was in charge and would take care of His servants. With that statement ringing in my ears, we headed out confidently to the next hospital to find that they had just received two units of the blood from Ilagan (a city to the north), the exact amount Elder Tuwai needed, for which we were able to deliver to the hospital in Santiago.
As I shared my testimony later that day at church, I said something I would like to share with you. Before I left my mission, I had strong faith that God lives and that this is His church. But, through the experiences I have had in my mission, that strong faith has become knowledge. I have seen too many evidences of those truths to ever doubt.
Have a wonderful week!
Love,
Elder Pulley
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| MLC Conference |
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| Arriving at the Hospital |
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| Visiting with Injured Missionary |
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