Cuídense mucho!
Love, Hermana Hansen
At Zone Conference...Yay! It's Hermana Baker...Hermana Hansen's comp from the MTC!
OK BROMAS I GUESS I'LL EXPLAIN.
Super
long story less long...my comp had a bad headache Wednesday. So, on our way home we decided to stop by Hermano P´s house to see if he had an Ibuprofen to give us. He didn't. But, he said he would order some from the
pharmacy...and since my comp wasn't doing very well..we decided to wait.
She has had headaches like this before, and it's usually
due to the tension in her shoulders. So I started giving her a massage,
which started to help...but then made the pressure in her head worse. I
told her to lie down for a bit while we waited for the medicine to see
if the pain would pass (I know, HORRIBLE idea. We should have kept her
awake... anyone who has been to any sort of first aid training knows
that. DON'T KILL ME LIFEGUARD FRIENDS)
So 9:30 comes around and she's
still out. I decide to call our District Leader to tell him what's going on.
Midway through the call my comp wakes up, fall of
the couch and starts dry heaving.
I yell, "CALL YOU BACK ELDER" and
catch her as she falls. Suddenly she
goes limp and stops breathing.
I yell, "HERMANO P! SHE'S NOT BREATHING YOU HAVE
PERMISSION TO TOUCH HER!"
He then ninja throws her back on the couch and
starts giving her compressions in her side (which didn't seem like a good
idea to me). But, before I can stop him she starts breathing again and
opens her eyes for a bit.
I start yelling at Hermano P. (what I thought was in Spanish but apparently was in English...good thing he understands a
bit of English) "TAKE HER TO THE HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW!"
Hearts are melted as the rabbit casually appears in the middle of our lesson
So, Hermano P.
fireman throws her over his shoulder and starts running out the door,
calling for a taxi. One of the member neighbors sees us. We tell him
we need to get to the hospital, and luckily he has a car so we get in, go
a block, and run out of gas. By this time, all of the jóvenes who were
playing fútbol at the church have run over. Some staring in shock, some
trying to help.
I yell at one of our members that she isn't breathing
again and needs a priesthood blessing now. He panics and gives her a
quick blessing along with another member. Miraculously it worked because as soon as the blessing ended she
started vomiting again.
By this time another member with a car had
pulled up and a bunch of members awkwardly crowd surf her to the other
car. I jump in the car and suddenly it's 'Fast and Furious 7' to the
hospital. She stops breathing in the car again and I said a quick prayer
and she started vomiting again.
Mango píña.... only found in Chiapas and Oaxaca. our favorite fruit evs
We pull up to the hospital, get her in
there...and when I get a chance to look around...I'm just like, "WHERE THE HECK
ARE WE?"
It's super sketchy, looks like the red cross from that tsunami
movie. Then I realize that they have taken us not even to a real
hospital, but A SKETCHY RED CROSS IN DOWNTOWN TUXTLA. The doctor and
the nurses casually walk over and give her oxygen and an IV, like no big
deal. AND I'M JUST LIKE HURRY UP PEOPLE MY COMPANION IS DYING. So then
they make everyone leave except me, and things turn from scary to
slightly uncomfortable real fast.
1. Everyone kept asking if
we were in prayer...that this happens a lot when we are in fervent
prayer in the church or something. Like they thought we were NUNS.
2. A bunch of members had come and were waiting outside
and wanted to see her. But there was only one person allowed, and I
denied everyone who wanted to switch me out. NO WAY JOSE. SHE'S MY
COMPANION.
3. I somehow lost all my stuff in the confusion.
I couldn't call anyone and tell them where we were. Luckily, a member
got a hold of the assistants to the President and told them to come
over.
4. Apparently nobody knows how to act to the companion
who´s companion is in a coma. Like, no one knows what to say. "Como esta
su compañera Hermana Hansen?" "Pues quien sabe, está en una coma!" "Bueno
pues...como esta usted Hermana Hansen?" "Como piense que estoy, mi
compañera esta en una coma!" "Si verdad... como podemos ayudarle?" "PUES
OREN." *awkward head nod and half smile* Yeah, it's awkward.
Finally Presidente George showed up with his wife and the asistentes, and they gave
her a blessing. When they finished the blessing she smiled, a tear fell,
and she shut her eyes (they had been open but non responsive) and she
started breathing better. About a half hour later, she woke up. This is a
testimony to me that the power of the priesthood and prayer is real.
The first time in the car, she started breathing, the second time with
my prayer, again she started breathing and vomiting, and the 3rd time
with president is when she started to wake up.
When
she woke up, she said, "What? Why did you take me here if I was
sleeping peacefully on Hermano P's couch?"
I laughed and said, "Seriously Hermana?
You don't remember anything? You've been in a coma for 3 hours."
She didn't
remember a thing! The only thing she remembered is that someone called
her by her full name, and she felt peace, like she had been alone but
someone was with her.
We still don't really
know what happened. The doctor said it was a combination of dehydration,
stress, and high blood pressure. But after 2 days resting in the
mission home she's a lot better! Presidente and his wife left
the next day so we had a party with the mission house all to ourselves!
(which consisted of listening to the Piano Guys CD, sleeping, and
reading Liahonas)
That night Hermana George and I went to buy more medicine
and dinner while my comp was sleeping, so we bonded. And the next day
when she was taking us back to our area, she said, "Do you mind if we
stop by the mall? I need a shopping buddy." Haha and we went shopping
with her!
(The worst part is a left my camera in Hermano P's house in all the
confusion, and I don't have evidence of any of this! BUT I PROMISE IT ALL
HAPPENED).
But through all of this something amazing happened! This week, after all the coma fun..we went to visit one of our investigators who has all of the asistencias, her sons a member! Hermana J. just needs to get a testimony and be baptized! She actually came to visit us when we were leaving the Red Cross. She was so worried when she heard! So Hermana J. said to us, "Wow, I guess you're willing to almost die so I'll get baptized huh?"
We laughed and said, "But really, Hermana! We would do anything to see you take this path in your life. And yes...we would really be willing to give our lives for this cause. Not because we want to have success on our missions...not because we want another statistic...but because we have this happiness! We love you so much that we want you to have it. We've been baptized, and have eternal families, and we would do anything for you to have the same."
Then her son, Hermano S. was able to bear his testimony. He told his mom how much he wanted to have an eternal family. It was a super spiritual moment. Even Hermana J, who has been closed off from the beginning..was crying. We are going to have a noche de hogar with them today, watch the restauracion video and have her pray and ask God if it's true. Praying that all goes well! I know that with God's help...she will be baptized on Saturday!
Love you all!
