What’s up everybody!? Hope everyone had a great week!
Things were a little slow this week because I was sick so we were just trapped in the apartment most of the time, but I’m feeling better now so this coming week will be way good. Didn’t get to get out much but some awesome things happened this week.
First off, Elder Dale G Renlund of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles visited Japan this past week and we had a opportunity to have a conference with him in Kichijoji on Saturday. Way awesome opportunity to be with one of the Lord’s chosen 12 witnesses. He talked about a lot of different things, but one thing he said that stuck with me was “When we lose perspective, that is when we get into trouble”. He also shared a story about a patient he had who was dying and needed a heart transplant. This man was on blood pumps and had approximately a week to live. Finally a heart was found that would be able to be transplanted into him. So the Doctors got to work and transplanted the new heart. The surgery was a success, but the new heart was a complete failure. Dr. Renlund went in to speak with the wife of this man and recommend an end to the operations. The prospects were not looking good, but just before the plug was pulled, another heart that no one wanted became available. This second heart was transplanted and was a perfect success. Quite the miracle. The interesting part of the story happened in between those two major surgeries. Dr. Renlund walked into the room to check on this man to find him sitting in bed with jaws clenched and hands tight on his lunch tray. Dr. Renlund asked him what was wrong and he informed him that his milk was not cold and his oatmeal was not warm. Dr. Renlund was blown away that even with with what was going on in this man’s life (a life deadline in a day or two with no heart), he was caught up in his milk and oatmeal. That small inconvenience became almost unbearable for him. And the reason is that, he forgot about the big picture. When we forget the long-run, when we forget the future, when we forget the big plan, that is when we get caught up in the little things that hinder our progress. It is so important that we take a step back and remember that our Creator has a plan.
Things were a little slow this week because I was sick so we were just trapped in the apartment most of the time, but I’m feeling better now so this coming week will be way good. Didn’t get to get out much but some awesome things happened this week.
First off, Elder Dale G Renlund of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles visited Japan this past week and we had a opportunity to have a conference with him in Kichijoji on Saturday. Way awesome opportunity to be with one of the Lord’s chosen 12 witnesses. He talked about a lot of different things, but one thing he said that stuck with me was “When we lose perspective, that is when we get into trouble”. He also shared a story about a patient he had who was dying and needed a heart transplant. This man was on blood pumps and had approximately a week to live. Finally a heart was found that would be able to be transplanted into him. So the Doctors got to work and transplanted the new heart. The surgery was a success, but the new heart was a complete failure. Dr. Renlund went in to speak with the wife of this man and recommend an end to the operations. The prospects were not looking good, but just before the plug was pulled, another heart that no one wanted became available. This second heart was transplanted and was a perfect success. Quite the miracle. The interesting part of the story happened in between those two major surgeries. Dr. Renlund walked into the room to check on this man to find him sitting in bed with jaws clenched and hands tight on his lunch tray. Dr. Renlund asked him what was wrong and he informed him that his milk was not cold and his oatmeal was not warm. Dr. Renlund was blown away that even with with what was going on in this man’s life (a life deadline in a day or two with no heart), he was caught up in his milk and oatmeal. That small inconvenience became almost unbearable for him. And the reason is that, he forgot about the big picture. When we forget the long-run, when we forget the future, when we forget the big plan, that is when we get caught up in the little things that hinder our progress. It is so important that we take a step back and remember that our Creator has a plan.
Other than that, had the opportunity to build a model of the Salt Lake City temple that Elder Wood got for Christmas last year and never built. Always trying to keep the end goal in mind lol. But despite being down a while, it was a good week. Maybe I’ll have some more adventures for next week. Have a good one!
Elder Sadler
Pictures below:
1-7. Enoshima P-day last week
8. Mission Conference with Elder Renlund
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