Elder Wright didn't send any pictures. Again! So I'm posting this picture of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. His mission offices are there and this is also where he works on the Digital Imaging Project.
And now this week's email:
Okay, before I begin, I just want to say sorry for not emailing all of you this week, but as you can tell from the title of this email, some strange and kind of funny things have been happening that prevented me from doing emails.
So, since the last time that I emailed you guys, my companion has been having these times where his mind would get fuzzy and he would eventually start to pass out, so him and I would have to go back to the apartments an hour early. On Wednesday, though, things got even more interesting. Doctor Ferry, one of the main doctors around here, prescribed him this one medication to help him relax, however, it did it's job too well. About an hour after taking it, my companion would start falling in and out of sleep, which was a bit funny, but also a bit concerning. The nurses then told him (after he would stay awake long enough) that he can only take it before going to bed.
Everything was fine from there, until we got to Saturday. While we were shopping at Smiths, My companion started to feel very tired. We were able to finish shopping, but by then he was having a hard time doing most things. We, that being myself and the other elders that we were shopping with, got him into the car and drove him back to the apartments, where we laid him on the couch while the APs contacted the nurses on what to do. He laid there for about an hour and a half, in which he was doing strange things with his hands. We found out at about 1 pm that he wasn't just doing random hand movements, but was in fact trying to communicate with us, and that he was awake the entire time! This really surprised us, but once we got him writing on a piece of paper, he told us that he wanted a blessing, So, we did just that: we gave my companion a blessing. After that, we took him to the bathroom, and once he got there he was able to start moving a bit more on his own. By the end of the day, he was back to normal, but that isn't the end. Yesterday, before we went to church, his legs started to feel weak. When we got to the JSMB, which is where we have church, we talked to Sister Boon (one of the nurses) and she gave him a cane to use. After that, near the end of first hour, my companion started to feel the thing that happened on Saturday to start happening again. In a few minutes, he was almost completely immobile. After a small council between this Australian doctor, the two nurses, and Elder Boon, they decided that we would just take him to sacrament meeting so that he can relax and actually move again, which is what happened. In the end, my companion is fine (mostly), the there is a chance that this could lead to something more serious. We'll just have to wait and see. I hope you guys had an exciting week like I did. Have a great time and remember to keep the missionaries in your prayers.
Till then,
Elder Wright
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