Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

June 14, 2018 Personal Journal, Missionary Stories, It’s been an intense few weeks. Sister Taele, in Palawan, came down with what I thought was the same flu that so many others in the mission had had. But on the second day, I felt I should call her and go over her symptoms. The ‘stomach cramps she had mentioned, were—when I asked for a more detailed description--were not stomach cramps. She was having intense abdominal pain. I called the senior couple on her island, and asked them to get her to the hospital clinic. They got to her immediately, and took her to the ER instead. Final diagnosis: Dengue Fever AND Typhoid Fever at the same time—a rarity, but possible. Hospitalized for 12 days in an island hospital with 3 doctors working very hard, and she’s okay now—just working on regaining strength.     Five days after Sister Taele went into the island hospital, we were rushing Sister Lafitani to St Luke’s Hospital here on the mainland. Her legs and arms...

December 27, 2017 Section 75:1-5 Missionary Work How To, Missionary Work Rewards Of, Missionary Stories, Missionary Concerns About ‘Success’, One of the themes of this section is missionary work. The section heading states “Certain elders, who had encountered difficulty in bringing men to an understanding of their message, desired to learn more in detail as to their immediate duties. This revelation [ section 75 ] followed.” I remind myself that this counsel is given by the Lord to those who had been called to go on missions, but who had never done anything like this. They had responded to their call, and had gone to work doing their best, but they did not feel they were being successful in their work. The first thing Christ clarified is in v 3: “ Behold, I say unto you that it is my will that you should go forth and not tarry, neither be idle but labor with your might.” V 4 tells them to do this by ‘ lifting up your voices’ (i.e. talking—to everyone). He explains the m...