How are all of you? We haven't heard from Karma for a week or two, and we are so anxious to hear from Elma and their mission! Would love to hear about Marcia and Eldon's trip to Canada, also love to hear from Kaye and Glade!
We had a fantastic time in Hong Kong! Beautiful city, so clean, organized, and friendly! Loved the Mission Presidents we met. They are really great! We met Richmond's President, who had been with Richmond in Indonesia just 5 days prior to coming to the Seminar.It was great to talk to him, and his wife thought Richmond looked like me! That was a complement! We also met Elma and Rex's Mission President, who had just met and spent some time with Elma and Rex! They are thrilled to have the Harrisons in their mission, and were so impressed with their knowledge of their assignment and language! Great people also! One of the mission Presidents was from Preston, Idaho, and knew the Titensors, and the wife was good friends with Sharron, and she thought Sharron looked like me through the eyes and smile! So fun Hodges was their name! 2 of the Presidents were friends with Jim and had played ball with him! It was a great time, and we stayed over a day, to celebrate early our 50th wedding anniversary! It was a great time! We got home Sat. night Sept 5th!
I think I told you on Aug. 21, the tendon in the ring finger on Richards right hand frayed away, and his finger went limp, and he couldn't lift it. I taped the ring finger and the middle finger together, so he could do his work! We went to a Dr. in the Philippines, that said he could fix it, but we were leaving for Hong Kong the next day. When we got home from Hong Kong, the Area Presidency said they wanted us to go to Utah to fix it! Richard finally got a hold of his Dr. that fixed the tendon on his baby finger, and he said if we could be to Utah by Friday, he would fit us in his schedule for surgery! Richard called Salt Lake and booked us a flight to Utah leaving Thursday morning! that was Wed. After work at the office, we went home, packed and Richard worked late to finish some cases up, and we left at 6:30 Thursday morning and arrived 24 hours later in Salt Lake at 4:30 P.M. Ted and Ben met us at the airport, so good to see them. They drove us to Angie's home, and they were having a friends wedding reception in their yard! Everything looked so beautiful! Wonderful to see the Wagstaffs, and they gave us Angie's Car to drive while we were home! That was so nice! We drove to Susie's home, who didn't know we were coming, and Travis and Parley were so surprised to see us! That was a fun surprise, so we decided we wouldn't tell Susie and just show up at Ella's soccer game! that was so much fun, to see her and the girls surprised faces as well! We stopped by Doug and Katie's and loved them. Stopped at Jason and Heidi's , and loved them, Rich gave Jason a blessing as he had some problems with diverticulitis, and finally got home to our home where Ted and his family, and Emily and her family were all here, plus Jessica and Jordan who live in our home! Every thing looked so perfect, the house was spotless, and the yard didn't have a weed in it and it was so good to be home, after being away 6 1/2 months! Doug came over and the guys gave Richard a blessing! So grateful for the Priesthood in our family, that we can call down the powers of Heaven to guide us and bless us in our time of need, and a great opportunity to exercise our faith! So good to be home with our wonderful family that we love so much!
I have got to cut this short, or I will never finish what has been going on! Richard and I went to the Surgeon on Friday morning on 9/11! He checked him and decided on surgery, and scheduled us for 2:30 the same day! By 6:00 we were home! The surgeon found 3 tendons in his right hand that needed repair, and had to use some flexer tendons from his wrist to repair him. He said this shouldn't be happening, and took some blood and tissue and told us to see a rheumatologist, to see if he had rheumatoid arthritis! He also said the therapy would be more intense, because of the flexer tendons he used from the wrist! We got back home Friday night about 5:30! It was a big day! It was so fun to be with family and see them, and love them!
Sat. We were blessed to witness the baptism of Brigham Shupe! that was really special, especially, since we had no clue we would be home for that! What a precious little boy, and so happy to get baptized! All our family met at Susie's afterwards, and it was like being in a little bit of Heaven to be together again!
We had fun Sat. night night watching the BYU game with some of our family! This was but a dream as we are in the Philippines, and never get to watch those games! Brynley and John drove here after the game, and spent Sunday with us and Jessica and Jordan! It makes us feel real young to hang out with these newly wed grandchildren!
Sunday, we enjoyed going to our Kaysville ward, and then we went to Angie and Jims for a delicious dinner, and the whole family came again and we celebrated being together again, so much fun! We got to see Davis, our recent returned missionary! So great to see all the cousins and brothers and Sisters having so much fun together!
On Monday, we went to therapy, and then in to the Church offices to meet up with the Mission department! Richard's IFR Job has been turned over to an IFR in Salt Lake while we are here! However, when we arrived home there were several e-mails form Presidents that want Rich to help him with different problems, so he still spends a lot of time doing his work! We have gone to therapy everyday, and everyday see improvements! Dr. or Elder Schwitzer got an appointment with a rheumatologist for last Monday in Springfield, Utah! We made our way there, and met with the Dr.,and he found No rheumatoid arthritis in Richard! It is a miracle, and prayers answered! We were thrilled, and so grateful for that good news!
We continue to see the therapist, and tomorrow, Thursday he will get his stitches out, and we will talk to the Dr., more therapy and when the therapist feels like we can go back to the Philippines, we will go! Having the use of his right hand is the most important thing, and is what we need to concentrate on right now! We have another year of our Mission left, and are anxious to get back and continue our service, and see all the wonderful people we work with there!
We count our blessings everyday, and we are so aware of the Lords hand in our lives! We give Thanks every day! We love the Gospel, and the opportunities it affords us and the tests that help us grow, and exercise our faith! We are grateful for prayers and the answers to them! So grateful for an amazing family, that has bent over backwards to help us, and support us and feed us good American food,and love us and we cherish the moments we have together!
So grateful for the Gospel and for each other! We love you all
We are excited to see Karma and Koyle this week-end, and go to their homecoming! Good to hear from the Harrisons, and Paynes!
Thanks everyone for your prayers they are felt, and we can feel the blessings and Heavenly Fathers love in all of our lives!
Love to all,
Mom and Dad, Grandpa and Grandma, Richard and Nada, Elder and Sister Anderson
No comments:
Post a Comment