Stories: Trip to Symi
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| Trip to Symi | 25 Sep 2004 |
| Elder Jessee and the Trip to Symi We were driving with the assistants from Kharkov to Sumy one day early on in our mission. This was a difficult drive because you had to go through so many small villages. This meant you had to drive slowly. The speed limit in towns was 60 kilometers per hour or about 36 miles per hour. We had traveled through the majority of the towns and were finally on the open road when we came upon an accident that had just happened. The Ukrainians did not have any emergency kits or bandages so we stopped and provided assistance. We gave them our emergency kits and we started bandaging people who were bleeding. Elder Jessee was taking care of an older lady who was going into shock. We had her on the ground and covered her with a blanket and raised her feet. She kept looking at Elder Jessee who was dressed in his white shirt and tie and she kept asking, “Where are you from?” Elder Jessee kept replying “We are from God.” She would ask again, “Where are you from?” and, Elder Jessee just as insistently replied “We are from God.” As we talked about the exchange, we laughed. The lady was probably trying to find out which country Elder Jessee was from and he was just trying to calm her by saying don’t worry we are missionaries. I’m convinced that when this lady receives a knock on her door and the missionaries are standing there in their white shirts and ties she will either accept their message or she will have a heart attack. It will be another visit from the messengers from God. | |
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