Update on Sister Stay, December 10, 2010

Dear Friends and Family,
Sister Stay is on her way to Poland! She will leave Salt Lake on December 13th and arrive in Poland on the 14th. She will be arriving to a lot of snow and one of the coldest winters on record (drat that global warming:) ) and be there to have a Polish Christmas!

On Wednesday of this week, Dalita and I picked up Nikki up from Temple Square at 6 am and brought her to Utah Valley for her third IVP. She was x-rayed every few minutes for about an hour as thick goo made its way through her system till it showed up in her kidneys and flowed into her bladder. Most people only have one ureter on each side, but Nikki is a mutant and has two on each side (she gets that mutantcy from me!). Her appointment with the urologist wasn't until the afternoon, so after the morning lab work, and with permission from her mission president, Nikki ran a few errands with Mom and Ali and then we had all the kids come home from school and we had a family lunch, took a family photo (thanks Sister Major), and decorated the Christmas tree together.

Then we went to the urologist appointment. He looked at the x-rays and said that she was all healed and cleared to go. We got him to put that in a letter and had him talk to our Stake President who is also a doctor in the same hospital. We then took the letter to the Stake President so he could send it to the Missionary Department. We stopped at home and I wrote a letter to the Poland Mission President saying Nikki cleared her exam and was good to go. We then took Nikki back to Temple Square where Dalita walked her in to Temple Square and dropped her off with some of the sisters there. We had a wonderful time with her.

It was an unexpected blessing to be able to see her and spend time with her. She is doing great and has not had any health issues of any sort. Her Temple Square mission president says she works hard and is a very effective missionary. She seems to be in good spirits and has liked the time she has spent on Temple Square.When we got back home, I had received two emails from the Poland Mission President saying he was trying to work out her travel schedule and today I received a call from the Missionary Department informing us of her travel plans. She will be traveling with a senior couple that is also going to Poland. Thanks for all your prayers and support.
Tim