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Michael Ray Edward Sanders' Cholera Miracle
Sanders 1965-68 - Komatsu Era
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Let's see, in April or May of 1967 I came down with cholera -- now there was a real
experience; I thought I was going to die for two weeks. I never went to the doctor.
You'll get a kick out of this story. I hate shots. So in Nagoya there were posted all
these warning signs about a cholera epidemic and the need to get shots. My cholera
shot in America was good for 2 years; it had almost been 2 years that I had been out.
I figured my shot was still good and that I could make it until my transfer out
of that area.
Wrong!!
I lost so much weight that when my greenie Elder Wilson first saw me he thought I was
an old man, etc. I never did recover from that weight loss until after I came home at
around 135 lbs.
In my missionary set-apart blessing, Elder Alvin R. Dyer in pertinent part promised me that
I would be protected from the diseases of the land -- well, one could argue that I was not protected in that I caught cholera, but I would argue that since I did not die (I laid on my futon for two weeks -- unable to eat or drink much of anything; just hitting the benjo[Toilet]).
I should have gone to a doc immediately with hind-sight.
Anyway, in hindsight it is funny that I was so stupid, but the Lord did take care of me.
I was so skinny that Elder Wilson used to use me to do military presses each morning.
He had been on the BYU freshman football team before he came out. I loved that guy; still do.
Michael Ray Edward Sanders (Mary) AK 8/65
9827 Valhalla Way
Bothell, WA 98011
206-623-0222/FAX425-486-9422
Served Abeno, Nigawa, Tokyo Central, Nagoya, Sapporo
If you have had similiar experience write to me at:
Michael Ray Edward Sanders, Esq. |
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