Oh dear, I hope that taught you to always SAVE your documents along the way lol (teacher mode right there). Yeah we get the Ensign. Its in English too, which is really nice :)
So, this week was...interesting haha. First of all, we met this goliath of a man doing street contacts. I swear, imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger, but bigger, and black. That is M. He looks like the last person you would expect to be interested in the church, but he totally surprised us. This guy is like a giant teddy bear. We started teaching him and holy cow, I felt like he was looking straight into my soul. He is a super pure and innocent person, even though he looks like he could crush you with one hand. So, we are excited about this guy. Other good news, A and her family got baptized yesterday in Jaboticabal, so that's always wonderful. Another success story. Even though I couldn't be there, I'm just thrilled that she can finally continue progressing. A is an incredible example of how the Atonement of Jesus Christ can literally change people from the inside out.
Ok.....so...other news. I'm still sick. I'm not sure if I really had worms and got rid of them and then got another sickness, or if this was the same problem all along. But, long story short, on Monday I woke up and my stomach hurt really bad. Then, by the end of the day, I was crying from the pain and breathing like a pregnant woman. So, we went to the hospital (our members are incredible. Claudia, an Irma took us to the hospital and stayed with us the whole time and even made me soup the next day. It's so great to have loving members. Makes all the difference) and then I laid on a hospital bed until a doctor came. She pushed on my stomach and hit my back a few times and then told me I probably have a kidney stone and pumped me with some painkillers. Then I went home, but the next day, the pain was back, even with meds.
Skip to the future. I went to a specialist, and he said I actually have a gallstone because its hurting on both sides....more like just everywhere actually haha. My district leader tried to force me to stay inside all week and not work, but we snuck in a few lessons here and there when I wasn,t hurting too bad hehehe. In the end, our numbers were still pretty decent, so that was a cool miracle. I'm really trying to show my companion that, when you feel like you can't, you can. When you are hurting and you go out, God gives you miracles. She has a tendency to ALWAYS be sick and wants to stay inside, but one night this week, she told me that I was teaching her by my example that she can work even when it's hard.
Here's the thing though. God also gave us the Word of Wisdom and wants us to always care for our bodies. The pain isn't going away and apparently the only solution is surgery that removes the gall bladder completely. So, I'm going to talk to President today, but I know that, in the end, God wants to care for my health first. I cant help anyone if I'm not taking care of myself. I know that whatever happens is in God's plans and that His timing is very different from our expectations. I'm willing to do whatever the Lord asks, wherever He asks, and sometimes the location has to change, but I will not. I know that this gospel is true and that God has a perfect plan, and because of that, I'm not afraid of the future. I know that Christ makes everything possible and that we only have to rely on Him to see miracles every single day. I know that we can change the world by loving and serving others and by sharing the gospel with everyone. I know that the gospel is for EVERYONE because everyone deserves to be happy and forgive themselves. Everyone needs to be healed in one way or another. Only Christ has the power to do it.
Don't freak out, k. Seriously, its all gonna be okay whatever happens. But Mom and Dad, I think it would be a good idea to have your phones with you okay.
I love you guys so much and I feel the love of the Savior so strong every day. He really can be with us all the time. I'm so grateful to be a representative of Him everyday. We all can be! Actually, we all should be, especially those who have been baptized, because when we are baptized, we are promising God that we will always strive to represent the Savior. That is the big goal. If we can be a little more like that Savior every day, then it doesn't matter what we look like or how much money we have, we are succeeding.
I love you all sooooo much.
Sister Hunny
