Yesterday we had a zone conference, so they
made today our p-day. The dr appointment didnt go like I wanted it to. I wanted
him to tell me what was wrong and tell me what to do to fix it. But, of course,
he didnt! He that he doesnt know what is wrong, and that we are now "fishing"
for answers. Which doesnt help at all. SO he had them take blood today to test
for lime disease, which I know I dont have or I would be dead by now. I am
constantly looking for ticks and havent found a single one, which I told him.
He is also testing the blood for food allergies. A lot of the members think
that I could be gluten intolerant since a lot of foods hurt to eat. So he is
doing those tests too. He wants to do an upper endoscopy, so I really have no
hope right now of being fixed. And it is honestly really hard being on a
mission because I have no energy for anything. I dont mean to dump all of this on you, but I am just
really struggling right now. I am tired of being in pain, and I am tired of not
sleeping.
6/2/14
The work is going really well here. I was
with a member of the Avon ward last night and we were working on my family
search and I found out some really cool stuff!!! Thomas Palmer, my third great
grandfather is my pioneer, and he hometaugh president taylor!! Sooooo cool!!!
Sooo, yeah. Talk about the spirit of Elijah
5/27/14
Sorry I couldn't email yesterday, but we
went to the Temple! :) And since it was a holiday I wouldn't have been able to
anyway... But the Temple was great as always! And then we went to Boston! My
first real time in the city. We walked all over the place! I have a ton of
pictures to send you. But I got to see some really cool things. I think that it
would have been way cooler if I wasn't exhausted. I had to get up at 430 am to
go to the Temple. But it was all worth it :)
Elder Holland was amazing!!! I got to shake
his hand, but I couldn't get a picture with him. :( But he was speaking and
then suddenly felt like giving a sermon. It was great! It was crazy, at one
point he had us make a list of all the qualities of the Jews during the time
that Jesus came, and reasons why they couldn't understand His teachings. We
came up with things like: corrupt, fearful, ignorant, apostate, foolish,
prideful, sinful, etc. And then he pointed to this list and said, "Welcome
to Boston!" He talked about how the people that we are teaching have these
qualities. He referenced Nicodemus and how he wanted to know what it meant to
be "born again" Nicodemus says, "How can a man be born when he
is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?"
And this obviously isn't the kind of "born again" that the Savior is
talking about. Jesus is talking about baptism, and Nicodemus isn't getting it,
however they are both talking about birth. Elder Holland talked about the
Samaritan woman. And he gave some great insight on it. The Samaritan woman,
basically asked Jesus, Considering that you are a Jew, why on earth are you
asking me for water? and Jesus replies, Well if you knew who I was, then you
would ask me to give you water, and it would have been living water. And she
responds back saying, you dont have anyway to get water, how are you supposed
to get this living water?? And Jesus replies again saying, Yes well if you
drink from this well, you are going to get thirsty again. But if you drink the
water that I can give you, then you will never thirst. Now this woman of
Samaria had to travel multiple times a day to get water from this well. So
never having to do this would be very desirable. So Jesus tells her to go and
get her husband, and she says that she doesnt have one. And Jesus calls her out
on it. And says, "For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now
hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly." SO THEN, the Apostles
come back from buying food in town, and they are surprised and very curious as
to why the Savior is conversing with a Samaritan. But of course no one said
anything cause they didnt want to offend or upset the Savior. AND THEN! His own
disciples ask his to eat something and Jesus tells them, "I have meat to
eat that ye know not of." And they are a little upset, and are like did
someone else feed you already? SO, TO SUM IT ALL UP, in all three of these
scenarios, the Savior is talking about birth and Nicodemus is talking about
birth. The Savior is talking about water and the Samaritan woman is talking
about water. The Savior is talking about meat and his Apostles are talking
about meat. We must be speaking of the same thing that the Savior is. We must
understand what he is trying to tell us and be on his level.
Man, I dont even know what more to say.
Maybe I will write more about it on monday. I have so many thoughts and I am
not sure where to begin. So I promise I will write more later. :)
5/5/14
I am great!! This
was a really sad week cause Sister Boldt is getting transferred. :( She is
going to Oxford Mass. which is in my old zone. We are sooooooooooooo sad.
Transfers are on Wednesday now. I havent gotten them yet, maybe they will come
today... Sister Boldt and I were looking at tuition for a bunch of different
schools in Ut and BYU is sooo cheap! I am so game for going there!
Wow
I bet the girls are excited to get out of school. I just put a letter in the
mail this morning for syd. :) The weather is starting to be beautiful here. :)
We are having a cinco de Mayo party!!! I get to call on Sunday :)
4/28/14
Guess what! We are getting a new car!! Woohoo Super
excited to the max!! We are going to be cleaning our car today so we can turn
it in on Wednesday.
hahahahahahahahah That is soooo funny!!! Dont worry mom, one of the Elders informed me of what color I should color my hair, so I am back to my natural color. And I really love it. :) But thanks for being honest :)
Oh, hahahaha, that pic is for Syd. That mansion is 50 cent's house. :D It is huge!! There are sooo many rooms and there are guest houses upon that :)
hahahahahahahahah That is soooo funny!!! Dont worry mom, one of the Elders informed me of what color I should color my hair, so I am back to my natural color. And I really love it. :) But thanks for being honest :)
Oh, hahahaha, that pic is for Syd. That mansion is 50 cent's house. :D It is huge!! There are sooo many rooms and there are guest houses upon that :)
4/21/14
Transfers are on
May 7th. I dont know if I will be transfered or not. We have both been asking
Pres for another transfer together. But we will see. I know!!! I only have like
7 months lefts!!!! Bahhhh that is soooo crazy!!! Where is all my time
going??!!!! Yeah I still love it here :) :D being an STL is great :) I am
getting the hang of it :) So it is becoming less stressful.
9/2/14
I am wonderful! Alicia got baptized this
Sunday and then received the Hly Ghost the same day :) It was the best. We went
over there yesterday and played monopoly for like 20 min with one of her kids.
:) We are working on having one of them take the lessons. :) BEST NEWS EVER, We
are getting Elders here in westerly, so we will be a quad-companionship!! BEST
THING EVER!!!! I am super happy with my new comp, I love her to pieces. :)
So you know how I
have a hard time drinking water sometimes? Well yesterday in the car, we were
driving back from a hike called devils hopyard, and I had run out of water so I
was using Sister Hansons, and her bottle is massive. So I was stopped at a red
light and I told her to tell me when the light was green so I didnt have to
drink and watch the light at the same time. Well, she told me it was green, but
I kept drinking. And then one of the Elders in the backseat started laughing,
and so I started laughing, with a bunch of water in my mouth. So I handed
Sister hanson her water back, and I am not really sure what happened, but all
the water came out my nose, and I started choking on it. So I pulled over and
spit the rest of it out. And then I couldnt breath for like 2 minutes, and my
throat hurts today, but everyone else in the car thought that it was
hilarious...me, not so much.
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