Well, I was unable to stay away from the microscopic bugs and I have been sick since Tuesday night. It started out with sore throat, cough and fever. Then it went to throat hurting so bad that I wanted to cut it out and fever and dizziness and bad headache. Then I got over the fever and dizzyness and headache stage and I am now in the chronic cough stage that is debating whether or not to lodge in my chest. There is a senior couple that is serving in our ward as well as us. She had the same thing and she was out for 2 weeks. It turned into pneumonia for her. I'm hoping that doesn't happen to me too!! There are actually 3 other missionaries in our district that are sick with the same thing. My companion and another missionary have gone on splits every day this week and I went to stay with the rest of them at their apartment sick. It sucks. I had to stay home from Church yesterday.I have wanted to read for awhile, Les Miserables. I am especially interested in how Victor Hugo portrays the thoughts of this repentant sinner who cannot get away from his past. That intrigues me a lot.
Well, not much has happened this week. It's hard to talk a lot about a bunch of sick days. We pretty much didn't do anything. I don't think I have spent more time lying down in my whole life... except in the hospital... Annoying!Well that is about all for me. I love you all!! Don't get trunky, family! ;)-Elder Blakemore
February 2, 2011
Well, it was temple week this week so I am writing on Wednesday. I love going to the temple! We just recently got permission to do other things besides endowments, so after our endowment session we were able to do sealings of children to parents (which I have never done before!!! It was amazing! I loved it!) and some baptisms and confirmations, which I haven't done in a long time. We went with the senior couple missionaries that are serving with us in our ward, Elder and Sister Kite. They are so cool and they gave us a lot of insight from their years of experience. I love listening and learning from people that have so much experience! Elder and Sister Kite used to be temple workers so they had a lot of great answers to my questions. I learned so much today. I love the temple and I can't wait to go back. It is always such a good experience.Anyway, I am feeling better... kind of. I don't have headaches or fevers. Just mucus... and I lost my voice last week and it hasn't come back yet fully! It is kind of scary. I have plans for this voice!! It can't leave me! It is also hard to be a missionary and not have a great voice because we have to talk to a lot of people. And I can't afford to be out sick for so long. I don't have that kind of time. I have been working through it and drinking lots of water and praying that I will be able to talk normally soon.We have a couple of new investigators named Anthony and Ashley. They are so cool! We tracted into some members that we didn't even know existed and they said immediately, "Hey, we are glad that you came! We have some friends that we want you to teach!" So we set up an appt and we taught them and they love what we have. They both grew up catholic but they both know that there is something missing there and that we have something that nobody else has. Anthony came to church and he loved being there. He participated in classes and everything and made several great comments... like he had been a member for a long time. We are teaching him and Ashley again tonight! I am very excited.We also tracted into another family. They are very interested in what we have. She speaks spanish and he speaks english. we are teaching them tonight so we shall see how that goes. We also tracted into an extremely nice Jehovah's Witness lady. She talked to us most of the time but it was all very friendly and didn't turn into bashing at all. She invited us to come back. Who knows where that will go, but we'll try at least!Transfer calls are on Saturday, so next time I email, I will be able to tell you what is going on. I don't know if I want to stay or if I want to go. I don't necessarily want to leave the area on these terms (being sick for almost half the transfer and having a new companion who hasn't worked in our area a whole lot) but if I have another area left in my mission, I want to be transferred there now and then finish there. Who knows what excitement will happen this time!Well that is all. I love all of you. I know that families can be eternal. This knowledge was given to me today with greater force than it ever has before. I know that this church was restored through a man that was able to learn directly from God, face to face, about how eternity works and what we have to do here to have a fulness of joy there. I know that this is all true. I don't know everything, but I know enough for now. (sometimes I am impatient and just want to learn everything NOW) I look forward to the time where we can all be together without any separation. Grandmas: the separation that we are experiencing now from Grandpa S. and Grandpa B. will seem so short that we will wonder if it even ever happened once we move on into our eternal homes. I love this Gospel of Peace. It is true.-Elder Blakemore
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