So you were probably wondering why I
didn't write yesterday... no it wasn't a holiday and yes it was still our
P-day. Sister Fortuna and I had a bit of an adventure...
So we woke up yesterday morning to
lots of snow. (well, by our standards it was nothing really.) It was about 6-7
inches of snow. maybe less. Then we found out they had closed all of the
schools for the day. We got a call from the young women's president and a few
of the young women to see if we wanted to go play in the snow with them. So we
finished our flat cleaning and went out with them (intending only to be out 1/2
an hour) before heading to email. Well the girls wanted to go
"sledging" (sledding for us). We went to the field not too far from
our flat. Well they went out and offered us a turn. We went down and it was
well fun. Then I went to go down a second time. I ended up going off a part
that was a 5 foot straight drop to the ground. So I flew off that and dropped
and landed straight on my rear, sending all the pressure through my spine. I
just collapsed. I thought I was paralyzed the pain was so bad. Couldn't
breathe, couldn't move. Just rolled over on my side. Sister Fortuna was there
in an instant and she is trained as a masseuse. So she was asking me what was
wrong and I was able to push out through my pained gasps, "If I roll onto
my stomach, can you put pressure on my back?" I rolled over and she
started putting pressure on my back, relieving some of the pain. I couldn't
move still, I couldn't lift myself up, I could feel my legs which was a comfort
to me. I told the young women I'd be fine and that they should keep playing. I
laid there in the snow probably for a good 1/2 hour just unable to move without
causing even more excruciating pain. I finally tried to stand up and I was
shaking, my legs weren't wanting to hold my weight and whenever I put weight on
my lower back at all, the pain was unbearable. The young women ended up pulling
me up to the YW president's home via foam sled, where they helped me into the
house and laid me on the floor. Laid there for a while, trying to get the pain
to go away (Sister Fortuna did an assessment of my back and said nothing was
out of place). After a few hours I gained the strength enough to be able to
walk home with the support of my companion, and the YW president's mom got in
touch with another member who is a physiotherapist to come by and see me after
she was off work. I laid on our flat floor for a while and then Sister Teal
(the physiotherapist) came by around 8. She felt up my spine, found two spots
of interest and worked with them a bit. She gave me some exercises to do to
help relieve the pain. Told me what meds to take. But she said I needed a
blessing. So she called her husband and her brother-in-law and they came by to
give me a blessing. It was a lovely blessing. I woke up this morning very sore
and achy, but able to move much better than I could yesterday. So I'm taking it
a bit easy and trying not to over exert myself and let the muscles and joints
and all that feel better. Don't worry, I'm not dying and I will make a full
recovery. We did discover last night however that sledging is against mission
rules. They probably should have made that a bit more well-known. Oh well.
Other than that... We had a good
week. All of our investigator lessons fell through (not good), but we were able
to see a lot of members and I think we are learning to get along well with
them.
We had interviews with President on
Tuesday, and that's where we got the ecclesiastical endorsement sorted. It was
really funny, I called Sister Preston the other night about something and she
asked about our day... I said, "We had a LOVELY day of finding."
Rather sarcastically. She asked if that was sarcasm and I said never. She then
said, "I just finished submitting your ecclesiastical endorsement and I
was sure to include in the comments that you are very sarcastic... No I'm only
joking, I said some really wonderful things about you... I had to lie a bit
here and there, you know, had to make you sound reasonably good.... no I'm only
joking..." She's funny. We get along well.
At interviews on Tuesday, I talked
to President about maybe extending my mission. It's always been on my mind
since day one and I figure it must be there for some reason. He said they would
love me to extend, but it's not something that necessarily needs to be
determined at this point. (extending for a sister is only 30 extra days after
the 18 month mark). So I'm thinking about it and praying about it, but I
thought I'd let you know.
I couldn't find my camera cord this
evening so I will have to email you pictures of the snow and all next week.
Well, I hope your kitchen is looking
a bit better, mom and dad. I hope Hailey was able to make it back up home
safely. Mom, I can't open the videos you send because they come through as
quicktime files and these computers at the library aren't compatible with that,
but thank you for trying.
I love you lots, and hope all is
well, hope the weather is improving over by you!
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