Hola!
We learned a new language from one of the elders in my district, Elder Jenks. It is called the -ong language. You put "ong" after all syllables and say each vowel as the vowel. It is so funny. And he is so good and so fast at it! It sounds like a real life language. It is so funny :) So hongelonglongo means "hello" :)
I only have 12 days left until I ship out to Washington! How bizarre is that?
So, my week.
Friday was insane. I thought I was dying, my stomach hurt so bad. My doctor sent me straight to the ER thinking I had appendicitis. Being out of the MTC into the real world was crazy! I saw people smoking and swearing and there was a TV on. What?! It was awesome. There was a cute 14 year old girl who was also there for appendicitis, so she and I chatted in the waiting room. It was darling. They called me back and asked if I was in pain, which I was and I told them if they had something I wouldn't be opposed to it, thinking I would get tylenol or ibuprofen. Wow. Nope. They gave me morphine. What a strong drug that is! Well, I did a CT scan, and nothing showed up with my appendix. I was a complete wreck coming off of that morphine, my poor companions had to deal with a lot. They were so kind (mostly) but they got so frustrated. At the end of the night we all just wanted to kill each other and it took us a few days to recover. But I am happy to say we are even closer now. Saturday was bad, I just felt very depressed the whole day, but it was fine. I didn't do much. Sunday was Fast Sunday and that was incredible! They pile Fast Sunday with incredible meetings and wonderful talks and everything. We said goodbye to a couple of missionaries in the other district in our zone that night (Hermana Von Kampen included). That was so sad. And we said goodbye to the rest of the district Monday night. Wow. So many goodbyes, and ours will be in just 12 short days! It was like saying goodbye to family all over again. We will see how it is saying goodbye to my own district. I feel we have grown very close and have literally become family. We all know each other very personally and are all so willing to help one another. I love it! Monday I woke up at 4:00am just SO SICK. I was so so so sick and really thought it was the end of my life. I had a raging fever and was sweating profusely and was just flat out dying. The doctor did a white blood cell count and my count sky rocketed and so he sent me back to the hospital for another CT scan. They said my appendix is still fine, but my colon was looking weird. SoTuesday, I got to drink a whole bottle of the lovely thing called Miralax. GROSS! I did not know it was possible to have liquid clear poop (sorry, TMI, but it is true). Yesterday I had a colonoscopy and before I did that they weighed me, and from Saturday (the last time I was weighed) to then, I lost 8 whole pounds. Wow. I was so sick and so weak and really just felt like crap. But they did the colonoscopy and said that my colon was pretty inflamed and they did a biopsy. I should hear back next week to see if anything was wrong. We also got a new district yesterday. 6 elders, no hermanas! They are all (except for one) fresh out of high school, like graduated last week. Little babies! They looked so freaked out and panicked during our zone welcome meeting, poor guys. I remember that day so vividly.
Here is what I learned this week: you need to be positive. You need to look for the Lord's hand in all things and focus on the tender mercies, blessings, and purposes in all things. Joke, relax, have fun. Love the Gospel. Pray sincerely. Cherish the scriptures. There is so much good in the world! Just look for it! That is the biggest thing I learned.
Crazy story! Yesterday, during my colonoscopy, the nurse.assistant that was helping me and assisting the doctor served his mission in Micronesia, specifically Pohnpei (sp?). He knows my whole family! He was there when my grandpa and mom and aunts and uncles were all there. So before the procedure, we just chatted about my mom and all of my aunts and uncles. How fun?! I also met many people from Lehi in the hospital. That was a fun Lehi reunion.
I have a few challenges for you all: try to stay positive. Be okay with saying that something is hard or it sucks or whatever, but try to stay positive. Look for the Lord's hand in everything because he is there with you ALWAYS. I promise.
Oh how I love and miss you all. You are all so amazing and such incredible influences in my life!
Talk to you next week!
Hermana Gregory
What a small world. It was Sean Weight that Taylor talked with! Those were good times. We had the missionaries over all the time. I loved celebrating Thanksgiving with everyone. When we lived in Palau we would play Risk with the missionaries. Good times!
Thank you for all the prayers. Taylor is a trouper and is going through a lot of growth as she is being challenged in many ways. I am so proud of her!
Traci
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