Hola Familia y Amigos!
Okay so I learned a word this week that I never thought I would have the necessity to learn in my mission.. that word is yeso... translation... cast. Don´t worry theres a story behind it...
So unknown until now to all of you is that as of Wednesday I have fallen and twisted my ankle five times since being in the mission... I promise I know how to walk... for some reason my ankles just are not very strong and the roads really are not roads in some parts of my area so the two together make for a disaster waiting to happen. Anyway... after I fell the third time I followed the orders from the nurse here in the mission to buy an ankle brace... well Tuesday I made the mistake of not using it... and I fell as we were hurrying to catch a bus to take us to the city and the temple. The next day my ankle was really bugging me but I put on the brace and we headed out to work... we were leaving the first appoitment of the day when without warning it just gave out and twisted... and I knew in that moment that some thing in my ankle was horribly wrong and that I would not be walking the rst of the day.
Some guy appeared out of now where and helped me hop over to a place I could sit down then called his two friends to take us back to our house in a taxi. When we got there we looked at my ankle... it was about three times the size it should be and fiarly black and blue. We called the nurse and she told me to go get an X ray. So off we went... unfortunatley we had to walk a good ten to fifteen minutes before we found a taxi. We met up with Hermana Zone leaders and as we were walking... well hopping is a better word... a guy appeared out of now where and asked if we were LDS.... since we all lhad our name tags it was a werid question but we said yes and he told us that he was too. Almost without asking he picked me up and carried... Hna Chavez almost died laughing and I was not sure what to think... lets just say it was some thing I never thought would happen in my mission...
So we got to the clinic and they took one lookat my ankle and sent me to the hospital in Colon... which is about an hour away... the stake presdient here was kind enough to drive us so that we did not have to take a taxi... there at the hospital they took an X ray and sent me back to the clinic where they looked at the X ray... told me that they thought I fractured some thing and ordered me to go to a foot specialist in the morning...
So Thursday morning super early our zone leaders... elders and hermanas... showed up the house to help... the elders gave me a blessing and then carried me out to a taxi... we waited at the doctors for two hours before we got in... there he told me that nothing was broken but that my ligaments were basically ruined at the moment... he ordered a cast for three weeks... telling me that I could not put any weight on it and sent me on my way. The lady that was doing the cast told us that the cast was extremely expensive.. we asked her how much and she told us $80... I did not have $80 to pay for it... the next thing she tells us is that she is not going to charge us.... she told us not to tell anyone and I am praying that God blesses her profusely for that.
The Elders of Colon then showed up and went with us to buy crutches... both taking turns carrying me to and from taxis... when I got the crutches it was the moment when it really hit me that my mission experience was going to be rather different for the next three weeks...
Honestly I am not going to lie and say that last few days have been easy because they have been any thing but that... I have been blessed with the burning desire to study my scriptures and so to some degree that is keeping me sane... God has blessed us though...
For example, on Saturday I was going crazy.... we had the baptism of Marlee and Gabriella at 4:30 but at 3:00 it just felt like eons aways. I told Hna Chavez that I was dying for some juice and she told me that we could get some after the baptisimal service. Suddenly there was a knock at our door and there stood Hna. Ochoa, a member that had come to visit me. She sat and talked with us for a minute and suddenly she reaches into her purse and pulls out a bottle of juice... I wanted to cry.... it was so little but in that moment it was a such a big tender mercy for me.... we sang a hymn and shared a scripture with her and she told us that when she entered the house she could feel the Spirit reallyl strong and that she was grateful for the Spirit that we had when we taught her. God really is merdciful... I know that there is some thing I am supposed to learn from this small trial and while I am still trying to figure out exacty what that is I have an angel for a companion and tons of people around me that are supporting me and ready to help me with any thing that I need.
The pictures attached are fromt eh baptism of Marlee and Gabriella.. it was so beautiful... they were so ready... we were just privileged enough to be the missionaries that had the privilege of being apart of this special moment... they were confirmed yesterday and I felt that joy that can only come from knowing that you were instrument in the hands of the Lord to bring a soul unto Him.
This Sunday Valentine also came to Church.. he did not get baptized this past week because there were problems with his family... he was upset and di not want to get baptized when he felt like that... so we are hoping that we will have the privilege of seeing him baptized this week... I will keep you all posted on that...
Thats pretty much all I have to share with you guys right now... members here are going out of there way to help... one of the members brought lunch to church yesterday for us because its hard from Hna Chavez to go out and buy food for us because she cant leave me alone and she cant be alone.
Regardless of all that is happening there is no one else I woudl rather experience this with then Hna Chavez. She truly is an angel and it helps me that I love her like my own sister and she feels the same for me.... its hard to watch her leave with other people to go work but I know that God has a purpose for every thing and all I can do is be patient and watch Him work... I love you all so much.... dont be worried about me.. the Creator of worlds has me securely in His loving hands. Until next week... we should know about cambios by then too... I will let you know...
All My Love,
Hna Wilson
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