Story 1 The Tale of the Poorly Timed Sneeze
Last Sunday Sister Brown and I were asked to participate in a musical number for sacrament meeting. So we practiced with two other sisters in the ward and went up to sing. Well as you know I have had a cold for the past several weeks, and I have been sneezing, and blowing my nose all the time. And on this particular Sunday I was as Brynlee calls a very "Sneeze Snot". So we go up to the stand and we start the song, and the whole time I am just trying not to sneeze or cough. And we are just about done with the song during this very pretty interlude before we start the last chorus. I let my guard down for just a few seconds to turn the page, and all of the sudden I let out this huge sneeze! Sister Johnson who was sitting down with some investigators said that I put the sheet music over my face, sneezed, looked up, was very startled, and then proceeded to continue the song. So the song ends and we go sit back down, and sister Johnson is just dying with laughter. And so were sister Brown and myself. And for the rest of church people were complimenting me on my very musical sneeze. Slightly embarrassing yes. But still super funny Oh yeah ;)
Story 2 The Tale of the Sick Companion
So as I stated earlier, none of us have been feeling well, especially Sister Johnson. She has had a constant migraine for the last few weeks, and the medicine that she takes to help them kills her before it helps her. Well on Thursday she was super sick and so we stayed in. She slept most of the day, and so did I. My tired problem is not getting any better so it was nice to have a day off. And for the rest of the day we watch Joseph Smith: The Prophet of the Restoration movie, I made cookies ( it was from pre-made dough mind you so they were only so so), and we just had fun because sister Johnson was kind of loopy. So loopy in fact that she started to crave fried chicken and called a member to see if she would bring her some. And this is the kind of person that every member should be when the missionaries are sick. Not only did she bring the chicken but she also brought sprite, rits crackers, grapes, Gatorade, and chocolate ice cream. She is the sweetest lady ever!!! And so that is what we did on Thursday, and it was actually pretty fun. Would I do it everyday, probably not but it is nice to have a lazy day every so often.
Story 3 The Tale of our Awesome Week of Missionary Work!
On Wednesday before whole sick day party thingy. We were able to get loads of things done! We were able to go on a three way split with the members!! So all three of us went with a different member and we got so much done!!! We saw 2 investigators 3 recent converts, and found a new family to teach all in the space of 1 hour!! Yeah it was an awesome day!!! Then on Saturday we have a potential investigator that just had surgery, so we stopped by and re gifted some cookies a member gave us (we always get so much food that we dont know what to do with it). And not only did we give her cookies we cleaned her kitchen for her! She was so grateful and she said that we could come back when she is feeling better! Man for us being sick we were able to get tons of stuff done.
Story 4 The Tale of the Chiro-cracker
Ok first off I know how to spell Chiropractor, but sister Johnson always calls it the Chiro-cracker. And it makes for a better tittle anyway. So yesterday we got permeation from sister Miller to have me and sister Johnson go to the doctor. For her migraines and to see if he could help me with being tired. We get there and start to fill out the normal paper work. Well sister Johnson fills hers out and then starts to read all of the liability things. Oh I forgot to say that she is terrified of going to any sort of doctor. So when she reads that one of the things that could go wrong is death she kind of freaks out a bit.The lady behind the desk tries to reassure her that everything will be ok and that he rarely does manual adjustment any more.So that calms her down a little, till we have to go in. So we all sit down and he asks whats wrong with us. Sister Johnson tell him about her migraines, and I tell him about always being tired and my neck and shoulders always hurting. He tells me that I probably have a thyroid problem and that he will check it out. And then tells sister Johnson that he will have to do a manual adjustment on her neck to see if that will help at all. So she freaks out again. He tells me that I am going to go first so I sit up on the table. Then he asks me to touch my nose with my right hand then to touch his finger. So I do it, then he says to do it with my eyes closed, and I missed his finger my a mile!! And then he has me do the same thing with the other hand and I still miss.
Apparently my brain is broken and I am off balance or something. I dont know what that means so ask Kendall. He was also very impressed that I knew a DO Doctor and told me to use him as much as possible when I get home from my mission :) So any way he used this tool in my back that was like a drill but in stead of spinning in circles it pulsed up an d down like a jack hammer. He then put this vibrating circle on my feet and it kind of fixed my brain! But he said that it would really need some work so be completely fixed. Then he said that he was going to check my thyroid, so he had me stick out my arm and resist as he pushed down on it. Easy peasy right , well then he put his finger on my fore head and did it again and I could not keep my arm up!! He said that this was normal but then he touched my thyroid and did id again. And I still could not hold my arm up! So he says that I should get some more tests done to see what they can do to fix it.
So there you have it, that was my week. Oh and also transfers are next week so just in case I do get transferred sent anything important to the mission office till next tuesday when I tell y'all where I am. I hope that y'all have a good week and I cant wait to hear from you soon. Love y'all so much!!!
Love Sister Chatwin (The 1st because there will soon be 2 of us out here =) )
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