Foot Surgery

HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!!!!   12.20.13

Okay before you freak out.. I didn't actually get foot surgery. I just thought that'd be a fun subject :). Lol. But really I did have to go to the doctor because of the nastiest thing of my life. For everyone who knows me, you know that I take super good care of my feet because nasty feet are the pits. BUT that being said, missionary lifestyle and rain doesn't really make for beautiful feet and I had to go to the doctor for an infected ingrown toenail. SICK. Literally the nastiest thing in the world and I am not proud of it. But I'll have beautiful feet again in no time. So no. I didn't have foot surgery... but the doctor did have to give me about 5 shots in my toe and then cut it open. It was not the most comfortable thing in the world that's for sure!!! But I'm alive (:

So I was thinking about the new year for this year my companion and I have decided that we are going to write some sort of "thank you" card for every single day of 2014. So 2014 is officially the year of gratitude. I'm really excited (:

Speaking of the new year though... Shans and Mom, are ya'll still not eating fries until I get home? You better not have broken because I haven't eaten fries my whole time here!!!

Also I should let you all know-- I can't remember the last time I was warm. Well actually today isn't terribly cold... but our apartment is freezing. IT IS SO HARD GETTING OUT OF BED BECAUSE AS SOON AS YOU MOVE ALL OF THE COLD THAT EVER EXISTED IN THE WORLD COMES OVER YOUR BODY AND THEN YOU DIE. It really is the pits!!! See 1 Kings 1:1

Oh did I mention that for Christmas we got a new present. WE CAN TEXT! It's really excited. I look forward to using this to help our investigators come closer to Christ daily. It's a really good resource... not facebook but hey, I'll take what I can get!

So on Wednesday we find out about transfers. I can't believe it's already time for transfers. MY NINTH TRANSFER OF ELEVEN. That is madness! I have no idea what will happen next transfer. I could stay here with Sister Bang (which would be super super super super awesome because she is super fun to be around and we are the same person.. it's ridiculous how similar we are)... or I could move to who knows where for probably my last 3 transfers. I have no idea what to expect. But I'll let ya'll know what happens next Monday. Whatever happens, this transfer in Nankan has been my fasted transfer thus far. My mission is just getting faster and faster. It is absolute madness!

Speaking of new things. DEAR FRIENDS AND FAMILY... I HAVE A CHALLENGE FOR YOU. If you haven't accepted the challenge to read the Book of Mormon cover to cover before I get home.. start now (: The end. I'm still working on reading in Chinese. I'm reading about Abinadi. It's cool. READ THE BOOK OF MORMON. It is the best (:

Okay lastly (since I just talked to you all so recently) I just want to share something cool that I learned during my study time today. Go read the story in the Gospel of Mark 9:22-25. So heres what happens. Christ and His apostles are on the road to Bethaisda when they come across a blind man, who of course knowing the fame of this Jesus man earnestly seeks after the chance to be healed of his plague. Christ, being the Savior and Redeemer of the world is glad to help the faithful seeker of help. So he puts some saliva on the man's eyes then asks how it worked. The man replies that things are better but it's blurry to which Christ responds to by healing him the rest of the way. This, I believe is the only recorded incidence of a two part healing by the Savior with no explanation as to why. I thought this was very profound. How often in our lives do we desire that the Savior can completely solve a problem and then see him solve it just to the point where we can recognize His hand in our lives but not enough for us to think it a miracle. I firmly believe that Jesus Christ could solve all of the problems we as humans face-- however He doesn't always do that. Sometimes He shows His influence just enough that we can see a little light at the end of the tunnel-- then all we must do is be patient and faithful until either He fixes the rest of the problem, or we learn on our own what is to be done. I feel like my explanation of this scripture is lame. But you all get the point and hopefully this gives you something to think about and come up with your own conclusions. The moral of the story is that we must do all we can, have faith, recognize the Savior's hand in our lives even if it looks small-- because it's not small-- I promise.

Okay that's pretty much it.