Dear Family,
I have been praying a lot about whether or not I should get an MRI and I felt as if I should. So I got an MRI this last Friday and they said I'd get the results today. This morning I got a call from the doctor and they said "You sure did quite a number on that knee." That made my heart sink. Come to find out, I completely tore my ACL and a lot of other ligaments and cartilage. I told her my situation and she said that I could possibly make things worse if I don't get things fixed sooner rather than later. So.. that's frustrating. I called my mission nurse and she said she was going to talk to Doctor Hinkston (or however you spell it... I think he is a doctor that is a part of the mission) and she would talk to missionary medical. Then she said she would call me. So I'm not sure about anything yet. When I heard the news I just bawled... like a little baby. This is probably one of the hardest things that I had to go through with my left knee and thinking I have to go through it a second time just makes me sick. But I know that things happen for a reason and rather than focusing on "why is this happening to me?" I want to focus on what the Lord is trying to teach me through this challenge. Since I have been on my mission I have really learned to face my challenges with a positive attitude.. of course, I'm not perfect and I'm always going to wonder why I have to go through this. I've truly come to recognize that not only does that make the situation harder but it blocks the opportunity for me to grow as a person and to learn from it. So whatever happens with this, if I have to come home and get surgery, I will be okay with it and know that it's because there's a deeper reason and purpose and that I need to learn something from it.
This week was quite interesting. A lot of our appointments fell through which was devastating! We were able to get to Custer and visit with some less actives which was awesome. Custer is just another one of our areas that we cover and most of our members, well almost all of our members live there. We want to go to Custer more and to get the members in Custer more involved and so finding investigators there is one of our main goals right now. We are still trying to get things figured out so we could spend half the week there. We were able to meet some less actives that live in Pringle, which is in between here and Custer, as well which was great. We are going to Pringle this Friday to help one of the sisters sand her house! We are hoping that as we do service for her and get to know her we can help her to recognize the blessings that can come by bringing the Savior back into focus in her life.
We had a lesson with Norma, who is one of our main investigators, and our biggest hold up with her is her job. She works on Sundays and so she is unable to come to church and recognize the importance of it and how she can receive her answers through attendance. Yesterday, one of the members in the branch who has been to lessons with her was able to come with us to stop at Norma's and drop off some treats. While we were there, the Sister we brought was able to ask her if our next lesson could be in her home! She agreed and said that would work! It was awesome! We really feel that if we have the lessons in a members home it will help her to progress! We are very excited about that! Jerry is another one of our main investigators and we haven't had the chance to meet with him this week due to the lack of Sisters able to come with us to lessons. There is a mission rule that we have to have another Sister with us to go into a guys home and sometimes that's a very hard rule because we don't have a lot of sisters here in Hot Springs. We offered to meet him at the library but it didn't work out. We are hoping that this won't have any effect on his progression in learning more. Our main goal for him is to see him twice a week and to hopefully have him meet in a members home as well!
So this past Saturday was transfer calls and the phone rang... so that means there was going to be a change. We were really hoping that we wouldn't get a call but.. we did. So Sister Johnson is being transferred to Rapid City which isn't far at all! And she is going to be trained to be the Sister Training Leader so I will be able to talk to her as much as I would like! I was really upset to hear she was being transferred but after the girly tear fest I realized that this could be an opportunity for me to expand myself and step out of my comfort zone as I am going to have to step it up and take control in showing my new companion around Hot Springs. My new companion, Sister Sheranian, I have been told is awesome! Sister Johnson said she came out with her and that she is an awesome missionary and a very hard worker. That's definitely a good thing to know. She use to be Sister Training Leader as well so I am going to learn a lot from her! I am now really excited to meet her! I know that she can help me as a missionary to become better and I am very excited for that. I am also excited for the friendship that I will be able to make with her as we get to know eachother and serve the Lord together.
Thank you so much for the package with the 12 days of Christmas!!! Sister Johnson and I look forward each day to opening the gifts! We haven't taken pictures yet but we will! We really appreciate you thinking about us especially by planning this out! I am so excited to skype you guys and the family! SO EXCITED! I will be giving you a call sometime.. not sure when... to plan out the time we are going to skype.
Well, that's pretty much all that happened this week. It's been crazy! And this week will be crazy too due to saying goodbyes and getting a new companion. It should be fun! I can't wait to tell you ALL about my new companion! Well... I love you all so much. You are all amazing and I continually am reminded of how blessed I am to have you all. I am probably, no I AM, the luckiest girl in the world because the Lord has blessed me with such a wonderful family. And boy am I grateful to know that we will be able to be together forever. Nothing can ever beat that. No pair of shoes or oreo cookies or soccer games can EVER beat that. Ya'll are my favorite and I love you all to pieces! I hope you have a GREAT week! LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU ALL! Infinity and BEYOND!
Love your favorite little sister and daughter in the whole entire world,
Sister Allen
I have been praying a lot about whether or not I should get an MRI and I felt as if I should. So I got an MRI this last Friday and they said I'd get the results today. This morning I got a call from the doctor and they said "You sure did quite a number on that knee." That made my heart sink. Come to find out, I completely tore my ACL and a lot of other ligaments and cartilage. I told her my situation and she said that I could possibly make things worse if I don't get things fixed sooner rather than later. So.. that's frustrating. I called my mission nurse and she said she was going to talk to Doctor Hinkston (or however you spell it... I think he is a doctor that is a part of the mission) and she would talk to missionary medical. Then she said she would call me. So I'm not sure about anything yet. When I heard the news I just bawled... like a little baby. This is probably one of the hardest things that I had to go through with my left knee and thinking I have to go through it a second time just makes me sick. But I know that things happen for a reason and rather than focusing on "why is this happening to me?" I want to focus on what the Lord is trying to teach me through this challenge. Since I have been on my mission I have really learned to face my challenges with a positive attitude.. of course, I'm not perfect and I'm always going to wonder why I have to go through this. I've truly come to recognize that not only does that make the situation harder but it blocks the opportunity for me to grow as a person and to learn from it. So whatever happens with this, if I have to come home and get surgery, I will be okay with it and know that it's because there's a deeper reason and purpose and that I need to learn something from it.
This week was quite interesting. A lot of our appointments fell through which was devastating! We were able to get to Custer and visit with some less actives which was awesome. Custer is just another one of our areas that we cover and most of our members, well almost all of our members live there. We want to go to Custer more and to get the members in Custer more involved and so finding investigators there is one of our main goals right now. We are still trying to get things figured out so we could spend half the week there. We were able to meet some less actives that live in Pringle, which is in between here and Custer, as well which was great. We are going to Pringle this Friday to help one of the sisters sand her house! We are hoping that as we do service for her and get to know her we can help her to recognize the blessings that can come by bringing the Savior back into focus in her life.
We had a lesson with Norma, who is one of our main investigators, and our biggest hold up with her is her job. She works on Sundays and so she is unable to come to church and recognize the importance of it and how she can receive her answers through attendance. Yesterday, one of the members in the branch who has been to lessons with her was able to come with us to stop at Norma's and drop off some treats. While we were there, the Sister we brought was able to ask her if our next lesson could be in her home! She agreed and said that would work! It was awesome! We really feel that if we have the lessons in a members home it will help her to progress! We are very excited about that! Jerry is another one of our main investigators and we haven't had the chance to meet with him this week due to the lack of Sisters able to come with us to lessons. There is a mission rule that we have to have another Sister with us to go into a guys home and sometimes that's a very hard rule because we don't have a lot of sisters here in Hot Springs. We offered to meet him at the library but it didn't work out. We are hoping that this won't have any effect on his progression in learning more. Our main goal for him is to see him twice a week and to hopefully have him meet in a members home as well!
So this past Saturday was transfer calls and the phone rang... so that means there was going to be a change. We were really hoping that we wouldn't get a call but.. we did. So Sister Johnson is being transferred to Rapid City which isn't far at all! And she is going to be trained to be the Sister Training Leader so I will be able to talk to her as much as I would like! I was really upset to hear she was being transferred but after the girly tear fest I realized that this could be an opportunity for me to expand myself and step out of my comfort zone as I am going to have to step it up and take control in showing my new companion around Hot Springs. My new companion, Sister Sheranian, I have been told is awesome! Sister Johnson said she came out with her and that she is an awesome missionary and a very hard worker. That's definitely a good thing to know. She use to be Sister Training Leader as well so I am going to learn a lot from her! I am now really excited to meet her! I know that she can help me as a missionary to become better and I am very excited for that. I am also excited for the friendship that I will be able to make with her as we get to know eachother and serve the Lord together.
Thank you so much for the package with the 12 days of Christmas!!! Sister Johnson and I look forward each day to opening the gifts! We haven't taken pictures yet but we will! We really appreciate you thinking about us especially by planning this out! I am so excited to skype you guys and the family! SO EXCITED! I will be giving you a call sometime.. not sure when... to plan out the time we are going to skype.
Well, that's pretty much all that happened this week. It's been crazy! And this week will be crazy too due to saying goodbyes and getting a new companion. It should be fun! I can't wait to tell you ALL about my new companion! Well... I love you all so much. You are all amazing and I continually am reminded of how blessed I am to have you all. I am probably, no I AM, the luckiest girl in the world because the Lord has blessed me with such a wonderful family. And boy am I grateful to know that we will be able to be together forever. Nothing can ever beat that. No pair of shoes or oreo cookies or soccer games can EVER beat that. Ya'll are my favorite and I love you all to pieces! I hope you have a GREAT week! LOVE LOVE LOVE YOU ALL! Infinity and BEYOND!
Love your favorite little sister and daughter in the whole entire world,
Sister Allen
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