THIS WAS A PRETTY CRAZY WEEK, PLEURISY IS NOT FUN IN THE SLIGHTEST!!!

TUESDAY – WE MET WITH SARA WHO JUST GOT BAPTIZED ON SUNDAY!! SHE KEPT SAYING “I CAN’T BELIEVE I’M ACTUALLY A MEMBER!!!” SHE IS SO EXCITED TO BE A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH… FINALLY!! SHE’S BEEN WAITING FOR AWHILE SINCE HER FAMILY DIDN’T WANT HER TO JOIN… BUT SHE DID NOW!! SHE’S JUST A LITTLE OLDER THAN MACKENZIE AND SUCH A CUTE GIRL!!!

WEDNESDAY - WAS SUCH A FABULOUS DAY! WE HAD AN AMAZING DISTRICT MEETING ABOUT WHERE OUR DESIRE LEVEL IS FOR THE MISSIONARY THINGS THAT WE DO… IT REALLY MADE ME THINK ABOUT WHERE MY DESIRE IS… HONESTY… IT’S NOT THAT HIGH FOR SOMETHINGS AND I REALLY NEED TO CHANGE THAT… HMM… YOU KNOW… I DID AN AWFUL LOT OF THINKING WHILE I WAS SICK AND I’M A LOT MORE ON FIRE ABOUT DOING THINGS NOW… MAYBE THAT WAS ONE OF THE LORD’S WAYS OF GETTING ME TO ANALYZE MY LIFE AND WHAT I’M DOING…. THEN WE MADE A MILLION PHONE CALLS TO OUR REFERRALS TO TRY AND CONTACT SOME OF THEM… WITH LIMITED MILES AND A LARGISH AREA WE TRY TO CALL THEM… BUT IT’S SO HARD TO CONTACT THEM!!! OH… THEN WE HAD A VERY COOL TALK WITH AN INVESTIGATOR WHO’S HUSBAND AND IN-LAWS ARE MEMBERS!! WE HAD NO IDEA!!! THEN THEY CAME TO CHURCH ON SUNDAY!!! WE WERE SO EXCITED!!! MAN, THIS AREA IS SO SO BUSY!!! I’LL HAVE TO TAKE A PICTURE OF OUR BOARD WITH ALL OF OUR REFERRALS, POTENTIALS, PROGRESSING AND RECENT CONVERTS… SOMETIMES WHEN I LOOK AT IT I GET OVERWHELMED… BUT THERE’S NO NEED FOR THAT!!! LATER THAT AFTERNOON WE WENT TO A CHARMING TEA SHOP/CAFÉ WITH CAROLYNN… OH BOY, THE TEA WAS DIVINE!! (OF COURSE IT WAS HERBAL!!) AUTUMN PUMPKIN SPICE… YUM, YUM!! WE ARE TEACHING HER ABOUT THE D&C AND WE TALKED OVER TEA… THEN WE HAD A DINNER APPOINTMENT WITH A VERY CUTE FAMILY WHO JUST MOVED HERE FROM OREM. THEY ARE OUR NEW BEST FRIENDS AND I REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE ELDERS FELT WHEN THEY CAME TO OUR HOUSE… IT’S SO NICE KNOWING THAT PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU AND THAT THEY LIKE YOU!!! WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IN OUR WARD… THEY DON’T LIKE US SO MUCH!!! OH WELL… THEN THAT NIGHT WE HAD AN APPOINTMENT WITH MEAGAN WHO IS ANOTHER RECENT CONVERT… SHE IS VERY COOL!! WHEN WE WERE WALKING THERE IS WHEN MY LUNGS STARTED BURNING FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON AND SO THE WEEK KIND OF WENT DOWNHILL FROM THERE!! I DIDN’T REALLY WANT TO CALL SIS. COREY UNLESS IT WAS IMPORTANT, AND I REALLY DIDN’T KNOW WHY I WAS HURTING, SO I WAITED UNTIL…

THURSDAY – WE CALLED SIS. COREY BECAUSE THE PAIN WAS JUST GETTING WORSE AND WORSE.. SHE TOLD US TO GO TO DR. PROVINCE A MEMBER DR. WHO SEES MISSIONARIES FOR FREE!! IT WAS JUST ABOUT THE MOST PAINFUL CHECKUP I’VE EVER HAD!! I STARTED CRYING IT HURT SO BAD!! BOY… I HOPE THAT I NEVER HAVE PLEURISY AGAIN!! IT HURTS SO INCREDIBLY BAD!! SO AFTER A DR. APPOINTMENT, A HOSPITAL VISIT AND CHEST X-RAY AND BACK TO THE DR… HE FIGURED THAT I DIDN’T HAVE FLUID IN MY LUNGS (TENDER MERCY… I DIDN’T REALLY WANT A NEEDLE STUCK IN MY LUNGS!!!) AND THEN WE WENT HOME AND I SLEPT FOR A LONG TIME!!

FRIDAY - I SLEPT ALMOST ALL DAY AND WE WENT OUT FOR AN HOUR…

SATURDAY - WE WENT OUT FOR AN HOUR IN THE MORNING AND I CAME HOME AND SLEPT FOR 2 HOURS!! THEN WE HAD A DINNER APPOINTMENT WITH A LADY THAT KEPT TALKING AND TALKING… WE WERE THERE FOR 3 ½ HOURS AND I WAS SO TIRED!!

SUNDAY - WE WENT TO THE 1ST WARD AND THEN ONE HOUR OF THE YSA BRANCH.. THEN WE WENT HOME AND SLEPT AND THEN WENT OUT FOR THE EVENING…

MONDAY - WE WENT OUT ALL DAY!!! WOO-HOO!! YEAH!!

WELL, IT WAS A GREAT WEEK AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE I DID A LOT OF THINKING!!! IT WAS SO GOOD FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO LAY AND THINK FOR HOURS AT A TIME… I DID A LOT OF RE-EVALUATING… IT WAS A GOOD THING FOR ME TO DO!!! WELL, I BETTER rUN BEFORE THIS GETS DELETED!! I LOVE YOU ALL SO MUCH AND HOPE THAT YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEK!!

LOVE FROM INDIANA.
SIS. SMITH