HELLO...
That was a fast week!!! Wow!!
I feel like not a ton happened... But I was sick :( so I will explain.
My story of being SICK this last week-
Let's see I started not feeling well Friday night after our sisters conference. I was kinda shaky and just dizzy. So weird. So we ate dinner at a members and then we headed home early that night. I checked my temperature and I had a low fever. I went straight to bed. Haha. So then Saturday came and it was my companions birthday!!! Well I was still feeling sick. But I didn't want to tell her because I wanted her birthday to be a good day!! I didn't want to make her stay in all day with me on HER BIRTHDAY you know??? So we were out all day Saturday. (Not a good idea for me.) Well Sunday came and I still felt sick. But we couldn't miss church because church is important!! So Sunday we were out again. (Again NOT a good idea) And I just kept telling myself that I wasn't sick. (But I so was.) being sick as a missionary is possibly the worst thing in the world haha. SO Monday we went to district meeting and got news of the giant snow storm. I was not feeling good. I remember on the subway ride there I thought I was going to pass out haha!! We were told that we had to be in early that night and that we might have to stay in our apartments all of Tuesday and maybe Wednesday!! I was like what is this crazy snow storm? But SUCH a tender mercy because we were told to be in early. Which is exactly what my body needed. Haha I loved all the emails I got telling me to be careful because of the snow storm!!! Thanks for watching out for me guys :) So we had to go grocery shopping on Monday to make sure we had enough food and water and flashlights, just in case we got stuck in our apartments because of the snow.
.... EVERYONE IN NYC WAS GOING CRAZY.
We went to trader joes and Holy. Cow. Never have I ever been to a more crowded grocery store in my life. The line was insanely long. It was so chaotic. And I'm just like standing there so dizzy and shaky trying to understand the chaos. So we got all prepared and took our groceries home. Got home and I was like "sister brown I'm not feeling so good..." (I finally told her that I couldn't do missionary work because I was too sick.) so we stayed in Monday night. Okay so I checked my temperature again and had a fever of 101.6 I felt like I was on drugs or something. Didn't feel well at ALL. I was freeeeeeezing and shaking and aching and blah. So I went to bed. That night was the worst sleep I've ever had. I was hot and then cold and shaking and dizzy and coughing and weird. I woke up Tuesday morning and I couldn't even think straight. Couldn't walk. I was achy and no bueno!! Took my temperature again and my fever was 103. I just started crying. It was one of those helpless moments. Hahahah. I took some medicine and took a shower and tried to calm myself. Poor sister brown did not know what to do with me. So anyways I slept ALL DAY LONG. Drank water and slept. I learned that I need to listen to my body when it's telling me that I'm sick. I should not have been out all those days feeling as sick as I was. Even tho I am a missionary, I still need to take care of ME. I guess I was REALLY just forgetting myself and going to work hahaha!! And now it's P DAY and I am feeling a lot better. SO..... If you aren't feeling well... You should always REST. Don't over do it :) because then you might feel like a drug addict like I did. lesson learned.
Okay so we had a fun sisters conference on Friday!! Every single sister missionary in our mission got to go to a sisters conference in Scarsdale. That was fun. We ate lunch together and heard from some really good speakers. There are over 250 missionaries in our mission right now and about 100 of them are sisters!! Lots of sisters. It's good. I really really love my mission president. President Morgan is seriously amazing. Just thought I'd tell you :)
We had a cool lesson with our investigator Jay! Well... It was very intense. They are all intense with him. Haha we haven't been able to get through one lesson with Jay because he has SO many questions. Which is real good. But hard because we have met with him like 4 times and STILL haven't even gotten through the restoration lesson. We keep telling him that he will understand more as we teach him more of the lessons but oh my hannah he is SUCH a deep thinker. His questions are out of this world. Every time we teach him we are for realz on the edge of our seats and fully awake. Jay is very kind to us. He bought us a $25 Starbucks gift card and every time we have a lesson he brings us a treat. And he got sister brown a birthday present. So he is kind. Haha lots of kind investigators.
Somethin I was thinkin about-
Even though not everyday of being a missionary is fabulous.. I have seen evidence EVERY day that God is with me. I literally can find evidence every single day that he is here with me and helping me. Because the mission can be HARD you guys. No secret that the mission is hard. (Dad, my mission is not roses and flowers and butterflies everyday) :) yes I have wonderful days and wonderful moments but if you could see every second of everyday being a missionary, it's not easy. So, to those thinking about serving a mission... DO IT DO IT DO IT!! But, just know that it's haaaaaard :) and you might cry when you get a fever and your mom isn't there to comfort you :) ha!!
I LOVE YOU GUYS
Love Abbs
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