Well, this has been one INTERESTING
week, to say the least...First, a brief list of things for you for to send for
to me...
OKAY so my adventures this week
include packing, rethinking my life, and info on Skype.
To all involved with the Skype call
this Sunday...I can't give you a specific time, but I will call sometime
between 4:30 and 6 MST. Don't know where yet haha but I will. Tell Braxton not
to worry about his Mission Call...but that better be the first thing I hear. Or
tell him to write it to me. The suspense is killing me. AH.
Okay, so I've had some fun this
week haha it all involves old people, so strap on your depends and grab the pea
puree cuz these stories will rock your textured socks off.
One of our investigators that has a
baptismal date is being evicted, so we went to move her out. Her eighty
something year old mother, Geraldine, lives with her, and recently fell
outside and broke her arm. The investigator, Brenda, took off the splint to
give her a bath and couldn't figure out how to put it back on. When we went to
her house, we were going to help her pack so they could move out before the
eviction carried through. Her mom was sitting on the couch, in agony, her arm
propped up on the arm of the couch. They gave me the sling when I asked to see
it, and then I said a little prayer and started to help this sweet old lady put
it on. Somehow I figured it out (tender mercies), and she said it felt much
better. Before you're all impressed, let me just inform you of some of the
cultural norms here in Inde, MO...no one wears a bra. Teeth are optional.
Everyone smokes. So with that in mind, I'm trying to velcro this thick band
around her torso...no bra...just...droopin' on down. Meanwhile, this house
reeks of cigarettes and incense, which my clothes still smell like, and this
sweet old lady is giving me encouragement as best as she can without teeth. We
got it figured out and then started to pack away her things (PS Geraldine
collects miniature things, and there were easily a hundred that we had to wrap
in newspaper. So fun. I took pictures haha). But here's the great part...I
loved every second of it. The rest of the time that we spent packing, I was
just thinking over and over, "I could easily do this for a career...taking
care of old people." Conditional on their wearing a bra, of course.
Also, exchanges were yesterday. We
went to a hospital to see one of the other sisters' investigators, and i ended
up wheeling a little old lady down to her activity time. We took her down there
and all these old grammas and grampas are offering us coffee and other stuff,
and I'm just so happy the whole time. Making them laugh and just chatting with
them. After we left, the sister that I was on exchanges with turns to me and
says, "You're really good at this!"
So there's that to think
about...maybe I won't be an English teacher...maybe I'll end up a nurse like my
mommy :) wiping bums and meeting crazies all day long hahaha.
Welp, love you family :) Thanks for
all the letters! Shoutout to Tonya and Natalie and Korbin and my Mom
and...Jessica...if I forgot anyone I'm really sorry...SUNDAY IS THE DAY ;D LOVE
YOU
--
Sister Annika Rogers
Isaiah 49:16
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