Subject: Sick of Sickness...
November 18, 2013
Hola mi familia?
Como estas? Quantos
anos tienes? Yo tengo el libro de Mormon. Haha I never know how to start off these
emails :) Mom you totally come up with clever subjects! Remember the dog one? That
was good! <arm pat>
Also thanks for
getting the letter written even if you had to stay up until 2 AM to write it! You
are so good to us :) It means a lot. You are the baest!
No my package
still hasn't gotten here. That is funny that you called and talked to her right
after I did. She is just so nice that you can't even be frustrated with her. I can't
even imagine going through as much mail as she does. Mistakes are bound to happen
sometime I guess but it is always frustrating when it is you. What do you do? Thanks
for calling the post office though! Maybe it will turn up soon in Connecticut or
something. Sheesh you'd think that I was serving in Africa... But I did get the
insurance card with the prescription notes. Thanks for sending that! Haven't gotten
the ensign yet but I probably will in the next couple of days. I vote that we send
all letters still through the mission office but any packages, just send them to
me. Transfers are next week though so I guess I could be moving. It isn't likely
since I'm training but I guess anything is possible. It is crazy that this is my
6th week in the field though. 11 more transfers to go.
With boots, we
are planning on going to Costco with a lady in our ward this week. I guess they
have some really great boots there for like $20 so I'm going to go check those out
:)
That is crazy
that you have snow there! We have had a couple of cold days but it is sunny and
warm outside right now :) Definitely not missing the snow.
I'm so glad that
Sis. Adams got that letter! I have thought about her a lot. She is such a sweetheart.
I will keep writing her for sure.
Congrats to Lyssa!!!
I am so excited for her!! Tell her that for me please :) And to Christie! I love
it!!
Jace I am so sorry
that you are still having head/stomach aches! I will keep praying for you bud and
I hope they find out what is going on this week! Are your teachers working with
you with your homework and everything? You owe me a letter...just sayin :)
Brooke congrats
on the game! Your coach better start playing you more! How is tennis going? You
owe me a letter too :)
Court and Madi!
I would love to hear from y'all too! I miss you way too much to not hear from you
and what is going on in your lives.
Yes, Christian
Rupp is my age. I bet he was a good missionary. That is so crazy that the guys from
my class are home now. I am old.
We watch the district
on a little portable DVD player like the one we have in the car. Zone training went
really good! There are about 50 missionaries in our zone so it was pretty intimidating
but I was really pleased with how it turned out. It was super cool because it ended
up going a really different direction than how we planned but the Spirit was definitely
there. I really enjoy being able to teach. I am excited for when we get to do more
of that. Being sick has really put a damper in our work. Sister H got feeling better
on Monday afternoon, which was awesome, until I woke up sick on Tuesday. I was all
for going out anyway because I was so sick of our apartment but Sister H called
the mission nurse while I was taking a shower and got orders from her for us to
stay in. The joys of having companions. I am pretty sure that my being sick is stemming
from a lack of sleep. I still am having problems sleeping and unfortunately it isn't
getting any better. It takes forever to fall asleep and then I wake up like 3-5
times a night. I have tried everything I can on my own. I'm in a routine, I eat
breakfast, Sister Wolfert told me to put lavender on my feet to help me relax, and
Sister Atkin (mission nurse) told me to try some diphenhydramine (like Benadryl
w/o the cold medicine part). I wasn't too thrilled about that but I am getting desperate.
I have been taking them the past few nights and still no change. I don't know what
to do. Sister Atkin is having me fill out some forms so that I can go see the doctor.
I just hope we can figure out what is going on. I'll probably go see him this week
so I'll keep you posted on what happens there.
So since we were
on house arrest, except for meetings, and I couldn't sleep, I read a lot of the
Book of Mormon. That is such a great book! More people should read it! I have never
read it so fast before and it makes so much more sense when you can see how everything
lines up together! I have read about 175 pages of it in the last week and about
halfway through Alma now. Once I finish it this time, I'm going to try and read
it once a transfer which will take about 12 pages a day. How is family scripture
study going for you? Hopefully good! Seriously that book is incredible and there
are a lot of great things in there :) And that is so true what Pres. Waddoups said
about succeeding on the invitation! I love how our ward is trying to become more
like a neighborhood and taking down the boundaries between members and non. Any
successful invite stories that you have to share? Just remember that all you have
to do is open your mouth and it will be filled. You can do it!
The meeting with
Jill went really good. We are seeing her again on Tuesday. Actually Sister H and
Sister A (STL) will be because I'll be on exchange in Duluth. I hope that goes
well. But we basically just sat down with her and went over some of the history
of our church and some of what we believe. She has a lot of questions but is really
open minded about everything and is very patient with us as teachers. She has a
lot of questions about more deep doctrine things like angels and how the Bible is
supposed to be inerrant. So this week we are going to try and teach some of the
basic doctrine (milk before meat idea) so that she can see where we are coming from
more. Hopefully that goes well. We are still trying to get ahold of Joe and Scott
and Ravi to come and see them again. Prayers there would be greatly appreciated.
Have I told all of their stories and how we came in contact with them? Let me know
who I need to fill you in on.
Well I think that
about wraps up my week. I'm really hoping that this one will be a better one health
wise but I think it will. I love you all so much!!! Thank you for all of your love
and support and prayers. They help so much!!
xoxoxo
Sister Bedke
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