Oh,
and a housekeeping notice. I mentioned in my journal page that my
package arrived, because that's what my District Leader told me, but I
got to the office today and it wasn't there :(((( Buuut I have to go
back to the office on Thursday for Visa stuff, so I hope it comes by
then!
-So because life has a great sense of humor, I
have contracted another lovely tropical disease. ok that's a little
dramatic haha. Basically, I had this little rash on my legs that all of a
sudden got super bad this week, including swelling up (the sore/puss
ball swelled up, not the leg) and turning purple and hurting like crazy
on the back of my thigh. Made it seriously hard to walk, and yet harder
to sit. When it was little rash, I was taking care of it myself, but
when it took a turn for the worse, I (and by "I" I mean my companion
hahahah) called Sister Mazzagardi, and long story short, I had to wait
until today to have a 5 minute dermatologist appt. Basically, I have a
bacterial infection in the skin, which is generally caused by sweat and
humidity. Super simple, except now I have to take an antibiotic 4 times a
day (which includes waking up at midnight--super thrilled about that)
and use an antibiotic ointment (a different one, because I already was
using one) twice a day, and shower with antibiotic soap, and use a hot
pack 3 times a day on the one that's super swollen. I'm super thrilled,
trust me. But anyways, I pretty much gritted my teeth and winced the
whole week, cause you know, we have stuff to do, but by Saturday, I
could barely keep standing, so we ended up staying home Saturday and
sunday night. Yes, I realize that was a lot of pointless details, but
whatever haha.
-In good news, this week was
also my birthday!! Friday was pretty hard pain-wise, and also just kind
of a difficult day in general, but we took a break in the middle for ice
cream and strawberries (it's not my bday w/o strawberries!) and then
that night we had the baptism interviews for Luis Phelipe and Luis
Arthur (they LOVED the elders--go figure) and THEN a couple of families
in the ward threw a surprise party for me!!! Sorry I don't have pictures
of the party yet, but I promise I will get them! But I did send my
journal pages detailing the day. Hope it's legible hahaha.
-Also
because life can't be eventful enough, Sister Farias and Sister Sena
were emergency transfered back to Cobilândia. They were robbed (like
stopped on the street with a gun and lost their mission bags and
scriptures and cell phone and everything) on monday night, which was
already super crazy and shocking, and then Saturday afternoon, in broad
daylight, on the same exact street, a man on a motorcycle started
following them, doing very inappropriate things. They got away (my
personal opinion is that one of the 3 nephites, or maybe john the
revelator came to save them, but I won't go into details) but President
was like "yeah no that's not going to work." So literally one week
before transfers, they had to pack up and leave--even though they'd
already been promised they would be staying for next transfer too, and
then our district leader and his comp had to switch areas to take over
for them. No one is exactly happy with the move, but at least we're
going to have a hilarious last week! Sister Sena really is ridiculous
hahaha. I'll try to remember a specific funny story for next week, but
right now you'll all just have to take my word for it.
-Aaaand
the last thing is baptisms!! my comp should be sending me the pics any
minute now, but Luis Phelipe and Luis Arthur were baptized!!! Their
grandma (who has custody) and their mom (who has lifestyle issues, but
they love her very much) both came!!!! And, because they're actually
long-lost members, they found a couple of old friends :) The baptism was
stressful, but wonderful, and involved cake, cookies, presents, all of
their family, and the baptism/rainbow song in portuguese. I really hope
it was special for them, cause it was very special for us :)
We
didn't really do much else this week. (oh but we did start practicing
English on the street! That was fun haha) Just focused a lot on the
boys, and tried not to walk too much because of my leg. But this week
will probably be lots and lots better! Thank you all for the birthday
wishes! Suuuuuuper excited for skyping on Mother's day!! And nervous
about transfers cause everyone tells me I'm gonna leave :/
Lots and lots of love, all the way from Brazil!
-Sister Kirkham
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