FAMILY!!!
Wow, you have no idea what kind of a week this has been. First things first, I'm okay and still staying on my mission!!! The pictures are to show you all that I really am doing pretty well and you don't have to worry! Grandma I am going to be just fine! Despite all of this we were able to teach SIX lessons this week which is a big deal with the Battalion. The work is rolling forth!!! We also picked up an amazing investigator named Hugh and we taught him FOUR lessons in the last week. We have seen so many miracles this last week with missionary work! We also have EIGHT investigators which is a really big deal for our area!! My trainer Sister Seguin went home today though and that was really sad. The one of us jumping is Sister Seguin and the two sisters she trained. The picture of me holding strawberries is with the amazing Sister Brenchley my guardian angel this week. And the picture of gold panning is our golden investigator Hugh. They are still running tests on me though. Just in case I didn't express this before... I've had a headache for the last six weeks straight. I go to bed with it and I wake up to it. I tried to go with mom's method of buck up and get to work but it got so bad that I just couldn't do it anymore. I caved after about four and a half weeks when I decided to get a priesthood blessing. Mostly I broke down after district meeting and said that I couldn't do it anymore with how bad my head hurt. I got a very clear and direct blessing that my life would not be the easiest but that I would have eternal blessings for my decisions. It also clearly said that if it didn't go away in two days that I should seek medical attention. You know how I get stubborn sometimes and I was just sick of going to doctors and being a burden to the mission president but I knew that I needed to listen to the Lord's counsel so I called Sister Clayton. The ball was passed around for a week to see what direction this should go. There are so many different causes of headaches that they had to test me in all aspects. It could be a simple silly thing like my pillow or that I'm stressed out or that I need to eat healthier. They don't think it is anything serious but they are trying all angles just to be safe. I am doing whatever they tell me to. After the doctor last Tuesday they gave me a muscle relaxer to try that. I took the muscle relaxer and the next day my headache got worse. It made me so nauseous that I couldn't stop throwing up. There are multiple doctors working on this right now but the current doctor is Dr Evans. He is a member and a family doctor so they sent me to him first. The mission doctor Dr. Bennett also suggested that I go to him. He was the one that put me on muscle relaxers and told me to call him if it got worse so we called. He said that we needed to go to the ER because they didn't have the resources to test me at his facility not because they thought anything serious was going on. So Tuesday night was spent in the classy Mercy Hospital in Hillcrest San Diego. They were so busy that they made make shift rooms down the hallways. Can I just say culture shock for me!? So different from any hospital rooms that I have been in so far. We got there at 5:30 pm and left at 12:30 am. Sister Pelfrey and President and Sister Clayton stuck with me the entire time. They gave me vikadin to get rid of the pain and took a CT scan along with a chest x-ray. We are pretty sure the chest x-ray was an accident. Haha they were so busy that I was kind of their last priority. Everything was clean and they couldn't see any serious problems. They decided to send me to a neurologist so that is next on the list. I went to Dr Evans again yesterday and he wants to see if neck therapy will help. We are also setting up an appointment with a neurologist but it takes a while to get in. So many people have taken a big step in my life this last week. The senior couples are simply amazing. Sister Brenchley made an eating schedule for me to see if that helps. They have taken me off wheat, dairy (mostly because I'm lactose intolerant...), sugar, etc. I also didn't have a very balanced eating schedule so it is very scheduled out now. I eat a very healthy smoothie with protein, oatmeal with almond milk, or eggs for breakfast. Salad with lots of vegetables, some sort of meat, and fruit for lunch. And pretty much the same thing for dinner. Surprisingly I love it!!! They even took me to Costco to shop and helped me figure out what was best for me. No matter what the food is going to be a good choice anyways! They showed me how to buy all of it for cheap so that I could stay within my budget as well. Let’s just say they were very firm on helping me as well. What I have learned the most from this is how much these people love me. Elder and Sister Brenchley, Elder and Sister Evans, Elder and Sister Stallings, Elder and Sister Woodbury, President and Sister Clayton AND all of my Battalion sisters have bent backwards over forwards to help me. I can't believe even more how clear it is that I was supposed to serve in my exact mission! Not only that but I have felt ALL of your prayers as well!!! The Lord has protected me and has let me see each one of your love for me this week. I am able to keep working and to have fun. I've felt so blessed that Heavenly Father sent me Sister Pelfrey as my companion. You have no idea what a blessing she has been. She is patient, kind, loving, and forceful at the same time to make me slow down and eat food. We constantly laugh and I honestly don't know what I did to deserve her as a companion! She has amazing motherly instincts that she knows exactly what to do exactly when I need it. Don't worry I am in really good hands here. I am sorry if none of this makes sense but I have got to go. Let’s fast on Friday please!? Well I love you all and I miss you and think about you all the time!
Love,
Sister Haggerty for another year... :)
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