Dear Family,
So this week went really well. We had been kind of in a pit for
what seemed like awhile and this week we were able to teach a lot of lessons
and contact a lot of people! We also got a new companion this week, Sister
Salvesen from South Africa. Sister Salvesen was in the MTC with me and we flew
out there together, but 5 weeks into her mission she got run over by a car and
it completely messed up her leg, her knee cap is all chipped and out of place
and her foot had major scar tissue and nerve damage and now she has to walk
around with a cane. The doctor's said that her nerve damage in her foot
is permanent, but everything should heal over time, which is such a
bummer. She is only 19 and will have to use a cane for the rest of her
life and her foot is always going to hurt. But anyways she was sent to Provo to
see doctors and she wasn't released so she did online missionary work at the
MTC and now they have approved her to come back into the mission and she is
with us! So I am glad to have her back and she is too. She is way cool, she
speaks English, ASL, and Afrikaans fluently. Afrikaans is like a mix between
German, Zulu and like 4 other African languages I think, but it sounds way
cool, she prays in Afrikaans for us. We all get along so great so that is good
too. Yesterday was Sister Salvesen and my 7-month birthday in the mission,
wohoo! So crazy right? I will be home in less than a year! I really can't
believe that! Time goes by so so fast!!!!
Well lets see, so on Monday Sister Baker and I went to a dirty
flee market haha it was ok, we just looked around at all the crap, nothing to
special there..
Tuesday Sister Baker and I were able to go the RS Enrichment
night and it was pretty good. Certainly nothing extravagant like I have
seen in Utah with cute decorations and such, but it was a good night. They made
these mod podge pictures of Christ that turned out nice and they had flower
arranging and cake decorating, so that was fun. The Spanish elders
investigator Dione (which is pronounced Gee-own-e) came to the enrichment
night with us after English class at the church. She is the one from
Brazil, she is cool, and seemed to enjoy herself, so that was good.
Wednesday was good we had a jammed packed day full of
appointments and every single one of them fell through, ugh it was so sad, but
we were able to make up for it the rest of the week!
Thursday was good, we had another lesson with Anthony and Jeff
and it went way better this time. Jeff actually let us teach instead of always
interrupting, we were also able to watch a Mormon message with them which
was good because it is able to hold Anthony's attention.
Friday was of course good because that is when we got Sister
Salvesen! We also got to go to the church that night and do a beading project
with Sister Padget in our ward and her non member friend who is a little girl
that lives by her, some of the young women came too, so that they could meet
her and make her feel welcome. We made little Christmas ornaments so that was
fun.
Saturday was awesome because we were able to go and see a
bunch of less actives in the ward and share little messages with them! and what
was really great is we invited a ton of them to church the next day and some of
them came!
Then on Sunday we had a great lesson with one of our
investigators Sammy, missionaries have been working with him for a long time
and we have been trying to prepare him for baptism and we finally got to
talk with his guardian Omar, which is his older brother he lives with and
we brought up to him about baptism and he said he would talk to Sammy
about it (because we can't just baptize a minor without permission) so that was
a miracle but that is the next step that has been needing to happen since
like July and now it's happening. So I hope they talk again
and we can figure this all out!
Today we are going to make home made Pizza and the church for
District P-day, that will be fun, we are also playing dodge ball but I
don't know if I can play because of my shoulder and neck and all that. Which by
the way is doing pretty good, I still get pains in my arm sometimes but not
bad, and I still have crazy tissue scarring build up in my neck but I am not
approved for anymore therapy and so I just have to try and work on it
myself. Dr. McGregor gave me a lot of exercises I can do so I am just
doing those. I still am not allowed to bike yet, but
by December I am allowed too. I guess with the concussion and all,
even though I have felt fine for quite awhile concerning my head and all I
could ride because if I accidently crashed or fell of or whatever again
and bummed my head I would be done for mission wise, so ya not takin' that
chance!!! But I do walk all over the place, which makes me sore but I get
over it, and we drive everywhere too. But now that Sister Salvesen is
here we wont be doing that much walking because it really hurts her so, we just
try and set appointments best we can so that we are always busy and not just
out tracting!! And so far it is going good! This transfer is already over too I
can't believe it, it ends next Monday! wow, weird! I will get to talk to all of
you in 30 days!! When I find out when I will be calling I will try and let you
know! Ok Bye love you all!!
Sister
Jamison
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