Kazoku!!
I hope you've all had a glorious week!
I hope it's been better than mine! I'm not gonna lie... this
week has been pretty rough. So remember how I said I was sick last Sunday?
Yeah... I'm still sick. Turns out it was QUITE serious. :P I've had fevers
averaging from 102.5-104.7 degrees ALL week. 104.7 was my all time high this
week. Pretty bad, right? O.O I thought I was going to die. I've slept for
almost this entire week, it's been bad. :P Wednesday we went to the hospital
because my fever was lasting so long.
We went with the bishop, because we had NO
knowledge of any medical words, so he was a lifesaver. We couldn't have done
the paperwork either without him. He has really saved us this week. That first
hospital trip was useless. They didn't investigate at all, and just gave me ibuprofen basically. >.> That was a useless visit. So we went back
Friday, and got some real work done. Got some blood drawn, had an ultrasound
done, the works. I've never had an ultrasound done on me before I don't think,
so that was weird, and cold. :P They did the blood work immediately and lo and
behold, bacterial!! Just like I thought it was. So I was prescribed some fever
reducing meds that I drink, that are VILE tasting, ;), and some antibiotics.
After the first dose I was feeling so much better. Finally on the mend I
think!!
I've learned a lot from this though. Immediately I
tried to think about what I needed to learn from this. And this week I've
turned to the Lord, that's the lesson I think. I have been scared,
worried, and unsure of what was going to happen. As I turned to Heavenly Father
and Christ though, I received so much comfort and peace. I've been watched over
this week by a loving Father, and I've felt your prayers. Thank you all so much!
This week wasn't all sick in bed time though! Monday,
before we knew how bad I was, we went to the Onsen! And we ARE allowed to get
in them, Momma. :) Weird, I'm sure to think since we can't swim, but we can! So
we went to the world famous onsens in Noboribetsu about thirty minutes away. I
cannot describe to you how amazing it was. There is something about that water
that is just magical. Noboribetsu has 19 different onsen I think, a TON, and we
went into a good lot of them. It's also like a public bath. So everyone is
nude. It's split by gender, so we don't have to worry about that, but it's
still just a bit different hanging out with a bunch of nude men in a hot
spring. I never thought that'd be so much fun, but it was! :P It was a district
activity too, so we went with our boys in Tomakomai, and we had a BLAST! This
is the ONLY mission in Japan that allows the missionaries to visit the onsen.
Evans Kaicho is really cool like that. He thinks the onsen is a great cultural
experience, so he allows us to go. And boy are we grateful. I love you all
family!!
Just a few things:
I just got your letters from the 14th
and 28th of August, 14th got lost on it's way here haha!
The honbu just slaps a sticker with our
Muroran address on it, that's how they forward the mail. ;)
Couple requests:
Could you send me the joseph smith concert cd
you guys went to a long while ago? That'd be glorious. The one that has the
really cool songs on it, and has the commentary in between songs? Thanks. :)
And could you also send some Josh Groban music that is
spiritually themed, obviously. Like The Prayer, for example. Music like that is
fine, and we really want to hear the Prayer, since it's beautiful, and JG kills
it!! So anything else from him too that's like that would be great also. :)
thank you so much guys!!
That's all I have! Thanks so much for everything!! I
love you!
Love, Mike
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