October 20, 2014
Well I'm not really sure what happened this week because I haven't
written in my journal since last monday! Ahhh! I never do that! All that I
really remember was that there were many different time that I was so very
tired, just tired to the bone. Physicaly, mentally, spiritually, you name it. I
remember that a couple of weeks ago I wrote that I was more tired than I had
ever been in my life and that I didn't think that it could ever get any worse.
.. . Hahah. But it was the last week of the transfer too ( we'll get to
that!) So that probably didn't help.
But, talking about being tired. That it why we have the grace of The
Atonement. Becuase we don't have to do it on our own, and in deed we cannot.
That it where grace comes in. The grace of Christ fills in our giant gaping
holes of inadequacy. I prayed many times this week for Christ's grace because I
was just without desire, or I felt inadequate to be walking around and helping
people I didn't know. But I prayed and prayed and prayed and nothing was made miraculously
easier but I kept putting one foot in front of the other and before I knew it
Sunday had arrived and so many people that I really love were there at church
and we were all together for the same reason and I took the Sacrament and
it was all worth it! This is the amazing part about being a missionary and I
think about being a converted member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, there are always moments or days or times where everything is made
worth it! It's amazing:)
Alright, it's time to address my title ^^ Dad, after this story I
don't want to hear smack about not eating crazy stuff. This should keep
me covered at least for another 6 months. So this all happened last Monday. Ok.
Deep breaths. Get excited folks! So I had this little deal on my big toe for 2
weeks. It looked like a calus or a blister but it wasn't raised above the skin
and it wasn't causing any pain. It had this weird scab looking deal that would
just bleed randomly throughout the day. But I didn't do anything about it
because going to the doctor here is horrible and I've found that usually your
body just heals itself if you wait long enough. Well last p-day I was bored and
decided to investigate a little bit more. I went to work with some tweezers and.
.. . you probably already know where this is going. Long story short. I ended
up pulling a sack of little tiny eggs out (yes OUT) of my toe. Literally. Yes,
this literally happend; to me; Sister Ventura. I can now officially join the
club of gross missionaries that served somewhere "crazy" and got a
worm/had a bug lay eggs inside of them. Sweet. I kid you not, one of my first
thoughts after the initial shock was how sweet it is that I get to tell this as
one of my mission stories for the rest of my life! The R.S pres took us to the
docter but it was just a local hospital here in Piraquara and it's all public
health and not very clean or organized or anything. They had no clue. They just
put on a bunch of antibiotic and told me that if I started feeling pain that
the bug (momma) probably was still inside and to come back and they would have
to cut my toe open and stuff. But they had no idea what kind of bug, etc.
etc. They then wrote a list of 4 different kinds of medicine for me to go get,
2 of which were painkillers. ...Yeah, I probably wasn't that polite with them
because they were so lazy and didn't know anything! We decided to go into
Curitibia the next day to get a second opinion. But. I had cleaded it really
well and dug out every last egg that I could find and I started thinking, going
into Curitiba takes almost 1/2 of a day and it would waste a lot of time. So I
said a prayer and told Heavenly Father that I wasn't going to go to any more
doctor's and just go on with life and please let me know if this wasn't the
right decision. But it turns out it was. The whole in my toe is healing and it
never ever caused me any pain, even after digging around and cutting skin off
etc. So that's that!
Sorry that this letter was kind of full of gross details and not much
else buuuuut, I think it's pretty cool and hope you all enjoy!
TRANSFERS: All 3 of the other sisters in our house are leaving and
I'm the only one staying. . . woooooo! I have mized emotions about it. .. I'm
excited for the adventure and more responsibility but at the same time really
nervous and freaking out. Yes mom, like you said, I own Piraquara! By the end
of this transfer I will have 6 1/2 months here! This is just about 1/2 of my
time in Brazil, in the same area! Crrrazy!
I love you guys so much! I hope that you all have a lovely week and
that you are making an effort to not just read but to LEARN from the Book of
Mormon every single day. I'm trying too:)
Loves and hugs (and bugs),
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