It was cool to hear about your experience in Mexico. Tell the boys that it is a lot like here. You can't drink the water and the water here is really dirty and yellow - so we only use it for showers. I forgot to tell you our furniture situation here. We just each have a white, plastic lawn chair to study and eat in. We are one of the only places in the mission with a couch! But the entire bottom of it came out, so it can't really be sat on anymore . . .
That family I was talking about earlier that was progressing really well. Well, they didn't show up at church this past week which was a huge bummer, so we are going to have to move their baptismal date back a little. I might be gone then too because transfers are in a week. We'll see I guess.
So, I know you might be wondering a little about the title of the letter by now . . . I guess I'll tell you now. Haha - nothing bad either! I can't believe you were thinking I would do something like that! jk :) So, last p-day, after I e-mailed you, we went with the district to a small town named Bayaguana to play some soccer! After playing for a while, someone kicked the ball out of bounds, so I ran off to get it. We were just playing in a dirt lot and I hit this ditch and fell on my left ankle (funny - that's the one I sprain all the time). I heard a crunch, and then another one when I got up and it hurt pretty bad. So I got up and walked around, hoping it would get better in a few minutes, but it just swelled up huge to look like a kankle! I got home and did the whole RICE thing. Rest, ice, compression and elevation, but it didn't really get any better. I called the mission president's wife the next day, and she told me to go to the hospital and get an x-ray to see if it was broken. Did you know that an x-ray here is only 150 pesos? That is only $3 bucks! I had the x-ray and everything looked good to me and the doctor said that I dislocated my ankle and he pushed it back into place while I was walking around on it! He prescribed some powerful ibuprofen and some topical cream for the swelling - because by then it was ginormous and since then I have been giving it some more rest. I just find it hard to sit there and do nothing though. I want to go out and work, so we have been for a few hours everyday and it is getting a lot better. I just don't want to make an injury that could take a week and a half to heel if I rest right - take a month if I don't. Good side is that I almost finished the Book of Mormon again!
This was a few days after it happened
So, those were the eventful points of the week. Kind of a lot more sitting around than I like, but maybe I shouldn't trip anymore, so I don't have to do that . . . hope all of you had a good week and I'll talk to you later!So - I forgot a VITAL part of the ankle story . . . my bad. It is that if anyone breaks a bone in the mission, they get sent home right away. Hermana Antivillo said, "If it is broken, come to the Capitol and we will get you on a plane ASAP so that you can get it fixed." It was kind of scary!
This is me at some waterfalls. I know it's cheesy - heheh!
More waterfalls
Aren't they beautiful?
Mom, you said that you wanted a picture of my missionary tag right? Do you like it or do I have to send another one?!
p.s. So before I forget - Rockports would be nice yes, but you don't need to look specifically for waterproof ones, but look for ones made for walking instead because there is little difference between proof and resistant, except for the resistant are usually made with the purpose of walking a lot (thick soles) rather than the others. Size 12. The shoes don't need to have removable insole. I am just sticking my orthotics right on top right now because the little green insoles are too thin and they hurt my feet. Also, the orthotics have flattened out quite a bit, so my feet stay in the shoes just fine. One more request if possible. Could you send some more black socks. I would prefer those kind I got earlier from that missionary store, but if not, just long black athletic socks would be fine. Quite a few of my other socks got holes from when my shoes were tearing them up - but the bad part in the shoe got worn down quite a bit, so it doesn't happen anymore. Also, I think I will send my camera card home because it has a lot of stuff on it that I don't want to lose.
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