WORRIED ELDERS, 3 BLOOD TESTS, 2 BLESSINGS, AND A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE

So it´s been an interesting week to say the least. Haha definitely one of the most different Thanksgivings that I have ever had but one to remember (:

PONDERIZING SCRIPTURES: Romans 4: 18,20,21 DyC 90:24, Mark 4:37-41, DyC 101:16, John 14:27, Psalms 9:9,18, DyC 81:5, Mosiah 4:27, Alma 38:5, DyC 6:32-36, 3 Nephi 11:7

MONDAY: Had a lesson with the Bautista family and set a baptismal date with Lupita for the 20th of December! She just needs to get married... but thats a piece of cake. Then had family night with the Bautista family. OH MY GOSH I love them to death. HAd a very very spiritual lesson on the Atonement and they committed to come to church for the first time in forever. Thanks to the love that was felt, we bonded very well. They call me fresa all the time. They like fresa stuff haha very classy and love America a ton. WE played blind man and talked a ton about America and English too(:

TUESDAY: here´s where the fun begins... woke up freezing cold and Hermana Salcedo told me to lie down for a second. Passed out and woke up to find the ZL´s and the DL´s with worried faces. I apparently looked as white as a ghost and could barely move. They told me to stay in bed and rest today while they went to Subway and bought us Subway. I felt horrible. But with a blesssing and faith, I was determined to get better. News spread of my rare sickness like wild fire. Three families in our ward brought soup and electrolitos to our house for me. Wish I couldve said thank you to them but I was out cold all day apparently.

WEDNESDAY: With a ton of Ibueprofen and faith trust and pixie dust, we went to the district meeting. Everyone was surprised to see me there. But after the medicine wore off I wasn´t doing good at all. White as snow again, ZL´s told me to call president. President immediately told me to go get blood tests done to see what was up. MY FAV. So we did and went to see our ward mission leader/doctor and guess what the results so claimed.... SALMONELLA. swag right? So I was given a ton of medicine and felt really down after that but my nose didn´t let me down and I smelled crepes near by. Not sure if it was a prompting of the Spirit or my stomach to go get one, but I did. Struck up a conversation with the guy who owned the shop, Ruben. HES AMERICAN AND MEXICAN. Speaks fluently English and was shocked to find a dirty blonde blue eyed girl like me here. He loved hearing about out church and agreed to learn more AND read the book of Mormon. So that was a blessing in the middle of a terrible day. Then we went home and I passed out again.. hah with three phonecalls from ZLs and Dls. BUT in the middle of the day HAD a bomb lesson with Anny about the plan of salvation. She´s amazing.

THURSDAY: with a lot of drugs, got up and went to Zone Conference. Totally spaced it was Thanksgiving from all the drugs and sickness. But Hermana Stellmon wanted to see my blood test results to reevaluate if I actually had salmonella because my symptoms didn´t match at all. So the head doctor in Mexico City was contacted. Sure enough it was a weird virus and NOT salmonella and my medicine I was prescribed was actually making me feel worse and I should be prepared to have some killer side effects. And oh I did, haha but what made it better was sweet Nana (of Katelyn) sent me a letter I received in all this craziness. Zone Conference was fantastic though. I truly loved being able to practice and learn so much and be touched by the sweet messages of the Stellmons. And Hermana Peterson is a boss and I love her to death. LOL AND we got to have a THANKSGIVING dinner. Like legit. Haha it was a miracle. And and elder in our zone played the song Baptism by Jon Schmidt and at that point the spirit was just on fire. Leaders gave me another blessing hoping things will get better. Everyone was close to tears. GREAT moment. Went home after that and passed out again. Bishop visited us and the bishoprics families. Haha yeah I have no memory of this. BUT bishop has asked me to sing next sunday AND speak the sunday after that. LOL hope that works out (:

FRIDAY: Yepp, side effects kicked in real good that morning but after 4:00 in the afternoon, I felt good enough to go out and work! Visited with the Suhel family, the Rojas family, Tomas and Evelia and was just talking talking talking because I´m going be honest, being in bed for four days on a mission gets your REALLY depressed and REALLY discouraged. So talking and working fixed me up real fast. Then met with beautiful Monica and she is so excited to get baptized. We went over her interview questions and how the baptism will work. She asked me if I could sing a musical number at her baptism. I almost started crying. Shes an angel and I love her so much.

SATURDAY: WOKE UP WITH SOOOO MUCH ENERGY. It was like all the prayers and blessings just exploded in my immune system. I was ready to go baptize every person I talked to. LOL. And oh I had the desire to eat everything. haha For not eating for four days, yeah I was starving. Had GGREAT lesson with crepe Ruben and his wife Elia. It was like they were reading off questions from Preach my Gospel and we had EVERY answer for them. THey also committed to baptism but we don´t know what day will work for them... cause theyre moving back to Baltimore in a month... so not sure if we can do it that fast BUT we´ll see tomorrow in our other appointment with them. The spirit went crazy when he told us how when he heard me talk about why I´m here, he felt something and wants whatever that is. UGHHH it was awesome. Tears for days. Theyre golden investigators and Ruben says he is going to do EVERY commitment we ask. Because he knows thats the only way hell know it for himself. Then went to see a baptism of the ZL´s who also had a ton of references for us which was another blessing. IT was like things were just falling into place after H-E- double l week. Then contacted the area while receiving call after call from members and investigators asking about my health and giving advice for how to feel better. When you´re sick here, it´s like the world is ending. Everyone cares about you. Its a little overwhelming, but you can feel the love so much (: One of our investigators, Criselda made me the best hamburger I think I´ve had in three months. JUST LIKE in n out. That will not be my last hamburger from her lol.

SUNDAY: went and picked up Hna Suhel to come to church. Paid for her and her family to ride to the church. She was touched because she could now be able to pay her tithing. Had no idea it was for that purpose. I was just being nice. BUT MIRACLE (: Then when I paid my fast offering during sacrament, sweet Renata saw me and sat practically on me asking questions of fast offerings. Then throughout the meeting I was taking notes on all that was said (zone conference advice, do it) and Renata got a little notebook and in her adorable little 8 year old handwriting, copied word for word my notes. It was a tender moment and her mom was in tears of joy. OTHER NEWS: MONICA IS GETTING BAPTIZED NEXT SUNDAY!!! She changed it. AGH so excited for her. Then contacted and a HUGE Christmas festival is in our area. It´s like the Bite of Las Vegas but for Christmas. And ran into the Bautista family again and since they loveee America, they fed us a ton of American food. Buffalo wings, pie, garlic bread rolls and all these fancy drinks from America they collect. After coming to church that day and being a lot of time since their last visit, they had a ton of questions and their sweet daughter wants to serve a mission now! So I gave her my extra Preach my gospel i had and she is now intently reading it. UGHHH so cool.

So yeah. What a week. And hoping for an even BETTER one this week. TO LUCY AND ELLA: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. WIsh you the best in your baptisms this saturday. TIANI: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WEDDING MRS. BENDER! Wow. Love you guys so much. Love the support. You make the blessings that much more recognizable. LOVE YOU ALLL

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Con mi amor infinito,

Hermana Abigail Creer

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Con mi amor infinito,

Hermana Abigail Creer