We have been so busy taking care of her, that we had NO
time to get anything done. literally none. We taught zero lessons, and
were crutches for a number of days. (she´s too short to use the crutches
from the office) I have learned so many valuable lessons of how to be a
mom, and have real charity. One night she was sooo sick from the
altitude. She called my name and just help my hand between hers and
cried. It was 2 AM, but it didn´t matter. she said "don´t leave me" so i didn´t. I stayed there for 2 hours until she fell asleep.
To any parent out there that has a severely
handicapped child, a child with cancer or other types of diseases, or a
spouse with the same problems, I truly 100% give my respect to you. It
is hard. It´s hard to watch someone suffer and not be able to do
anything. It´s hard to sleep in a hospital while nurses are running
around poking people with needles (remember how EVERY time a needle
comes close to me, I faint?). It´s hard to not have time to do anything
for yourself. So to you parents who lovingly and selfishly take care of
your family, thank you. You are stronger than you know.
Luckily, my companion and Hna. Macahuachi got to
watch conference in the hospital with the Assistant´s laptop while I
escaped to watch it in English in the stake center. I don´t know why,
but the first hour of the first session was switching inbetween Quechua,
portuguese, and spanish. I didn´t get a lot out of that hour. It
finally switched to English, and all the gringo missionaries cheered. I
LOVE CONFERENCE. I heard so many things I needed.
I don´t know why but when Elder... I forgot who it
was... But he was talking about his wife and how she said "When I marry,
it will be with a faithful return missionary." It hit me so hard. I
WILL marry with a faithful return missionary. I will not settle for
less. I understand when medical things get in the way of finishing, but
there´s a big difference between choosing not to go/finish, and not
being able to go/finish. I know what life can be like, and missions
change boys into men and teach them so many valuable life skills. I know
missions are not for everyone, but they are for me, and they are for
the person I will marry. I love every single exhausting difficult moment
of my mission. It has changed me. I am never going to go back to my old
standards ever again.
I love where I am. I am not going back.
LOVE YOU ALL more than you know.
Love, Hermana Allred
1-- Chopping off my awkward melt.
2-- surprise! it´s short now.
3-- me, hna thompson (my daughter´s last companion), my daughter, and my daughter´s daughter. I am a grandma!!! haha.
4-- Eating at PINKBERRY! (we have one of those now.) Nutella and coconut cone. I about died.
1-- The baby section of the hospital.
2-- Waiting with Hna. Macahuachi (I know... it´s almost impossible to even THINK her last name) to get surgery.
3-- our home for 4 days.
4-- the incredible view from our 7th floor "suite"
1-- all ready to get her knee cut open.
2-- holy cusco. It is beautiful here. if you look closely, you can see cristo blanco.
3-- our beds. better than the air mats we ususally sleep on.
4-- the elders brought us breakfast. SO MUCH BREAD
1-- Norelly from Sicuani! The zone leader´s pension´s daughter. (did you
follow me?) We loved her and she always came with us to visit people.
We didn´t get to say goodbye to her either. We saw her walking out of
the english conference classroom.
2-- take out for DAYS.
3-- once again, Can´t get over the view
4-- Sacsayhuaman on the left, cristo blanco on the right.
5-- she got altitude sickness really bad, so they put her in an oxygen tube while she watched animal planet haha.
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