Well hey there!!
It's almost Christmas!!
This week has been kinda crazy -
First
off: Sister Khaled had surgery on Wednesday. Before any of you worry -
it went really well, she's still alive and all that jazz. They found
what they were looking for and got it taken care of. She's still in a
good bit of pain from the recovery - they pumped her insides full of
gases so they could see when they did the Laproscopy and so it's normal
for it to be a little painful until all of those gases work themselves
out. She hasn't been able to really walk up or down stairs very well at
all. The AP's were great to carry her up the 2 flights of stairs to
our apartment and then helped us go to church yesterday. In order to
get here to email she ventured down the stairs for the first time by
herself. Also, today she's on no pain meds and seems to be doing pretty
well considering how rotten she's felt the last few days.
So, things are looking up. We went to the mission home after the
surgery and stayed a couple days. We then had to come to our apt
because Sis. Packard's brother was in town and we couldn't be left alone
during the day with him. Makes sense :) Anyway, while we were there
we had a great time. It was really good for Sis. Khaled to have other
people besides me bothering her to take her medicine or asking how she
feels. She was super tired of me :) Also makes sense. But now we're
happy. Now that she's more coherent and chatty we've had lots of time
to talk and get really close.
Just in time to be ripped apart!! This brings me to my second point.
I'm getting transferred!!
Funny
story about this. During the week I was staying in the mission home
President and Sister Packard actually called me into President's office
to talk about transfers. He obviously didn't let me make any decisions
but he wanted to hear my thoughts. They had spent a couple of hours
already trying to figure out how to move me back to Spanish and still
keep all the English sister areas open. After many attempts and many
failures, they wanted to know how I would feel to stay in English until
my last transfer. In other words, stay in English until next transfer
and then probably shotgun train in Spanish for my very last 6 weeks
(train in an area that neither of us are familiar with).
I told him how I felt. I didn't feel right making it so they had to
close a sister area. I also didn't feel super good about leaving Sis.
Khaled now that she's just had a surgery and needs some help reving back
up. I also voiced that I did miss Spanish but that I'm kinda rusty...
Anyway, no decisions were made and I was left to wonder about what
would happen while President went to the Lord to continue to receive
revelation.
We got transfer texts on Saturday and we all started
to be really upset to see my name. I'm actually pretty bummed to be
leaving. I love our wards and I adore Sis. Khaled. Good news is that I
will be back in a Spanish area - Providence Rhode Island. They are
having incredible success - they just baptized 3 people a couple weeks
ago and have 8 baptismal dates for people preparing. I will get to
serve with Sis. Henderson which I'm really excited about. I really love
her and have wanted to serve with her. She's a little quirky but we
get along well.
Saying goodbye to people yesterday was weird. I didn't get to talk
to a lot of them. Sis. Khaled was pretty slow moving so I only caught
the slow ones :) Also, everyone is leaving this week to go home for the
holiday. I'm a little worried about Sis. Khaled. It's a big
responsibility to have to be the one helping someone else get accustomed
to the area. I also haven't been able to really prepare her to get
around in the big city because we haven't been taking buses or trains
for a couple weeks now. Poor dear! Keep her in her prayers, will you?
Also, if anyone has extra time and means, I'm sure she could use some
Christmas cheer. I don't know that her Christmas from Portugal will get
here in time. :(
I love you all bunches!! Keep the Spirit of Christmas in your hearts all year round!
God Bless Us, Every One
Sister Palmer
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