Hello everyone once again :) what a week as always...
I guess I will just start with the update on my leg and health and everything.. at the first of the week it was really not looking very good and I was still laying in a bed almost all day with my foot up. It has kind of sucked :) but I am almost done with the Book of Mormon haha... we went to the doctor a lot and they just said to keep taking the antibiotics so that is what I did and nothing really seemed to change. We got in contact with a lot of different doctors and even like doctors in Russia and stuff who are from America and some of them said that they thought the doctors here prescribed me with the wrong antibiotic. Yesterday they were about the send me to Germany because their medical facilities are better so they would be able to take a biopsy and figure things out easier. But, they finally decided to go against that and instead try another doctor here in Almaty today. So, I got a blessing last night, I woke up today and almost all of the pain was gone. That is definitely a plus! Now I can walk on it and that makes things a lot easier! So we went to the doctor this morning and he looked at it and decided it has something to do with me being sick before my leg started hurting.. before my leg hurt I was sick and the glands in the my throat were huge! That went away and then he said they went around and started working on the veins in my legs. So, he has prescribed a new antibiotic and steroids for me to take :) haha it has been an interesting week! But, I gained a lot of new confidence when I woke up today and felt a lot better and didn't feel any pain! So. things are getting better and now I don't have to stay bed ridden all day too! This was quite an ordeal over some legs pains lol...
This past week we also had an activity at the church. They is a very popular holiday over here called Women's Day. It is really big! Basically it is just mothers day... so we put on an activity to celebrate it and it was a blast! They missionaries all got up (except for me because of my leg) and did a dance, there were jokes, music was played by a member who composes music on the piano, good food, we gave all the women presents.. it was just an amazing activity! There were more people there than there were at church! lol it was a good time.
Zone Conference was great! We talked about the importance of having the Spirit with us and it was truly inspiring. Haha I had to give a talk for it and it went well. I talked about Ammon and his amazing characteristics as a teacher and how we can gain the methods which he had through the Spirit. It was good. Interestingly enough I didn't know that the topic of Zone Conference was going to be the importance of the Spirit but it went along perfect with my talk. Well, President Wooley has been stuck in Kazakhstan for a week haha I think he is started to get really frustrated! For Russian missionaries, even Mission Presidents, you have to leave the country every 3 months and get your visa renewed to be in Russia. so, he usually just comes here and then goes back to Russia. But, this time they have had troubles with his visa renewal so he has been delayed a week! Haha so I have been hanging out quite a bit with him since I can't go anywhere and he came with me to the doctor today. I am pretty sure he is ready to get back to Russia though because he has a lot of work to do and transfers are coming up!!
There was also a baptism last Saturday and it was amazing! This guys name is Samat.. his whole family is a member except for him and he has had a really hard time quitting smoking and drinking.. the missionaries have really been working with him for about six or seven months I guess! It was really a blessing to see him get baptized! Before his baptism he was always so quite and seemed so scared to talk, but since the baptism I have seen a huge change in him and he has started opening up! There is no greater blessing to watch as someones life changes after baptism and receiving the gift of the holy ghost!
Well I know that today is my birthday but I really don't feel like it :) mission birthdays feel weird and actually I really like how it is no different than any other day haha but today is a p day so I think that they want to go play basketball so that I can go kick their trash even with a gimp leg :)
Well I hope everything at home is great! I love you all so much! thank you for the love and the support! :)
ELDER WEIHING
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