Hi Everyone!
Ok so, not much happened this week because I spent all of it languishing in bed with a diagnosis of acute colitis (inflammation of the colon). I could dump a lot of really disgusting medical information on you right now, but in consideration of your gag reflexes, instead I'll write about all the amazing people who helped me through this week.
1. My Comp, Sister Taylor.
I've decided recently that when a missionary gets sick, the person who has it the worst is their companion, who is completely fine but then also confined to house arrest until the invalid recovers. Sister Taylor has been an absolute saint this week, patient and kind even after hours and hours of language study and watching every available video on the LDS media library. She was especially kind on the two days where I literally could not leave my bed without puking, but she made sure I had medicine and water and whatever other random things I needed but couldn't get myself.
2. Sister Card, the mission President's wife.
Who texted and called me every day and kept up a good stream of communication between me, the mission medical advisor, and my parents. She also googled all of my random medical questions about which medicines I could take together, and the fiber content of various fruits.
3. Susan.
Holy cow, Susan is amazing! I wish I could send a picture of her, but she hates pictures. She won't come to church if she thinks you're going to try to take her picture there. Susan got baptized the week before I moved to Tainan. She is also a nurse practitioner. The minute I told her I wasn't feeling good, she offered to take me to the hospital. She then accompanied me through visits to one clinic and two hospitals, following the doctors around and bossing them to make sure they did things right. Which is a good thing, because at one point they mistook my intestines for my ovaries on the CT scan and told me I may never have kids again. It was hard to get to worried through all of this though because of Susan's under the breath comments and eye rolls. She has been my lifeline.
4. The Stokers.
Their daughter, whom I only know as Sister Stoker, was Sister Taylor's trainer. They came back to visit Taiwan, and took us out to lunch at the end of the week. It was the first human contact not counting Elders that Sister Taylor and I had had in about 4 days, and it was very welcome. They were even kind enough to take a picture at the end of lunch and send it to our parents, a thing I know every missionary mom (and dad) really appreciates.
5. Our Ward Mission Leader, Mingyou
Mingyou is leaving tomorrow to go live in Australia for two years! He has been an awesome Ward Mission Leader, bringing drinks and good advice to our correlation meetings. He's helped us plan several activities and a couple of baptisms, and just generally made sure we're taken care of and in good health. We're going to miss him and his obsession with the Little Mermaid very much in the coming months. We went out with the Young Single Adults in the ward to celebrate him one last time on Saturday night at an American restaurant called Smokey Joe's. Does anyone know if that's an American based chain? We couldn't remember for sure.
Bonus picture: we made a card for Mingyou, and after signing the envelope we decided it looked a little plain, so we decorated it, each person adding to what the last person drew. We were pretty proud of the result.
That's all I've got for this week! Being sick on a mission is no fun, but I've been well taken care of, and I'm on the mend. Hopefully next week I'll have lots of new stories and miracles to share!
Love you all!
Sister Hull
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