Have I done any good in the Mission this week?       

So this week the typhoon didn’t hit our house but sickness did. We actually didn’t know about the typhoon at all.  It’s crazy how much information we don’t hear about as missionaries. On April fool’s day we got the text from President Tye saying that we needed to make sure that we had our water and our 72 hour kits prepared just in case.  So we weren’t even sure whether it was for reals or if it was just a joke..... so that was a little funny. But we were prepared anyways so we weren’t too worried.

I guess I’ll fill you in about the sickness that happened. So Sunday night we were coming home from Naic and I didn’t feel too hot...kind of like I was getting the flu. So we just stayed home and didn’t work that night just to catch it soon and then get right back in the swing of things.  Unfortunately it didn’t really work that well. Every day after that it just kind of got worse and worse. I couldn’t really eat and I had a fever and my body hurt so bad. So I basically just laid on my bed and on the couch for the last 7 days. I feel bad for my companion because she didn’t really know how to help me. I didn’t know how to tell her to help either. She is really sweet though and always was getting me water and things to do.   So I’m glad she was there to help me out.  Finally on Thursday we went to the doctor and got some medicine so that was good. I had to get blood drawn L But the medicine worked eventually.   

I did have a pretty cool experience that I will share with you so that my letter isn’t all about being sick and sad stuff.  So Thursday night after I went to the doctor was like the worst night. Long story short I was just straight up miserable. I hurt so bad and was so hot and couldn’t hardly breathe because I was coughing so bad. Especially if the fan was on my and there was no way that I could survive if the fan wasn’t on me.  So it was really awful. Anyways I was almost positive that I was going to die haha. But anyways I had gotten a blessing from our district leader earlier that day and it said through my faith I will be healed.  So that night I was struggling pretty hard and I was like what’s up….like maybe I don’t have any faith. Cause it’s only getting worse! But then I prayed and just asked that even if I didn’t get all the way better…all I wanted was to be able to breath well enough that I could sleep a little bit.  Then tomorrow well figure things out.  Then I just got the thought to breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth.  Little thing for sure but it worked! And my coughing stopped for the most part. And I could breathe kind of. Now that was a huge miracle for me and proved that the blessing was true. And it reminded me of 1 Nephi 1:20 .

But behold, I Nephi will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance.

So there is my week in a nutshell for all of you. Don’t forget that the Lord has prepared his tender mercies for each of us and he won’t leave us alone if we will turn to him.

Love you all! Have an awesome week!

-Sister Van Tassell