WOA! What a week! Time here in the mission is so
precious/slow moving. I can't even begin to tell you all the things that happen
in one day and yet here I am at the computer like, "Is it already
Monday?"
Well, here's the life of Sister Sumsion this week:
My Companero:
Is a CHAMPION! "Holy CRAP, Dad." Like seriously.
We got a call this week from the mission nurse about Sister Batty's headache.
It's like a constant one that never stops. It's crazy. So we go into the doctor
and he's like "yeah, that's strange. have you tried pain pills?"
Batty: "Yes, nothing works. I feel like it's something else that's causing
them." Doctor: "Ok. Sweet. You need an MRI." So we schedule one.
Mission nurse calls and says if you need an MRI, then you might need to go
home. Batty is a champion and prays hard core and gets a blessing and tries
everything she can to conform her will to the Lords. After days of waiting, MRI
indeed DOES get approved. MRI scheduled for a few weeks from now. #NUTS!!!!!!!!
Sometimes I pray really hard for her: and other times I am so peaceful about it
because she is so great and is so prayerful about it and feels like the Lord is
leading her and OH MY WORD she is amazing. What a trooper! So much faith!
My mind:
I swear sometimes I have short term memory loss. The Lord is
so good to me and the next day I am SUPER exhausted and the only thing I can
think is "sleepsleepsleepsleep" and then I pray and I'm like,
"um......what am I supposed to do?" And the Lord answers me super
gently and amazingly. Happened twice this week. He knows everything! It's so
cool! And He's so nice about it. #mostpatientparentEVER
My heart:
Sister Hannah Rackham emailed me and all week I had a few
Jeru flashbacks and we did our first service (hopefully many more to come) at
the public library and I was overwhelmed with how much I loved my life. They
are things I miss (Hannah and books), but they are still part of me and
sometimes I forget that. So I had this huge "I LOVE MY PEOPLE" party.
It was kind of hard, but some comforting words came to me and I determined to
do MUCH better at writing the ones I love.......hense this email to my closest
people. I MISS YOU SO MUCH!
My studies:
because of said experiences post-Sumsion-tiredness, I had a
huge attitude change and my morning studies are slowly improving. POSITIVE
ATTITUDE CHANGES EVERYTHING!!!! Sister Batty's headache was so bad one day that
we stayed in and I had the coolest studies ever thanks to D&C 123 and my
trainer. #stillbeingtrainedbyLloyd Sometimes you get so wrapped up in worry
about righteous causes that you forget how AWESOME you are and how awesome the
Lord has made your life. #Gratitudechangeseverthing
The Work:
So Friday after attitude change but before tiredness went
away, I randomly felt like talking to this girl who was sitting outside. Her
name in Ca---: her daugther's name is Ja---. She reminds me of Summer, who's
daugther's name was Jaden. Freaking out. Want to teach her family SO BAD! The
Lord is so merciful. He sends us super awesome people in our lives!!!!!! So
then we teach this LA lady and she just starts bearing her testimony of the
Gospel and answers ALL of my prayers and I don't even feel tired and I'm crying
like OH MY WORD THE LORD LOVES ME!
The Truth:
So I'm feeling relieved after awesome stay-home study and
LA-pep-talk and then we teach Ni--- and I about keel over with happiness.
Ni--- was baptized right before I got to Moline: she's 20. She has truly been
changed by the Gospel. We went in thinking we would teach her about keeping
covenants and instead she teaches me about how to feel the Spirit. I was
FREAKING OUT like, "ohmywordhowcananyonebethisawesome?" She really
knows how to feel the Spirit. She told us these two experiences she had this
past week and "feeling good" about going into this coffee shop and
then she met this super awesome Christian lady and another about "wanting
to get away" from the way a co-worker was talking and about how she
studied them out and planted a seed of faith and
OHMYWORDWHYAMINOTMOREFAITHFULTOMYFEELINGSFROMHEAVENLYFATHER?!?!?!?
My district:
is a huge family. The elders here are hilarious and I
laughed SO hard at district meeting and it felt SO good. A few of the elders
transferred this week, but my favorites (Elders Wright, Sellers, and Henderson)
are still here. #RockISlandersforlife Also: Sister Weist and I had an epiphany
about how we grew up in the same ward together on Michigan avenue and then she
finished her mission wednesday and then on sunday she brought her mom to church
and they were in the hallway and were like "CHLOE" and I was freaking
out hearing my first name and seeing people from home. Crazy!!!!!!!!!
My family:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SAMMY!!!!!!!!
Grandparents: I often wish I could call and talk to you. I
love you 4 so much!!!!! Thank you for all you have done for this family because
of your testimonies and hard work! I love you so much!
So yeah: Moral of the story is the Lord is really merciful.
And also that I missed you people a lot this week. Please know I care about you
and constantly beat myself up that I can't communicate the extent of that to
you. Thank you for all your words to me: I hope some day I can make it up to
you how much they help me and strengthen me. Thank you for being one of the
channels of the mercy and love of the Lord in my life.
-Sister Chloe Michelle Sumsion
Shoutouts:
Can you tell the Barbers thank you for sending a note with
some cute quotes: they are being used around the apartment and given to
investigators and members. so great!
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Moline with Sis. Wiest (family friend) and Sis Batty |
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