1. What instructions did the doctor give you last Monday of what you can and can't do?
¨No fuerza..¨ I cant really use much of my strength wich kinda stinks, but its ok. I´m starting to get a little belly from not being able to use my stomach muscles :´(
But I feel really really good now, I can start getting back to physical activity in 2 weeks - like running and push ups and stuff like that. But I dont think I´ll be doing any running, I´m too lazy for that right now! But in like 6 months I´ll be back to normal normal, like I could lift weights and stuff.
¨No fuerza..¨ I cant really use much of my strength wich kinda stinks, but its ok. I´m starting to get a little belly from not being able to use my stomach muscles :´(
But I feel really really good now, I can start getting back to physical activity in 2 weeks - like running and push ups and stuff like that. But I dont think I´ll be doing any running, I´m too lazy for that right now! But in like 6 months I´ll be back to normal normal, like I could lift weights and stuff.
2. Will you have anymore check ups?
Nope! I´ll be in my area for a while!
Nope! I´ll be in my area for a while!
3. When can you get back to normal activity? Is there a long time period that you can't do heavy lifting or things like that? Is it the average 6 weeks?
Yeah, like I´ll be back to normal stuff in like 2 weeks because I had the surgery like 3 weeks ago.. But like working out hard lifting weights and working on cars will be in about 6 months, but I still wont do any of that because I´m in Paraguay and that stuff´s at home!
Yeah, like I´ll be back to normal stuff in like 2 weeks because I had the surgery like 3 weeks ago.. But like working out hard lifting weights and working on cars will be in about 6 months, but I still wont do any of that because I´m in Paraguay and that stuff´s at home!
4. Does it feel like you are able to pick up where you left off?
Kind of.. The work has been slow this week, but the work we´ve been able to do was productive.
Kind of.. The work has been slow this week, but the work we´ve been able to do was productive.
5. How long will it take you to regain your momentum?
Like walking? I´m back to normal with that.. My muscles in my stomach are still healing and everything, but theyre getting stronger.
Like walking? I´m back to normal with that.. My muscles in my stomach are still healing and everything, but theyre getting stronger.
6. This has to do with the Holiday's. I'm going to be trying to put your packages in the mail by Nov. 1st.
Is there any special things you would like or need besides dum dum suckers and deoderant? I will try to be creative but you know that is not my strong suit! I can probably get an incidental package like toothpaste, deoderant, floss picks etc sent this week if you would like me to. Then I can send your Christmas packages by Nov. 1st. I think it will take about a month to get them to the mission home. They might be there sooner. I want to make sure they get to you before Christmas.
-- I love candy! They dont have good candy here, it all tastes like cardboard.. So like skittles, sweedish fish, sour patch kids, dum dums, and stuff like that would be awesome! Same with the deodorant and toothpaste. If this is for my Christmas package, if I may request.. A leatherbound Jesus the Christ and a split-set of microprint scriptures, not the quad.. and I like the black leather :) and of course letters from my family! That would be awesome!
Ok! We had an awesome weekend! We (Elder Guevara and I) had 2 baptisms and the other 2 elders in our district had 3! We had it in a river and it was really cool.. I´ll never forget this weekend. I baptized Manuel Ferreita Gonzalez, he´s 17.. Last night we taught another one of our investigators with him and Jorge. Manuel told me that his girlfriend is giving him problems so he broke up with her.. He wanted to marry her but he said, ¨I think its a sign from God.. I feel like I need to go on a mission!¨ How awesome is that!! So I told him how great the mission has been for me and everything. So he´s really excited and he´s seriously thinking about going on a mission! I told him that the missionaries will help him get there. He´s awesome! So is Jorge! He said all he wants to do is be the Lord´s servant, he changed a lot in the past couple months! They´re both incredible and they´re excited to be members and to help us. I don´t know much about the others that got baptized because they live in the other elders´ area, but they seem really awesome.
Sorry this letter is really short this week! Thats about all thats happened! When I was in Asunción I read Preach My Gospel in 3 days and got almost half-way through the Book of Mormon, so that was really good!
By the way, I got the picture of Dad riding Blacky! That is such an awesome picture! It was soo good to see those mountains in the background! I´ve missed those! I hope all the pictures go through.. theres a lot from this week! You cant touch the shower heads here.. You´ll get shocked! I´m sending a couple pictures of our apartment, a pic of one of my gauz pads, pics from the baptism and stuff like that! We have another baptism planned for this saturday so we´ll be working hard getting her prepared! Elder Guevara is trying to convince me that he´s leaving to open a new area, but I told him I already know he´s joking becuase I got the call from our district leader! We´re all staying here for anther change! He wanted me to ask if they make microprint scriptures in Spanish.. They don´t have them in the Latin countries, only the normal sized ones. He wanted me to ask if there was a way he could get a set if there are microprint scriptures in Spanish.. He said he could send money if there are.. Anyways! I gotta go! I´m out of time :(
I hope you all have a great week! I love you!!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
-- I love candy! They dont have good candy here, it all tastes like cardboard.. So like skittles, sweedish fish, sour patch kids, dum dums, and stuff like that would be awesome! Same with the deodorant and toothpaste. If this is for my Christmas package, if I may request.. A leatherbound Jesus the Christ and a split-set of microprint scriptures, not the quad.. and I like the black leather :) and of course letters from my family! That would be awesome!
Ok! We had an awesome weekend! We (Elder Guevara and I) had 2 baptisms and the other 2 elders in our district had 3! We had it in a river and it was really cool.. I´ll never forget this weekend. I baptized Manuel Ferreita Gonzalez, he´s 17.. Last night we taught another one of our investigators with him and Jorge. Manuel told me that his girlfriend is giving him problems so he broke up with her.. He wanted to marry her but he said, ¨I think its a sign from God.. I feel like I need to go on a mission!¨ How awesome is that!! So I told him how great the mission has been for me and everything. So he´s really excited and he´s seriously thinking about going on a mission! I told him that the missionaries will help him get there. He´s awesome! So is Jorge! He said all he wants to do is be the Lord´s servant, he changed a lot in the past couple months! They´re both incredible and they´re excited to be members and to help us. I don´t know much about the others that got baptized because they live in the other elders´ area, but they seem really awesome.
Sorry this letter is really short this week! Thats about all thats happened! When I was in Asunción I read Preach My Gospel in 3 days and got almost half-way through the Book of Mormon, so that was really good!
By the way, I got the picture of Dad riding Blacky! That is such an awesome picture! It was soo good to see those mountains in the background! I´ve missed those! I hope all the pictures go through.. theres a lot from this week! You cant touch the shower heads here.. You´ll get shocked! I´m sending a couple pictures of our apartment, a pic of one of my gauz pads, pics from the baptism and stuff like that! We have another baptism planned for this saturday so we´ll be working hard getting her prepared! Elder Guevara is trying to convince me that he´s leaving to open a new area, but I told him I already know he´s joking becuase I got the call from our district leader! We´re all staying here for anther change! He wanted me to ask if they make microprint scriptures in Spanish.. They don´t have them in the Latin countries, only the normal sized ones. He wanted me to ask if there was a way he could get a set if there are microprint scriptures in Spanish.. He said he could send money if there are.. Anyways! I gotta go! I´m out of time :(
I hope you all have a great week! I love you!!
Elder Colby Dane Heiner
