Hey Hey!
Just me your friendly neighborhood cripple! Let me tell you, what a week it has been!! I would first like to start off by thanking you all for the prayers, messages, emails, and good vibes you sent my way this week! It truly means the whole world to me and I have truly been able to feel your prayers and feel the strength I needed this week. It was definitely a wild one but I have learned so much! To recap from last week, transfers happened! I somehow survived the bus ride with crutches, a huge brace and plenty of ibuprofen!
So far Moses Lake has been pretty awesome! The members here in the branch are absolutely amazing and I have met some sick people and I've only been here a week! Luckily for me I am unforgettable as I'm the poor girl that can barely walk and barely speak spanish haha truly just enough to get by. I have heard about every joke in the book and it has truly brought me great joy haha
Anyways, I shall give you what I am sure most of you are reading this email for haha a nice what the crap is going on with your knee update! Sooo, I had a nice visit with my orthopedic surgeon this morning and I was scared outta my mind haha But! I got some pretty good news!! My knee looks a lot better than expected and has healed miraculously since my last visit! Which I know was because of all of your guys' fasting and prayers! He was so shocked at how good it looked, I got some x-rays done, did some mobility tests, then he (in my professional opinion) did everything he could to cause pain to my kneecap without me just completely giving up the ghost and passing on to the next life and declared that he doesn't think that I completely tore any ligaments!! WOOOHOO!!!!
That ladies and gents means that I am here to stay on my mission! He said it looks like I won't need immediate surgery and with some "grueling" physical therapy I will be back and better than ever in no time! (approx 2 months) But I do have an MRI coming up to double check and confirm that diagnosis. Honestly, I am just so in awe. I was 100% convinced he was going to say I was gonna have to go home and get surgery. But! No!!! Heavenly Father truly listens and answers prayers! Which is something I have truly come to learn this week!
In all this chaos of me trying to get this thing figured out I have prayed a lot and I have thought about how sometimes we pray that God will change his will to match ours instead of the other way around. So, as I have gone through out this week of so much unknown, I decided to change the way I pray. Instead of praying for a miraculous healing I tried to put my faith in him and ask that I would be able to accept whatever the outcome was. No matter if I had to go home or not I prayed that I would find peace and that I would submit my will to God's instead of begging for him to follow my plan. I truly think that is what helped me to find peace and joy this week. I have truly been able to accept what happened and be okay with it because I know that it is God's plan! He gives us the good and the bad so we can learn and grow, and truly in the end it all works out better than our plan ever could! It is just like what D&C 90:24 roughly says haha that " if we search diligently, pray always, and be believing, all things shall work together for our good. "
I have truly gained a testimony of that and I know that it is true for all of you too! No matter what season of life you are in, good or bad, I can promise that God is in the details and he did it to strengthen you. He will never give you something you can't handle, even though it can seem like it sometimes! If you walk uprightly, keep your commandments and try to be like Jesus, all things will work out exactly as God planned, and will truly work together for your own good!
I love you all with my whole soul and I will never forget how much you have all done for me! I encourage you all to continue praying always, search diligently for answers and I know they will come! Maybe (probably) not in the way you expect but I can promise that you will be able to find peace in Christ! Our Heavenly Father and Savior are always there for us offering love, strength, and peace if you will only just ask!
<3, Hermana Hadlock
Pics:
Sick new brace
My homies at the hospital
Lol didn't realize my comp took this and it had me rolling, that was pain in the most true form
Plus 3 pics of my new besties that I already love so much
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