Letter from Michelle

Remember how I sometimes break things!!!

Welp I'm at my old ways again! No the ER doctor says my ankle ISN'T broken just badly sprained and I can still leave on Thursday, but the MTC doctor I saw today thinks I will need to be delayed a week... when he told me that I started crying and begging him to change his mind I was on the verge of sobbing and I was like no I can walk no one has let me even try, please just let me go! He was like ok well I will put you in lacer and you need to come see me tomorrow! So you may be wondering how this happened... well let me tell you. I got all my letters and read the one from you in class, I wasn't very happy because of the news about Carrie, I was crying and my teacher said our closing prayer and blessed that Carrie will be blessed because of my service as a missionary. It was very sweet because he blessed her by name! Then I wanted to be cheered up so I opened my letter from Devon and was reading it as I was walking down the stairs (which is what I do every night) well I was so distracted by the news of Carrie and what I was reading, that i didn't notice I wasn't on the last step. SO I took what I thought was the last step and it wasn't, so I fell and amazingly hurt my right ankle and not my left!! I've hardly ever cried when I've done that but I was so done, I just started bawling, all these elders gathered around and asked if they could help, one person actually asked if I was OK, I laughed and said no I just like to hang out on the floor and cry every night! Good thing my sarcasm was still intact!! Well I wasn't crying because of the pain, even though it hurt like crazy, probably on a scale of 1-10 an 8!! I was crying because I was mostly still so worried about Carrie and then maybe a quarter of me worried about if I would be delayed. The rushed me to the er took an x-ray and I was out until 12:30am, and I had woken up early to see one of our sisters off, so needless to say a very long day! They gave me crutches and said not to put any weight on it! Well that brings me to today, I went to the doctor, and I've already told you everything that happened there, I'm supposed to start packing today and I want to be optimistic and start packing, but I'm just so worried, the doctor said I can start to put a little weight on it with my crutches, and start to experiment with walking, and I have appt. with him tomorrow at 9:40am!! When put a bit of weight on it, it hurt really bad which actually surprised me because it hasn't been hurting today! So I'm really really worried! I'm exercising all the faith I have that I can be healed by tomorrow morning! I'm asking my elders for a blessing tonight, please prayer for me with all the faith you have!! I can't be here in the MTC for another week without my companion, I will go CRAZY!!!
Ok sorry for that, please don't worry about me, just have faith that I will be better!! Other than that my week has actually been good, it flew by really fast and I've been looking forward to leaving and to calling you all!! I don't know what is going on now, but if I still get to leave on Thursday I will try to call you before we leave salt lake if I have time! I did get the calling card today! Thanks!! I have everyone's numbers, so I'm good, I made sure to write them all down before i left!! I probably won't be writing any hand written letters today because we really don't have any time because it is 4:30 already and I haven't done laundry yet!! Well I don't remember anything else I need to write, because I don't have anything with me or anything written down!! You will be getting a letter from me today prob. I'm sorry this letter is a bit depressing, but hopefully tomorrow will be great!! Well I gotta run, but please please please remember to keep Carrie in your prayers!! Her needs are so much greater than mine!!!! And if you have anymore details please let me know ASAP!!

Love y'all

~Hermana Gosnell

Edit: To those wondering who is Carrie, and what happened, Carrie Akemon is best friend of Michelle's from Paris KY. Carrie is also a good friend of Michelle's. Carrie was here for Michelle's farewell. Saturday, Carrie was in an ATV accident in Rexburg and broke her neck in 3 places. We don't know the extent of the injuries yet. She is talking and moving some. We hope and pray that there is no permanent damage, but only time will tell. Please remember her in your prayers.