Weekly email 10

     Hey everybody! We're getting pretty close to the end of my mission but don't worry I'm still gonna be working hard every day until I go home. 

     This week was crazy and not a ton happened. 

So basically last Monday was just a regular day but we had a great dinner. We went to this Asian buffet and it was awesome, but about halfway through the dinner my companion noticed that my neck was getting kind of red. So I went to the bathroom to check it out and I was covered in hives. Now mind you this is super weird because I'm not allergic to any foods, just penicillin, which I hope wasn't sprinkled on the food. But we "rushed" back to the apartment and I got some benadryl in me. We called up the mission nurse and she said to go to the ER but by the time we got there the hives were gone so we just went home. BUT the next morning I woke up with way more hives than before so we went to the ER and they gave me a steroid shot in a sensitive area (I'll let you guess where) and said that I should see an allergist, they also said I should have an epipen but those are expensive and I wasn't having any breathing problems so I think I'll be fine without it. But then we went home and I slept. And every single day this week I have woken up covered in hives and with a pretty high fever so I'd just take some benadryl and go to bed all day. 

     But then Saturday came, and we had a baptism that we had scheduled for that night so we were gonna go even if it killed me. But this whole week I didn't do anything to prepare for the baptism (I'm new to this so I don't know what all requirements there are) but my super veteran companion forgot everything too. But luckily God is good and literally everything fell into place last minute and worked out fine. We got all the necessary forms and approval and people where they all needed to be and it was great. I've taught this family since like the first week I got here and it was amazing to see them make the decision to be baptized and join the church. It was super touching to see them all do it together as a family and see how close they were. 

     But yeah I'm still sick but it's just a fever now and I'm pretty sure it's going away anyway. That's about it for this week. Sorry no pictures of the adventures.

But I sure love you all!

-Elder Rogers