Let's just get into it, shall we? Anders, he who consumes our stress and our prayers. Spoiler: he made it to Denmark, now we just gotta get him to stay there.
He injured his wrist on December 30, as previously mentioned in the last post. He was told at the InstaCare that it was sprained- no breaks showed on the x-ray. Two weeks later, he still didn't have full motion so he went to the MTC doctor, who ordered an MRI. The MRI showed a broken bone and torn ligaments, and he was told he may need surgery. This was on a Friday, and he was scheduled to fly to Denmark on Monday. They canceled his travel plans and told him he would come home if he needed surgery. This set him on a spiral of just wanting to bag the mission and come home.
Long story short, we prayed and asked everyone we know to pray for a miracle. His district left Monday for Denmark, and Tuesday he met with a hand surgeon. The surgeon put him in a cast and told him he wouldn't need surgery. On Tuesday at 4:00 pm, he was told he was flying to Denmark the next day. This was totally a miracle that we had prayed for for 5 days. Anders wasn't thrilled, but we were!
He's been there for nearly 2 weeks now and is having a hard time adjusting to life as a missionary, so we continue to pray for a miracle that his heart will soften and he'll see the reasons he's doing this. He likes Denmark, he just says being a missionary is really hard.
Pics from the MTC:
He really doesn't want to lose his patriotism while living in a foreign land.
Cousin Oakley, who's now serving in Italy. They had about 2 weeks of overlap in the MTC.
Anyway...
Earlier in the month, we hit 100,000,000 views on the YouTubes, so we went out to dinner to celebrate. We tried the Blue Lemon in SLC and it was pretty crappy. But, we walked through Nordstrom to get to Blue Lemon, and stopped to play "How Much Does it Cost?" You place your wagers and then turn the shoe/purse over to see the price tag. I think the highest we saw was around $450 for some sneakers.
The employees were nice enough to steer us to the most expensive shoes and humor our game.
We had birthday mania. I sent Anders a package with gifts, and ordered Krispy Kreme donuts for him and his district.
For Addie's birthday, we took her to breakfast, and Barnes and Noble at night. She's a tough one to please, obviously. One of her gifts was a heart shaped bundt pan, which she used to make me a birthday cake. Awwww.
I wanted to go to Sam's Club, so the night before my birthday we did just that. I just haven't been there in like 15 years and wanted to check it out. It wasn't super exciting (shocking), but their food court is on another level from Costco, so there's that. How did we get to be so classy?
On my actual birthday, I wanted to go on a nice long walk. It's been so freaking cold for like 3 months, so outdoor walks haven't been happening. My birthday outdoor temp was actually in the 40's, so we were able to make my dreams come true. Later that evening, we and the Griffins and Marriotts went to the Melting Pot and had all the good times.
In exciting news, we were able to purchase a bit of earth. It's in Fairview, about an hour and a half southeast-ish in the mountains. We split it with the Griffins, and went a couple weeks ago to check it out. Everything is buried in about 9 feet of snow right now, so we snowmobiled up to the property and around the area. It's an acre lot, and we hope to eventually build a cabin of sorts and have a nice retreat to go to in the warmer months.
