September 23, 2014 - coming home

hi everyone. i don't know if mom and dad have let you know...but i have to get an oral surgery done. i was supposed to get it done before my mission but it would have delayed me. so they did a root canal and said it would hold me over until after my mission when i could get the surgery. this past week my whole jaw and tooth and face was in excruciating pain. i went to get it checked and i need the surgery now. (there's an infection at the bottom of the roots of my tooth and it's starting to wear away at my jaw and doing all sorts of fun stuff.) we looked into the possibilities of getting it done here in romania or in germany...which both mom and dad, and i both didn't feel great about. mom and dad talked to the surgeon there in utah who i worked with before and it looks like i will be getting it done there. the recovery is two-ish weeks...which i'll spend there as well.

i was very, very upset upon realizing i have to leave. but upon lots of fasting and prayer, i'm at peace that everything happens for a reason and that we'll get the surgery done right and i'll get back into the field in a jiffy. i'm hoping that i won't even get released. i love you guys and although i was wishing i wouldn't, i'll see you all in a couple weeks. (not that i don't love you guys....i'm just supposed to be here in romania.) va iubesc.

profite de zile.

-sora schwab