Ha ha, I hate to laugh about this so much, but let's just say that my companion was struck down by God this last week for doing something stupid. It was his own fault. At the end of Pday last week he split open his shin on a chair in the church. He was running with such force that you could see all three layers of fat, muscle and shin bone in the big massive gash that ensued. So after that we spent 5 hours in the ER trying to get it all taken care of. I'm really glad that it was elder Peterson though, because if it had been any other one of my companions they would have been hooping and hollering and doing a pity party the entire way. Elder Peterson was a champ about the whole thing, and I think we all know who really is in charge now. He's had to ice it thoroughly and keep it elevated a lot, so it's been a damper on the work this last week. The mission president picked us up from the hospital at like 11 PM that night, and we got a picture with him. It was kind of fun, except for the parts where my stomach was flip flipping because of what the doctor was doing to my companion's leg. It was straight up nasty.
We had zone conferences this last week. They sort of
lacked spiritual power and doctrine because it was more of Pres and
Sister Morby saying goodbye to the entire mission, but it was still
good. Pres assigned me and sister Berrett to perform "Consider the
Lillies" for the conference, because it is his favorite song. Over the
weekend we wrote a violin part for sis Berrett and practiced a little
bit. It went well.
The Morris' came to visit on Wednesday night. It was
good to see them again. I can't believe how much William, Matthew and
Rachel have grown. Don't worry, it was approved by the mission
president. we chatted for about an hour or so. I'm stoked to have
Bethany as a partner in crime when I go back to BYU. I think we're going
to have a blast.
After all that, we continued building houses.
Then
this last weekend we participated in Dance Festival. It was pretty
cool. The youth from about 6 different stakes got together and tried to
share their testimonies through different forms of dance. It was pretty
cool I must say. A little odd to be listening to so much music that I
would normally listen to back home, but there was a lot of it that I
didn't even recognize. The whole mission participated by coming on the
floor and singing the Armies of Helaman. It was pretty sweet, but it
took two days! To fill in the down time the mission president allowed us
to watch the Saratov Approach. I cried a lot in that movie. I thought
it was very well made, and it made the Atonement so much more real to
me. I think more movies like that need to be made. I think it would be a
fantastic way to share the gospel and get people interested in what
missionaries do. I think one of my favorite lines was "There is no
church policy that says you have to like the Utah Jazz!" ha ha, awesome!
It's going to be interesting to see what happens
this next week. My last set of transfers is this weekend. I'm probably
not getting moved. I'll probably get Elder Burge for a companion. right
now he's one of our district leaders in our zone. That's just my guess.
I love you all. I can't wait to get back to work
after being down for another week. I did the math the other day and I
think I've been down with sick companions or injured, or being sick
myself for a combined total of 2 months and counting on my mission so
far. gahhh. It's hard to restart from all of that again.
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