It started with a bang.
Tuesday we were doing service for a local community center. My
companion was moving a large piece of glass with the help of another
elder to the dump. Turns out, the glass was too heavy to be supported
on the sides alone. It collapsed from the middle and shattered
everywhere. Have you ever seen glass break? It's quite beautiful.
Looking at broken glass isn't, cleaning broken glass isn't, but seeing
it break is quite enjoyable.
At any rate, we all looked at it, thinking, "that was sweet!" Until we
realized Elder Y's pinky was leaking blood. I know , the pinky
finger, why do we even call it a pinky? Isn't that enough to make
anything pertaining to it sound harmless? "Ow, my pinky." "Ow, who
cares?"
That is extremely sarcastic. Elder Y was losing a lot of blood. We
jumped over to an urgent care and waited for him to be admitted for a
solid hour and a half. It wasn't very urgent. he couldn't feel it. It
was more of pain waiting than actually getting his pinky almost sliced
off.
After he was admitted, it took a long time for him to come out. I
couldn't help but glance over to the TV. Let's Make a Deal was on. A
man from Provo won a motorcycle. He definitely was a return
missionary. Then Jeopardy came on. My weakness. I was cruising through
double jeopardy when Elder Y came out. He had three stitches.
Hooray!
I know that this is serious, but the circumstance just made it so
nothing seemed very serious. Elder Y couldn't feel the pain, we
spent an hour and a half waiting in an empty waiting room, Jeopardy
was on, it was an odd day.
Wednesday was great. We were able to have dinner with the C
family. They were baptized in the Old Settlers Ward in March, and then
moved north out of the Ward in May. They came back to visit the Ward
last week and were shocked to see me there. They demanded that we go
out to dinner with them. I was so happy to know that they were doing
great in their Ward, and they enjoyed the members there. It sounds
like they are making plans to be sealed in the temple next spring, and
I can't wait to join them. A family like that is why we do missionary
work. We see the blessings of baptism and continual activity in the
church. I received their contact information and can't wait to see
them again.
We've been having a lot of fun with one of our favorite investigators,
Marshall. Every day he surprises us. On Wednesday he told us he was
done investigating the church through a text. On Thursday his less
active mother told us he still was and he'll talk to us soon. On
Friday he texted us asking to set up an appointment. On Saturday we
taught him. On Sunday he came to church and invited us to a dinner he
was having with some members of the Ward. What a guy. He has read
almost a third of the Book of Mormon in two weeks, which is really
impressive. Most people don't get through second Nephi.
Life is great. I am enjoying being in this area for so long. Many of
the members are joking that I will get my records moved here and I'll
get a calling in primary pretty soon. Ha ha, I wouldn't put it past
some of these bishops to find a way to wrangle some of the loose kids
in sacrament meeting.
Things are going great. We are fulfilling our missionary purpose and
having fun while we're at it. My testimony is sound, my love is deep.
I pray we all can walk towards the throne of God with confidence,
Elder Richard Hall
Tuesday we were doing service for a local community center. My
companion was moving a large piece of glass with the help of another
elder to the dump. Turns out, the glass was too heavy to be supported
on the sides alone. It collapsed from the middle and shattered
everywhere. Have you ever seen glass break? It's quite beautiful.
Looking at broken glass isn't, cleaning broken glass isn't, but seeing
it break is quite enjoyable.
At any rate, we all looked at it, thinking, "that was sweet!" Until we
realized Elder Y's pinky was leaking blood. I know , the pinky
finger, why do we even call it a pinky? Isn't that enough to make
anything pertaining to it sound harmless? "Ow, my pinky." "Ow, who
cares?"
That is extremely sarcastic. Elder Y was losing a lot of blood. We
jumped over to an urgent care and waited for him to be admitted for a
solid hour and a half. It wasn't very urgent. he couldn't feel it. It
was more of pain waiting than actually getting his pinky almost sliced
off.
After he was admitted, it took a long time for him to come out. I
couldn't help but glance over to the TV. Let's Make a Deal was on. A
man from Provo won a motorcycle. He definitely was a return
missionary. Then Jeopardy came on. My weakness. I was cruising through
double jeopardy when Elder Y came out. He had three stitches.
Hooray!
I know that this is serious, but the circumstance just made it so
nothing seemed very serious. Elder Y couldn't feel the pain, we
spent an hour and a half waiting in an empty waiting room, Jeopardy
was on, it was an odd day.
Wednesday was great. We were able to have dinner with the C
family. They were baptized in the Old Settlers Ward in March, and then
moved north out of the Ward in May. They came back to visit the Ward
last week and were shocked to see me there. They demanded that we go
out to dinner with them. I was so happy to know that they were doing
great in their Ward, and they enjoyed the members there. It sounds
like they are making plans to be sealed in the temple next spring, and
I can't wait to join them. A family like that is why we do missionary
work. We see the blessings of baptism and continual activity in the
church. I received their contact information and can't wait to see
them again.
We've been having a lot of fun with one of our favorite investigators,
Marshall. Every day he surprises us. On Wednesday he told us he was
done investigating the church through a text. On Thursday his less
active mother told us he still was and he'll talk to us soon. On
Friday he texted us asking to set up an appointment. On Saturday we
taught him. On Sunday he came to church and invited us to a dinner he
was having with some members of the Ward. What a guy. He has read
almost a third of the Book of Mormon in two weeks, which is really
impressive. Most people don't get through second Nephi.
Life is great. I am enjoying being in this area for so long. Many of
the members are joking that I will get my records moved here and I'll
get a calling in primary pretty soon. Ha ha, I wouldn't put it past
some of these bishops to find a way to wrangle some of the loose kids
in sacrament meeting.
Things are going great. We are fulfilling our missionary purpose and
having fun while we're at it. My testimony is sound, my love is deep.
I pray we all can walk towards the throne of God with confidence,
Elder Richard Hall
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