Another fun week here in texas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This
week was thanksgiving so it was a lot of fun and i got mega
stuffed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On wednesday i got the cast off of my
nose which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy to get it
off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My nose is still healing but it already looks so
much better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its still just a little bit
swollen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was so happy to get my cast off just in
time for thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So in the morning of
thanksgiving the ninth ward had a turkey bowl that we went to which
was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Of course i couldnt play so i
sat there and watched with some other people from the ward which was
fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then us and the spanish missionaries went back to
the apartment so we could get ready for the
day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Our first dinner was at 2:30 at the
sons which was great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had dinner at 4:30 at the
barnhursts which was also very fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we had
dinner at the hardens at 7:30 but by the time we got there we were so
full and they inderstood so we just had dessert and
drinks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really needed all that food because I
have lost so much weight from all of thise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But I had a great thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope that everyone
else had a great thanksgiving also!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The rest of
the week was fun too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a meeting on friday
morning with all the missionaries in the stake and the stake president
which was good!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got to learn a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Except my nose kept bleeding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been doing that a
lot lately but its getting better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The weekend was
very good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we got to visit with some great
families!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love all the families in these
wards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 Transfers are next week and I really hope that I
get to stay in this area!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I keep telling everyone that
i want to stay here for the rest of my mission!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
LOVE the dallas 1 and 9 wards!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I
hope all of you have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I would love to
hear from you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See
miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
November 19, 2012
Another crazy week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So last monday i got my
new companion after I was inn a trio with the spanish missionaries for
a week which was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! His name is Elder Kay and
he has been on his mission for a year, he came from Hemphill which is
the farthest southeast our mission goes and now he is here in the big
city!!!!!!!!!! So on wednesday we had zone conference down in
duncanville which was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its still hard for me to be
around big groups of people but i still enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then
thursday was the surgery for my nose!!!!!!!!!!! We got there at 10:30
and i had to take these pills and drink this liquid that tasted gross,
probably the grossest thing i have ever tasted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we
went back to the operating room and they gave me an IV and put me to
sleep and the next thing i remember is waking up with a really bad
sore throat!!!!!!!!!!!! and then i realized the surgery was
done!!!!!!!!! We got to go back and stay at the Franks house which was
so much fun!!!!!! They are a great family and took such good care of
us!!!!!!!!!!! So now im in recovery mode!!!!!!!!!!! I have a cast and
splints on my nose and I have to wear gauze under my nose so it doesnt
drip everywhere!!!!!!!!!! But i get the cast and splints off on
wednesday, just in time for thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!! Its hard for me
to eat so i have lost some weight which im not too happy about but im
still doing good!!!!!!!!!! Its been hard to not really be able to do
any missionary work but im learning patience which is
good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was interesting to go to church
yesterday with this all over my face but everyone knows what
happened!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am again so grateful for this church and for
the Holy Ghost, i have had so much comfort these past couple weeks and
I know that I am loved by Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully i have a speedy
recovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you all have a great week and a
fantastic thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See
miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
new companion after I was inn a trio with the spanish missionaries for
a week which was a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! His name is Elder Kay and
he has been on his mission for a year, he came from Hemphill which is
the farthest southeast our mission goes and now he is here in the big
city!!!!!!!!!! So on wednesday we had zone conference down in
duncanville which was fun!!!!!!!!!!!!! Its still hard for me to be
around big groups of people but i still enjoyed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then
thursday was the surgery for my nose!!!!!!!!!!! We got there at 10:30
and i had to take these pills and drink this liquid that tasted gross,
probably the grossest thing i have ever tasted!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then we
went back to the operating room and they gave me an IV and put me to
sleep and the next thing i remember is waking up with a really bad
sore throat!!!!!!!!!!!! and then i realized the surgery was
done!!!!!!!!! We got to go back and stay at the Franks house which was
so much fun!!!!!! They are a great family and took such good care of
us!!!!!!!!!!! So now im in recovery mode!!!!!!!!!!! I have a cast and
splints on my nose and I have to wear gauze under my nose so it doesnt
drip everywhere!!!!!!!!!! But i get the cast and splints off on
wednesday, just in time for thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!! Its hard for me
to eat so i have lost some weight which im not too happy about but im
still doing good!!!!!!!!!! Its been hard to not really be able to do
any missionary work but im learning patience which is
good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was interesting to go to church
yesterday with this all over my face but everyone knows what
happened!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am again so grateful for this church and for
the Holy Ghost, i have had so much comfort these past couple weeks and
I know that I am loved by Heavenly Father and Jesus
Christ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hopefully i have a speedy
recovery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope you all have a great week and a
fantastic thanksgiving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See
miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 12, 2012
November 12, 2012
Sorry everyone for another short email this week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been a crazy week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So on monday after we went
to the mission office to drop off my companion so he could go to the
airport I was paired up with Elder Nelson temporarily!!!!!!!!!!!! The
problem is that he covers the wylie 2nd ward and wylie is about 30
miles away from my area so it was going to be really hard to cover
both areas!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But then President Durrant called the next
day and said that I was going to be in a trio with the Dallas 9th
spanish missionaries and Elder Nelson was going to be with the Sachse
Elders!!!!!!!!!!!!! That change was so much better since the spanish
missionaries are already in my ward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had my
doctors appointment on friday and i need to get surgery on my
nose!!!!!!!!!!! So i am getting it this thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As
soon as the doctor told me that i needed surgery I was so scared to
tell Sister Durrant because I thought i was going to have to come home
for the surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But Sister Durrant called them and
explained everything to them and its only going to take me 5 days to
recover so I found out this morning that I get to stay here for the
surgery which i am so excited about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll
be an experience getting surgery on my mission but it'll be
good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My emotions have been crazy this week but im
getting better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful for Jesus Christ
and this church!!!!!!!!!!! I dont know where i would be right now
without it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have learned so much from all of
this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you have great weeks and i'll
email more about everything next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See
miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been a crazy week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So on monday after we went
to the mission office to drop off my companion so he could go to the
airport I was paired up with Elder Nelson temporarily!!!!!!!!!!!! The
problem is that he covers the wylie 2nd ward and wylie is about 30
miles away from my area so it was going to be really hard to cover
both areas!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But then President Durrant called the next
day and said that I was going to be in a trio with the Dallas 9th
spanish missionaries and Elder Nelson was going to be with the Sachse
Elders!!!!!!!!!!!!! That change was so much better since the spanish
missionaries are already in my ward!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I had my
doctors appointment on friday and i need to get surgery on my
nose!!!!!!!!!!! So i am getting it this thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As
soon as the doctor told me that i needed surgery I was so scared to
tell Sister Durrant because I thought i was going to have to come home
for the surgery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But Sister Durrant called them and
explained everything to them and its only going to take me 5 days to
recover so I found out this morning that I get to stay here for the
surgery which i am so excited about!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll
be an experience getting surgery on my mission but it'll be
good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My emotions have been crazy this week but im
getting better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so grateful for Jesus Christ
and this church!!!!!!!!!!! I dont know where i would be right now
without it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have learned so much from all of
this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope all of you have great weeks and i'll
email more about everything next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See
miracles!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
OH MAN THIS WEEK WAS CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So
basically a bunch of trials happened to me this week and I got through
them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im alive which is a huge
blessing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My email isnt going to be very long since i
dont have a lot of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On wednesday Elder Sorensen and
I (an elder in my district) had to go to zone leader council and our
car got towed and we found out when we walked outside which was crazy
because we had to get to the meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we got that all
settled out and it worked out ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then the rest of the
week was pretty ok until we got to saturday night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
got jumped, but dont worry, we are all ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heres the
story:
Oh boy was Saturday night a crazy night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So after
dinner we were driving to drop the Spanish missionaries off at their
apartment and we were going to go visit one of our investigators right
after that to see how he was doing and if we could set up an
appointment with him!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the Spanish missionaries
said that he felt like he should come with us which we later learned
was definitely the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we were driving into the
parking lot and we saw a gang of 15 african American people!!!!!!!!!
So I told everyone in the car to not acknowledge them because I have
been to those apartments many times and I have seen that gang many
times and if you just ignore them then nothing will
happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were getting out of the car and one of
them came up to my companion and started yelling at him because he
thought that my companion was blowing kisses at my girlfriend but he
really just waved!!!!!!!!!!!!! So he started punching my companion and
then the gang swarmed around us and was yelling all these fancy words
at us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were about to get back in the car and one of
them came up to me and asked me what I was looking at and he was
yelling at me to get back in the car so I was backing towards the car
because I didn’t want to turn my back to him in case he had a gun or a
knife!!!!!!!!! He punched me in my mouth and on the left side of my
nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got back in the car and we started backing up and
one of the Spanish missionaries was on the phone with 911 and I was
holding my hand to my nose because all this blood was coming out and
blood was everywhere!!!!!!!!! We pulled over into a parking lot and
the police met us there!!!!!!!!!!! 3 police cars came and they were
asking us all this questions and I was on the phone with Sister
Durrant!!!!!!!!!! The police told us to go straight to the emergency
room, they weren’t going to confront the gang yet because they were
waiting for more police cars to get there!!!!!!!!!!! So we rushed
over to the emergency room and Elder Judd one of the Spanish
missionaries was driving the car and we checked into the
hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!! President Durrant and Sister Durrant met us
there!!!!!!!!!! We got x rays and everything and we found out that I
have a broken nose and a bruised collar bone and my companion has a
broken jaw!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were at the hospital until two in the
morning, it was crazy!!!!!!!!!! We finally got back home and went to
bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My companion is going home today because he needs to get his jaw
worked on!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am just so grateful that nothing worse
happened and that the spanish missionaries were with
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been a crazy week but I am just happy
that I have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and this wonderful
church!!!!!!!!!! I hope you all have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk to you next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
basically a bunch of trials happened to me this week and I got through
them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im alive which is a huge
blessing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My email isnt going to be very long since i
dont have a lot of time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On wednesday Elder Sorensen and
I (an elder in my district) had to go to zone leader council and our
car got towed and we found out when we walked outside which was crazy
because we had to get to the meeting!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we got that all
settled out and it worked out ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then the rest of the
week was pretty ok until we got to saturday night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We
got jumped, but dont worry, we are all ok!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! heres the
story:
Oh boy was Saturday night a crazy night!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So after
dinner we were driving to drop the Spanish missionaries off at their
apartment and we were going to go visit one of our investigators right
after that to see how he was doing and if we could set up an
appointment with him!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the Spanish missionaries
said that he felt like he should come with us which we later learned
was definitely the spirit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So we were driving into the
parking lot and we saw a gang of 15 african American people!!!!!!!!!
So I told everyone in the car to not acknowledge them because I have
been to those apartments many times and I have seen that gang many
times and if you just ignore them then nothing will
happen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were getting out of the car and one of
them came up to my companion and started yelling at him because he
thought that my companion was blowing kisses at my girlfriend but he
really just waved!!!!!!!!!!!!! So he started punching my companion and
then the gang swarmed around us and was yelling all these fancy words
at us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were about to get back in the car and one of
them came up to me and asked me what I was looking at and he was
yelling at me to get back in the car so I was backing towards the car
because I didn’t want to turn my back to him in case he had a gun or a
knife!!!!!!!!! He punched me in my mouth and on the left side of my
nose!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got back in the car and we started backing up and
one of the Spanish missionaries was on the phone with 911 and I was
holding my hand to my nose because all this blood was coming out and
blood was everywhere!!!!!!!!! We pulled over into a parking lot and
the police met us there!!!!!!!!!!! 3 police cars came and they were
asking us all this questions and I was on the phone with Sister
Durrant!!!!!!!!!! The police told us to go straight to the emergency
room, they weren’t going to confront the gang yet because they were
waiting for more police cars to get there!!!!!!!!!!! So we rushed
over to the emergency room and Elder Judd one of the Spanish
missionaries was driving the car and we checked into the
hospital!!!!!!!!!!!!! President Durrant and Sister Durrant met us
there!!!!!!!!!! We got x rays and everything and we found out that I
have a broken nose and a bruised collar bone and my companion has a
broken jaw!!!!!!!!!!!!! We were at the hospital until two in the
morning, it was crazy!!!!!!!!!! We finally got back home and went to
bed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My companion is going home today because he needs to get his jaw
worked on!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am just so grateful that nothing worse
happened and that the spanish missionaries were with
us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has been a crazy week but I am just happy
that I have Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and this wonderful
church!!!!!!!!!! I hope you all have a great week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Talk to you next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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