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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!