So, this week has been very
eventful and I am absolutely loving it here. Time is still flying by and I'm
meeting lots of new people.
KNEE
So one of the reasons this week was so
interesting was because I hurt my knee. We were playing volleyball and I just
fell a weird way and my knee popped out of place and popped back in. I was able
to get up after that and just start laughing about it and I'm not sure why I
was laughing so much but I just couldn't stop, my district probably thought I
was crazy. So then we went to get it checked out the next day and it was so
much fun. I got to take a wheelchair and go off campus to get X-rays of it so
it was fun going down this little slope and I got going pretty fast. Then later
that day we got to go to the knee wiggle guy (He's the one who told me what
could be wrong because the X-rays didn't show anything). While we were waiting
for him we looked at these really cool fish and little eels AND EELS CAN SWIM
BACKWARDS IT IS SO COOL THEY WIGGLE THEIR WHOLE BODY AND MOVE EITHER WAY!
I thought it was the coolest thing ever, AND THEN we saw a clownfish laying
down on an anemone and he wasn't dead I promise. But back to my
knee, Dr. Wiggle man was going crazy and moving my knee ways I dint know it
could move and it hurt so bad I think my companions had fun watching me in
pain. Then he said I'll need to get an MRI so I’ll be doing that this Friday
and then I’ll know what the status is. But don't worry it
doesn't hurt too bad and has brought some fun opportunities.
ELDER WILKENSEN
Basically all you need to know is that Elder
Wilkensen is an angel. He is from England and is the sweetest guy and has the
voice of an angel. Everyone in our district loves him, Actually I'm
pretty sure everyone in the MTC loves him.
TUESDAY DEVOTIONAL
Tuesday night we had one of our weekly
devotionals and it was really good. It was by Matthew S Holland who gave a talk
written by his dad Jeffry R Holland. At first it was kind of sad that we
wouldn't be able to hear it from Jeffry R Holland himself, but it was
still an amazing experience. They said that he was sick so he wouldn't be
able to but they also said he wrote his talk before which he hadn't ever
done in 30 something years so we were definitely supposed to hear it no
matter what. He talked about how we can show our love to Christ by serving
others and it was really helpful to show me some more reasons for why I'm
here and what I need to be doing. We also had a district review after that
and it was the best. I love my district so much we are just simply the
best.
HAVING THE BEST DISTRICT AND COMPANIONS
Seriously when I say they are the best I’m not
just saying it to say it. They have been so supportive and helpful with
everything that happened with my knee. My companions have helped me carry all
my stuff everywhere and are constantly checking on me. And the
sixers have been giving me drugs and tums because I was having a hard time
sleeping and bad stomachache for like 3 days straight. They also always
get the door for me and walk slower so I don't have to go fast. Elder Bates
calls me a Princess and I'm starting to think he's right. We also got a new
sister in our district yesterday and I don't know her very well yet, but
she seems super nice and very down to earth, she's from tonga.
RANDOM FUN STUFF
Sometimes when we're going down the elevator
people will get mad because we're on the second or third floor and
they're usually pretty packed, so they'll tell us to take the stairs
then look at me and feel bad and we just start laughing.
I have also talked to so many people about my
knee. Everyone is so nice or just feels bad for me but either way everyone here
is really cool. There's even people who I don't know who come up to me and
ask if I'm the guy who dislocated my knee. It's kind of weird but also
sweet.
Our zone leaders and a good chunk of our
floor left for their missions this week so our floor has been more quiet and
it's very strange.
We also went to the temple this morning and
left at 5:15 and it was not a fun walk up there. It wasn't that far but it
was a little uphill and not fun using crutches.
I also went and talked to like 3 or 4
different guys playing the piano. They were all really cool. Especially
the first guy he was supposed to play in the devotional the next day for a devotional
but he hurt his thumb and was still going to try and he did so good.
Photos hopefully they are in order.
1) Dr wiggle man saying the shorts are one
size fits none
2) Me next to the super cool fish
3) The very alive fish who was laying on the
anemone (not sure if that's how you spell it)
4) Me in the wheelchair
5) Elder Grimshaw and his twin for those who
were wondering
6) I swear I wasn't asleep and she just
happened to take the picture when I blinked.
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