While life seems to get busier and busier
for all of you, it also gets busier and busier for me! I can't believe it is
already this time of the week again. There is just so much going on all the
time and so many amazing people we get to see, talk to, and serve everyday! The
days and weeks seem to be blending together so I apologize if I ever repeat
anything...
This week was the beginning of the new
transfer and we gained a third companion, Elder Williams! He was really
excited, we were really excited, the members have been really excited, I think
Heavenly Father is really excited, everyone is really excited! We hit things
right off and it really has been a great week and he has been a wonderful
addition to our little army:)
I am really bad at playing tennis which is
so exciting!! When I started I was really really awful so improvement is being
made:D Elder Balch and I have been waking up a little early for the last few
weeks and going to the middle school to do our workout at the tennis court and
then we play a few games for our exercise every morning. It has been a lot of
fun and it is amazing what a really good and Fun workout at the beginning of
your day does to you. The whole day goes by even faster and even better;
studies are more effective, we are more awake and alert throughout the day, and
somehow we are happier too! Don't just do things because you are "supposed
to", do them and make them fun because you want to. That is the
difference.
So many miracles happened this week and I
wish I could tell you about them all but I think this story may bring a heart
warming smile to your face:)
This week was the grand opening of Cabela's
and Bob wanted to take us to get us our own fishing stuff so that we don't take
and lose all of his stuff when we fish at his pond because we seem to lose his
hooks and bait every time we go... So we were excited to go with him and got to
his house at noon like he asked us too. He was asleep in his chair at the
kitchen table and it did not look comfy at all... Anyways, we woke him up and
waited in his car while he got ready. When he came out he had a newspaper
article that he put on my lap. It was about this medical procedure to preserve
someone's brain so that when technology and science advance they can
"resurrect" this ladies mind who died of cancer. He wants to have
this done to him when he dies so that he can have his brain preserved.. It is a
great opportunity to talk about the Plan of Salvation more in depth because idk
why you would want your brain to be put in a refrigerator when you are going to
be resurrected anyways thanks to Jesus Christ!
Anyways, on the way to Cabela's Bob starts
to fall asleep again so we kinda don't know what to do and wake him up and he
asks us to tell him stories about our girlfriends and that would keep him
awake. Well Elder Williams tried a story and he was still nodding off so then I
started blurting out every story from my life I could think of about breaking
my arm and camping and cliff jumping and all sorts of stuff right? Well he is
still falling asleep so in my stories I would have to incorporate his name in a
bit of a shout and would say stuff like... "I was laying on the ground
with my..Bob!..arm out to the side and I thought my hand was under my..Keep
Driving, Bob!..bottom because the nerves were messed up so I asked my..Speed up
Bob!..dad if he could move my hand out from under bum and he said..You can't go
35 on the highway Bob!..that my hand wasn't under by bum so I looked at it and
realized he was right. We went to the hospital and got x-rays and it turns
out..Stay in your lane Bob!..my humerus was broken in half with a hair line
fracture but I didn't think it was funny at all.Bob Keep your eyes open!..
Anyway, we had quite the journey to get
there and missed some turns and turned into an ambulance only entrance thinking
we could get to the Cabela's parking lot from there but it was gated off so he
was just going to pop the curb and drive on the sidewalk/grass to get to the
parking lot because there was a lot of traffic behind us so it would be easier
to do that than to wait and back up back to the road and anyways it was just
the funniest thing getting there!!
We finally make it in looking at each other
and thanking Heavenly Father we are still alive and like kissing the ground,
the whole 9 yards. So we go in with him and we got our fishing stuff and bought
some things he needed and Elder Balch drove us home. One of the things we got
as bait were these pink, plastic, fake worms and the package said something
like "get's the fish biting like it's bubble gum" or something like that
saying bubble gum. So he is looking at it and says "Oh guys, this ain't
nothing but bubble gum!" Elder Balch tells him that it's not, it is fish
bait and he doesn't believe it so he opens it up and takes a bite out of it and
and rolled the window down and spits it out saying "That tastes like a pig
private part." and we were just dying of laughter and amazement! He wasn't
feeling very good that day, needless to say but it was just hilarious and a
highlight of the week!
We had a lot of spiritual miracles too,
just so ya'll know:) But that is the basic theme of this last week! Just crazy,
fun, hilarious, etc. The work is amazing and we are having a great time while
doing it:)
Keep the faith, you are in my prayers,
Elder Ricks
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