It has been a
wonderful week full of craziness and confusion and blessings and upsets,
but through it all it is still just a week! JUST A WEEK! What on earth
is going on! It feels like it has been a month!
So much has happened this past week that I don't even know where to
begin. So lets start with Tuesday morning. We wake up on Tuesday to go
to play some sports with other missionaries and half way through (so
about 630 in the morning) my companion randomly runs
up onto the stage and then he ran and jumped off the stage like John
Wilkes Booth. No joke, he went soaring off of that thing. His air time
must have been five seconds! Then to no ones surprise gravity kicked in
and brought him to the ground. Normally this
wouldn't be a problem but in my companions case he decided to keep his
right leg in the locked and secure position. This is good for standing
or sitting occasionally but it is never good for a landing. So, as always
in this case, the landing didn't end well and
my companion bruised his heel. He hasn't been able to walk on it all
week and we are waiting to see if it is fractured or not.
So, because my
companion has not been able to bike or walk all week, I have been doing a
lot of exchanges this week. I have spent more time with my good friend,
Elder Le Beau, than I have with my own companion!
(not true but it feels that way) It has been really fun trying to set up
rides with members for every single lesson that we want to go to. Oh,
and if we want to eat dinner at members homes now we need to get a ride
there or have them pick us up for dinner.
Its crazy how dependant we are on the ward right now. Honestly this is
kind of like what we need the work to be like. Very involved with the
members but I really don't like the part where we depend on them for
everything. So that part of the week has been a
little bit stressful but it has really taught me about how important it
is to have set appointments and being in tune with the members to help
achieve the goals that we set. I know that the Lord has a purpose for
all of this and I feel like one of those was
to give me time to be with Elder Le Beau. We have grown really close in
the past week and I have been able to help him a lot and he has been
able to help me a lot. I know that we never would have had this
opportunity if it wasn't for my companion jumping off
the stage. It sounds funny, I know but it really has been a blessing for
me from Heavenly father.
Another amazing thing
that happened this week was yesterday! We got to go to the beach as a
zone! We drove all the way down to Carmel by the Sea. It is so nice, I
took lots of really cool pictures and got a
really nice tan. Unfortunately tan lines are unavoidable on a mission,
but it was still a really great time. I caught a crab and fed it to a
sea anemone. It was awesome. Then we fed hermit crabs and snails and
little fish to little anemones. It was an amazing
day and perfect weather. Enjoy the pictures and don't hate me because of
them. (note from mom: more like envy him, it is only 13 degrees here in NY this morning!) Just know I love you!
Had my third district
meeting today. Last week I did a district meeting about helping less
active members and investigators and we did a cool activity where we had
to build towers with oreos! This week I talked
about Faith and Preparation and we did a cool activity with the alien
baloons that you sent me. It was cool. It has been fun being a district
leader. I love my district and I want to keep helping them as much as I
can. I have learned so much from them. I have
learned patience, I have learned responsibility, I have learned love
(can you learn love? If yes... I did), and I have learned how important
it is to embrace opportunity. All of these things are important and will
help me throughout my life! Learn them sooner rather than later!
I love you all so
much and I love hearing from you! I also really like pictures, send me
more pictures of things. They are the best. I will try to do the same.
Love, Elder Maxwell
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