Okay when I talk about crazy weeks..... This just took the
crown from them all. Some of the weirdest and craziest moments of my mission
just got slammed into a single week and capped off. Forget the rest of the last
21 months and check this out. The saddest part is that it wasn't even about
proselyting or anything cool like that. But Check this out!
Well being a boss mission president like he is, President
Taggart (and I'm sure Sister Taggart had a big say in this all, too) made a new
rule about 6 months ago about how every missionary is allowed to go to six
flags ONCE in their mission???? What in the world??? So at first I was like not
too stoked about it. Just like whatever I'll just go later after the mission or
something because me time is short and I don't want to go down and be in that
crazy place as a missionary! Well somehow F---- and P--- found out about it
like a week ago and man they wanted to go soooooooooooo bad with us. We were
debating it for sooo long. So finally I went on a three way conference call
with E Bellavance and E Warnock and were debating it still and finally we were
just like: okay fine LETS DO IT. So yes on thursday we went to six flags.
Totally legal. Totally okay with Presidents permission, but still was weird.
But at the same time it was so much fun! Haha 5 of us missionaries went down
with them and we got to hit all the crazy roller coasters???? Who would have
ever thought I'd go on a roller coaster as a missionary??????? Haha it was a
joke but so fun. F---- and P---- had a blast and were super happy that we all
went with them. They are an awesome family. SO yeah that was part ONE of the
week.
Part TWO!!! We get home from six flags on time and get to a
lesson. We teach the lesson and the other Elders (E Warnock and E Pacheco)
drive us home. Well we are making a turn and BOOM. We get T-boned in the middle
of the intersection. HARD. We slide all the way across the intersection and up
onto the sidewalk and stop. Airbags went off and two crunched cars remained. It
was nuts. We were all like what in the world just happened? Everyone is
OKAY!!!!! E Warnock got the worst of it and his shoulder hurts but nothing is
broken! I am fine. like 100% I felt like my insides got crushed right when it
happen. But I have no symptoms at all. My neck muscles dont even hurt. So yeah
we got hit but we are all okay. E Pacheco was driving. I was in the back left
seat in the car. E Pacheco feels super sad about it, but we just kept telling
him its okay. Because nobody got hurt. It was two 19 year old girls in the
other car. They were fine too. The cops came, the fire trucks, and eventually
they towed both the cars. All this happened at like 9:15 PM and we left the
scene at like 11:00 PM and walked over to this McDonalds and called this member
who owns a Taxi business and he came and drove us home. We got home at like
11:20 and all of us just sat there for like 30 minutes, blank stares, like wow
that could have been a lot worse! We just totaled two cars! We finally got to
bed and yeah everything is back to normal now. We are all good!
Well besides getting our bodies thrown around intentionally
and unintentially this week, we did see some other miracles too. We gave a
member a blessing this week right before his surgery and after his surgery went
awesome and he is good now! Went on exchange with our District Leader and we
saw tons of our investigators and recent converts. Haha (when I say DL I mean
Elder Warnock). Saw some miracles on that exchange. One of our awesome member
families invited M--- (recent convert) over for an FHE and did a great job helping him feel
included. We all ate cuero after. We had one of the most spiritual district
meeting of my mission last week. Tons of good trainings from the older
missionaries. I gave a 25 min one on MIRACLES. Haha waddayaknow?? We
found anew Uruguay investigator this week. Helped F----- prepare to teach gospel
principles this last sunday. She did awesome! We have been focusing on reading
the Book of Mormon in the lessons with a few of our investigators. Stuffed out
of our minds on Saturday. Had a great less active family come to church! and
saw a less active last night that we have been trying for a while. Good week.
We are as tired as ever. but we are alive, okay, and happy
representatives of the Lord, Jesus Christ. This is His work. And we have the
blessing to be part of it. God protects his missionaries!! I promise mom. We
are good!
Well things are going solid. Thanks for the prayers. I love
you all so much.
Elder Sumsion
I will send some more photos next week. Pablo has a lot on
his camera. Here is the beast. THE KINGDA KA. Tallest Roller Coaster in
the WORLD. 126 MPH- our tags would've blown right off. I have wanted
to ride this for the past 5 years. When I first saw where it was I thought,
"Jersey??? When am I ever going to be in Jersey???". haha oh how
things have changed...
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