Monday, July 15th, 2019

Hello all!

Not sure if y'all remember how I used to make bread, but I've started that up again! It's been fun to make and deliver to people. We brought it to a new member lesson with 3 nine-year-olds, and we each gave them a slice, and told them to bite it and make it into a sun, moon, or star to represent the 3 Kingdoms of Glory because we were teaching the plan of salvation! Shout out to Elder Tenney for teaching me how to make bread! I've got some in the oven now.

This week we got to weed a member's garden which was amazing because it is something I have not done for a long time. It was thrilling to experience the feeling of pulling the weeds out of the ground, roots and all. We did such a good job, the member gave us some of their homemade BBQ sauce, which is delicious on everything.

I went on an exchange with the Elders serving in my first area, so I got to spend the day in my first area. It was great to be back. It was also cool to ponder the changes I had seen in myself over a space of a year and a half. It has gone by really fast. There is still a bag of rice in the apartment that was there when I was there 21 months ago. We also had dinner with the bishop. It was great to see him again, and I'm really happy that he remembered me! 

Now for the story you have all been waiting for. What happened to my foot? We play soccer each Monday morning with our ward, and today I was running for the ball trying to kick it, and I ran into and kicked a metal folding chair. My shoe came off, but my foot was still inside a little, you know how it is, and so everyone thought I dislocated my foot, but I'm like, "No, I'm all good." I fixed my shoe and walked away. It still hurt so I looked down, and my shoe was full of blood. I don't want anyone to freak out so I said," I'm going to sit down, my foot is a little sore". I went into the kitchen and sat down, and my companion walked in, and was like, "How is your foot"? I was like, "Don't freak out, okay?" I showed him, and I totally forgot that he is a certified EMT, so he cleaned me up. We agreed I probably needed stitches, so we drove to the hospital, and I got 4 stitches. In and out in under 2 hours, so not bad. It hurts to walk on, but it will not slow me down. Some other Elders have a walker for some reason in their apartment, so they are going to let me use it. Its all fun and games until someone kicks a metal chair.

I will try to make this week less exciting.

Love you all!!

Elder Dallin Spurgeon 😁