On Monday we played Quidditch with our Zone and that was way fun. It was like ultimate frisbee but with goals you have to shoot the frisbee through. We then were invited by the Herrera's to go to Spring Creek Barbeque so we did and it was very yummy. Right after we got done we got a call from Brad Marshall (Father of Amber Marshall who we baptized when I was here with Elder Foster) saying that his Mom was taking down some Christmas decorations in their house when she did something to her back and couldn't move. An ambulance came and took her to the hospital and Brad wanted us to come give her a blessing. So we called a member, Brother Ravenburg, and asked if he could come with us. We waited for about an hour in that hospital and that place scared me. The scene I saw just in the waiting room was just horrific, words cannot describe the scene I saw. I saw so much sadness and physical pain I wanted to get out of there as fast as I could. I did not like the feeling there. But Elder Finlinson and Brother Ravenburg went to give Sister LeBlanc the blessing since they could only allow that many to go back. Turns out she had a herniated, bulging disc and she left the hospital 3 days later. That night I went on exchanges with my DL Elder Vehrs and I went to his area in Copperfield.
On Tuesday morning we went and helped a non-member move out of her house and this took forever! She didn't have anything boxed, she was being super rude, and she was smoking cigarettes like a chimney! We did this move with the help of our Zone Leaders and Bear Creek Elders. But our Zone Leaders Elders Beeman (who I took greeny tracting) and Blakeman and Elder Vehrs and I didn't finish till around 3:30 p.m and we had started helping her at 10:00 a.m. But after we finished Elder Vehrs and I, along with our Zone leaders, went to Buffalo Wild Wings. Since it was Tuesday and they do 50 cent wings and we ordered about 70 wings and the last 10 we ate were the Blazin' Wings which is the hottest they have and we were all dying. My lips burned the whole day and I was crying, but I wish I could have taken a picture of all of us because it was so funny. After that, Elder Vehrs and I rode our bikes the rest of the day and that day we had a HUGE rainstorm and lightning storm it was SO SO MUCH FUN riding in that rain. I got soaked but I loved it. Riding through that rain/lightning storm reminded me of Tennessee.
We tracted the next couple of days then on Saturday we got transfer calls and Elder Hill and I are both staying in Bear Creek for another 6 weeks. Then on Sunday Elder Hill gave a talk about can you guess...... missionary work! But we taught Dell Denis that night and had an awesome lesson with him
Sorry I had to fast forward at the end but I am running short on time. I love y'all and I love the missionary work :)
-Elder Cory Barton
