Hey family! I hope all is well! Something crazy happened this past week on Thursday. So Elder Curtis (Our DL) and his companion Elder Fisher (he has been in Houston for only a week at this point) came to our apartment to drop of a bike for me to use because my stupid tire tube got 6 holes in it in one day. So while they were over Elder Tobchan was talking about how he took Muay Thai for a while and Elder Fisher talked about how he was an orange belt so they start playing around with their different styles on each other. So if you don't know what Muay Thai is it is a form of kick boxing. So there came a point where Elder Tobchan accidentally opened a can of Muay Thai on Elder Fisher's face. And instantly you could tell it was broken and a rush of blooded started to come out of his nose. So everyone is trippin out, Elder Tobchan is freakin out and trying to call President and Sister Hansen. All Elder Curtis does the whole time is stand there in shock and doesn't say a word. But no one is helping Elder Fisher who is holding his bleeding nose so I take him and lay him down on our couch and grab him a rag for his bleeding nose. Then I grab a bag of ice for his nose and I get a wet rag and start cleaning the blood on his face and hands. While I was doing that I had a thought of when I am a father and I am taking care of my own kids' injuries I felt pretty good about myself. After that I pulled up a chair and started to play the "Get to know you" game with Elder Fisher and I got to know him pretty well :) Well we finally got a hold of Sister Hansen and she told us to take him to the ER so we gave him a priesthood blessing then we took him to the ER. We later found out that his nose was shattered his nose into 8 pieces. So yeah I wanna learn Muay Thai now haha. Elder Fisher has to see an ENT but surgery is the only way to fix it and they don't know if they are going to be doing that here or back home. Elder Tobchan feels so so so bad! Bless his little Thailand heart
I love y'all take care
-Cory Barton
A great quote from Elder Henry D. Moyle "I shall go to my grave saying that missionaries generally speaking never rise in their entire life above the stature they carve out for themselves in the mission field" This is why I care so much about the quality of my service as a missionary.
