Eight More . . . .

It sounds like yall (meaning Missouri) had a pretty bad storm. I heard about it and it killed quite a bit of people. My ankle is doing much better. I was out about a week though. I think it healed so fast cause of the chiropractor. I know I probably spelled that wrong. He really worked with my foot and helped it heal back correctly. So this week nothing new really happened. This family the Bells finally came to church. I was so excited to see all 9 of them there. I'm hoping they will be baptized soon. We are also teaching another girl named Lindsay. She is really nice and is ready to be baptized. There is also another one named Todd that we are working with. Funny that they are both names of my siblings. He is a good person and I'm really glad that he asks questions. He makes it somewhat a challenge which is good cause I don't feel like I'm talking at them. So I really only went to appointments we had set. This week we will be busy though. I still don't know if I'm gonna stay here or go. It will be interesting to see what happens. I enjoyed reading Mark's email. It reminded me of when I was a greeny and has motivated me to work hard more. I hope his trainer is a good trainer and will teach him how to work hard. It took me awhile to figure that out. Things have really been turning out well in our area. I'm excited for next transfer if I get to stay. I wouldn't mind staying with Elder Bevell again. He has been a good companion and we both have gotten along really well. I'm glad my ankle and everything have healed so fast. I went and played football on it today lol. I did pretty good and it didn't bother me a whole lot. Tell Thomas Congrats on him getting his black belt and everything. Well yall stay safe with all the bad weather that is about to hit. That one is Joplin was pretty bad. Yall have a good week and take care.

 

Love

Elder Mattei

A Broken Foot???

So this week has been pretty good except for the fact that I might have a broken foot. We found a new investigator this week. She is pretty much ready to be baptized so it won't be to hard. Then there is a guy named Todd who we taught and he was a bit more challenging which is good. He asks lots of questions and they are really good lessons. I extended him a soft baptismal commitment. Basically that means I say when you come to know these things are true will your follow the example of Jesus Christ and be baptized by someone having the authority? 


So anyways on to my foot. Its either fractured or sprained really bad. I went for a reverse layup and somehow I landed weird and I heard and felt my ankle pop. It hurt so bad. Then I started to walk it off and I remember feeling so much pain and I almost blacked out and threw up. 

That is awesome that Mark is in Harlem. That place is so ghetto. So right now I'm on a pain killer so I'm pretty light headed lol. I can't really tell yall much except that I broke my foot. But our area has picked up a lot. The boy in the baptism is Harrison Bass.

  Another missionary found a lady to buy jerseys for like really cheap. So I got a Drew Brees Superbowl edition jersey and a Mark Ingram jersey and a LSU jersey. Like they are only 25 dollars each and super cheap so I couldn't resist. I am gonna start sending stuff home. I just need to go and get Flat rate boxes at the Post office. Anyways not to much has happened this week. But I will let yall know more about my ankle and everything else like that. I'm hoping it will heal fast. Anyways yall take care and have a good week. 

Love

Elder Mattei

Remember last month's pizza challenge?

Here is the pizza.

 Elder Mattei and Elder Dela Cruz before the challenge . . . 

 and after (they look pretty miserable!)

Update on Elder Mattei's foot - He's apparently been hobbling around for the last 2 days.  They had dinner with the Crane family this evening.  Sister Crane called me tonight just to tell me what an awesome young man he is!  As an aside, she informed me the they gave him some crutches and she gave him a good lecture about getting to the doctor.  She's likely giving him a ride there tomorrow. Another member gave him a brace, some painkillers and has been providing them meals.   I emailed him back and forth a few times today as well and encouraged him to get to an urgent care or ED.  I think he's worried about being sent home.  Please keep him in your prayers that it's not all that serious and that  he heals quickly and can return to work!  

Mark's in New York

Hey how are yall doing? It was nice bein able to talk to all of you. I enjoyed it. There really isn't much new goin on since then. Today we played dodgeball and had sushi. It was pretty fun but got pretty old fast. I would have rather played basketball or football. Don't move my room into that big room unless I get a door cause I would like to have some privacy down there. But if there is a door built there I'm all for it. Thats awesome that Mark landed today. He will probably really like it there. I wonder where he is gonna serve first. That would be sweet if he went to Manhattan. I will have to write him more now since he will have more time. I hope he will have a pretty good trainer. I think he packed way too much stuff. That was so stupid for him to do. He is gonna just end up getting more while he is there. It will be a pretty big pain to transfer with all of that stuff. As I told yall we got a new investigator on Sunday. He seemed like a pretty nice guy. Our area has picked up a lot. We seem to have a lot of potential people to teach. So I'm hoping everything will turn out for the best. Anyways sorry there isn't much to write this week. But yall have a good night and take care.

 

Love

Elder Mattei