Haha! Just Kidding. But, I scared you didn't I, Mom?
This week was a lot different from the last few that we had. You'll find out why soon enough.
Last Monday we just hung out at the church since we had nothing else to do for P-Day.
Tuesday we went tracting and found Alenia. She's pretty cool. That nigh when we were home, I made some fried chicken strips to use for wraps and stuff. It turned out pretty good! Now when I am home, I won't need mom to make it for me.
Wednesday we had District Meeting. We tracted. Nothing too special.
Thursday we went back to see Alenia. She had to take her uncle to the doctor, so we didn't get to meet with her. She told us to come back the next day.
We went back to see Alenia on Friday, but her A/C was broken so she didn't want us sitting in the hot apartment. She tried to give us some money. As missionaries, we are not allowed to take money from people. We tried explaining, but she didn't seem to understand. We tried again, and then she did. She did give us Mountain Dew though, so that was nice.
Well Saturday is where the title of this email comes from. We had a pig pickin' on Saturday that the ward was doing. We showed up to help set up. Well, there was a football there and one of the young men wanted to throw it around. We were doing that and later, when the ball was coming to me, it was too high and going to hit a car. I ran backwards, trying to catch it. In the process of landing, I landed wrong and felt my ankle pop. There was a lot of pain! I have never rolled around the ground in so much pain before. My white shirt was so dirty and my hair got messed up. I din't cry though, so that's good. I hobbled off with Elder Mitton. We borrowed the car from the sisters and went home to change. The entire way home and while changing, Elder Mitton was telling me I broke my ankle and that I would be going home. He kept doing this to bug me, so I tried to walk on it to prove to him I was fine. Well, that wasn't a good idea. I pretty much stood up and just fell down. In our ward we have lots of doctors, so when we came back, I had an Orthopedic PA take a look at my foot. It was all bruised and hurt a lot! He said I have a lateral ankle sprain on the anterior talo-fibular ligament. He said it would take 2-4 weeks for it to heal. I have to stay off of it and walk around on crutches. I am borrowing a pair from a family in the ward. But something good did come of this. The crutches were set for someone who was 5'10". It was too short for me! We put it to 5"11" and they're perfect! So, I am taller now! My advice is to never play football in church clothes. Especially in church shoes.
That was pretty much our week! the next few weeks will probably be boring because I really can't do anything. But, I'll try my best.
Love,
Elder Merritt
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