Just last night we knocked on a door and a lady answered. We did our door approach and then she asked "Are you part of Mitt Romney's campain?" Of course we told her no, but then she just turned around, walked back inside and shut the door. Ya, we get political feedback every now and then. I think usually the people who don't like Romney always bring it up.
This week is a lot cooler than it has been. It's a nice 96 degrees out. I never thought that I would think it was cooler. I miss the good old 60 degree weather in Oregon...with some nice, sprinkly rain. I could use some of that sometime soon.
Our zone had four people baptized on Saturday. It was awesome!! Zone leaders report numbers every Sunday night. Things like how many new investigators found, less actives at church, baptism dates and who was actually baptized. Last night I was talking to the spanish district leader about the baptism dates in his district. He told me that one of their dates had dropped because one of their investigators broke up with her boyfriend who is also an investigator. No one knows where she went. Mexicans get in family arguments easily. She must have told her family something bad about him, because some drunk Mexicans drove by him a couple nights ago trying to shoot him. He got shot all the way through his shoulder. He is still alive, and he still has a baptism date. But Satan is trying to get him. It's a crazy story huh?
The south side of OKC is super ghetto. There are a lot of gangs there and trigger-happy Mexicans. Only a tiny bit of the south is in our area.
On Friday night we recieved a call fron the assistants telling us that there was a lady in one of the hospitals in our area who wanted us to give a blessing to her step son. We showed up and met her in the ER waiting area. Her son had been involded in a car wreck. The car he was in swerved, rolled 6 times and was hit by a semi.
We had to wait two hours for the doctors to let us know when we could go in to see him. Finally we were able to see him and give him a blessing. His head had been damaged so badly that we weren't allowed to put our hands on his head. It was a sad sight to see. He was very bloody and had lots of wires and stuff hooked up to him. he had a bolt (like the one frankenstien has) going into his skull. We put our hands on his arm and gave the blessing.
His Mom has been texting us and updating us on his health. He went through seven hours of surgery the next morning and the doctors said it was unlikely that he would live, but he is still alive and now they are saying that he might walk out of the hospital when he's better. Isn't that crazy?!
Love Elder Shumway
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