Good News, Bad News

Dear Family,

Well, I hope you are all having a good time in Florida. I'm not going to lie and tell you I'm not jealous, but I am happy that you are having a good time. I must say that when I got Dad's letter telling me, it was definitely not what I was expecting. I wouldn't say it "blew my world" as Dad said it would, but I was definitely surprised. I totally agree with Justin in that I will be expecting a whole lot of cool stuff for Christmas (extended family included there). I won't be needing a phone, car, or girlfriend right now (although you will be able to give them to me sooner than you think...), but I would like some ties, maybe a new suit (grey colored) some shoes, and a whole lot of junk food. And some souvenirs too. But yeah, I hope you are enjoying yourselves without your two favorite people.

So my subject says I have good news and bad news. I'll start with the bad news that way I can try to cheer you up with the good news. So as you know, the kids we live above got baptized awhile ago. We have a thing where we teach them a lesson every saturday morning then we go play soccer with them. Well, this last week while we were playing, I was running down the field with the ball. E. Carrillo was coming up on me, so I juked him. But, as I tried to juke him, he swung his leg to hit the ball, but ended up hitting me right in the shin. It hurt pretty darn bad, and when I looked down at my leg, it looked kinda funny. "This doesn't look good" I thought. I couldn't walk, so the other elder's carried me back to the car, and we went to the hospital. Turns out, I fractured my tibia down near my ankle. I won't be able to walk for about 2 months, cause I have a huge cast on. I talked to Pres. Evans about it, and he said that after prayerful consideration, I will be coming home for 4 months to let it heal before I will be able to come back out here. I told him that my family is in Florida right now, so he put me in the office until next week when I will be flying home. I told President that I would do whatever he wants me to do except go home, cause I don't want to come home. But, he said that he feels it would be best for me to go home and make sure it's 100% healed before I return. I'm pretty upset right now, and I don't really know what to do. I know that President knows best, but this is definitely a tough one to obey. I guess there's not a whole lot I can do about it though.

Now, for the good news - I guess it's not so much good news as it is just a normal report on my week. So right now, we have 6 investigators. I am pretty excited about that, but like I said, it's pretty hard to focus right now, but I'll try my best. Our first one is Bryan Sang. He is still doing awesome. He is on schedule to be baptized on the 24th. He is keeping all of his commitments, and is progressing really well. Next is Mike Pucci. He is doing great too. We are getting him a large print BoM so he can actually read, and we set a date with him for Nov. 7th. Angeline is also scheduled for the 7th of Nov, although I think that will probably get pushed back to later, cause we aren't able to meet with her very often. Aesha is ok. We haven't met with her for awhile, but they are hopefully meeting with her today. Then finally we have Nick and Midge. She is the quadreplegic I told you about awhile ago. They are being taught later tonight. Hopefully I hear that that goes well. So that's about all the updates I have right now. No cool stories, but maybe I'll get one here in the office. We'll see. I guess I have a few more days to see what I can do... Sorry for the short one this week, but I don't really know what else to say. I think President's going to let me call after the 16th so I can let you know my flight plans and everything. Ok, well. See you all soon, I guess. Have a good time in Florida. Love you all!!

Love,
Elder Hammer






















P.S. haha. I bet you're freaking out about now, huh? I am totally kidding about my leg, I just wanted to see if I could give you a heart attack. That's just my way of saying have fun in Florida without me. haha. Love you all!!