March 16, 2015

So this week was probably the most eventful one of my mission. Everything was pretty regular until thursday. We got up early to go help one of the members in our branch go chop some wood. So the wood they had was really skinny so we just chopped it up with a machete. The way we cut the wood is by standing it up vertically and just cutting through it with the machete. So we were there for about 10 minutes and i cut through a piece of wood and the machete followed through and hit me in the knee! My first thought was, "man i hope that didnt cut me" but i looked down and saw blood dripping down my leg.. So we went to the doctor and he stitched it up with 4 or 5 stitches and it was good as new. So that happened haha

Something else that happened was we were all able to go to San Pedro Sula and listen to an apostle speak to us!! Niel L. Anderson came and spoke to the San pedro sula east and west missions. So before the meeting started me and elder Andrews were sitting and waiting for the meeting to start and our Mission president came up to elder Andrews and said, "Elder Anderson has asked to get a picture with you and your companion before the meeting starts" So we went out and were the first ones to greet Elder anderson and we got a few pictures with him too!! So he knows elder Andrews because his wife sister anderson grew up with Elder Andrews Grandma. So apparently his grandma texted them and told them to take a picture with Elder Andrews. I got pretty lucky haha. It was really cool to just talk to an apostle of the lord for about 5 minutes. The message he gave to all of us missionaries was centered on the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It was really great to hear him speak and really inspired me to be a more consecrated missionary. 

We also got to visit an area in San pedro sula called San Juan. It was really cool to see the difference from my area in Sonaguera and the Area in San Juan. 

Wish i had more time to write but my time is almost up. Love all of you guys and would love to hear about everything that is going on!! 

Elder Wilks