Email for the Week of September 19th

 Okay, so pretty unexpected things happened this week!  So this email is a week late.  Nonetheless it was a pretty fire week and we got some good things done! So let's jump into it!

Beef of the Week!: So on Saturday, I was on exchanges in the hood and we were playing some basketball with some of the guys down there! My man Elder Bishop and I were  beating guys off the court so we gathered a crowd lol but then this homie named Ramon landed on my leg.... And it's not looking too good! I can't put pressure on it and the urgent care place says it probably has some tears in my knee!  So pray!  I will update more next week!

(Mom note.  We are waiting to hear how bad Nathan's knee is. He will finally have an MRI on his knee tonight (it has been 10 days since the accident) and we will hopefully talk to the orthopedic doctor on Wednesday.)  We are so grateful to Roel (a friend from Nathan's last area) for helping the mission office find a way to get an MRI for Nathan so quickly...initially the MRI was scheduled for October 24th! (see picture below of Roel with the boys.  He drove 4 hours to go see how Nathan was doing for us!)

Babe of the Week!: This week the babe was definitely Elder Uchytil!  He's so awesome!  He's one of my companions right now and he is literally so cool.  He cooked pancakes for me like 4 times this week for no reason. lol  I swear he's trying to fatten me up so he can cook me.. But it was fire!

Homies in Oakland!: Well Shamika has been M.I.A so we had to take her off date and Nae is doing fire!  We're so excited for her baptism this upcoming Sunday! (Nae was baptized on September 25th!..see pictures below)  We have a couple other progressing friends but I'd ask specifically for prayers for Shamika and for Andy.  Andy is definitely fighting a battle in his mind and it hurts me to see!

Spiritual Thought!: This week I was reading 1 Nephi again and this time the 7th verse in the 1st chapter stood out to me!  It talks about what Lehi did after he labored all day!  I applied it to my own mission. I want to be so tired at the end of each day that I want to be able to throw myself on my bed and just sleep.. Lol weird thoughts this week but just take it!

Have a great week! 

-NSJK