This was a weirddddddd week let me tell ya. Like the weirdest of my mission probably. It all began on a dark, windy Michigan night while all the gangsters were out bumping their bass in our apartment's parking lot... Just like every other night... But on this very specific night, Elder Johnson caught a fat cold. A cold that would bind him to the apartment for approximately 24 hours because he couldn't breathe or hear because his head was so congested. It was a party for Elder Graves I am sure. He did all his training for the week that day on his own haahahahah, my bad. But luckily, that only kept us down for one day, and the rest we were able to go out and do work! One of my favorite things that happened this week was while knocking. We were in a little Ghetto neighborhood, and there was a house with 3 apartments in it. As we walked onto the porch of this house, one of the windows flew open and they said, "Who !@#!@%!@ are you?!" So we told them who we were, and they immediatley calmed down and invited us to sit outside their window in some chairs and talk with them! We popped a squat, and began to talk with him. Right off the bat, this guy told us that he had 4 personalities and was a psychic, and this dude had a lot of weed in his house... But during our conversation with him, he asked Elder Graves and I to "please turn down [our] auras of love, it is blinding [him] because it is too bright." He was crazy, but I thought it was still a sweet compliment. Probably the best that I have ever gotten.
Later in the week, we woke up to a text that was pretty nuts! And this is also why the week was weird, cuz this does not happen every day! Our investigator Jason texted us right before we woke up, and the text said "Hi, I just got hit by a car. Heading to the hospital. I will keep you updated." Then he never replied to our texts or calls. There are a couple hospitals here in Kalamazoo, so we went to the one closest to us, and asked if he was there. Luckily he was, and he hadn't gone in for surgery yet. We talked to him in the ER, taught him about Priesthood blessings, and gave him one upon his request. We went back and saw him the next day to see how he was doing after his surgery, and he was doing awesome. His surgery was a success too. He had broken the ball of his shoulder in half, and cracked his arm in 3 other spots, and dislocated his shoulder, and tore a bunch of cartilage, so it was pretty nasty! We did bring him a copy of the Book of Mormon to keep reading, and taught him about our favorite scripture stories and why. He even had a favorite story which I thought was pretty cool. His favorite one was about Joseph Smith having the First Vision. Jason loves that experience so much! Now we are working on getting him baptized, but that will be a process. He is a great guy though.
Okay, Running low on time so That is all I got this week :)
Love Elder Tyler Johnson
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