So,
this week was crazy. I feel like that's how I start almost all my
letters, but it's true. Maybe I should just tell you only if a week was
not crazy, or maybe even lots crazier than usual. I just need something
more original to start with than simply "this week was crazy".
Anyway:
As far as the bike troubles go, we are still having them. Turns out,
when Elder Garcia damaged the wheel, he destroyed the entire rim and
everything inside of it. We're still not sure how he managed that. We
had to take a bus to our district meeting Tuesday. All would have been
going well, except that the bus popped a tire on a HUGE nail on the
freeway. Don't ask me why there are huge nails on the freeway. So we had
to wait half an hour for the next bus and try to cram two busloads of
people into one bus. So that was fun. You can see the nail in the upper
right corner of the picture.
After getting home on a
functional bus, we continued with out appointments on foot. Yay. After a
whole bunch of appointments cancelled, leaving us with an open evening,
we decided to try and fix the bike, because WALKING. IS. SO. SLOW! So
we started to head for a small bike repair shop near our house. To our
great dismay, it turned out to be closed (argh!!), so we had turned back
and were trying to figure out what to do, when an investigator drove up
to us and asked if we were having trouble with the bikes. He said that
he would help us fix the bike if we took it to his house, which wasn't
far away. We didn't really know what else to do, so we said, "Okay!"
After
taking apart the bike and finding out what had happened to it, we
needed to get a new rim and everything. The only place in Nuevo Laredo
where you can buy 29-inch rims is downtown. Luckily, the investigator
offered to take us there, so we went in his car. After we bought the
rim, we drove back to his house and he helped us fix the bike. He ended
up being a huge miracle for us! Most of the time, tender mercies are
rather small and can be easily missed, but other times, God decides to
send you a huge blessing. Just be sure that you are attentive of the
Spirit and aware of others who may be in need of service. You never know
how much of a lifesaver you could be.
Not
too much else happened this week other than a super bug rain/lightning
storm yesterday. It had been cloudy all day, but nothing had happened
all day, so we didn't think too much of it. In the space of about 2
minutes, it went from simply being overcast with lighting all over the
place. We were luckily visiting with Daniel, so at least we were
indoors. Streets were flooding badly and quickly. We eventually had to
head back out into the rain, so that was fun. At least our visit with
Daniel was the last visit of the day, so we only had to go home. The fun
part is that my bike had popped a tire earlier in the day (what is it
with us and popping tires?), so we had to make this journey on slow
foot. Once we got inside, however, all was well. I happen to enjoy rain
and lightning. Just from the inside of a house. :)
GARCIA! He told me that he really likes rain.
One
last quick story, end then I'll end: because buying bike parts can get a
little pricey, we weren't able to have as much food in the house this
week. towards the end, we were trying to figure out what to do, when
literally every evening the past couple of days, a sister from the ward
simply stopped by with a loaf of bread of a bag of tamales and said, "I
just wanted to drop this off with you tonight," so we have been able to
have dinner. Again, miracles happen. Just keep an eye out for service
opportunities, because maybe the Lord will want to work a particular
miracle through you.
Anyway, the week was fun and full of surprises and little (and big) miracles. I'm excited to see what the next weeks bring!
Mucho amor,
--
Elder Jakob Schramm
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