A Drug Bust, ER Run, And I Met "The Church"

The council in heaven was probably very similar to the council of the fellowship of the ring. After the plan was made, all the big time players were probably taking assignments. "We need someone to crash into a car 6 months into their mission."
At this moment, Elder Cooley probably stood up and said, "I will take it!"


It all started with a beautiful Saturday morning. Elder Cooley and I made a deal with some other Elders that we would talk to literally everyone on Saturday. So we grinded all day, teaching and finding and grinding. After our last lesson, we were biking back to our house. It was about 9:30, and we were 2 blocks away from the house. My companion and I were zoned out in deep thought, and BAMMM!!! Elder Cooley crashed into the back of a parked white mini-van. I looked at his face, which was covered in blood, and knew we were going to have to go to the ER. We biked to the house, and called the mission nurse. 


While on the phone, getting approval to head to the hospital, we hear yelling outside. We crack a curtain open, and see 5 or 6 police cars parked right outside our house. So this is how I go out, no gun, a companion covered in blood, and I haven't even coordinated with my ward mission leader at all today.


Turns out the police were there for our neighbors... they smelled something green over there but I can't put my finger on what it was exactly. Anywho, avoiding the K9 unit, our housemates talked to the police so they would move this big heavy duty truck so we could leave and drive to the ER. We got there at about 10:40. 3 hours later Elder Cooley's face was stitched up and we were on our way home. 


Side story:
A crazy lady walked into church yesterday. Her greatest line was, "I am the Church. I'm who all the churches have been Churchill about." Anyways, I failed the Church's test and did not give her the 400 dollars that were required. In retrospect, I'm hoping I'll get a second chance. That's not too much money to get a free pass to heaven.


While this week been wild, it has also been exceedingly spiritual. Follow God. All your wildest dreams will come true. It has worked for me


Elder Sheppert



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