Elder Jones Week 21

Hey guys! so I had a crazy experience last week that I need to tell you guys about. Last Monday right after emailing you guys Elder Torres felt like we should go visit Angelo and his family to verify our appointment with them later in the week. At first I thought it was strange because we don´t do that on Pday but we went. When we arrived at Angelo´s house we were waiting for someone to answer we saw two moto taxis crash, and one of them fell over on it´s side. (So a little bit of background: Here in Perú there are small 3-wheeled cars called moto taxis, and they´re really dangerous because they´re very light. But the area that I´m serving in, Caja de Agua, is very poor and no one has a car, so everyone uses them to get around.)  We ran over to help them and inside the taxi that was on it´s side was a woman from our church and her grandson. She was screaming a lot but when she saw that we were there she began to calm down. We pulled out her grandson and flipped the taxi right side up to get her out. Once we got her out and away from all the broken glass, the drivers, who were both bleeding heavily, drove away. People began to crowd around to see what happened and I realized that I was the only one there that knew what to do so I took control of the situation and I made sure that everyone knew that what I was saying wasn´t just another opinion but what was going to happen. I checked to make sure she wasn´t bleeding anywhere and to see if she was okay. She was complaining about her lung and side and she began to show signs of going into shock. More and more people began to crowd around and they all were giving their opinions of what to do and videotaping with their phones to show their families what happened. She went unconscious, and at that time there was a crowd of about 50 people and they all panicked and began to close in on her. I knew that I had to regain control of the situation, so I stood up and I told everyone to "back up" in the loudest voice I´ve ever used in my life. A lot of them did not like that because the way the culture in Perú is, is that if you´re young you have to respect the opinions of those older than you. Even if they don´t know what shock is, or what spinal injuries are, or why it´s a bad idea to take her in another mototaxi to the hospital or why you need to call an ambulance if they lose consciousness, or what to do when someone loses consciousness. I made sure that an ambulance was called and I monitored her breathing and heartbeat until it arrived. There were a couple of old Peruvians spitting on me and yelling at me the whole time, and I really wanted to lose my patience, but I knew that I needed to keep control of the situation and if I lost it I would instantly lose the respect of everyone there, and I wouldn´t be able to help the woman. The ambulance arrived and they took over and took her to the hospital. She is okay right now, her entire side is bruised, but she didn´t break anything. Her grandson is completely fine because when they crashed she grabbed onto him to protect him. They can use some prayers though. I started to think about what would have happened if I had a different mission call or if I wasn´t serving in Caja de Agua, or if Elder Torres hadn´t felt that we should visit Angelo´s family. I want to testify that the missionaries are instruments the the Lord´s hands. All the revelation received the prophet, my mission president, and my companion was directly from God, it wasn´t chance. And if I as a missionary hadn´t listened to my companion, then all the revelation leading up to that point would have been in vain, and the missionaries wouldn´t have been able to be instruments in the Lord´s hands in that moment. I know that God leads this church and that promptings from the spirit aren´t suggestions. 

More news about this week, Angelo got the Aaronic priesthood, one of the young women in our ward fell off her house from the 3rd floor, Jackie is getting baptized this week and it will be my first time baptizing! wooo. and the book of Mormon is still awesome.  Don´t worry about my weight I´m sorry about scaring you last week, I´m fine. I hope you guys have a great week. and wooo go Allie! 

Elder Jones