What a week! Tuesday we had our first zone conference so I got to meet a ton of missionaries. On our way there my phone took us down this road and it just randomly ended with no warning, thought that was kinda weird. lol So we were pretty late to conference. We had tons of meetings that lasted until 4! We did win a raffle, though, for having a clean car and received some money on a Walmart gift card, so that was pretty sweet haha.
We left zone conference and started heading home. Meetings kill our miles, haha, just going to zone conference was like 120 miles for the trip, but anyway, we were headed home and we came over this hill on the interstate and there was a ton of traffic. We had to slam on the breaks a little because it came out of nowhere and we couldn't see over the hill. I told my companion that traffic needs to get moving because we are not in a good spot and something just felt wrong. Then like 3 seconds later we hear tires screeching and the pickup on our right, the one right next to us got smacked by a car going 65! It was pretty crazy! Car parts flew everywhere and the little car that hit the pickup was pretty much flat all the way up to the windshield. Smoke instantly started coming from out of the car and people rushed out of their cars. Somehow we didn't have anything on our car, not even a scratch, and they were right next to us. It was crazy and everyone ended up being okay, I'm pretty sure. It was a pretty crazy experience.
We were able to go on exchanges this week too with the zone leaders, I went to East-gate. With Elder Sheffield, we had a blast together, he showed me a lot of random stores and stuff such as Jungle Jims. lol That was a super cool place and then we ate lunch at a place called City Barbecue. It's like a fancy Rustic Pig. It was super good with super good milkshakes. It was fun. We went out on the streets and people there were actually super nice. It was cool to meet the people there, crazy how different people are and they are only like 30 - 40 miles away haha.
Anyway, everything is good here! We are trying and having fun! Hope all is well with all of you!
Love,
Elder Lawrence
Pics are from my zone conference and the dead end road :)