Cactus and Transfer

Hi everyone.  Sorry in advance for the short message, but it’s sad to say, I will be leaving the La Cholla Ward and Oro Valley area and I’m so busy with my second transfer.  I will be heading to Sierra Vista, AZ to be a District Leader.  Pray for me, I will need it.

Last week during one of our service projects we had a funny thing happen. While we were at our weekly service at Catalina State Park, a series of unfortunate events occurred which involved a few cactus's (or cacti). There are many different kinds of cactus, so bear with me. 🌵

During our regular work activities at the park, one of the Elders in our District was investigating and playing with a cactus.  While he was messing with it, one of the bulbs came off.  Elder Remus, my companion, walked by and somehow seemed to get it stuck on the toe of his shoe. He didn’t want to pull the thorny bulb off his shoe with his bare hands, so he began to shake and kick his foot, hoping to dislodge it. He was successful, but accidentally kicked the spiky bulb high in the air behind him. As it flew through the air, it managed to land right on the thigh of our Zone Leader's leg! Now the needles on a cactus don't stick like Velcro, they literally stab into you like a needle.  Many of us saw the flying cactus bulb land on his leg, but there was a quiet pause before this poor Elder let-out a loud whine of pain. He stood up slowly, trying not to move a muscle, but every movement only seemed to intensifies the sting. He was weeping and wailing, not letting any of us touch it. Our District Leader tried to help along with four of our service Sister missionaries.  But they couldn’t stop laughing from the exaggerated expression from our poor Elder. Then to add to the crazy events, while our District Leader bent down to look and see if he could help, he sat back on another cactus and got needles in HIS rear end!  Haha…needless (no pun intended) to say we had a few screaming Elders, and many laughing Sisters.  It was hilarious.  BTW, I had the pleasure to help remove the needles from our District Leaders backside.  Very memorable. 😊

Hope everyone enjoys their day today, I know I have!  As always, read the Book of Mormon!!

Love,

Elder West