For a quick understanding of what happen with my
bike and the Van, it all starts back on the first day of this transfer.
Which was on July 9th. I'll try to make it short. That first day the
Sister got hit in their car by an elderly lady. The side of the car was
all pushed in so it got sent to the body shop to get fixed. So the
sisters had to be on bikes. Sisters Don't have bikes since they are not
required to bring one out of the mission. Because they get cars to keep
them safe. Anyway, so they borrowed a mebers bike and I let them borrow
my bike so they could get around. We had a Van so it was not problem.
Couple of weeks later the Zone leaders come down and take the bikes to
lunch. While the sisters rode their car. One of the Elders (Elder
Carter) got hit by a car on his way there.Thankfully he is fine. The
bike was not. The spoke was loose so we sent that to a member to get
that fixed. So we then give them Elder Passey's Bike (my companion).
couple of days later, one of the sisters calls us saying they kinda bent
Elder Passey's rim. We thought it was fixable. When we finally see it,
it was NOT slightly bent. It was bent like a pretzel. She had tried
jumping a curve and did not make it. Thankfully she is completely fine.
We do not know how but she was being watched over. We still do not know
how she bent the rim so badly. The bike took all the damage. It was
literally a miracle. So now we have 1 car down and 2 bikes. Thankfully
the night before gave us a bike that they did not want because they
never used it. So we gave that to the sisters. The NEXT day the same
sister who hit the curve, on her way home she rode all the way with a
FLAT tire. She didn't know it was flat. They realized it was flat the
next day. While riding on the flat, she had curved the rim as well so
now it was not completely straight. So that bike was unable to be used.
Now with 3 bikes down. we had to give her one of the other Elders bike.
So she took the worst bike that was still able to run. Next day we get a
call from a set of Elder saying to go to their place. So we head over
with the Van. And We had the 4TH BIKE DOWN. The same sister had gotten
hit by a taxi on their morning bike to a members home! Poor sister could
not catch a break. Thankfully again she was being watched over. She was
not hurt or anything. The rim of my bike how ever had been bent the
EXACT same way that Elder Passey's bike had been bent. It was seriously
unbelievable what was going on this whole week. I didn't really care
since the bike had lasted me so long and all i need is a new rim. It was
okay since we had the Van to still get around... Or so we taught... As
the sister head home to rest from their wild experiences, the Algiers
Elders and my companion hop on the car to go to a service. Low and
BEHOLD! The car did not want to start... Our week was not going any
better... We got a random person to help us out and jump the car. It
took 20 minutes to jump the car. In the end the guy turned the key some
special way, that he got the car started. Went to Auto Zone right after
wards and found out the the battery was completely fine. Called the
Office missionaries, and they got the Van towed to the dealership to get
it fixed because it still would not start. So in the end, NOW have
managed to break down 4 bikes and 2 cars!... Only in the west bank. My
companion and I are now in a walking area till we get a new rim for our
bikes. The Sisters are now walking as well because they are both not
taking another chance on bikes. In the end we are all happy and thankful
that we are all still in one piece! Still going strong!
So that story was not short at all.
But in the end that was basically our week. Helping other fellow
missionaries till our Van broke down last Friday. Who knows when the Van
will be back. We hear that the Sister's car is on their hopefully in
the next week. Brother Walker has helped Elder Passey and I get new rims
which we will receive on thursday. And then we will be back on bikes.
Slowly but surely we will pick things up.
Also we took a Ferry to Downtown this past monday, and saw the Aquarium for our Preparation Day. And we also visited the French Market.
The
Sister who crashed Elder Passey's bike also gave him a batman watch to
kinda pay back for it. He is enjoying the light pictures it has. But he
is still working on staying awake during personal study.
That is my week. Hope you all had as great of a week if not EVEN BETTER week than we did. Oh the life of a Missionary! ha
Love y'all!
Elder Caiña
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