McKenzee's Missionary Moments: August 15th, 2016

Hey, what up, hello family,

Omg so little did I know that you shouldn't use your front breaks
alone when riding a bike! But no one has ever told me this and I
haven't ridden a bike since I was like 10 so how am I suppose to know?
Haha well needless to say I found out the hard way why. So Tuesday
night we are biking home after our appointments and it's pretty dark
and it had rained earlier that night so I was wearing my sweater and
rain coat(blessings) oh and I also had on boots because it was colder
than most days. So we are booking it home because we don't want to be
late. Well P lives at the bottom of a hill so we coast as we bike
downhill. And I've been practicing riding my bike without my hands for
a while and I've gotten pretty good. So as I'm coasting I let go and
ride with no hands for a good 10-12 seconds. Amazing. It felt great
and I was so proud. Then I noticed I was coming up to an intersection
and there are no stop signs in this town so I needed to be ready so I
grab hold of my handle bars again. As I get closer I know I need to
break and I usually break with both my left and right breaks but for
whatever reason I decided to only use my left break(which I didn't
know at the time but I now know is my front break). Well as a result I
get thrown off my bike over the handle bars, I belly flop and skid on
the street, and my bike gets thrown over me and lands right next to
me. And because I'm launched to the street I get the wind knocked out
of me and couldn't breathe and my hands get all ripped up and bloody.
So there I lay, breathless and bloody in the middle of the street on a
dark night and I know my companion is behind me and I start to panic
because I hear her breaks screech to a stop and I'm just praying that
she doesn't run over me. Lol thank goodness she doesn't. Then I limp
home and wash and ice my hands because they are killing. Lol I was
super lucky though because my hands were all that really got hurt. My
knees got a little scraped up but not too bad, mostly my knee got
bruised. Oh and also my ribs/insides got bruised because the following
day any time I laughed I thought I was going to die because they hurt
so bad haha. But other than that nothing. My clothes didn't rip, my
teeth didn't fall out, which would have been the worse part lol. I
didn't even hit my head because my hands broke my fall. And I was just
so happy I was wearing two jackets and my boots because it really
protected me. So haha yeah, that's been my week. I've just been trying
to recover. It's been tough because we've been on foot all week
because my hand has been in a lot of pain so we haven't been on our
bikes.

But oh man, so I just washed my hand with soap and water the first
night it happened, not thinking much else of it but as the week went
on it wasn't feeling any better, it kept getting worse. And I tried
not telling many people about it because I am so embarrassed haha.
Well anyway, Saturday night at dinner somehow we told the members we
were eating with about what happened and they asked to see it and they
said it didn't look to good so they asked if they could clean it out
and put some stuff on it and so they did and it was the opposite of
fun lol. It just kept bubbling and all that gross stuff haha. But it
felt a whole lot better! Then they bandaged it up and I felt so stupid
because so much attention was being drawn to me now. Lol and it was
awkward because people I didn't even know were commenting on it and
when we would knock on people's doors they would ask me. I was not
liking that haha. So I wrapped my jacket around my hand. Hahaha

So that was basically my week hahah. Kinda lame I know.
Hmmm, fun fact, every night this week we had some sort of pasta.
Had lasagna twice. So that was fun. Lol

Oh and one night for dinner this man was wanting to find a cd to play
some music and he couldn't find it so he and his wife went in their
room and started fighting legit fighting and yelling at each other
while we were just sitting in the other room. It was so awkward. Then
when we gave the spiritual thought he started crying and the wife
looks at us and says right in front of him, "it's okay, he's very
sensitive" omg we were dying and trying not to laugh. It was the
weirdest dinner haha.

Then another night, we went to see this lady we met earlier and she
was so sweet and gave us scarves, hats, and gloves and that hand kit.
They are so cute and I was so excited because they look cute and are
so warm! I'll be ready for winter which I know will be here before I
know it! Oh and I got to see B for a little bit this week which is always a
highlight:)

Wow. What a week. Lol Hopefully my hand is on the road to recovery.
And I hope you guys have fun on your cruise! I'm so jealous! Take lots
of pictures!

I love y'all to the moon and back and miss y'all tons!!!!
Have a great week you guys!

"Have faith, have hope, love like His Son, help others on their way".

Xoxo
Sister Batey