Plaster

Hello,

This may be a shorter email due to my new addition.  So this week I was playing soccer Tuesday morning with some missionaries.  On one of the plays I tried kicking the ball from the man in front of me.  Her cleared it with a kick and a rotation of his body.  Unfortunately that threw me into the air (literally air-borne).  As I came down I fell on my right arm which caused my elbow to lock and a nasty hit to my wrist.  I got up  and went straight to the stage to rub it out in case it was sprained.  On the way home I drove with one hand and had Elder Robinson compress the other.  Then on Friday I went into the orthopedic surgeon who told me that I broke the scaphoid bone in my wrist.  On the X-ray it was actually in two pieces.  Now I have a full arm cast for the next 3 weeks.  Then after that I'll have another shorter cast for at least three weeks.  As for what it feels like to break a bone, it is pretty much like a sprain.  There was no bruising or swelling until 40 hours after the accident.  After that I couldn't lift my hand, so I knew something was up.

In other news on Saturday I was probably the first and only missionary to shake Elder Bednar's hand with my left hand while wearing a pink cast.  On Saturday morning we had the opportunity to receive instruction from a member of the quorum of the twelve.  I did learn an important insight on how to take notes.  We were asked to not take notes of exactly what was said.  We needed to prepare small plates instead of large plates referring to the Book of Mormon.  Of course this advice was easy, because I caN'T WRITE wITH the cast I have on (ie. capitol letters).  I was able to scribble a few notes down.  He had a very unique way of helping us receive instruction.  Any of us could raise our hands and answer his questions and ask questions.  It was amazing as he directed more than taught.  There was no lengthy sermon, and it was very well done.  On a funny note, just after the opening prayer Elder Rydalch was about to read the bio of Elder Bednar, when Elder Bednar said frankly "Elder we don't need that.",  from there we had a most inspirational experience.

Well my hand is getting tired.  I'm really happy and this past week we had a wonderful family start learning about the gospel.

Love you all,
Elder Davidson