Bike crash!

Hey!

My eyes are yellow still. At first the pain was in my back but now it's a sharp pain a little below and to the left of my sternum. It doesn't always hurt but it does every once in a while. I've already had blood tests and everything is normal. So as of now they are thinking it's some disease called Gilbertson's disease (I think that's what it's called at least) where my eyes just turn yellow when I am stressed. But I don't know if that is right because my stomach still hurts for the fourth day in a row now. But we'll figure it out! Don't worry I’m not afraid of calling the mission president or going to the doctors haha I've been best friends with them for a while! 

As a side note, I was going down a hill the other day on my bike. It wasn't a massive hill or anything, but it was a hill. I look over to my left and see a really really orange building and I focused really hard on the name of it because it was a bit hard to read. It said Sidda Baba. We met an Indian guy the other day that said he owned an Indian curry restaurant named Sidda Baba. I thought, "Oh hey I found it!!!" Right when I thought that, I ran straight into a cement power line! I fell of my bike and then my foot hit elder Lind's bike as he rode by. It all happened so fast so I was so confused. My head took most of the hit but I was wearing a helmet so it was fine. Nothing hurt immediately. I got a head ache a little later but my eyes dilated perfectly and I wasn't sleepy and I wasn't throwing up so we decided it wasn't a concussion. Well maybe a slight concussion. But now, two days later, my arm and butt and shoulder are pretty sore and I've got a couple bruises. But I'm alive! 

Radiation doesn't sound too bad! Although I guess it would stink to feel like you have the flu all the time. 

Does Allie know what theme she is going to make her new class room yet? 

Did they still do the graduation ceremony outside? Wouldn't that be like impossible to even hear the speakers?

I miss crazee daze! I kind of imagine it being like a Japanese festival now haha. It will remind me of Japan when I go I think. 

How is the ice cream truck doing? Last time I heard it was breaking down like every 5 minutes haha. I love telling people about the candy store and the ice cream truck. They think it's pretty sweet. I went on your Facebook and took some pictures of the candy store but they are all before we painted the walls red and added the tin sheets. Do you have any pictures of that? Also do you have any pictures of me in the ice cream truck? Also, one last question, do you have any pictures of me wearing different sweaters? I tell people all the time that I collect sweaters but I don't have any pictures haha. I love telling old guys with awesome sweaters how much I love their sweater. Then I tell them I collect them in America but I never have a picture!

There are 4 of us in the apartment. The other elder's are Elder Tree and Elder Sumsion. They are both way awesome. It's weird though because I am the oldest missionary (as far as mission age goes) in the zone now! Everybody is so young. Ya I know I don't have any pictures of my area really. I'll try to be better at that. 

Are you really bringing the bug down to Logan?! That would be amazing! I've decided to outgrow the mustache though haha. I want it to look a bit more classy in college haha. 

That would be sweet to room with tanner! I hope he gets in. How many people are in one apartment? 

So this week I have learned a lot I feel like! One that I wanted to share was about being humble and selfless. I have learned that the priesthood of God defeats Satan. But it isn't just like you just shoot Satan with a blessing and he is defeated. At least that's not what I learned this week. What I learned is that the priesthood defeats Satan, because the priesthood is all about blessing others. When priesthood power is used worthily and properly it is completely selfless and humble. Throughout the Book of Mormon you can obviously see that pride beings the destruction of people! It's that "my will and not thine be done" kind of mind set. If we focus on ourselves and about what I can get or about how others may think of me, that's when Satan has the most power over us. I have learned that if we want happiness or peace or love or protection from the evils of the world, we need to turn outwards and not inward. We need to follow the example of Jesus Christ. 

I love you all so much! Thank you for your prayers and your encouragement. 

Elder Draper

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