We were working in Juan Martin (in the middle of nowhere) that day and we needed to get back to Rancho Nuevo. When we go to Juan Martin we always have to make a deal with the person that takes us there from Rancho Nuevo so that we can have somebody take us back (because taxis don't come through Juan Martin past a certain time). Unfortunately, when the driver showed up he was drunk. So I said a prayer in my heart that we'd be ok and off we went. I quickly realized that a crash was likely by the way he was driving, but he wasn't about to stop so I checked for a seatbelt. No dice. We crashed into a tree a short while later and I was fortunate enough to suffer little damage. Elder Marquez and I ran the rest of the way to Rancho Nuevo (we were still about 3-4km or so away at that point). On the way we saw a truck on it's way toward Juan Martin so we stopped them to let them know and ask for them to help the others. When we got to Rancho Nuevo we still didn't have reception to make a phone call, but fortunately the police were already there. Blessings. I frankly couldn't tell you what the police did besides make calls, but I'm sure they were important. (*Side note: Elder Finlinson gave out pamphlets and other church material to the police officers.) Eventually the guy in the truck brought us all to Vega where 5 of us were dumped into an ambulance and the other (me) rode in the back of a different truck to the hospital in Cardel. (*Cardel is outside of Elder Finlinson's mission boundaries.) The others were transferred to Veracruz shortly thereafter while Elder Marquez and I stayed the night in Cardel, where the mission president met us and had us call home before being transferred to Xalapa.(Elder Finlinson was sore and a little banged up and bruised but that was it.) I was cleared to be free from the hospital and am now in tip top shape. Elder Marquez was released yesterday, but went back today because the pain in his head increased greatly overnight. I've spent the day on splits with other missionaries, but I'll be going to check on Elder Marquez after I write. The police have pictures, but I don't. I'd like to know how the others are, but have yet to here anything. Rosa was the one with a baptismal date. I gave Elder Marquez and Daniel blessings, but then we had to move to the next place so I didn't make it to everyone. I haven't received one, but I didn't get hurt nearly as badly as the others. We'll likely be staying with the Pres. until Friday or Saturday. They're super awesome and bought me new clothes to wear until we go back (which is especially good because my clothes got drenched in oil).
The other areas I have been on splits are Plaza Verde, Misantla, and San Rafael.
The zone conference was in Martinez (HQ for my zone). I don't have pictures, but I'm sure President posted plenty somewhere. I don't know which investigators we'll still have in a week because we're missing several appointments and couldn't inform all of them because we don't have everybody's numbers.
Love,
Elder Finlinson
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