4-3-23

I GOT ROBBED?!? NOT CLICKBAIT??? GONE WRONG!?!


So, I will start of by saying this isn't click bait. I WAS ALMOST ROBBED. However, these people didn't know that they were dealing with a 5 star athlete. Let's get into it. It started of normal. I did my 1000 push-ups and sit-ups. Dried scooped some protein and went with my day. Since the seasons are opposites, the sun is starting to set at like 5:30. We started walking in a place where we always walk, very familiar. We started walking down this hill and a member of the church dropped some tree branches and I went to help him. We were trying to find this one family and asked if he could help us. He told us they lived down the hill. Perfect, started making our way down the hill and out of nowhere these two 20 year old kids stopped us. The guy on the bike tried talking to me, but I didn't hear him. The guy on the back of the bike got off and had a 7 inch kitchen knife with him. At this moment in time I am about 4 inches away from the guy with the knife. I wasn't paying attention and my companion said in English, " Elder Ressel, he's got a knife." All of a sudden my attention turns to find the Knife. Bro, the knife was huge. I always asked myself what I would do in this situation. Am I the type to fight and throw my hands, or am I running? Turns out I am none. I am the type to talk. So I am telling this guy in Spanish to calm down and not do anything dumb. I create about 3 feet of space between me and him and we start walking slowly up the hill. The next thing you know the guy turns the bike back on and the other guy is reaching for something in his pants. Yeah, I am not messing with that. We start booking it up the hill. Guys, I am running faster than Tyreek Hill right now. Nobody is out running me. HOWEVER, NOW THEY ARE FOLLOWING US. So, we get up the hill and take a left. We see this huge field of tall grass, but it's covered with barbed wire but there was this opening that I slipped through. Now I am booking it again. However, I am not looking at the ground and in about 10 seconds I am about to fall into a ditch. So I am running and running and BANG, I am falling in a 3 foot ditch. Nailed my arm and tore that up, but I am all good. This ditch was a blessing and we hid in there until they passed by. Plotted a plan to get back home and got there safely. Called my parents and told them what happened.


Guys I am all good and safe. Do not worry about me. When I get all that energy in me, I am the next LeBron James. Nobody can stop this guy. Definitely had tons of blessings that day.


Another than that, a pretty chill week. I was sick most of the week. We watched General Conference during the weekend. Conference was super cool, and I watched it all in Spanish. I saw the bird from Rio the movie so I had to take a picture of that. It is a Tucan I know.


I love you all, and please don't rob missionaries.


From your favorite,

Elder Ressel






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