Like Mother Like Daugther
Have I ever told you of my mom's visiting teaching experiences?? Well, my mom could seriously WRITE A BOOK on them. She usually visits inactives and keep in mind we have lived in Texas, Virginia, California and Washington (to name a few)and she has seen some interesting things. She has walked through a gun fight, made secret appointments when the anti-Mormon husband is not home, visit taught a few mentally ill people (who allow their children to defecate on the floor) and light fires INSIDE the house, had people smoke in their homes mid-visit and made visits in places whose cleanliness level would have been unacceptable to barn animals. Yes, she has seen some very interesting things and been to some interesting places.
Well, like mother like daughter, I am walking in her footsteps. Not necessarily because I currently visit inactive sisters, BUT because I live in the ghetto of Provo. Go on laugh, I know you don't think there is a ghetto in Provo. You are right compared to California, where I have also lived, Provo's ghetto is not THAT bad. BUT, its still not the best and I don't prefer living where I live. So yesterday I am on my way to visit teach and notice about a bazillion fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars about a block from where I am standing. (I visit teach at 371 South 500 East). Lo and behold, the catastrophe that is going on is at approximately 500 South 500 East, so very close. Being the nosey person I am, I am dying to find out what is going on, BUT I must go an visit teach.
I get home and mention to my husband that there was some sort of chaos going on and that I thought it could be a fight. Well, lo and behold I was right. Not only a fight, BUT a riot....all while I was visiting teaching only a block away. See, if those young men, would have let me share the message with them, they might have not been so angry and been trying to kill each other.
Oh, and by the way, the article says it happened around 7:00 pm, not so my friends. It was clearly more around 6:15 pm, because my appointment was at 6:30 and I was almost late as I was trying to figure out what was going on.
*****NEWSPAPER ARTICLE******
Man stabbed in eyes during large Provo street brawl
By Ana Breton
The Salt Lake Tribune
12 comments:
WOWEE! You seriously have the most exciting stories! The suicide attempt, the brawl, you just attract excitement!
Oh my gosh! That is so crazy. AND scary! I hope you lock your doors at night. Luckily you have a buff husband to keep you safe!
My favorite part of your post is the title of the article, it had me laughing out loud (I hope that doesn't make me a sick-o). 'Man stabbed in eyes' Wow, that was quite a brawl!
You do have the most exciting stories. At least your life isn't dull!
hmm - keep doing your visiting teaching, you'll probably keep seeing some interesting things :-)
Can I just say that I am purely entertained when I read your posts. You have a way with words my friend. That is funny that while you are sharing the good word, that there are men acting like apes and stabbing each other. MOVE OUT OF THE GHETTO!!!
So much for happy valley. Sounds like some rioters need to take their meds. Thank you for sharing this... WOW indeed.
Jenn,
Thanks for your sweet comment on my blog. I love hearing from old friends! We LOVE Kuna!!! It is a really fun place to live and cheaper than meridian or boise.
Good grief almighty girl! That is creep-tacular.
You and your mother clearly put me to shame.
Yikes! What a scary article! Thanks for sharing about your mom and visiting teaching, it's uplifting!
What stories does she have from Montana?? I wanna hear!! That's crazy! Okay so life is always crazy, but I have to set up a date and time with you guys...how does Thursday June 26th sound???I know it's in over two weeks, but we are going out of town all next week.
First, your mom is totally my hero and 2nd you have got to watch out for the ghettos of provo...you never know what's gonna happen!
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