Another Week!

Well another week has come and gone out here in C-Ville,

This week we actually had a lesson! Which is one more than last week, so thats pretty exciting. We also found a super nice guy named Derek. However, seeing as its the Holidays and all we don't have return appointments until after new years with either of them, so all bets are off as to whether or not they actually keep their commitments. Since literally nothing else happened its STORY TIME! Woohoo everyone hold on to your pants cause this is a good one, or at least I thought so.

We were tracting and across the street were two delinquent youths messing with some car I (wrongly) assumed was theirs. I couldn't tell how old they were from across the street, so we kept tracting. When we came to their house the car (it was a VW Golf) was halfway down the really steep driveway and halfway on the grass. We decided to skip over them and move onto their neighbors. No one was home, but the whole time we watched these two idiots try to figure out how to move the car. So we went back to them and I asked them if they needed any help. To which the kid, who was probably 13 or 14 reluctantly replied yes. I motioned for him to get out of car and I noticed it was stick shift lol. The car wasn't even running, they couldn't figure out how to start it. haha! So I pulled it up the driveway and parked it, turned it off and put the E brake on. Then I asked the kid if he lived at this house. Yes. then i asked him how old he was and he hesitantly replied "16" which was an obvious lie. So i asked him if he had his license, "no but I’m getting it in January" another lie. If he was getting it in January he would've already done drivers ed. and at least known how to back down a drive way haha. After I parked the car the kid hopped back in and started fiddling with the gears and wondering why the car wasn't moving. (the E brake was on) (he didn't know where the E brake was lol) 

So I pulled out my best buzzkill dad voice and said, "Look, you're obviously not 16, nor do you have your license so I don't recommend you go for a joyride nor do i condone it, you obviously don't know how to drive, much less drive stick shift, so don't do this. I’m not your parents, or the cops, so I cant make you do anything, but don't do this." so the kid got out of the car and we left.

BUT WAIT THERES MORE!

Approximately 7 minutes later and a few houses down, the car is at the bottom of the driveway and its running! So he figured out where the E brake was and how to start it. so we stopped and watched for about 10 minutes while he proceeded to kill it 5 or 6 times. Twas a good laugh indeed. So we went back over and as we were walking, the kid, obviously distraught at this point, gets out and starts trying to push the car up the hill. 

So me and Elder Replogle decide to be charitable and came up with a plan. I walked back up and said to the kid, " I’m willing to cut you a deal, when your parents get home and see the car at the bottom of the hill they're going to be ticked right? (he nodded) So I’m willing to drive the car back up the driveway and park it. IF..... you promise me that when I do, you wont get back in and go for a joyride today. Can we make that deal?" Once again in my best buzzkill dad voice. 

The kid agreed so I drove it up the hill parked, turned it off, and tossed the kid the key and told him not to do anything stupid. As we were walking away again either his mom or his sister pulled up to the house. We saved his bacon haha and potentially his life or at least a huge ticket haha. Anyway thats my story, sorry if it wasn't what you were expecting or if I hyped it up to much. Merry Christmas!

till next week, Elder McArthur

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