Boom! Crack!

Elder Griffiths and Elder Hicken doing a car inspection at zone conference.

I was riding home with my companion at about 9:00 at night along a dark street. I had lights on my bike and I thought I was paying attention but when I looked up I saw someone riding their bike right at me. I was going pretty fast and we slammed into one another. I remember a lot of tumbling and smacking my head on the ground (thank goodness for helmets). There was a pain in my knee but other than that I was fine. It's interesting because I remember hitting the ground in more places than just my knee so I know that the Lord was protecting me. Over the course of a few days my knee returned to normal.

The man I crashed into was fairly unhurt as well. He only had a slight pain in his jaw and since he was drunk the pain didn't faze him at all. He just got up and walk away with his bike. We offered to help him but he said no thanks and left.

After standing for a moment and trying to gather my thoughts, I looked at my bike. It was pretty beat up. Thankfully there's a member in the ward who works on bicycles and he's trying to find me a new one so that I don't have to use my "loaner" bike. It's super hard to pedal and really works my legs. However, I know that the Lord has blessed and protected me. I also know that as long as we are doing what we should, and are trying to be good sons and daughters of God, we will be blessed in our efforts. The Lord promised us that He will consecrate our afflictions for our gain (2 Nephi 2:2). Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 says, "Look unto me in every thought; doubt not, fear not." That is all we need to do and we will always have God on our side.