BCSpace Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Lions maul Mormon missionary at Guatemala zoo Paul Oakey’s Monday visit to a Guatemala zoo with his LDS missionary companions ended in a bloody encounter with two lions.It was a day free from proselytizing for Oakey and several other missionaries in the rural town of Esquipulas.Oakey, 20, wanted a picture of himself in front of the lion cage. He scaled a concrete wall in front of the enclosure, not realizing the lions were only about two feet below the wall on the other side.Two lions stalked stealthily up to the wall. One grabbed Oakey’s right leg, pulling him back against the cage, and the other lion grabbed his left arm.Oakey repeatedly punched the lion with his free arm and gouged at its eye.But after about a minute, he began to tire, said his father, Alan Oakey."He was just wailing on this lion, and he couldn’t do anything with the arm that the lion had," Alan Oakey said of his oldest son.Oakey’s missionary companion, Elder Lopez, then scaled the wall and used a long white pole to pry the lion’s jaws from around Oakey’s arm, his father said.
bluebell Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Great, now the white handbook is going to have to add a rule about not taking pictures with lions.Seriously, i hope he's o.k. and glad he wasn't hurt worse, but he was really dumb for scaling that wall.
Popular Post Ron Beron Posted July 13, 2011 Popular Post Posted July 13, 2011 When I was on a mission in Japan I was preparing some noodles. When the time came to drain the water I used only a fork and a knife to pick up the pot. Of course, I dumped the entire contents on lap causing me to immediately scream and rip my pants off. As I lie there with a ice cold rag on my "injury" I asked God why he allowed this to happen to one of his anointed. To my surprise I heard a voice,...."Because, you were STUPID!" 6
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Lions maul Mormon missionary at Guatemala zoo And I have been worried about my son on a bike.
Messenger Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) I only had one close call on my mission that I can remember. I had just arrived in Australia and was with my first companion tracting in a town called Bunbury, The streets and sidewalks were busy with noon-day traffic and people. As I started to cross a street and stepped off of the sidewalk into the street, my companion (who weighed about 300lbs) grabbed the back of my shirt, and yanked me back on the sidewalk - just as I started to ask, "what did you do that for?' a car, which was going the other way than I was looking whooshed by me. They drive on the other side of the road in Aus, and being new, I instinctively looked the other way - the wrong way. After that, I had a bit more respect for my rather large companion: Perhaps, more than a bit.The only other time I had a life threatening event was when another companion really wanted to argue in the car. I don’t know what got into him, he was really upset about some silly things. He was driving and as he was yelling, he would swerve into the other lane. It was like he was threatening me with his driving. He was stupid. Finally, after nearly hitting on-coming traffic, I told him, "look, I don’t want to argue, but if you want to yell at me, at least pull off the side of the road before we get hurt" that just made him angrier. He then violently turned the wheel, which put our car in a spin in the middle of the road, a tanker truck full of jet fuel clipped us in the rear of our car, which suddenly spun our car in the opposite direction and sent our rear bumper into the sky. The car eventually stopped spinning on the side of the road. The dust settled, and everything was silent. Of course, I was fuming inside. Elder K got out met up with the tanker driver who had no damage. Elder K picked up our rear bumper, threw it into the boot (trunk), got back into the car and said, "We can fix that", I turned to him, looked at him in the eye and said, "We?". I told him to take us back to the flat, he started to argue again, and I said, "shut up, take me back to the flat now". We went back, he tried to convince me that we could both pay to have it fixed and nobody would know. I looked at him with distain. He then raised his fist, like he was going to punch me. I just walked out down the street where our landlord had a business. I called up the ZL's, and they told me to stay right there. It wasn't but 15 minutes later they arrived. About 30 minutes later we were both headed to the mission office. My mission President asked me if I would reconsider being with Elder K again. In my mind I was like "Really?" You have to be kidding?" So I replied, "President, if you can honestly tell me that Heavenly Father wants me to be companions with Elder K again, I will". He asked us to give him a moment to pray about it, we returned, and our companionship was over that second. Six months later, Elder K became an assistant to the president. I was his companion during that time for about a month. Turns out, he had learned quite a bit in the six months between the two times that we were together. While I don’t have any anger towards Elder K, he was just plain stupid. He had lost the respect of nearly every missionary that heard about it, and it was extremely difficult for him to be an assistant to the President because of that. Whenever he gave advice, most missionaries would ignore him and walk away. In the end he learned a hard lesson.Its important to note that I was never an Assistant to the President, even during the time I was a companion with Elder K for the last thirty days of my mission in Aus. I was brought back into the mission office to have interviews with my mission president to help him determine if I should go back to the states to have an operation, which couldn’t be done in Aus. On my last day while in the airport, before flying back to the states, Elder K did tell me he was sorry. I replied and told him my leaving Aus had nothing to do with him. At the time, I was just really, really happy that Heavenly Father blessed me with a bum knee so that I had a way out of that chaos in Australia. However, looking back now, I will say the mission was about 60% sheer boredom, and 40% high adrenaline; far more intense than most missions I’m sure. And there is no doubt that everyone learned a lot. My advice to young men thinking about a mission: There is already enough excitement built-in to everyday mission experiences while tracting and teaching to keep your mission full of memories. Don’t do anything stupid to mess it up or bring it to a quick end. And when the spirit tells you to do something, like leave your companion cuz he’s an idiot, throw out the white mission handbook, leave him behind and call the zonies ASAP. Heh - that was fun! -------------------------Mosiah chapter 12 Verse 5Yea, and I will cause that they shall have aburdens lashed upon their backs; and they shall be driven before like a dumb ***. Edited July 13, 2011 by Messenger 1
Ares Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 If we have a thread dedecated to stories of missionaries doing dumb things we will have to purchase more bandwidth.
Messenger Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 If we have a thread dedecated to stories of missionaries doing dumb things we will have to purchase more bandwidth.Maybe we can all get together and make a video! LOL
mercyngrace Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 If we have a thread dedecated to stories of missionaries doing dumb things we will have to purchase more bandwidth.Mods need a rep pt button.+1
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 If we have a thread dedecated to stories of missionaries doing dumb things we will have to purchase more bandwidth. Is there that much out there? Bandwidth I mean...
rpn Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Title should read "Elders invite themselves to dinner with Lions. Not yet Daniel." 3
ERayR Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 Title should read "Elders invite themselves to dinner with Lions. Not yet Daniel."How about: Stupid is as stupid does.
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 I just hope he got the photos he wanted.No but his companions did…they will keep generations entertained.
Messenger Posted July 13, 2011 Posted July 13, 2011 (edited) No but his companions did…they will keep generations entertained. I have lots of photos of companions is situations that were not good - It works when they become leaders later on when they are interviewing you. LOL Edited July 13, 2011 by Messenger 1
Bill “Papa” Lee Posted July 14, 2011 Posted July 14, 2011 I have lots of photos of companions is situations that were not good - It works when they become leaders later on when they are interviewing you. LOL Blackmail is good...Blackmail is our friend...
ERMD Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 He had lost the respect of nearly every missionary that heard about it, and it was extremely difficult for him to be an assistant to the President because of that. Whenever he gave advice, most missionaries would ignore him and walk away. That's why some things need to kept between mission companions and the President.Just sayin'.
Messenger Posted July 17, 2011 Posted July 17, 2011 That's why some things need to kept between mission companions and the President.Just sayin'.If a person sin's in public, then the public will know. Just sayin there were too many that knew. Zonies, Landlord, Bishop, office assistants, repair shop, they all knew. Frankly there was too much to do for me to stay focused on that. But lots of missionaries spend time on the phone trying to get all the gossip. That's not my style.
katherine the great Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 Yes, what the kid did was stupid, but good heavens! Don't any of you have stupid teenagers? Their brain cells are not fully connected yet. Thank the Lord there was a surgeon at the hospital who was able to save his arm. I'm sure he learned a life altering lesson and I'm glad the Lord did not see fit to take him home yet.
Jeff K. Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 On a P-day my companion and I took off into the Andes. An eight hour hike turned into a 48 hour adventure. Yes, we were young and stupid. I feel for the missionary because I probably was as dumb as he is.
blackstrap Posted July 19, 2011 Posted July 19, 2011 This thread reminds me of the P-day I spent at the Guatemala zoo. We stopped at the cage of a large Mandrill. On the cage was a sign indicating his name.... "Mormon".I was not sure if I should be offended...LOL
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