When I was in Rapid City my companion was Elder Young. He was a dwarf. We were living in the same apartment as the AP’s and in the same apartment complex as the sister missionaries. (They lived downstairs from us.) One night we were talking in our apartment and one of the AP’s got the idea to prank the sister missionaries by putting Elder Young in a box and “mail” him to the sisters. We were all having a good laugh and I thought it would be something we just talked about but never did. However the next morning Elder Young and I walked into the office and the AP’s had a big box. They were like, “Elder Young can you fit in this box??!” Elder Young looked at the box and said he could.
After we left, the
AP’s found an excuse to talk to the sisters. He was talking to Sister Wendell and
was all like, “we should totally hang out after our missions! What’s your home
address?” She gave it to him. Then he nonchalantly asked her about her mom and
found out the name and spelling of her mother. Then, using some clever
copying/computer skills, the AP’s created a FedEx label addressed to Ashley
Wendell from Teresa Wendell from her home address. We came back to the
apartment that night around 9:00
P.M. and they were all ready. They had a member with them who was going to
deliver the package. They had elder young climb in the box and they taped it
up. We knew there were a million things that could go wrong. Elder Young asked
what he should do if she opened the box with a knife. We suggested that he make
his back as low as possible. (Not the greatest suggestion.) We wondered if she would open the
package tonight or wait until the morning. We were pretty confident she
wouldn’t wait around (missionaries love packages) but just in case, we gave
elder young a cell phone so he could let us know so we could find some way to
rescue him. After assessing any other risks we could think of, we quietly
carried him downstairs to the mouth of the lion’s den. We really thought this was
going to work, and guess what? It worked PERFECTLY!!!!! We all hid around the
corner with cameras and Joe knocked on the door. Sister Wendell answered. He
asked if she was Ashley Wendell and when she responded in the affirmative he
went on to explain that he lived just down the hall and the FedEx man had
accidentally delivered the package to the wrong door and asked if he could drop
it by for him. She looked at the label in unbelief for probably a full 30
seconds. It passed the test. Joe offered to help her move the package into her apartment
since it was 160 Lbs. she graciously accepted his offer. He pushed the package
into her apartment and then said goodnight. We could hear Sister Wendell inside
telling her companion excitedly, “I got a package! It’s from my mom!” We all
held our breath and counted to sixty. Then we heard the long awaited scream and
elder young came running out. We all roared with laughter and ran back upstairs
congratulating each other on our victory. Sister Wendell called about a minute
later and with her voice shaking she said, “Are. You. Trying. To. Give. Me. A.
Heart attack?” We all laughed again and Elder Krupa (the AP) said “I bet you
never got a man in box before!” Hearing all the laughter she asked, “who’s up
there?” “Oh just six geniuses. Well 5 and ½ actually! This is going to look
great on youtube.” “How did you get recording of it?” “Sister Wendell, we just
sent you a man in a box. I’m pretty sure we can
do whatever the heck we want!” I’m going to get you back for this!” “Sister
Wendell, we just sent you a man in a box! How can you top that?”
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