Hey Everyone! It’s been a super busy week this week.
On Monday, we started the day by going on a sweet hike with Elder Buxton, Elder Yarmo, and Elder Meyers. We went and did the Seven Bridges hike, where it’s a cool path that crosses over a stream 7 different times. We took some good pictures and it was way fun. After we got back from the hike, we went to Memorial Park and had a birthday party for Elder Constantine and Elder Pexton. It was great! We threw a football around, played some volleyball, and President and Sister Rehm came to celebrate as well. Dinner was at the Bishop’s house and that was really good.
On Tuesday, we had our Transfer Coordination meeting at the office and got things layed out for the transfer. Because of the holidays, the transfer is a little weird since the departing missionaries fly home before Thanksgiving. After that meeting, we had lunch with the office missionaries and then met with President and Sister Rehm to discuss transfers. We prayed and confirmed who the next trainers should be and then talked more about the transfer. After that, we were going to have appointments full but then they all cancelled on us! So we went to the park to talk to people. We then had a coordination meeting with our Ward Mission Leader and then headed to dinner with the MechamsJ They took us and the sisters to Rudy’s bbq which is this super good steakhouse thing. I got some smoked brisket that was super delicious. We then played a couple rounds of Spot it and then headed home. We worked on a little more things for miles. As well.
On Wednesday, we drove up to Castle Rock in the morning and had our final zone conference there. It was so much fun and the conference went great! We enjoyed spending time teaching up there. We came home through the scenic route and made it in time to go have an interview with Tyler Shumway for his baptism! We had dinner over at Mike and Randi’s and got to teach Mike the final parts of the Restoration. It was a great day.
On Thursday, we had time to do our weekly planning and so we did that. In the afternoon, we met with the departing missionaries and got their luggage and everything all packed away. In this departing group, two of my companions are finishing their missions! Elder Buxton and Elder Constantine have completed their 2 years and are headed out. Crazy to think about! When we got them all loaded up, we took them to dinner at the mission home and had a good feast. After that, Elder Stark and I went and had a lesson with the FostersJ they are doing really well. Then, we went and played basketball with a bunch of nonmembers at the church. The Elder’s quorum is setting up basketball for each week and that is going to be really good for getting people to come. We then went back to the mission home and spent the night with them.
On Friday, we loaded the missionaries up in the 12 passenger van and made the trip up to the Temple. We stopped at Costa Vida on the way up for lunch as tradition holds and then went to the Temple. We did an endowment session and a sealing session. The temple is such a great place to be and I love going each time. We made the drive back and had dinner at the mission home. President Rehm had seen that the BYU Young Ambassadors performance group would be in town and so he got 10 tickets for the departing missionaries and us to go and see them! The theme was very fitting for the occasion too! It was titled ‘Welcome Home’ haha. They performed really well and it was fun to be there. Elder Constantine went up to one of the singers afterwards and told her she was pretty and then she told him that she was married haha! That was super funny. We came back to the mission home after that and prepared for the next day.
On Saturday, we shipped off the missionaries at the airport and then went to the office with President to talk about transfers. We did a training call at 10 and then finalized everything for transfers with President. We started to type up the documents needed and then ran over to a baptism that the sisters were having. They asked us like 5 minutes beforehand to sing a hymn in English and then in Tongan!! So we practiced once right before, decided it was alright, and then went and did it. The spirit definitely helped us out on that one. After the Baptism, we went and took our car to get an oil change. We finalized some more things before dinner and then went to the Saturday session of Stake Conference. The theme was about missionary work so we were excited to hear about that. Elder Bat, a general authority was there and he was a great teacher. Something he said was “If you want your kids to stay out of trouble, have them do missionary work.” I thought that was awesome. After the conference, Elder Stark and I stayed up late figuring out Travel Arrangements for all of the missionaries. Once it was done, we both crashed on the couches in the living room haha.
On Sunday, we went to Stake Conference and it was again really awesome. Elder Bat spoke again and I liked when he said “The only power the Devil has is the power we give him.” Another great conference. Afterwards, we went over to teach Jesse and he fed us lunch. We taught him about all of the commandments and then we played some card games with them. Then, we went and had one last lesson with Tyler before he left for Utah to be baptized. He is really excited and will do well. We had an awesome dinner at the Mismash’s and enjoyed being over there with them. They are such great members and literally carry half the ward on their backs. We really appreciate them. After that, we got typing away at the Travel Arrangements and took calls from the zone leaders. We were again up late typing everything and getting it all sent out. Elder Stark and I got home and just crashed again.
It was a pretty exhausting week but we are so happy to be serving the LordJ Thanks for all the wishes and have a happy Thanksgiving!!!
Elder Kyler LaRose
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