WEEK #73
12.19.16
Hey Everyone! It has been a great week! I can't believe that Christmas is in a week!
On Monday, we had to drive up to an area and drive some sisters down to the mission office. As we were helping the sisters move out, some deer were just outside the apartment. So I picked up some grass and walked up to one of the deer. It actually came up to me and I pet its head and then pet its back before it smelled my BO and ran away! It was so darn cool! I missed a picture with it but that's alright. We then had to go up to the northern part of the Springs to run an errand and then we went and played volleyball with some missionaries. It was pretty great. After that, we went and had dinner at the goodbye party for the Mechams! They have finished their 2 year mission and are returning home to Wyoming! They told us that we could come and visit any time after our missions. We sure will miss them. After that, we went down to Pueblo for exchanges.
On Tuesday, I stayed in Pueblo for the day. We had a pretty great day! We went and saw a bunch of people that they were working with and it was great. I just love going to new areas and meeting new people and making connections. I met one guy who grew up in south western Colorado and he went to the Monticello Temple when it was dedicated and attended afterwards. We had a good time teaching a bunch of people and we had a great dinner. After dinner, we stopped by some people and then we met up with Elder Stark and headed back to the springs.
On Wednesday, we went to the office and sent out letters and stuff. We came back home and then did our weekly planning! After we finished that, we went to see Anthony and Deborah. They were not home unfortunately. It is hard to catch them sometimes. We had dinner with Michael and Marly. That was great! We went over the interview questions with Michael and then after dinner, he had his interview and passed! Then we set up the program for his baptism on the 19th. We are so excited for him and know that the gospel will bless his life.
On Thursday, we drove up to Castle Rock for the final Christmas zone conference. It was great to be up there again. I love Castle Rock. For the final entrance of Santa, I dressed up in the suit and then Elder Stark had a red nose that lit up and a reindeer antlers headband. So he gave me a piggy back into the cultural hall and I was yelling HOHOHO!! It was hilarious. After the conference, we found one of those reindeer antlers you can put on your car so we put in on our minivan and named it Elliot (from Open Season) and it's awesome. We made it back in time to manage the early transfer for the missionaries going home before Christmas. So we made sure things ran smoothly and then took all of the departing missionaries to dinner. After that, we went and had a lesson with Mike and Randi! They are going out of town so they made us open our Christmas presents they got us. They got us both Nebraska Huskers shirts! That was super nice and they are awesome. It was great to be over there before they took off.
On Friday, we drove up and took all of the missionaries to the airport! It's crazy to see another good batch of friends finish their mission. After that, we had out district meeting and then had lunch at the Hammonds. They are the military relations couple that replaced the Mechams. After our lunch, we had a meeting with president and talked about who my replacement could be. We also talked about the transfer coming up. That evening, we had dinner with the Grays and that was great. We drove up to northern springs to go on exchanges.
On Saturday, I was with Elder Hagman in 5th ward. He was in the MTC with me and it was great to have a day together. We woke up to tons of snow on the ground, but nobody told us to park our vehicles so we took our minivan Elliot out there and tore up the streets. We figured out how to drift in the minivan too and that was awesome. You just have to stomp on the E brake and then you start sliding haha. It was awesome. We went to a baptism and then helped some people move. We went and saw Jose and then contacted come referrals we had gotten. We had a good lesson with the Puzzos and then went to the Severe's for dinner. We went over to the Rodriguez home after that and had a good lesson about building a foundation on Christ. It was definitely a cold day that day and it got down to -8 degrees. We exchanged back and then came home for the night.
On Sunday, we went to church and there was like nobody there. Lots of people have headed out of town for the holidays. We had another recent convert lesson with Tyler Shumway and then we went to dinner with the Katalins and the Mismashs. After dinner we went caroling as a district for the last time. This time it was in our area and so we selected a street to sing at. On the 3rd house we sang at, we were invited into their home and they gave us all apple cider to warm us up. (it didn't rise above 10 degrees) John and Karen were there names and they were so sweet! We talked about our missions and also about the Book of Mormon. They totally accepted a copy and said that they were really interested in what we had to offer them! We sang them another song before we left and then continued on caroling! It was pretty awesome!
So excited to see my family next week! hope you all have a great Christmas! Love you all!
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