12.21.17
Hey everyone! This week has been great! We have a new address too by the way. It is 4753 Eagleridge Cir. Apt. #103
On Monday, we had the last pday with the zone before transfers and everyone got together and played some basketball. Elder Perrins and I got our weekly ping pong playing in. Each week we play a couple games of ping pong and it is super fun. Elder Perrins is really good and usually wins. It was a good day and for dinner, we went over to the Biggerstaffs.
On Tuesday, it was transfer day for the rest of the mission but we stayed put. We also put stickers on our face per tradition.
It's crazy to think that training is already halfway over. We got news that we were moving so we started cleaning up a bunch of stuff and packing things away. We went and saw Linda Ford and read the scriptures. Later, we saw Francis and Josephine and talked about the temple. They were pretty frustrating because they said that we didn't need temples on the earth again. They really aren't progressing so we are going to have to go over less. Dinner was with the Martellaro's and it is always fun being around them. We
spent some good time there and had a good lesson too. It was a good Valentines day.
On Wednesday, we had a lesson with Sister Snyder and Brother Nanto. We taught the plan of Salvation and it went well. We went to the nursing home and played some more games with the tenants. Afterwards, we had a lesson with Asa, Socorro, an Zach about the Word of Wisdom. It was Elder Perrin's first time teaching about the Word of Wisdom and he did great. After that, we had dinner over at the Carters. Sister Carter was not feeling well so she wasn't present at dinner and her kids, Damon and Larae made dinner for us and ate with us haha. They made some pretty good bean soup and fry bread.
On Thursday, it was the big moving day. We moved out of the Cash's home and into an apartment. We met the housing coordinators there and got everything situated and moved in. I prefer to live in an apartment because I am less at ease in member homes but I am grateful for all of the members' sacrifices. We live on the bottom floor and it is a cozy one bedroom apartment. We spent a lot of the day moving in and then unpacking all of our stuff and finding a place for it.
We went and saw the Jim's in the later afternoon and that was good. It had been a while since we had seen them. Dinner was a pizza that was dropped off to us and so we ate it there and then did our studies.
On Friday, we had a good district meeting in the morning and have one new member of the district. Elder Koehler. I remember picking him up from the airport when I was an Assistant. Afterwards, we stopped by a ton of people that we just couldn't catch. Dinner was at the Sefcik's house and that was fun. She is from Russia and has and accent and everything. We had a good time being with their family and got to have a goo lesson with the kids. They commented on how they like having Elders in the ward again. We have gotten that from a couple of different people too so that's good.
On Saturday, we started the day on a weird note. Francis had been inviting us this whole time to a Christian Men's conference at his church. Well, we went to the Saturday part of it and it was pretty wild. With our white shirts and ties, Elder Perrins and I stuck out more than an Amish man working for Microsoft. There were a lot of people here and we got a lot of looks but a lot of friendly welcomes as well. After we checked in, we went into this amphitheater thing and it was something that I wasn't expecting at all. After this really long prayer, a band came out and started singing songs and everyone was jumping and swaying with their hands in the air saying "praise Jesus" and everything haha. I was like "What the heck is going on right now?" It was really different but neat to see people gathered for a good cause. Then they had this preacher guy come and give a motivational speech on making decisions.
We left after that and then went to go and help bishop move some of his furniture around. Then we went over to the Dougherty's to help Alex on the barn. This time, we were digging trenches for the electrical and water lines. It was hard work and at some points, we were digging out dirt with our hands.
Afterwards we went and saw Cass Bailey and talked to him for a little bit. He needs to get back to church more. Dinner was with the Ashton's and it was super fun. Te food was good and then we got to help their autistic son Caleb with his social skills by playing different interactive games with him. That night we had a good coordination meeting with Brother Martin and then retired for the night.
On Sunday, we had church in the morning. It was good because Asa and Socorro and Zach came again! Asa is feeling like he has lost all hope but he is still coming to church so that is good. We had a good talk with him too. We went and stopped by a lot of people after church and were able to find another less active lady to work with. We had dinner at Brother Sawyers home and had some spaghetti. We had a good fun lesson where we talked about cool things found in the scriptures. It was a good week! Hopefully this week goes even better.
Elder LaRose
kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
CURRENT ADDRESS:
4753 Eagleridge Cir. Apt. #103
Pueblo West CO 81008
MISSION OFFICE:
4090 Center Park Dr
Colorado Springs, Colorado
80916
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