On Monday, we had a great day fishing with the whole district! We got our licenses and went to Pikeview Reservoir which is in the Springs. We weren't that prepared so we just went with it and fished. We didn't catch anything but we saw some huge fish come close to the shore. After we were done fishing, we went to this river and walked along it and hopped across the shallow parts. It was fun to be with everyone and hang out.
As we were wrapping up, I saw that the sisters had left their car keys on the ground and so I picked them up and hid them. They were looking all over for them and we told them that maybe somebody had stolen their car. So I went with Elder Nelson to "check" if their car was still in the parking lot while they kept looking for the keys. So we made our way over there and I got in their car and drove it around the corner and parked it behind a fence out of sight. As I was coming back to the parking lot. I saw that they were right there and so I hid the keys behind my back ad said "I didn't see it over there!" Sister Anderson and Sister McFarland started freaking out and called the vehicle coordinator. Right when the coordinator answered the phone, I held up the keys and smiled. They started laughing and then were mad at us. It was a good one. We all went to a park after that to hang out. For dinner we went to Drifters, which is a pretty good burger place that reminds me of In-N-Out. Then we had FHE where we had a good lesson and then met everyone in the gym and had giant rounds of musical chairs. Then we also played chair soccer and that was pretty fun. It was a good night. Also, whenever we are driving back from an activity at the church, we race the sisters to a certain point where they have to turn. We usually try to throw different things in their windows as we go. This time, Elder Nelson and I went to the dollar store and bought water squirters. So as they got parallel with us, we pulled out the squirters and soaked them haha.
On Tuesday, we went to the YMCA for service and this time, Elder J. Smith was there on exchanges with Elder Henning. We had a pretty good time here and they tasked us with breaking down some risers and saving the metal pieces in a pile. After that, we went and knocked some doors down in southern Springs. We had a lot of success there! We handed out about 6 or 7 copies of the Book of Mormon and were able to find 5 new investigators. Only 2 of them were YSA age but we are trying to help all of them out. It was pretty awesome! We went to the mission office after that and talked to Sister Stoker about getting more miles for the YSA missionaries. We have all been pretty tight on miles because we are working pretty hard. For dinner, we went over to the Churchill's because Elder Nelson had served in their ward before. It was good to see them and they made us some great food. It was a great day.
On Wednesday, we met up as a district in the morning and played soccer in the gym at the church for our workout. Later, we had interviews with President Rehm and that was cool. It was actually my last interview with him before he and Sister Rehm go home. It was a good interview and I actually renewed my temple recommend there. Crazy to think that it has been two years since I was issued that recommend. After interviews, we went to the Turner House and played a couple rounds of Bingo with everyone. We had a lesson with an investigator but they cancelled on us so we cleaned up our apartment a little bit. Then we met up with the Mt. Herman Elders and drove down to the Broadmoor area to go and teach Daniel! Daniel is doing awesome. He is still flying through the Book of Mormon and loves every bit of it. We taught him the lesson on the gospel of Jesus Christ and it was great. The spirit was there pretty strong. Then daniels friend Andy, who is a little bipolar came and sat in the lesson and just started roasting us for no reason. It was all pretty funny and we had a good laugh about it. We were coming back from the lesson a little late and then realized that we had left our phone where we were teaching Daniel. We were already late for our dinner so we decided to wait to go and get it. When we showed up to our car, we discovered it covered in whipped cream that was smeared over the windshield and side windows. There was also peanut butter under our door handles. The sisters got us back pretty good because it came at like the worst time ever. We were late to dinner already with the bishop, we didn't have a phone to call him, and we had to hunt in the church for his address. We finally made it over there and had a great dinner and lesson. Afterwards, we went and met with the Porters who are YSA representatives for the High Plains stake. It was a pretty good night.
On Thursday, we woke up to a good amount of snow! The weather here is definitely bipolar. We drove down to Fountain in the morning because we had another lesson with an investigator we had met on Tuesday. When we got there he said that it wasn't a good time. So we stopped by a couple more people and knocked on some doors in that area. We had a good discussion with this one lady that we met. She initially wasn't too interested in what we had to say but as we were persistent and kept the conversation going, the topic turned to Family History of all things. She was actually really interested in that and we were able to direct her in that direction! So glad that we stayed there and kept talking to her. We came back up north after that and stopped by a potential investigator Lilly. She was really awesome and had a ton of great questions that we answered on her doorstep. She is really religious but open to learn more, which is wonderful of her. Our dinner was super far away that night so we called Gilbert up and he picked us up at the church and drove us down there. Dinner was with this Brazilian girl who is here on some sort of stay with families in the Springs. She cooks us this amazing Brazilian dish that had beef with bacon and cheese inside and then bacon wrapped around the outside. It was so amazing. We headed back up north for institute but found out that it was cancelled because of the weather. So we talked with Gilbert for a while and then headed back home.
On Friday, we had a good district meeting in the morning and I got to teach. We talked about having effective studies. I used the head, heart, and feet lesson and it was really good for everyone. After that, we went to UCCS to go contacting there and it was great! we had a lot good conversations with people. Elder Nelson and I talked to this one man for a while and had a great discussion. He didn't want to investigate but I felt that we helped him to feel the spirit. We did some more finding after that and then went and had dinner with Michael down south. Marly face timed us to say hi and we had a good time there. After dinner, we went to the Mingle and had a great time. It was a pinewood derby and we made a car! it was super bad and only won one race. But it was alright.
On Saturday, it was a pretty long day. All day, we hopped from apartment complex to apartment complex trying to find people to teach but nobody was home or interested. It was pretty discouraging. For dinner we went to Applebees thanks to Nana and Papa! It was delicious. Afterwards, we got to go to a fireside and hear Sister Elaine S. Dalton speak! She walked in the room and came up to us missionaries and thanked us. She gave a great talk.
On Sunday, we had church at 9:00 and it was one of my favorite sacrament meetings. There were amazing talks given and Sister Dalton came and attended our sacrament meeting. After church, we all went to the Air Force Academy Chapel for the second annual LDS Baccalaureate service. It was super cool to hear Sister Dalton speak in that chapel.
Also, keep an eye out on the Church news because I might be in a picture with the other missionaries and some cadets. The photographer snagged a couple pictures of us. We all went contacting and had a pretty good time there. Then we had to drive to Black Forest for dinner and had delicious Salmon at the Lorenc's. it was a great week in the end. I love all of you and hope that you have a great week too!
Elder LaRose
kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
6480 Honey Grove Apt. 105
Colorado Springs, CO 80923
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