On Monday, we went to Palmer Park for pday. It is an awesome park that is in the middle of Colorado Springs and it feels like you are in the Mountains! It was really fun. We hung around and then went and hiked along a trail. We got some good pictures along the way haha.
We came back and had dinner with the Porters and they are fun. They are the YSA representatives for one of the stakes we cover. For FHE that night, we had a good lesson and then played volleyball and it was pretty fun.
On Tuesday, we had a full day all day. We did service at the YMCA and then went and had a lesson with Naomie. She is a YSA investigator and we were able to talk more about the Book of Mormon. She seems curious about what we believe and hopefully we see some real interest coming from her. We went down south for dinner and had a great time with Brother Arnold. We had a lesson after that that was the most intense lesson I have ever been in. It was an older lady and her son that we showed up to and when we walked in, she was on the phone with someone (we think it was her pastor or something). We looked at the table and she had documents about Joseph Smith printed off and Elder Nelson and I looked at each other and were like, "Here we go..." The lesson was pretty awesome! They were definitely confrontational but we were able to testify so strongly with the spirit and were able to refute their claims against us. It was so strong that it led to a change of heart in the older lady and she invited us back! It was really cool to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost with us in that lesson. We met with two YSA girls, Angela and Ashley, after that and actually had a really beneficial lesson. They had a lot of great questions about what we believe and we were able to talk about the Book of Mormon too. They both took copies and we are going to be going back this week sometime.
On Wednesday, We helped Naomie move out of her apartment and then met with Samantha! Samantha is the girl who is a cancer survivor and who had her 4 year old sister pass away two weeks ago. When we saw her for this lesson, she told us that she went back to the hospital and that they found out that she has cancer again... I almost cried. She also said that this time around, she only has a 25% chance of making it through.... I almost cried again. She is such a sweet girl and I hope the absolute best for her! We taught her about the Plan of Salvation and she loved it. She want's to be baptized when she is ready too! Please keep her in your prayers! She started treatments this week and her parents left yesterday to go back to Japan. After that, we went and played bingo with the old ladies and it was awesome. We then went to the Academy and had some lessons with a couple cadets. Dinner was way out there but it was really great. We had it with Lauren Filichia and her family. We had another lesson with Anitra! We met her last week and taught her by the poolside. We went over the Plan of Salvation with her and she accepted it pretty well.
On Thursday, we had a lesson up in Black Forest in the morning and that was nice. We did our weekly planning that day and stopped by some people. For dinner, we went to Red Lobster and had some good food there because it was National Lobster Day! haha Thanks to Nana and Papa for that one!! Institute was incredible. Brother Goss is a great teacher and talked about the doctrine of the Holy Ghost and the Role of the Holy Ghost. I learned a lot from that lesson.
On Friday, we had a good time at district meeting and talked about teaching together in unity.
Afterwards, we went to UCCS and talked to the people out there. We were going to have a dinner with a less active member, but he didn't answer us about where to go and so we made stuff on our own. The mingle was pretty fun too. There were only a few people there and it was really great.
On Saturday, we went contacting at Memorial Park and there was a Celtic festival going on and so we got to see and talk to a lot of people with kilts on haha. It was a really good day. We stayed down south and knocked on some doors down there. Dinner was pizza at the house where a bunch of YSA guys live and it was pretty cool being there.
Sunday was great as well! Church was really good and Gilbert gave an awesome talk.
Elder Nelson and I also got roped into singing in sacrament meeting. So we went up and sang How Great Thou Art. We went contacting for a bit after church with Gilbert and the sisters. It was pretty good! Dinner was with Mike and Randi and the APs haha it was good to see them and the other missionaries there. They made us awesome tacos:) We found out that Elder Nelson is going to be transferred! I am really sad to see him leave. We have had tons of great laughs over these past 6 weeks. I will be getting Elder Johns and he seems like a pretty cool guy! We will have a good time together:) Thanks for all the support from everyone! I love you all:)
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