WEEK #17
Hey everyone! First of all, Happy Thanksgiving this coming week! I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to go on a mission. If any of you are still wondering if you should go or not, go. A mission will shape you into the very person that you always wanted to become. It has blessed my life immensely so far and I have only been out for about 4 months. This week was good! We had some good snow and chilly weather :)
On Monday, we drove downtown and Elder Stark, Elder Villaneda, and Elder Hawkins all got free haircuts at the Paul Mitchell hair school. Then we went and looked around sportsman's warehouse and dick's sporting goods. We narrowed down the baptismal date with Mitch to two dates: Dec 5th or Dec 12th!! I am really looking forward to those dates.
On Tuesday, we got dumped on with snow and they made us park the mission vehicles because of the bad roads.
So Elder Hawkins and I decided I brave the high winds and stinging snow and go tracting. While we were knocking on doors, we were also looking for people that we could help shovel their driveway for. Nothing came from it but it was worth a shot. We got a call from the vehicle coordinators and they had us switch our dented Subaru for a Ford fusion while it got fixed. We had a good lesson with the Krings and taught them about the benefit of missionaries and members working together.
On Wednesday we went to the library to research and find talks that would help those we teach. We then has a lesson with the Larsons and they told us that not 5 minutes before we arrived, a car had crashed over he curb right where we had parked. I can't imagine what would have happened if we had been early to our appointment that day. Then we has a great lesson with Brother Suydam on the blessings of the temple. He told us that as soon as the temple prep. classes were done, he would begin working towards getting a temple recommend!! That was awesome. We took Elder Stark and Elder Villaneda to volleyball with us this time and we had a blast. I am so happy that they are in my district because they work hard and are super funny too.
Thursday was a blast. We woke up early and picked up sand creek to make the hour drive to Pueblo, Colorado for our Mission Tour with Elder Marcus B. Nash of the first quorum of the Seventy!! He requested that he shake each of our hands and so all the missionaries lined up. We shook hands with Elder and Sister Nash, President and Sister Rehm, and then Elder Hillyer, the area seventy. Elder Nash talked to us Elders as Sisters about working effectively with members. Missionary work is changing and working with members is the most successful way to do it. He also talked to us about being BOLD. Speaking with confidence, clarity, and all out of love. He also told us that our own personal testimony is such an important tool that really works. We learned from him and the others for about 6 hours that day. We made it home in time for dinner with the Fullers and then went home pooped.
Friday we met with Mitch again and went over to teach Sister King. Mitch really loves coming with us to teach her and that was really special to her and to him. Then we met with our new investigator Kitana for the 2nd lesson and it went great. We asked if she had thought about being baptized mormon yet, and she said that she is going to wait and learn more. There is so much more to this church than most people realize! All we are doing is inviting people to learn more about Christ. Kitana is progressing well and we are looking forward to our next lesson.
District meeting was moved to Saturday for this week because of other meetings and so I talked to everyone about how to teach with power and had them share powerful experiences that they have had in their missionary work so far. It was really great to build upon the experiences of the other Elders. During our free time, we called a phone number that we had received. The man is apparently a Christian pastor for another church, but wants to meet with us and has a Book of Mormon that he said he'd read!! All over the phone, we had a 30 minute lesson and even a closing prayer. It was such a cool thing to do and just over the phone. Dinner was with Brother Springer and we had delicious chili while we went over our coordination together. Right after, we went to the adult session of stake conference, where Elder Marcus B. Nash spoke. Mitch was running a little late, but made it in time for the talks. There were various different speakers that gave talks, but after each speaker, Elder Nash got up with the speaker and asked the congregation 2 questions. What did you learn? What are you going to do with what you learned? There were microphones passed around to the audience members and they answered the questions from Elder Nash! It was really different, but really effective and personal. When it came time for Elder Nash to speak, he declared boldly to the audience that they needed to be doing better missionary work and that they needed to use the full time missionaries as a significant resource. He then had all of the missionaries stand up and further testified of the special witness that we carry. Right after the meeting, we took Mitch up to the front and introduced him to both President Rehm and Elder Nash. Elder Nash got really down and personal with Mitch and really cemented Mitch's testimony. Elder Nash then hugged Elder Hawkins and I and told us to keep up the great work. I am so grateful for Elder Nash's willingness to speak one on one with Mitch.
Sunday came and there was a recent concert / investigator meeting with Elder Nash that we went to with Mitch. It was powerful to hear all of the testimonies come from the converts including Mitch's. The meeting led into the general session of stake conference where we heard from all of the great leaders of the stake, the temple president, mission president, and Elder Nash. He bore solemn witness of the truth of this gospel and delivered an impactful talk. What a blessing it was for me to hear from this great man all throughout the week. I know for a fact that he is called of God to do what he does. After the conference, we got a call from a less active member requesting that we stop by and talk! So right before dinner, we went over to the house and had a great lesson. Dinner was with Patriarch Williams and his wife and they fed us elk meatloaf which wasn't bad at all :) after dinner we went to John Taylor's baptism!!
John had asked me earlier in the week if I would give the talk on baptism and I couldn't say no haha:) so I gave my talk on baptism and promised him the blessings that come from making this promise with The Lord. We watched him get baptized and it was so cool to see how happy John was through the whole thing. It was a great way to end the week and I couldn't have asked for more.
I love you all and hope that you have a wonderful thanksgiving!
Elder Kyler LaRose
Hey everyone! First of all, Happy Thanksgiving this coming week! I am so grateful for the opportunity that I have to go on a mission. If any of you are still wondering if you should go or not, go. A mission will shape you into the very person that you always wanted to become. It has blessed my life immensely so far and I have only been out for about 4 months. This week was good! We had some good snow and chilly weather :)
On Monday, we drove downtown and Elder Stark, Elder Villaneda, and Elder Hawkins all got free haircuts at the Paul Mitchell hair school. Then we went and looked around sportsman's warehouse and dick's sporting goods. We narrowed down the baptismal date with Mitch to two dates: Dec 5th or Dec 12th!! I am really looking forward to those dates.
On Tuesday, we got dumped on with snow and they made us park the mission vehicles because of the bad roads.
So Elder Hawkins and I decided I brave the high winds and stinging snow and go tracting. While we were knocking on doors, we were also looking for people that we could help shovel their driveway for. Nothing came from it but it was worth a shot. We got a call from the vehicle coordinators and they had us switch our dented Subaru for a Ford fusion while it got fixed. We had a good lesson with the Krings and taught them about the benefit of missionaries and members working together.
On Wednesday we went to the library to research and find talks that would help those we teach. We then has a lesson with the Larsons and they told us that not 5 minutes before we arrived, a car had crashed over he curb right where we had parked. I can't imagine what would have happened if we had been early to our appointment that day. Then we has a great lesson with Brother Suydam on the blessings of the temple. He told us that as soon as the temple prep. classes were done, he would begin working towards getting a temple recommend!! That was awesome. We took Elder Stark and Elder Villaneda to volleyball with us this time and we had a blast. I am so happy that they are in my district because they work hard and are super funny too.
Thursday was a blast. We woke up early and picked up sand creek to make the hour drive to Pueblo, Colorado for our Mission Tour with Elder Marcus B. Nash of the first quorum of the Seventy!! He requested that he shake each of our hands and so all the missionaries lined up. We shook hands with Elder and Sister Nash, President and Sister Rehm, and then Elder Hillyer, the area seventy. Elder Nash talked to us Elders as Sisters about working effectively with members. Missionary work is changing and working with members is the most successful way to do it. He also talked to us about being BOLD. Speaking with confidence, clarity, and all out of love. He also told us that our own personal testimony is such an important tool that really works. We learned from him and the others for about 6 hours that day. We made it home in time for dinner with the Fullers and then went home pooped.
Friday we met with Mitch again and went over to teach Sister King. Mitch really loves coming with us to teach her and that was really special to her and to him. Then we met with our new investigator Kitana for the 2nd lesson and it went great. We asked if she had thought about being baptized mormon yet, and she said that she is going to wait and learn more. There is so much more to this church than most people realize! All we are doing is inviting people to learn more about Christ. Kitana is progressing well and we are looking forward to our next lesson.
District meeting was moved to Saturday for this week because of other meetings and so I talked to everyone about how to teach with power and had them share powerful experiences that they have had in their missionary work so far. It was really great to build upon the experiences of the other Elders. During our free time, we called a phone number that we had received. The man is apparently a Christian pastor for another church, but wants to meet with us and has a Book of Mormon that he said he'd read!! All over the phone, we had a 30 minute lesson and even a closing prayer. It was such a cool thing to do and just over the phone. Dinner was with Brother Springer and we had delicious chili while we went over our coordination together. Right after, we went to the adult session of stake conference, where Elder Marcus B. Nash spoke. Mitch was running a little late, but made it in time for the talks. There were various different speakers that gave talks, but after each speaker, Elder Nash got up with the speaker and asked the congregation 2 questions. What did you learn? What are you going to do with what you learned? There were microphones passed around to the audience members and they answered the questions from Elder Nash! It was really different, but really effective and personal. When it came time for Elder Nash to speak, he declared boldly to the audience that they needed to be doing better missionary work and that they needed to use the full time missionaries as a significant resource. He then had all of the missionaries stand up and further testified of the special witness that we carry. Right after the meeting, we took Mitch up to the front and introduced him to both President Rehm and Elder Nash. Elder Nash got really down and personal with Mitch and really cemented Mitch's testimony. Elder Nash then hugged Elder Hawkins and I and told us to keep up the great work. I am so grateful for Elder Nash's willingness to speak one on one with Mitch.
Sunday came and there was a recent concert / investigator meeting with Elder Nash that we went to with Mitch. It was powerful to hear all of the testimonies come from the converts including Mitch's. The meeting led into the general session of stake conference where we heard from all of the great leaders of the stake, the temple president, mission president, and Elder Nash. He bore solemn witness of the truth of this gospel and delivered an impactful talk. What a blessing it was for me to hear from this great man all throughout the week. I know for a fact that he is called of God to do what he does. After the conference, we got a call from a less active member requesting that we stop by and talk! So right before dinner, we went over to the house and had a great lesson. Dinner was with Patriarch Williams and his wife and they fed us elk meatloaf which wasn't bad at all :) after dinner we went to John Taylor's baptism!!
John had asked me earlier in the week if I would give the talk on baptism and I couldn't say no haha:) so I gave my talk on baptism and promised him the blessings that come from making this promise with The Lord. We watched him get baptized and it was so cool to see how happy John was through the whole thing. It was a great way to end the week and I couldn't have asked for more.
I love you all and hope that you have a wonderful thanksgiving!
Elder Kyler LaRose
Kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
CURRENT ADDRESS:
2605 Serendipity Circle E APT #251
Colorado Springs, CO
80917
MISSION OFFICE ADDRESS (use if close to Transfer time, they will forward to where he is at):
4090 Center Park Drive Ste 4
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
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