On Monday, we had a good time over at the church playing basketball and stuff, there weren't much people that showed up, but it was fun and we played a couple games of pig. That night, we exchanged with the Castle Pines ward and I went with Elder Sanford back to our area. We had a great dinner with the Clements and then a great lesson with the Graves. Then, we went to the church and were going to teach Sister Howland and Kelli there, but her sons had invited nonmembers to play basketball and so we played with them for a little bit and then had our lesson.
Elder Sanford and breakfast
On Tuesday, we went
to the Horsepower ranch and shoveled more stalls. It was a good ol time. That
lasted for about 2 hours and then we headed home for lunch at Cafe Rio:) after
lunch, we went and tracted a couple people out of the Pines and were actually
able to meet with Renae again! We reviewed the Plan of Salvation and then
talked about the Restoration of the Church. It was a good lesson and we were
able to set a return appointment for next week. We then did some more
contacting and then headed back to Castle Pines to exchange back. We didn't
have any evening appointments that night so we took time to review our graphs
and stuff for MLCs.
On Wednesday, we woke up early and made the drive down to Colorado Springs for our monthly Mission Leadership Council. We made it in time to help set up for breakfast and stuff. The meeting was really long and we talked about some really important things as a council and then some not so important things. It was great to see Elder Tallman and Elder Clancy too!
On Wednesday, we woke up early and made the drive down to Colorado Springs for our monthly Mission Leadership Council. We made it in time to help set up for breakfast and stuff. The meeting was really long and we talked about some really important things as a council and then some not so important things. It was great to see Elder Tallman and Elder Clancy too!
Drive down to Springs...
The meeting finished
around 4 and so we had to head back to Castle Rock to be on time for dinner. We
had a great lesson with the Glancys and they are playing a key role in our
efforts to fellowship one of the part-member families we are meeting with.
Afterwards, we drove out to Sedalia and had a lesson with the Wells.
On Thursday, we had our studies and then did our weekly planning. After lunch, we drove to Parker and met with Sister Tucker and Sister Carson to plan for our Zone Training. I took a while to get the whole training down, but we felt good about it. We came home and had to put a couple of things in the computer and then took off to have dinner with President Davis, a counselor in the Stake Presidency. After that, we drove back to Parker and had a Just Serve meeting with the Parker South Stake. The meeting was pretty typical, with the people getting a little off track and saying funny stuff.
On Friday, we were again back in Parker for our Zone Training. The training went really well! We taught about how to always be asking for referrals and about finding new people to teach. We really stressed how having the faith to find people to teach is essential before you actually see the results. We read Ether 12 and illustrated that by faith, all the miracles were brought to pass. We then bore our testimonies of why we came out on our missions. Each of the four were spiritually powerful and testified of the love we have for our zone and for those that we work with. The spirit was in the room and we hope that our zone left motivated to be better. This past week I have been thinking of the quote that Dad looked to during his doctorate. "Good is the enemy of Great." I hope that I can keep moving forward to turn my good qualities into great ones and that the members of our zone have that same desire to be great as well. After Zone Training, we went and had lunch with some other missionaries and then headed back to go to Bonneventure. Later, we went to the church and set up for the Stake Women's Conference. Then, we went over to Sister Metcalf's to help put together their swing set. We are seeing progress and are just finishing up the outside touches and final put-togethers. For dinner, Elder Tibbitts and I went to Mod Pizza and filled our stomachs with goodness.
On Thursday, we had our studies and then did our weekly planning. After lunch, we drove to Parker and met with Sister Tucker and Sister Carson to plan for our Zone Training. I took a while to get the whole training down, but we felt good about it. We came home and had to put a couple of things in the computer and then took off to have dinner with President Davis, a counselor in the Stake Presidency. After that, we drove back to Parker and had a Just Serve meeting with the Parker South Stake. The meeting was pretty typical, with the people getting a little off track and saying funny stuff.
On Friday, we were again back in Parker for our Zone Training. The training went really well! We taught about how to always be asking for referrals and about finding new people to teach. We really stressed how having the faith to find people to teach is essential before you actually see the results. We read Ether 12 and illustrated that by faith, all the miracles were brought to pass. We then bore our testimonies of why we came out on our missions. Each of the four were spiritually powerful and testified of the love we have for our zone and for those that we work with. The spirit was in the room and we hope that our zone left motivated to be better. This past week I have been thinking of the quote that Dad looked to during his doctorate. "Good is the enemy of Great." I hope that I can keep moving forward to turn my good qualities into great ones and that the members of our zone have that same desire to be great as well. After Zone Training, we went and had lunch with some other missionaries and then headed back to go to Bonneventure. Later, we went to the church and set up for the Stake Women's Conference. Then, we went over to Sister Metcalf's to help put together their swing set. We are seeing progress and are just finishing up the outside touches and final put-togethers. For dinner, Elder Tibbitts and I went to Mod Pizza and filled our stomachs with goodness.
On Saturday, we went and helped a member who is moving into the ward move a couple of dressers and a piano into his house. Our reward was breakfast at Village Inn, so we were happy to help. In the afternoon, we helped take down the stuff from Stake Women's Conference. We again went and worked a little bit on the Metcalf's swing set until it started to rain. We then drove out to Sedalia and had dinner at the Pettingill's, where she cooked, through communication with Mom, my favorite roast elk French dip! It was pretty delicious:) we then went to the Turnbaugh's house for a lesson. We had a great lesson about faith and after, I asked if we could take a tour of their big house. It literally took us 30 minutes to tour the whole house! It was a great night.
On Sunday, we did our studies and then set out on foot to go see some people. We stopped by the Carters, a potential investigator we have and they were home! We talked to them and set an appointment for next week to come and teach:). At noon, we had correlation with Brother Kendall and with the ward missionaries. Then, at 1 we went to church and had a great testimony meeting. There were lots of sweet testimonies born and most of them from less active members! We had a big gospel principles class and got to teach about the Gift of the Holy Ghost. After Church, we went and started the before baptism lessons with the Graves little boy. Dinner with the Palmers was right after that and then we had a Just Serve meeting with the Castle Rock Stake at 6. We then met with the Prescott family and then with Bishop Rolfson and their family. We then did call ins and reported to the Assistants. It was a busy and packed day but that's how we love it:) thanks for all the support and have a great week!
Love, Elder LaRose
Kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
CURRENT ADDRESS:
4438 Buena Vista Ct.
Castle Rock, CO 80109
MISSION OFFICE ADDRESS:
4090 Center Park Drive Ste 4
Colorado Springs, CO 80916
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