On Monday, in the morning, we dropped off the departing missionaries. we took care of tons of stuff that needed to get done like, dry cleaning, house cleaning, car cleaning, and probably more cleaning that I can't think of right now. After that, Elder Constantine and some other missionaries had to rehearse for their musical number in the upcoming Mission Tour. So we went to the Aeroplaza building and I played basketball with the other missionaries. It was a good ol day. We had a good dinner and then went to contact a family that Bishop Hendry referred us to. His name is Joe and he has been less active for most of his life. He has a wife named Ami who is not a member also. They welcomed us in warmly and are just awesome people. Joe really wants to have the priesthood in his home and Ami wants to find more peace in her life. They totally want us to come back and teach them. There is somewhat of a pattern to missionary work here in 5th ward:) We will just have people come up to us and want to be taught. It's crazy how it all works.
On Tuesday, we started the day by wrapping up the tail ends of the miles document. After that, we set out to do some missionary work and got to see a lot of people. We were tracting in this one complex and we got in contact with these people named Anthony and Debra. They were really interested in what we had to say and invited us back to their apartment later in the week. We went to a Cajun restaurant in downtown Springs called Springs Orleans and I got to try some alligator bites! They tasted super good too! For the main dish, we had crawfish et ouffe. It was also great. Tasted like mini lobster. We had a lesson in the evening with Jimmy and talked to him about some of the commandments. He is progressing really well and will be getting baptized pretty soon. That night, we went and exchanged with the Monument zone leaders.
On Wednesday, I stayed in Monument with Elder Stark and we had a great day. Our morning was filled with doing some great service that ranged from mowing 3 foot weeds to playing Yahtzee with older people. We were able to have a great rest of the day just being missionaries and working. It was great to be with Elder Stark again. We had a great dinner and then a lesson at another member's home. At that house, the people there told me that they have a neighbor from Monticello! So we went next door and sure enough, it was Cory Schafer. We bonded over the good people of Monticello and talked about different things.
We took some pictures and then headed back down to exchange back.
On Thursday, we met with President and Sister Rehm to get a better grip on transfers. That went for a while and then we left to have a lesson with Anthony and Debra. Only Anthony was home but we had a great lesson about the Book of Mormon and about coming closer to Christ. It was a great lesson. We had a good dinner and then drove down to Pueblo for the mission tour that was happening the next day.
On Friday, we woke up and got things ready for the tour. We have the privilege of having 2 members of the seventy attend as instruct us in this mission tour. Their names are Elder Wilford W. Andersen and Elder K. Brett Nattress and their wives.
Elder Andersen gave that talk in conference about learning the dance and also hearing music. Needless to say, we were well instructed. The conference lasted most of the day and then we ha a mission leadership council after that. We came home after having dinner in Pueblo and crashed.
On Saturday, we went to the Aeroplaza building and got ready for the second round of the mission tour. Here is what I learned in the past two days from such great leaders. Elder Nattress talked about our own testimony of Christ and encouraged us to share our testimony as much as we could. He said to "let everyone know that you know." From Elder Andersen he talked about knowledge. Specifically head, heart, and soul knowledge. Head knowledge is intellectual or book learning. There is no desire necessary. Heart knowledge comes from desire, feeling the spirit, and wanting to change. Soul knowledge is application, becoming, living, and having diligence. He also talked about faith and how to make it powerful. He said,
1. Know and love the Lord Jesus Christ
2. Conform your desires to His
3. Work hard
Some other things he said are "Gratitude is a prerequisite to receiving a spiritual witness."
"Every calling I have had, I have felt less and less adequate. But I have become more and more confident in The Lord."
"Powerful faith can convert a future promise into a present reality."
We were truly uplifted and benefitted by having such great men and women teach us. After the tour, we were invited to a barbecue at the church for a different ward. As we were there eating, a random person came up to us and asked us to tell him more about the church! He is super interested in learning more and told us that he would make it to church on Sunday. That was such a cool miracle. That night we had another lesson with Joe and Ami and they are really hoping to progress.
On Sunday, we had ward council in the morning and then went to church we had Jimmy and Erich come. We had a great time. After church, we went tracting for a good while and were able to talk to a lot of people. We had dinner at the McEchrons and they fed us some good stuff. We came back and got to go to the stake priesthood meeting. It was awesome because I saw a ton of people from 3rd ward (now called rustic hills ward due to boundary changes). I even got to see Mitch again and that was great:). They talked about sanctification and I came up with a phrase to describe it. It goes, "Sanctification is a covenant commitment to consecrate consistent change." I was pretty proud of that one haha. So it was decided on Thursday that Elder Constantine would be leaving the area so he could train. Which means I now have a new companion to stay with us for a week before transfers. I don't know if you remember, but my new companion is Elder Stark!! We served around each other at the beginning of our missions, he was in my district, as zone leaders we saw each other, and now he is my companion! Crazy! It's so awesome and I am so excited:) what a great way to end the week:) Elder Stark is from Antioch, California and we are literally brothers :) we have a little too much in common not to be haha. Love you all and don't forget to be awesome
Elder LaRose
MISSION OFFICE:
4090 Center Park Dr
Colorado Springs, Colorado
80916
kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
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