On Monday, we had a blast! We drove up to Castle Rock with Elder Ward and Elder Pexton and met up with Elder Lloyd and Elder Filips. We also met up with Noe who, if you remember, is an investigator that I started teaching up there. He is still meeting with the elders so that is really cool. So everyone jumped in our minivan and we drove up to the trail head to Devil's Head. It's a cool hike to a fire watchtower in the mountains past Sedalia. The road up there was really fun to drive because it was winding dirt roads. It was a nice short hike to the top and there was a sweet view from the top. We headed back to Castle Rock and then drove back down to the Springs.
That night, we had dinner with Mike and Randi before they left for vacation. They are so great. Our lessons are always really productive and spiritually strong. We are excited for them. After that, we had to monitor an emergency transfer and then it was bedtime.
On Tuesday, we were able to catch up on some planning and stopped by a lot of people. That night, we went over to the Fosters to have dinner and a lesson. We had some great supreme nachos there and it was fun to be around them. They are still doing really well in the Gospel too. We had an appointment with another person we are teaching but they cancelled on us. That night, we went to Pueblo to exchange with the Zone Leaders. I got to stay in 5th ward with Elder Stewart. The last time I was on and exchange with Elder Stewart, I was in Castle Rock and we spent the day up in Parker. Now we get to do it again!
On Wednesday, we had a super great day. We started the day by going to Memorial Park to walk around the lake. We talked to a lot of people and we were able to get a new investigator. After lunch, we went and stopped by some media referrals we had. We were able to contact both of them and both of them want to be taught more! They had just requested a delivery of a bible but we were able to testify of the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon and they accepted the invitation to learn more. We had a great dinner with the Bishop’s parents and we had a lesson on preparing for General Confrence. That night, we exchanged back and then monitored another emergency transfer.
On Thursday, we went to the park and were supposed to meet someone there but they didn’t show upL But we just went and weekly planned after that. We then had a meeting with President and Sister Rehm and got to discuss a lot of things for the upcoming transfer. Can’t believe it’s already that time again! For dinner, we went to the Sand Creek ward and had dinner with the Call family. They were excited to have the both of us back for dinnerJ They are such a cool family. After dinner, we had a lesson with 9yr old Tyler Shumway. It was a good lesson on prophets for General Conference and we challenged him to count how many times they say ‘Jesus Christ’ in the Sunday morning sessionJ
On Friday, we got up in the morning and went to Memorial Park to do out workout. We did a lap around Prospect Lake and stopped at the little workout stations they have around. Also, we went and had our interviews with President Rehm. It was a good interview and he asked me if my family were to visit me what change would they see in me? I’m not totally sure of that answer yet. Maybe my family can answer that better. After that, we went to a taco truck with our district and brought our food back for district meeting. We got some good tacos and they had super spicy salsa to go on top. It had Elder Stark and I sweating haha. District meeting went well and we had a fun lesson. After that, we went to drop off a bigger bible for our media referral because she couldn’t see the other one. We were able to talk to her about her beliefs and apparently she had met with missionaries in Ohio or somewhere and had lost contact with the church after she moved. She got in contact with us through an ad on her computer asking if she wanted a free bible haha. And now we are back in contact with her and her husband! It’s so cool to see the Lord’s hand work in other’s lives.
On Saturday, we had a great start to the day. We went to the church to workout with Michael, an investigator that the sisters are teaching. He is in the army and loves to work us hard. We did a jog and then did pull ups, pushups, and air squats until our muscles failed. It felt super good. We got to go and watch General Conference at their place tooJ I loved the Saturday session of General Conference! My favorite talk was by Dallin H Oaks at the end of the 2nd session. He talked about our duty to share the gospel as members of His true church. Right before the Priesthood session, the ward has a tradition of having a barbecue before it starts. They call it ‘Prophets and Brats’ and everyone brings stuff to grill. I had my first Moose burger there and it was super good. For Priesthood, I loved Legrand R Curtis Jr.’s talk of the Book of Mormon and the power it has. Afterwards, we went and got ice cream at Culver’s.
On Sunday, we watched the Sunday morning session of conference at the church and then got to watch the next one at the Fosters. My favorite talk on Sunday was the one by President Nelson on Joy. I also like the talk by K Brett Nattress because he came to our mission just a couple months ago and I got to know him. We then headed up to the east part of Springs and had dinner with a family up there. We came back to the Springs to finish up typing some documents we had to email out and then took the call ins from the zone leaders. It was such a great week and I am so grateful for the guidance we receive from a modern Prophet and his Apostles. The words they speak are true. Hope you all had the same experience! Love you all.
Elder LaRose
MISSION OFFICE:
4090 Center Park Dr
Colorado Springs, Colorado
80916
kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
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