WEEK #65 - Colorado Springs Mission Office

WEEK #65
10.24.16

Hello Everybody! It has been a great week
On Monday we had a good day going to some stores and then meeting up at a park to play some flag football. The football wasn't that effective because too many people showed up but it was good to be around everyone. After we played some football and a little bit of rugby we decided to have dinner at Costco with Elder Ward and Elder Filips. The thing was, we didn't plan well enough and forgot to bring our white shirts and slacks. So, in order to be obedient to mission rules, we borrowed Elder Ward's clothes and then went and got some Costco food:) We started our exchange that night and I went with Elder Filips in 5th ward.

On Tuesday, We had a pretty good day lined up. We went to the Hospital in the morning and saw Shannon. She is pregnant and due this week so we went and saw her to keep her company. We then went and saw Jose, who had just returned from the hospital. His stay made him a little depressed but he was really interactive and upbeat in our lesson which is good. He seems to be coming out of his slump. For the rest of the day, we went and stopped by a ton of people that we needed to visit. For the whole day, nobody answered. BUT, right before dinner we were tracting on a street and a door opened for us! The family invited us in and we were able to have a return appointment with them! The wife doesn't speak English but we are excited to have had that blessing come our way. We had dinner with the sisters that night and then went to see the Fosters after that. We met up with our companions and then headed home.
On Wednesday, we spent some time getting ready for zone conference. We thought about a topic to teach all the missionaries and let that sit in our brains for a little while. We did some service for a less active member that is going to be going to the temple and helped him lay some gravel in his driveway. We got to see some more people that day and then had our own philly cheese steaks. It was a good day.
On Thursday, we did some weekly planning for the week ahead of us, and it looks pretty busy haha. We nailed down a topic for zone conference too! We are going to be talking about Fear and overcoming our fears through Jesus Christ. We want the missionaries to be confident and excited in their teaching and in other aspects of missionary work. So then we went and did research on that topic. We met up with a couple of missionaries to tackle a taco truck that is super good. The Mexican food is really good here in the southern springs. We also got a text from the ward secretary that day asking us if we could give 10 minute talks in sacrament meeting on Sunday.  So we also prepped for that a little bit too.
On Friday, we had our district meeting and had a good lesson from Elder Kunz about the Book of Mormon. We followed the Mechams to their place to have lunch with them. We had really good hamburgers After District meeting, we exchanged with the Soaring Eagles elders and I went with Elder Johannesson in his area. He is a really cool guy. We went to dinner that night and taught them a good lesson.

On Saturday, we had a good productive day in the Soaring Eagles ward. We taught a lot of less active members and helped them understand the importance of coming to church. All of them said that they would make an effort to attend too so hopefully they come and have a good time. We exchanged back that evening and then got ourselves some dinner. So for my talk, I cheated a little bit and modified the talk that I gave in Connecticut for Seminary Graduation. Then we headed to bed.
On Sunday, we had ward council in the morning and then grabbed a quick breakfast and then went to church. There was a good turnout at church too with some visitors who stopped in. We gave our talks and got a lot of compliments from members. Mike and Randi were there too and are doing great. After church, we grabbed some lunch and then went and stopped by a couple of people. We stopped by Tim and he asked for the address to our church so he could come by when he wasn’t busy! So that was great. We had dinner with Mike and Randi that night and then started the recent convert lessons with them. After that, we had to run some errands for the Emergency Transfer we monitored that night.
It was a great week. There was a lot of preparation that we had to do this week but we are excited to be teaching the missionaries in the mission. Love you all and hope this week is great for yall.


Elder LaRose

MISSION OFFICE:
4090 Center Park Dr
Colorado Springs, Colorado
80916

kyler.larose@myldsmail.net