WEEK #77 - Pueblo Zone

Hey everyone! It has been a very tiring week but it's been good too.
On Monday, we went to the library to email and everything and then went to some stores afterwards to check things out. Pueblo is a pretty cool place. There's not much to do as far as sights and hikes and things like that but it's going well so far. We ended up going to  the stake center to go play spike ball with some missionaries. It was my first time playing spike ball and I was terrible. It's kind of like playing volleyball into a bouncy net on the ground. I then shot some hoops. It was a pretty good day. That evening we met the Avery's and they are awesome:) he is working on getting the priesthood and they are great :) we had a great dinner and a great lesson. We then went over to the Jim family. They are a Native American family and are working on becoming more active. We were able to meet the father and two of the kids.

On Tuesday, we had a pretty good morning. We went to an apartment complex and started tracting through the complex. We were able to find some people who were willing to have us come by at another time. For lunch, the Harrison's had us over and it was great to meet them. In the afternoon, we wet and saw Francis and Josephine and tried to teach the first lesson with them. We were able to teach most of the lesson but they didn't receive it too well. They kind of kept interjecting at random points and then going off on tangents. So we left that lesson a little frustrated but they still want us to come by. We then went over to the Ashton's and helped their autistic son practice his social skills by talking to him and sharing a message. After dinner, we were able to get in touch with a less active member and have a good lesson then we went and visited Brother Leech. He is a pretty quiet guy and we were able to talk to him for a while before we retired for the night.

On Wednesday, we had a good morning and then went to go and contact some people. We met some very interesting people and found a new less active lady who is in a pretty rough spot. It was pretty obvious that she had been smoking weed. Not only from the smell, but from the actual weed on the counter. She said that she wanted to try coming back to church. So hopefully we can help her turn her life around. We met this really nice guy named Norm and then headed out. We then went and did some service for a nursing home into Pueblo. It was fun! We put together a puzzle with some older guys and got to talk to them which was awesome. They are all pretty funny. We went back to the apartment complex and met some more crazy people. We met a man named Mike who told us that there were reptilians who were leading our church and that the moon wasn't real. Yeah we could see a jar of Marijuana on the table behind him. We then went and had dinner with the Cooks and that was fun. They are a super cool family with awesome kids. We finished up the evening by stopping by some more people and then heading in.

On Thursday, we did our weekly planning and then went out to Pueblo West to contact some people. No one was home so we went and found some new investigators in that apartment complex. For dinner we went to Cracker Barrel and it was awesome. It tasted just like a home cooked meal :) then we went and met with Sister Larson and took Brother Martin with us. Then we went and saw the Coombs and had a good lesson there as well. Elder Perrins is Doing really well and is just sliding right in to being a missionary :) it has been so fun being companions with him.
On Friday, we had zone training with all of the missionaries in the zone. It was really good! Elders Stewart and Garton did really well teaching. Afterwards, we went and had lessons with the Glovers, the Biggerstaffs and then stopped by more people that had said to come back. We ate dinner and then went to the Hansons. Brother Hanson is a recent convert of a couple months and the family is awesome. They are preparing to be sealed pretty soon.

On Saturday, we went out to Pueblo West to help people with a barn that they were building. We prepared the holes for the beams to go into. After that, they fed us lunch an then we went back and put together the bike that Elder Perrins got. Next, we went and stopped by Dee and finally met her 3 grandkids! That was awesome. They are 14, 12, and 8.
We now have 3 more people to teach! We then met with the Rooks after that. Then we got to see the McCarrol kids and that was good. We are working on having them becoming more active. We then met with Brother Martin for our coordination and he was telling us how grateful he is to have the elders back. Apparently he didn't get along the best with the sisters. For dinner, we went over to the Archuletas and they fed us some amazing fajitas on home made tortillas. I ate so much of those. They also brought out the kittens that their cat had just had and so we played with them for a little bit. Then we shared a message and headed home.

On Sunday we had ward council early in the morning and it was great to meet more people in the ward. We are still new to most of the ward and now we are getting better acquainted. Church was fast and testimony meeting and so Elder Perrins and I went up and introduced ourselves in front of everyone. After church I got to see former Elders Johnson, Reed, and Silva and Sister Carson!! They had all taken a trip down to Colorado to see people and we ran into them at church. It was so good to see them again haha. We went over to the Riplies to teach Michael a lesson about the priesthood. He is working on getting the priesthood. Then we went over to the Morgan's and got to know them a little better too. They are super cool and love the missionaries. Then we went over to the Jim's and met the second half of the family. We had dinner over at the Montellaro's for dinner and that was great! They are awesome and she had claimed the title of missionary mom. So she is mom to all the missionaries in the ward:) after that we met the Smiths, who are working on getting sealed together after they work out adopting one of the kids they have with them. There are so many awesome people in the Pueblo West 3rd ward and I am excited to be here!
Thanks for all the letters and hope that everyone is doing well!
Love, Elder LaRose.


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