On Monday we had a great day. We woke up and met the whole zone at the church and did a workout. The new all went and had breakfast at Denny's. After that, everyone drove up to the Mt. Herman trail head. Our little cars did pretty well up the dirt road to get there, The hike was way fun. It wasn't too hard and it was great to be with everyone. At the top there is a geocache and I brought a Book of Mormon with me to put inside. At the top, we had a little bit of a snowball fight and then came back down the mountain.
We drove back to the Springs and had lunch with a member before we went and emailed. None of the YSA missionaries had dinner that night so we all met up at Texas Roadhouse and ate there. Sister Anderson and I decided to have a roll eating contest and so before our food came out, we both downed 11 and 1/2 rolls. At that point we just called it a tie and then picked at our actual food. FHE was alright, there weren't too many people who came so we talked with people outside. I was able to give Sister McFarland a blessing too. Afterwards we went to the zone leaders house and exchanged with them. I went with Elder Henning in his area.
On Tuesday, we had a lesson in the morning with some of their investigators and they are super awesome. It was a great lesson. After we did service at the YMCA, we went out to Black forest to contact a couple of people. We got chased by some dogs and that was fun haha. Dinner was with a less active family and it was great for us to be there.Elder Henning and I have been thinking of different ways to mess around with people and it has been cracking us up. So at dinner, I purposely left a piece of food on my mouth and carried on a conversation with the mom. I could totally tell that she kept glancing down at my mouth to see what was on there. Haha Elder Henning was about to lose it and start laughing. We exchanged back after that and Elder Luker and I had time to go and contact some people so we went and were able to invite a guy to the YSA!
On Wednesday, we had service at the Turner house where we played bingo. We were able to do a ton of stop bys that day and had a little bit of success. We went and tracted some places and everyone was mean. Gilbert was also with us and afterward took us to dinner. We ate at Red Robin and then headed to the church so Elder Luker could work on some paperwork of his.
On Thursday, we spent a lot of the day at the Air Force Academy. Since it was May 4th we saw star wars characters there and got pictures.
We had a lot of lessons with active cadets and also did our weekly planning on base. Our dinner canceled but Kristin Mason helped us out and got us some food haha.
On Friday, we had a great district meeting and then the whole district did the Caprisun challenge. The goal is to drink 15 Caprisuns in 15 minutes without throwing up. So we all did it and EVERYONE threw up haha it was so bad. I drank 13 and 1/2 before I threw up but then drank the others. It was terrible in the moment but looking back now it was pretty funny.
We did some finding afterward and were able to find another YSA investigator for our ward! After meeting with some more cadets at the academy, we went to the mingle and mingled.
Saturday was really great! I got to go to the Temple with Elder Stark, Sister House, Sister Topham, and Michael and Marly! It was their first time going so we were all pumped. They picked all of us up from our different locations and we went all the way up.
We were late to the Temple because we had to stop and fix a flat tire. But they were understanding and we were able to do their family names. It was so much fun being around all of them. We got back really late that night too.
On Sunday, we had ward council in the morning, and a great time at church. We found out that Elder Luker was going to get transferred so he started packing up all of his stuff while I studied and cleaned. Dinner was with Jhazmine, Taylor, and Mormon (yes his name is Mormon). Afterwards we went to the Work of Salvation Fireside and saw a ton of people. It was such a good meeting. Probably one of my favorites to go to.
Thanks for all the support! My new companion's name is Elder Nelson and he is pretty cool so I am way excited. Have a great week!
Elder LaRose
kyler.larose@myldsmail.net
6480 Honey Grove Apt. 105
Colorado Springs, CO 80923
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