Hello everyone!!!
This past week has gone by SO fast! And there's been so many instances where I've seen God's hand help guide me this week. :)
Tuesday: July 30th
Seeing how this was my first p day, after I sent out my first weekly email I was able to facetime my brothers Kyler and McKayd! Ky, my fellow Colorado Elder, was doing awesome but then Mc had a BEARD coming along!!! *Mind explodes* haha, savage. Don't worry I survived my laundry trip, and I got two packages from my family! One was a box of donuts spelling ELDER haha and the other was literally a loaf of bread.... haha! Thank you! I got to talk to my Dad and that was super awesome to talk again. For the evening we listened to a devotional by Sister Craig who's apart of the General Womens Presidency! (They are a couple of awesome leaders that help direct and organize stuff in the Church) I got to sing More Holiness Give Me in the ~700 strong choir, that was awesome!
Wednesday: July 31st
Class in the morning was great and Elder Bethers, my companion, taught Jessica again in TRC about how the Book of Mormon is the word of God and its purpose is to strengthen our relationship with God and Jesus Christ! Every Wednesday a new batch of missionaries come to the MTC, my group was 353 but this new one was 720 missionaries!! Glad to see so many Elders and Sisters eager to serve! Also Happy Anniverary to my parents! :)
Thursday: August 1st
New month! I met an Elder who's been to Monticello many times, that was awesome to connect with him :) Elder Bethers and I were in class talking when all of a sudden we both switched from English to just talking straight gibberish like we understood each other and we died laughing, haha! That about sums up the relationship Elder Bethers and I have... :)
We got another TRC and taught Elizabeth, who is awesome and is learning English. We actually got an email about her bio but it was all in Spanish! Haha. We taught her of God's love for her and invited her to pray later to feel God's love and she did! He really does love you all!
Friday: August 2nd
Today was awesome because for class I got to role play as a person being taught by two Sisters in my District (Sister Cornwall and Sister Laufiso). I basically was playing a person who lost care for God because I had prayed for my mom to get better when she was sick but she ending up passing away... and as the Sisters asked me more questions to try and figure out my concerns and needs they helped me open up about my "mom" but as I talked to them about how I prayed for her to get better but then she died I began to cry as I placed myself in the shoes of this person I was supposed to portray. Someone who had lost their mother, and was so pained and angry towards God at why bad things happened to good people. But as I talked with them, the Holy Ghost bore record of Gods plan for all of His children that our lives do not end at death, but through Christ and following His true church we can live with our families forever. If any of you need comfort feel free to email me and I'll try my best to answer you're questions. Powerful. Just a little shout out, I love you mom! :)
Saturday: August 3rd
Today we got to teach Elizabeth again, but we taught about The Plan of Salvation which is the Plan God created for us because He loves all of us and we accepted the challenge to come down to Earth and receive bodies and go through trials in our life as we tried to lead a life following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ! The Holy Spirit was definitely there with us testifying of the truthfulness of Gods plan for us :) I felt so warm throughout my body, knowing that Gods love is real for each and every one of his children, including YOU! Elizabeth was very happy to be taught of God's Plan and I could see the joy and relief in her eyes that she can be with her family forever and it's because God loves us and through following His plan we can be joyfully reunited with those we've lost. We must humble ourselves and seek the truths of God through the message of the missionaries. What an amazing day here at the MTC!
Sunday: August 4th
Elder Bethers and I taught the lesson in District council about how we can better focus on our missionary purpose, which is simply to invite others to come unto Christ! For Sunday sacrament meeting I got up and bore my testimony encouraging my fellow missionaries to lead a FAITH-Based life instead of a FEAR-Based life and I extend the same invitation to you all :) After, we had a great mission conference with all ~2500 people at the MTC! Crazy, then I sang again in the choir with now ~1000 missionaries! There is definitely a power and strong Spirit when singing with so many missionaries
Monday: August 5th
Today was tough physically, my body was feeling terrible but I trudged on :) Elder Bethers and I were reading as a companionship in our room but then I just started to rap Alma 37 out loud while he did the beat...haha! I love reading the scriptures, they fill me with so much joy!! :)
We got to teach a new TRC named Trevor who was really awesome, we three all connected instantly he even runs track for BYU! He is eager to learn more about the Book of Mormon!
Tuesday: August 6th
Finally p day, where I get to wake up and do my favorite thing now...... laundry. More about what I do today will be in the next weekly :)
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Love,
Elder LaRose
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