Monday: December 30th
Great day today! Got to facetime my wonderful family. Buncha savages... Today it got pretty cold, it made me want to take a vacation to Hawaii or something haha! ;) Despite the cold, we had a great lesson with Roberta. For all of our lessons combined she has so far read over 80 chapters of scripture!! That's very impressive seeing how NO ONE usually reads that much when we teach them. We got Roberta to set a goal to tell her family about her decision to accept the Gospel and be baptized. We are excited to see her continue to progress in coming closer to Christ!
No questions asked... ;)
Tuesday: December 31st
Drove up to Montrose, the snow on Dallas is wicked cool. District Council was great, we combined with Elder Jorgenson who trained on patience.... something I need a lot of each day, haha ;) We weren't able to meet with someone for a lesson because they texted us saying, "Can't see you today. We're getting evicted" WHAT! Oh my gosh, that's so bad. We are trying to help them now move into a different trailer #OnlyInRita. We had a lesson with Pam where we outlined all the commandments the Lord has asked us to follow before getting baptized. She took them all really well and she agreed to throw away everything in her house that was breaking the Word of Wisdom in the trash RIGHT THEN! It was such a wonderful moment to see her willing to sacrifice these things in order to be more ready and worthy to be baptized!
I felt like I should add this. Please know that you are never too far away from God. No matter what challenges you face, the trials you endure, or hardships you must brave, our Savior is ALWAYS walking next to you! He leads you as you let Him, He guides you as you accept it, and He comforts you as you are weary. Don't give up! I know the Savior lives and loves YOU. We must walk with the Savior, hand in hand, and accept His loving guidance if we are ever going to make it! Keep pressing forward, and in time, ALL things will work out according to our faith, patience, and trust in Him! <3
Wednesday: January 1st, 2020!!
Happy New Years! Today we had a pretty normal day. We contacted, did some service, and had a member dinner. BUT, what better way to start off 2020 than with not one, but TWO crazy stories!?!
CRAZY STORY:
We were headin to Redvale from Rita and there's a huge cliff alongside a bend in the road. We head around the corner only to all of a sudden slam on our breaks!! There were about 150 COWS marching to the hill coming right towards us! We had to wait 30 minutes for the cows to clear around us so we could continue down the road. Where else would you find just a herd of cows on the highway road? #OnlyInRita
Cows in the Road!!
We were driving to Rita at night to finish up and we look over and see a bunch of smoke in the middle of town. We drive closer and realize that a WHOLE TRAILER was on fire!!! And guess what? It was the SAME trailer that I've knocked on a few times only a couple weeks previous. What. The. Heck. Haha! Everyone was fine, but holy cow, what the is happening out here in Rita?! Dang Gina :)
Thursday: January 2nd
Well, today did NOT go as we planned, haha! We had another doctors visit for Elder Garstin this time. He's alright! We went by someone's trailer home and found out that they hadn't been home for a week. We called them and they had us go in to check it out.... it was awful. There was trash strewn everywhere, dishes piled up, old food rotting, dogs hadn't been fed, and the stove was left on for over a week!! Wow. Sad to see how people live in such conditions. We drove to Norwood to finish out the day.
This... this is Rita!!! :)
Friday: January 3rd
We went running today in 10⁰! My companions said I was insane, haha. :) During the days we were knocking on doors and ran into one guy who only believed in "the Pagan Gods" and another guy who believes in the Norse Gods of Old like Thor, Odin, and Loki. We definitely got some interesting people over here in Nucla! I also almost got attacked by a dog in Redvale, I saw a black figure just sprinting towards me and I dove into the car screaming, "Get in the car!!!" and us three bolted back in and sped off tires screechin, haha! :)
Saturday: January 4th
Woke up this morning and was making some breakfast only to hear Elder Hibbits start screaming. I look over and there was a GREASE FIRE in one of our stoves! DONT WORRY. We didn't die :) We put it out rather quickly but burnt one of our pans we smothered the fire with, haha! We went over to Pam's house and cleaned her entire car. It was pretty nasty, but we had a good time. We taught her the Plan of Salvation and Pam was super excited to continue to learn more in the Gospel! She wants so badly to get baptized and can't wait for the 18th. I'm full of such joy seeing her receive blessings and strength for making this commitment. I know being a member of this Gospel has blessed me immensely in my life, why wouldn't I want that for everyone else?! Finished the night watching some Book of Mormon videos with Roberta. She really likes them and seems to love hanging out with us three missionary weirdos :)
Sunday: January 5th
Pam came to church again! She really enjoyed it and we had a great conversation with her. She is excited to keep connecting with so many members she already knows. Pam also asked ME to baptize her! What a special and unique privilege, I'm beyond excited to see her be blessed for the sacrifices she's made before her baptism as well as the many she will receive after!
FUNNY STORY:
We were in Redvale and decided to drop by a really old member of the branch. He is 96 years old! We knocked on his door and he answered it flat out in his UNDERWEAR. It was soooooo weird, haha! I guess people get like that when they get old. Looks like my parents got something to look forward to in the future, haha!
Some funny quotes from this week:
- "You're drinking weed right now. That's a weed-cicle!" (Elder LaRose)
- "The only way to fight a rattlesnake is with full chainmail and a double handed sword" (Elder Garstin)
- "Sweetness, I have high blood pressure now!" (Elder Hibbits)
- "I live with a bunch of prime-apes..." (Elder LaRose)
That it is indeed... hope yall had a wonderful week! Feel free to email me any updates or questions :)
Love,
Elder LaRose
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