This week was definitely one to remember! Hope you all can take heart in my joy and in the joy of others who are blessed through the Gospel :)
Monday: January 13th
Today got to talk with my crazy fam. Who would be crazy enough to want be a LaRose? ;) Haha, I am! We went by that same grandpa old guy who answered the door in his straight underwear and taught him the Plan of Salvation. He's a member, but let's just say I'm scared to turn 96 years old... haha!
Tuesday: January 14th
I conducted the combined district council. The whole zone was there, we had great trainings on member work and finding new people to teach. It's awesome cause Pam who is getting baptized was found by knocking on doors and Roberta who will be baptized on the 25th was the very first person I talked to out on the streets of Nucla! We got to go on exchanges, I stayed in Naturita with Elder Garstin and we got Elder Jensen! He is a hilarious Zone leader. We had a great lesson with Pam who literally says AMEN to everything we teach her so we get stuck because we don't have any follow up questions, haha. I love Pam and am very excited for her!
CRAZY STORY:
You gotta have your eyes constantly scanning the roads here in Rita cause you have no clue what the HECK is going to jump out at you! It could be a deer, another car, or some drunk high guy who needs to stumble across the street to the "Green Room" ;) But this time I almost hit a tiny Bambi deer that ran across the road, good thing I slowed down in time or else we would have had a free dinner... I'm kidding, I'm kidding! ;)
Wednesday: January 15th
We had a mission leadership call which is basically two hours of President Rees roasting us. I like it, it's fun. After we did some service and had dinner in Norwood.
CRAZY STORY:
Guess what?! Guess what I had for dinner?! I had PICKLED DEER HEART. Oh my flippin gosh... that's probably the weirdest thing I've eaten on my mission so far. It wasn't bad but I think it was about 3 years old so that didn't help, haha!
We had Pam's baptismal interview and it took 50 minutes! Mainly because she loves to tell lots of stories. :) But she passed and is SOOO ready to be baptized on Saturday!
Thursday: January 16th
We talked with Dan who struggles with some things. He got really angry at me and exclaimed, "Why can't you guys accept me for who I am? God does!" Well, I told him that God actually doesn't accept us for who we are. That's why He asks us to change, to be better, and to work towards becoming a better disciple in His Gospel. He doesn't want us to become causal or lazy in our discipleship so He's NOT going to accept us for who we are if we aren't willing to change and become better! Dan got really quite after that and humbly thanked us. He appreciates our concern for him but he'll probably have to push his baptismal date back. We reexchanged in Ridegway, completing a 50 hour long exchange! Normally they are 24 hours but we had a ton going on. We had a lesson with Roberta. She was nice and fed us dinner before hand. We got her to commit to coming to church and she wrote in her baptismal date on her calendar! 10:30am on the 25th! :) Just seeing how much Roberta has progressed has filled me with such joy. It really brings truth to the scripture in DC 18:15-16!
Friday: January 17th
CRAZY STORY:
We got caught in a GIANT blizzard! Dang Gina, that made driving fun and scary! We were driving and a storm just rushed through unexpectedly. Most of the area got nailed pretty hard but everything is good. We didn't die. Probably.
Today we started timing how long it takes for me to get in and out the dirt driveway to see what the fastest time was... you know... it's an Elders thing when you're in the middle of the desert and have a half a mile long dirt driveway, haha! ;)
Dressed in white! :)
Saturday: January 18th, Pam's Baptism!
Nervous day but everything turned out great! Pam showed up 20 minutes late and I was sooooo nervous, but we both got dressed in white and got some pictures. Elder Garstin gave a talk on baptism then we proceeded with the ordinance. The water was warm and Pam was nervous yet excited! Pam had me baptize her. She went completely under and when she came up such a cool feeling of peace from the Holy Spirit ran over us as she was baptized. What pure JOY comes to me as I got to help Pam start on her path back to her Heavenly Father! She was overjoyed at the support the branch gave. Our mission President and his wife were there too. They drove 7 hours from Denver to get here! Elder Hibbits gave the talk on the Holy Ghost and we concluded. Pam was so happy :)
What a great day overall to see the first person to be baptized from Naturita in 2020!
The three crazy missionaries... with Pam!
Sunday: January 19th
Church was awesome! We had the special opportunity to confirm Pam a member of the Church. The significance of this means she now receives the Holy Ghost, through proper priesthood authority, to lead, guide, and direct her throughout the rest of her life! Pam gaves us all big hugs, she is such a wonderful addition to this little Branch!!! :) ALSO, Roberta came to church again!! She sat by Sister Redd and really enjoyed the talks. They focused on the powerful role of women in the Gospel, and on the vital importance of the sacrament. Two very powerful and applicable topics for Roberta! I'm soooo excited to finish this next week off with baptizing and confirming her a member of this wonderful church too. She's been so blessed throughout her studies of the Gospel! :)
This is a week never to be forgotten! Many new beginnings came about in this week. I hope you all had a wonderful week and continue to see the Lord's hand in your life :)
Love,
Elder LaRose
P.O. Box 821
Nucla, Colorado 81424
EMAIL: keldon.larose@missionary.org
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