Monday: January 20th
Happy happy 20th! It's been a good long time ;) It's so weird hitting my 6 month mark this week, it feels like it's been a year and a half ;) But I love it anyways! Great way to start off a 20th with something like this:
CRAZY STORY: Like..... CRAZY
It was just a simple causal pday for us, we were driving to the post office to go check to see if we had any mail come in. I parked the car and we walked up to the building. As soon as we opened the door and walked in we suddenly realized that someone had HOTBOXED the ENTIRE post office!!!! The whole place REEKED of weed... whether from the employees or the people there we don't know. Inside there was a death trap so we ran back outside, haha! Where else would you have a hotboxed post office?! #OnlyInRita
Also, someone just decked a deer, wrecked their car, and left everything. So there's just a dead, mangled deer and a crushed, broken car just chillin on the side on the road outside on the main road...... NICE. :)
We had a great lesson with Roberta! SHE'S COMMITTED! Woooo! She's ready for her interview and so ready for her baptism. I'm very proud of hoe much she's progressed in the Gospel over these past 5 months. :)
Tuesday: January 21st
Today District Council was very productive, I got very bold with everyone and we had some intense roleplays. Imma miss my District if I get transferred. After we went on exchanges and this time I went to Cimarron!! So I had to say goodbye to Rita for a bit and give the keys to Elder Garstin... uh-oh... I got to stay with Elder Thygerson! Last exchange I did with just him was 3 months ago. We were biking and it was pretty cold. It started to fog a bunch and snow. We ran into someone who was, in the past, trying to deceive missionaries by setting up lunch with them so he could tear into their testimonies. Many spiritual alerts went off and we got out of there quick! I also got to sleep in a bed! What?! It's been three months since that's happened, haha, dang Gina :)
Wednesday: January 22nd
Today was REALLY cold, especially cause I forgot my gloves so my hands were at a 29% function rate, haha ;) Today was very crazy. We met this lady who went on and on to us about how she and her husband were married on July 20th. She was super nice and made us lunch baggies to take with us! She isn't a member and wasn't really too interested, but she said she loves letting the missionaries stop by.
CRAZY STORY:
We were biking around and saw this man smoking a cigarette just sitting outside on the wet curb. We started talking with him and he started speaking really really fast about the cold and the different states he's lived in. So I asked him what he thought the 3 coldest states were and he said, "Alaska, New York, Chicago, New York, and Denver" Uhhhh..... Ok... Haha! ;)
WEIRDEST Rejection Story:
So Elder Thygerson and I knocked on this Mexican guy's house named Pocko. He was someone who told us to come back later in the evening so when we did he answered the door and seemed to be surprised we actually came back, haha! He asked us, "Do you need someone to talk to?" We answered, "Yes!" excitedly. He then said, "I'll find you someone to talk to." And then he shut the door while were waiting and he NEVER came back! Haha, what an odd way to reject a missionary... :)
So close. I went to Cortez all the time growing up
Thursday: January 23rd
We reexchanged and decided today was the day to adventure into the unknown... we drove up to Telluride!
Telluride! Elev. 8750
We were able to find a really cool guy named Alberto who was interested in the Book of Mormon. He was willing to meet with us again and we were just amazed. We found an interested person... in Telluride!!! :) There was a few people who when they saw us ran away from us, haha! So weird... ;) Roberta passed her baptismal interview so easily! It was great to have the Zone leaders come down and talk with such a wonderful lady as her. Super good day.
Friday: January 24th
Did some planning and service. We decided to go knock some doors and found some pretty crazy people. We found out the Norse God guy we met last week had sacrificed his pet sheep to his gods... RIP Shaun the Sheep... we also met this guy who wasn't interested because he claimed he was a "gray jedi" haha! I guess I can now say I've met a jedi now. We at least have a few potential people we can start teaching :)
Saturday: January 25th, Roberta's Baptism!
At 10:30am we all gathered in a small group of 10 people for Roberta's baptism. She got dressed in her white jumpsuit and I was in my white clothes again! The whole baptismal service was just amazing. Even if it was small, we are all close knit and love Roberta. Roberta had me baptize her. The water was super warm and she was just smiling so wide once she came up and out of the water! I asked how she felt afterwards and she said, "I feel wet. Haha, I feel great!" What another joy filled occasion where we get to witness another wonderful person come closer to the Savior as they accept His Gospel into their life. Roberta's testimony is SOOO solid! Unfortunately, directly after the baptism I got really sick! Are you kidding me? I think Satan was just mad at me haha. I was really hurting so I took some zquill, a quick nap, but stubbornly enough I still went out and we taught a few lessons and had a dinner with some members. Today was such a great day, and it was so worth every sacrifice.
Sunday: January 26th
Today at church Roberta got confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! (Don't think I'm stating the full name just to be annoying haha) It was amazing to see Roberta receive the true comfort of the Holy Ghost. She gave us all hugs afterwards :) The look on the people's faces in the Branch were priceless! Roberta's baptism was kept low profile and so many member were so shocked to see we got two people baptized in two weeks, haha. In total, we've had OVER 30 lessons with Roberta, we've been teaching her for 5 months and 8 days, plus she's read over 130 chapters of scripture ALL in order for her to gain a testimony that this is the true Gospel. :) What a wonderful experience to have been with her this whole time, she's been able to find such peace and joy in her life that she hasn't had in a long time.
Great, amazing, and memorable week again! I hope you all enjoy learning more about what crazy and cool stuff goes on in missions :)
Love you all,
Elder LaRose <3 p="">
P.O. Box 821
Nucla, Colorado 81424
EMAIL: keldon.larose@missionary.org
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