WEEK #58 - A Goodbye, And A New Beginning

Hello everyone! I got transferred! So now I'm serving in the Black Canyon ward in Montrose!

Monday: August 24th

We had a nice District lunch and I said goodbye to everyone in the District. About half of us are getting transferred. It was crazy seeing the changes across the mission, Elder Samojla will be training a new FB Specialist Zone Leader which will be fun for him! I know the Lord put changes in our lives to simply help us grow and become more like Him. Onward, ever onward :)

The long time Quarantine box!

Tuesday: August 25th

We had a great all mission meeting discussing how we can express our emotions. I didn't know how much I sucked at that, haha! Always room for improvement, right? ;)

Wednesday: August 26th

My last day in Lands End! I think I've spent over 210 days here... that's a lot! We had last lessons with Nick and Carol. I'm sad to not teach them anymore, but I'm happy seeing how much they've progressed. I packed so much.... I didn't realize how much stuff I had, haha! Cramming things in tend to work best for me... oh well :)

Thursday: August 27th

Transfer day!!! :0 Holy cow. I never thought this day would come. It was tough saying goodbye to Elder Samojla, we cried a bit and we hugged as I packed my bags and left for Montrose. So my new companion is named Elder Malm! He's from Utah and is very awesome. We get along well and are excited to work hard with each other this next transfer. 

Bye Elder Samojla!! :(

Friday: August 28th

Me and Elder Malm went on a run today... I was  so sore again, but it felt good! We had district council with the Montrose 1 district. We have the Spanish Elders/Hermanas, plus the Black Canyon 2 Sisters with us. It's going to be a fun district! I never thought that so many areas would be split like this in the mission... oh well, such is life :)

Elder Malm!

When the cougar strikes... 

Saturday: August 29th

Today was a lot of meetings, but it was funny to see how Elder Malm reacted when he was brought into the Facebook world. Since we're over the Montrose Facebook Initiative it's fun to have our own little area page to ourselves. We're both excited to help this Zone and area page see success! Also, my past companion Elder Samojla is technically my boss now so I think that's awesome haha! ;)

The new apartment :)

Sunday: August 30th

Happy birthday Kyler!!! He's such an oldie now haha :) Today I got to attend the Black Canyon ward sacrament for the first time! It was so cool meeting different people. There were only 35 people there but I'm glad to start things new. Later on me and Elder Malm got to teach Sherril! She's this really nice lady that has been taught for a while by other missionaries. We had an.... interesting discussion to say the least but it was definitely a good experience! Elder Malm is a great companion, we teach well together so I'm excited for the rest of this transfer :)

Elder Malm the stud, what a great companion!

Keep being AWEsome, and keep your heads up. Be safe and enjoy the week!

Love,

Elder LaRose 

keldon.larose@missionary.org

NEW ADDRESS:

1107 South Cascade Apt. 16

Montrose, Colorado 81401