WEEK #77 - Peace and Pancakes

 Another week under the belt, keep on keeping on! 

Monday: January 4th

Today we got to drive all the way over the snowy Vail pass! The mountains looked sooo gorgeous... I'm so thankful to be serving in a beautiful place like Colorado. I can't wait to take alll of my family here! :)

Tuesday: January 5th

Happy birthday Elder Hawkes, he turned 20! Today was a hard working day, we got a lot of good stuff done and will hopefully continue to help others come closer to our Redeemer, even Jesus Christ! I'm so thankful for the ability we all have to improve through daily repentance. 

Happy birthday Elder Hawkes!

Wednesday: January 6th

Elder Wong came and roasted everyone over zoom. We met with Ariana, who we contacted through Facebook! She expressed a desire to be forgiven and receive peace in her life so we taught her about baptism and she accepted a date for February 7th! Sadly we'll be passing her off to others missionaries in her area. It's always amazing to see the promises of the Gospel come true in our life as we follow the example set by our Savior Jesus Christ!

Thursday: January 7th

Great day teaching lessons and solving problems. I made pancakes today, of which the mix was given to me by my Nana and Papa! Funny enough I just through the pancake mix into a waffle maker and made pan-waffles... it worked! ;) Enjoy looking at this masterpiece!

The PanWaffle...

Friday: January 8th

I made the mistake of wearing a short sleeve shirt at 8am... it was so cold today in Denver! We had some trainings today to give and then taught a bunch of lessons with members. The members here in the Orchard ward are so amazing, I love being able to meet with them! Granted I think I've hit almost 1,000 zoom calls since COVID came... dang Gina!

Saturday: January 9th

It was announced that we can now go inside homes and do in person exchanges again! It's finally back... again. Only thing is we can be in members homes for only 15 minutes max, haha. Gotta be safe! We called an emergency MLC meeting to talk about some problems that arose in the mission, it was some good problem solving. Me and Elder Hawkes just flamed everything haha :) I love Elder Hawkes, he is a great companion! We've been companions for going on 3 transfers now, which almost beats me and Elder Samojla at 4 transfers! Fun stuff :)

Turkey Alfredo meal!

Sunday: January 10th

Another chance to go to church! I love being able to feel of the humble peace that resides as we focus on remembering our Savior Jesus Christ... this can be done anywhere anytime, but I love the sacredness of doing it together. We taught Jay a little more about how to be sincere in our prayers and study of the Book of Mormon! I began a prayer journal which I'd recommend to each of you! Basically whenever I pray I record my thoughts and impressions, especially as I listen in silence after my prayer. Good way to practice receiving revelation!

It was sooo good!

I hope each of you enjoy the week, keep being awesome! 

Love,

Elder LaRose 

keldon.larose@missionary.org

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999 East Tufts Avenue
Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113