WEEK #85 - Out West Exchanges + Birthday!

My last day as a teenager! Now I'll have to apologize for each of you dealing with me for two decades now... ;) 20 years old here we come!

 I see something...

Monday: March 1st

Today was a great day! I got to open my presents early with my family on video chat, so that was great to talk to them. I mainly got some good ColoRADo gear to take around with me! :) We packed and drove the night to Rifle which was a beautiful drive. It was pitch dark at night while I was driving through Glenwood, so cool. We'll be on exchanges all out West this week which'll be super fun! 

Tuesday: March 2nd

Woke up to being 20 years old. Wow. Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! I appreciate it! Started the morning driving up to Craig for exchanges, and I went with Elder Grant. We had a good day and I was surprised with how many people wished me a happy birthday today. Weird... must've been a special day or something haha ;) Thank you everyone again! 

Birthday Mirror selfie with Elder Hawkes!

Birthday day selfie!!

Meeker....

Wednesday: March 3rd

Headed to Grand Junction to exchange with Elder Stott in the YSA! We walked around campus and it felt so weird feeling like a college student walking around. I'm glad I'm a missionary right now though! I love serving others and bringing them closer to Christ :)

Grand Junction exchange!

Thursday: March 4th

Drove down to Montrose, I love Montrose! I got to meet and teach Angela, she is just so AWEsome haha. We had to go grab Crash Burger for dinner, and it was a great day! President Rees called and broke some tough news... Elder Hawkes is going back to Brazil! Wow. I can't believe it! He'll be going back on March 19th... I'm going to miss him! I've been companions with him for over 5 months! 

Meeker Cafe Breakfast

Friday: March 5th

Drove up to Lands End for exchanges with Elder Phelps. I literally have all the roads of South Grand Junction memorized, haha! A hard working day. 

FUNNY STORY: I saw a sign on the Road that said, "Emergency Vehicles Only" but because I was driving I read the sign too fast and I thought the sign said, "Emergency Jesus Only" Oh my goodness... I've been on the mission for a long time, haha! And I love every minute of it!! :)

Meeker

Saturday: March 6th

Exchanges in Rifle was great, I love driving all around Colorado helping these other missionaries! Speaking of driving, we forgot our laptop in the GJ apartment so we had to drive to De Beque and meet up. That was fun! Classic missionary moments...

Craig Exchange

Sunday: March 7th

Drove home through Glenwood canyon back to Englewood in the morning, the mountains were so beautiful! Went to church and I think it's funny to see how much of a habit it's become to great people with your elbows, haha! :) What the heck? I've become so accustomed to it whenever someone awkwardly gets too close and all these old guys come up to talk to us... what a world we live in! We taught a great church tour lesson to Christa who's been progressing very well. It was a great Sunday! 

The train alongside I-70 in Glenwood!

Enjoy the week!

Love,

Elder LaRose