Keldon LaRose Mission: WEEK #86

A crazy week weather wise, starting off with 70° weather and ending with 30 inches of snow from a blizzard... dang Gina!

Monday: March 8th

Off to Target again for shopping! Switching things up, it's not Walmart anymore haha. Got to talk with the family! I love them all :) Today we had a pretty good meeting with our Mission President outlining everything we wanted to see applied into the mission.

Tuesday: March 9th

We had virtual exchanges today with Front Range since Elder Hawkes and I are in a semi-quarantine before he goes back to Brazil. We heard of a big storm coming on the weekend to Denver that has rumors of 40 inches of snow or more! Right now it's literally 70°... sometimes I don't understand Colorado weather haha!

Wednesday: March 10th

We went to the store for a quick stock up on food for the storm and began virtual exchanges with Columbine. We taught Josh more about the Book of Mormon and he sadly decided that he didn't want to meet with us anymore. He's been struggling to understand why we need the Book of Mormon to testify of Jesus Christ, and I know that it's simply because He is our Savior. I have no doubt in my mind that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. So many people get confused, upset, or angry, and yet... they've never sincerely prayed and asked GOD –not us, not the internet, not others – if the Book of Mormon is true. One cannot receive a spiritual witness without prayerful pondering of truth. I add my witness to the many others, I know Jesus Christ is our Savior.

Thursday: March 11th

Another virtual exchange with Highlands Ranch! I went with Elder Barnes who is an amazing missionary!

Elder Barnes!!

Friday: March 12th

Today was Zone Conference, and that was super cool! Definitely enlightening. President Rees walked up to me and Elder Hawkes and said, "Do you want to know who your new companion will be?" We are getting a new Assistant with us today! His name is... Elder Barnes!! Haha, I was literally on an exchange with him yesterday... I'm am so excited! We picked him up from his apartment today, and as soon as we saw each other we gave each other a big hug. This is going to be a great transfer! Elder Hawkes will sadly be leaving to Brazil next Friday, so we'll see how it pans out.

The trio of savages :)

First dinner!

Saturday: March 13th

Worked hard today.

Sunday: March 14th

Today the blizzard came in! Denver literally forsook the roads and decided not to plow any of it. We got between 20-30inches of snow!! Snow was everywhere and even in our Tacoma I got stuck in the snow and we had to shovel it out. We had blizzard warnings and my shovel broke in half cause the snow was so heavy. What a crazy day to be alive! We were driving through straight snow in the streets of Denver, and there was no power to the streetlights... I'm glad I can be apart of a new record for how much snow I've seen on my mission.