WEEK #90 - Metroside Memories

 This was certainly a crazy week, especially Wednesday!! So... go check it out :)

Monday: April 5th

Today was interviews with President Rees which was awesome. I got my haircut today and am so thankful that I didn't have the mullet like I used to before quarantine. Hey! Don't roast me haha, back when quarantine first started it was illegal for us to get haircuts and I literally grew a mullet on my mission in Grand Junction!! Haha, that was so flippin crazy. I literally had curls and wings that were 2-3 inches long.... that was when I was back with Elder Samojla, good times!

Tuesday: April 6th

Today was exchanges in Littleton with Elder Puzey and he is hilarious. He said, in reference to the lettuce and tomato, to quote, "WHAT? Who put a salad on my hamburger!" Haha, it was a hard working day! 

Elder Sanchez and smoothies!

Wednesday: April 7th

CRAZY DAY!

Okay, so I was here in Orchard on exchanges with Elder Sanchez from Highlands Ranch. And now don't roast me for my lack of food skills but today I made my VERY FIRST smoothie! Hey, I know it's bad haha, but the smoothie was really good! So, I'm very proud of making my first smoothie ever. We then taught a whole lesson completely in Spanish!! :0 I literally had NO CLUE what was being said no matter how hard I concentrated... I don't think it works like that though haha, so I just sat there and smiled holding up a picture of Jesus :) THEN, we went outside to drive our Tacoma truck somewhere only to find a screw had been shoved in the side of our tire completely deflating it!!! So here we were with this FLAT TIRE and no clue what the heck happened. So what did I do??? I crawled underneath the truck and just did stuff haha. I have never changed a flat tire before in my life so I decided to just figure it out. Me and Elder Sanchez couldn't get the spare out from under the truck but we jacked the truck up, loosened the bolts, and took the flat off! DANG GINA. Haha, I've learned a lot of new things today... we eventually got the spare fitted in and everything was great. Nothing better than having dirty white shirts, oily hands, and having no clue what to do :) 

Flat tire!

Elder LaRose under a truck

Elder LaRose also under the truck :)

Thursday: April 8th

We had virtual exchanges with Front Range today, and started teaching someone named Elizabeth. We taught her about the Plan of Happiness which is the plan that God has for each of us in our life! God loves you and knows you individually, so He created a plan for your life in order for you to obtain and CHOOSE happiness! Seeing the light that comes into people's life when they realize this Plan for them is priceless. I love being a missionary! 

Friday: April 9th

We had virtual exchanges with Front Range today, worked alot on Facebook, and then headed out to Columbine for exchanges!

Saturday: April 10th

I stayed with Elder Hollingsworth and we had a great time! We had a couple lessons and one in particular was really peaceful. We helped someone named Jamira identify that she had received answers to her many prayers and she started crying. Oh the joy in helping others draw closer to God!

Sunday: April 11th

Today was fast Sunday, meaning that once a month we fast from food and water in order to help others and ourselves receive specific desired blessings in their life :) I encourage you to try it if you never have, or haven't done it in a while! A physcial sacrifice for spiritual rewards. 

Elder LaRose using the best pillow ever

Enjoy the week, I love you all!

Love,

Elder LaRose