Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Octopus for Dinner (5/24)
Hey Everyone! This week has been great! It's been another super busy week but also a good one!
Last Wednesday we had a conference call with another set of zone leaders and we planned MTE's that happen tomorrow. MTE stands for missionary training exchange it's when a couple zones get together and they do an exchange between zones. The Zone Leaders plan who goes where and then the mission president looks over it and makes sure it looks good. So if all goes according to plan I should be going back to Ramona. A different Ward in Ramona but still Ramona so that's pretty awesome.
Later that day on Wednesday we helped a family move out of the Ward. The Ward here is actually really awesome. I'm excited to be serving here, there was a lot of people there to help, even the bishop who was still in his suit because he just got off work.
On Thursday we did some baptismal interviews for a mom and her 2 daughters so that was pretty cool. I interviewed one of the daughters and she asked who could baptize her and I told her that someone who held the priesthood could do it and she then asked me to do it but once I told her that the missionaries that were teaching her could do it she was like oh well I definitely want one of them to do it. I was so kinda relieved haha I didn't want to take that opportunity from the missionaries that taught her.
On Friday we went to 2 district meetings in our zone. We are supposed to go to a district meeting in each district once a transfer, but it was good, we have good missionaries in our zone.
Saturday was a long day. We have been dropping a lot of investigators because they aren't progressing so on Saturday we walked around some apartment complexes for a couple hours and talked to quite a few people and got a few people's addresses and stuff . Something that's really nice about being in San Diego, is that when we street contact people even if they're not interested we can still give them a card to the Mormon Battalion historic site. The Mormon Battalion is actually pretty cool. They re-did it a couple years ago and made it really interactive for kids and stuff and the sister missionaries run it so people always have a good time going.
Later that day on Saturday we had a meeting with the high councilor over missionary work and he took us out to dinner to a Korean BBQ place. It was pretty good except he made us eat an octopus! It actually wasn't that bad. Elder Searle was kind of freaking out about it before hand which was funny. At the end of the night we planned and went right to bed because we ended up walking 7 miles that day and were so tired haha.
Yesterday I went on an exchange with Elder Shurtliff. Elder Shurtliff was actually MTC companions with my trainee Elder Andersen. We had a pretty good day and taught some of their progressing investigators.
I think that's it for this week!
This coming week is going to be SOO busy haha. Elder Holland is actually coming to our mission on Friday! So that will be exciting!
Love ya!
Elder Chris 😃
Last Wednesday we had a conference call with another set of zone leaders and we planned MTE's that happen tomorrow. MTE stands for missionary training exchange it's when a couple zones get together and they do an exchange between zones. The Zone Leaders plan who goes where and then the mission president looks over it and makes sure it looks good. So if all goes according to plan I should be going back to Ramona. A different Ward in Ramona but still Ramona so that's pretty awesome.
Later that day on Wednesday we helped a family move out of the Ward. The Ward here is actually really awesome. I'm excited to be serving here, there was a lot of people there to help, even the bishop who was still in his suit because he just got off work.
On Thursday we did some baptismal interviews for a mom and her 2 daughters so that was pretty cool. I interviewed one of the daughters and she asked who could baptize her and I told her that someone who held the priesthood could do it and she then asked me to do it but once I told her that the missionaries that were teaching her could do it she was like oh well I definitely want one of them to do it. I was so kinda relieved haha I didn't want to take that opportunity from the missionaries that taught her.
On Friday we went to 2 district meetings in our zone. We are supposed to go to a district meeting in each district once a transfer, but it was good, we have good missionaries in our zone.
Saturday was a long day. We have been dropping a lot of investigators because they aren't progressing so on Saturday we walked around some apartment complexes for a couple hours and talked to quite a few people and got a few people's addresses and stuff . Something that's really nice about being in San Diego, is that when we street contact people even if they're not interested we can still give them a card to the Mormon Battalion historic site. The Mormon Battalion is actually pretty cool. They re-did it a couple years ago and made it really interactive for kids and stuff and the sister missionaries run it so people always have a good time going.
Later that day on Saturday we had a meeting with the high councilor over missionary work and he took us out to dinner to a Korean BBQ place. It was pretty good except he made us eat an octopus! It actually wasn't that bad. Elder Searle was kind of freaking out about it before hand which was funny. At the end of the night we planned and went right to bed because we ended up walking 7 miles that day and were so tired haha.
Yesterday I went on an exchange with Elder Shurtliff. Elder Shurtliff was actually MTC companions with my trainee Elder Andersen. We had a pretty good day and taught some of their progressing investigators.
I think that's it for this week!
This coming week is going to be SOO busy haha. Elder Holland is actually coming to our mission on Friday! So that will be exciting!
Love ya!
Elder Chris 😃
"Another Week at the Office" - Elder Searle (5/17)
Hey sorry I don't know how long my email will be, we went to the temple today and we just got home not to long ago after we went shopping. The work in PQ is kinda slow but it's alright. Elder Searle and I are working hard and getting stuff done!
Elder Searle and I are getting along super well! We are pretty good friends already and teach really well together. The cool thing is that we both like Archery! Accept he used his bow for hunting and I was in competitions and stuff, but it's still pretty cool!
This week was pretty long and busy!
Last Wednesday we had Zone Meeting which went well! I realized that I will only have to teach 2 more Zone Meetings on my mission! Pretty crazy to think about that!
Thursday was pretty awesome! That Morning we got a call from the fleet Coordinator and he told us that since we had a pretty clean driving record we were getting a new car and that our old was going to another set of missionaries in the zone. He told us that we needed to go to the mission office later that day and pick up the car! We still drive a corolla it's just Red instead of Gray and it only had 6 miles on it when we picked it up!
Friday night we accidentally scheduled double dinners one from each Ward. One of the dinners the member invited his neighbor who is Less active and the other dinner was with one of our bishops. After our dinners we were so excited because we were going to take one of our investigators to a baptism! We even had a less active member pick her up to bring her to the baptism! But when we got to the baptism we ended up waiting an hour and half before the branch president told us that the person who was going to be baptized wasn't going to be able to make because of health reasons. So that was a little bit of a bummer but it's all good because at every convert baptism in the mission there is a set of missionaries that teach the restoration, so the sisters taught our investigator and less active member the restoration which was good.
Saturday night we had dinner with our other bishop who is a lawyer and lives in a HUGE house. Elder Searle was telling me that he has his own firm and they working with Donald Trump on something so that's pretty cool. After dinner President Schmitt asked us to go to a food drive with some other missionaries and talk to some nonmembers there. The truck that was supposed to drop off food was super late and so we didn't get a chance to do to much service before we had to go but it was still a good experience.
On Sunday we went to another mission presidents Devotional. This one was in Poway so I saw a bunch of people I knew from Ramona so that was pretty awesome!
Today we went to the temple and when we were there I saw an older guy with a beard and a pony tail that looked really familiar and then I realized who it was. He was Charlotte's father in law (Charlotte is someone I baptized in Sweetwater). I got a chance to talk to him and he told me that Charlotte is going to the temple prep classes and that her son turned 8 in March and got baptized! It was so amazing to hear that! Hopefully when Charlotte goes through the temple I'll be able to go with her!
Well that's it for this week! Love ya
Elder LaRochelle
Elder Searle and I are getting along super well! We are pretty good friends already and teach really well together. The cool thing is that we both like Archery! Accept he used his bow for hunting and I was in competitions and stuff, but it's still pretty cool!
This week was pretty long and busy!
Last Wednesday we had Zone Meeting which went well! I realized that I will only have to teach 2 more Zone Meetings on my mission! Pretty crazy to think about that!
Thursday was pretty awesome! That Morning we got a call from the fleet Coordinator and he told us that since we had a pretty clean driving record we were getting a new car and that our old was going to another set of missionaries in the zone. He told us that we needed to go to the mission office later that day and pick up the car! We still drive a corolla it's just Red instead of Gray and it only had 6 miles on it when we picked it up!
Friday night we accidentally scheduled double dinners one from each Ward. One of the dinners the member invited his neighbor who is Less active and the other dinner was with one of our bishops. After our dinners we were so excited because we were going to take one of our investigators to a baptism! We even had a less active member pick her up to bring her to the baptism! But when we got to the baptism we ended up waiting an hour and half before the branch president told us that the person who was going to be baptized wasn't going to be able to make because of health reasons. So that was a little bit of a bummer but it's all good because at every convert baptism in the mission there is a set of missionaries that teach the restoration, so the sisters taught our investigator and less active member the restoration which was good.
Saturday night we had dinner with our other bishop who is a lawyer and lives in a HUGE house. Elder Searle was telling me that he has his own firm and they working with Donald Trump on something so that's pretty cool. After dinner President Schmitt asked us to go to a food drive with some other missionaries and talk to some nonmembers there. The truck that was supposed to drop off food was super late and so we didn't get a chance to do to much service before we had to go but it was still a good experience.
On Sunday we went to another mission presidents Devotional. This one was in Poway so I saw a bunch of people I knew from Ramona so that was pretty awesome!
Today we went to the temple and when we were there I saw an older guy with a beard and a pony tail that looked really familiar and then I realized who it was. He was Charlotte's father in law (Charlotte is someone I baptized in Sweetwater). I got a chance to talk to him and he told me that Charlotte is going to the temple prep classes and that her son turned 8 in March and got baptized! It was so amazing to hear that! Hopefully when Charlotte goes through the temple I'll be able to go with her!
Well that's it for this week! Love ya
Elder LaRochelle
Happy Mother's Day! (5/10)
Hey Everyone!
Things are going great up in PQ!! Elder Searle and I are getting along great and working hard! We are seeing lots of miracles! The members out here are awesome and are so willing to help but PQ has always been known to not have a lot of work. But we have a lot of potentials and some investigators we are working with.
We had MLC earlier this week which was awesome except that it lasts like all day. But it's alright we received a lot of awesome training but the purpose of fortifying and follow up.
Sunday was awesome! Made my last call on the mission! Kinda crazy to think my mission is almost over. :/
Sorry for the short email! Hopefully next week there is more to talk about!
Elder LaRochelle
Things are going great up in PQ!! Elder Searle and I are getting along great and working hard! We are seeing lots of miracles! The members out here are awesome and are so willing to help but PQ has always been known to not have a lot of work. But we have a lot of potentials and some investigators we are working with.
We had MLC earlier this week which was awesome except that it lasts like all day. But it's alright we received a lot of awesome training but the purpose of fortifying and follow up.
Sunday was awesome! Made my last call on the mission! Kinda crazy to think my mission is almost over. :/
Sorry for the short email! Hopefully next week there is more to talk about!
Elder LaRochelle
Transferred to P.Q. (5/3)
So the big news obviously from my email subject is that I got transferred... again haha. My new companion is Elder Searle (it sounds like pearl but with an "s"). He has been out for about 8 months and he is from American Fork Utah just like Elder Fraughton.
Another interesting thing about my new area is that we are double covering. Im covering the PQ 1st and PQ 3rd Ward. PQ is a pretty rich area so there isn't a ton of work so that's why we double cover.
Things in La Mesa 1st Ward were going great though. We had 7 investigators at church on Sunday and a lot of less actives came as well so Sunday was an amazing day.
We still have Connie one of our investigators that's 88 years old still on track to be baptized on May 28th.
We have another guy we are working with named James. He walked into the church last week and some members started talking to him and we came and talked to him and at first he wasn't to interested in talking with us but then he talked to a member of the bishopric and afterwards he was so ready to talk with us. He was at church on Sunday and he loved it and he told us that he wants to be baptized he just needs to know if this is true and our bishop asked him if he felt the spirit at church and he said that he did and our bishop asked if he thought that was his answer and you could just see it click in his head and then he just started to cry and he nodded his head and he said that he knew it was true.
We also had a family in the Ward call us tell us that they talked to this Hawaiian family about coming to church and they came on Sunday it was awesome.
I also went on exchanges with the Assistants. I went to there area with Elder McNaughtan. I came out with Elder McNaughtan so it was cool to serve with him for the day. The Assistants cover a singles ward near a couple of colleges so for most of the day we contacted people at SDSU and Grossmont college. SDSU is a pretty big party school so we didn't see much success there but it was still a good day. We had one of there recent converts come out with us for like 7 hours or so! It was great! He is pretty awesome and is really excited about the work.
Well I think that's it for this week!
Love you all,
Elder LaRochelle
Another interesting thing about my new area is that we are double covering. Im covering the PQ 1st and PQ 3rd Ward. PQ is a pretty rich area so there isn't a ton of work so that's why we double cover.
Things in La Mesa 1st Ward were going great though. We had 7 investigators at church on Sunday and a lot of less actives came as well so Sunday was an amazing day.
We still have Connie one of our investigators that's 88 years old still on track to be baptized on May 28th.
We have another guy we are working with named James. He walked into the church last week and some members started talking to him and we came and talked to him and at first he wasn't to interested in talking with us but then he talked to a member of the bishopric and afterwards he was so ready to talk with us. He was at church on Sunday and he loved it and he told us that he wants to be baptized he just needs to know if this is true and our bishop asked him if he felt the spirit at church and he said that he did and our bishop asked if he thought that was his answer and you could just see it click in his head and then he just started to cry and he nodded his head and he said that he knew it was true.
We also had a family in the Ward call us tell us that they talked to this Hawaiian family about coming to church and they came on Sunday it was awesome.
I also went on exchanges with the Assistants. I went to there area with Elder McNaughtan. I came out with Elder McNaughtan so it was cool to serve with him for the day. The Assistants cover a singles ward near a couple of colleges so for most of the day we contacted people at SDSU and Grossmont college. SDSU is a pretty big party school so we didn't see much success there but it was still a good day. We had one of there recent converts come out with us for like 7 hours or so! It was great! He is pretty awesome and is really excited about the work.
Well I think that's it for this week!
Love you all,
Elder LaRochelle
Just start driving! (4/26)
Hello Family and friends! The mission is great! Everyday on the mission we see miracles and we see first hand how the gospel literally changes people's lives.
I'll give you some highlights from my week
We have an investigator named Connie she is 88 years old and she is the sweetest lady. Her boyfriend is a members and she has come to church two weeks in a row now! We had an appointment with her earlier this week and she accepted a baptismal date!
We also have an investigator named Scott. We felt impressed to knock on his door and he told us that he used to be married to an LDS lady and that missionaries hadn't talked to him since 1988. He is a really cool guy and he is really searching this out for himself now. We had a lesson with him this past week and we brought our bishop with us!
So when we got to the area our bishop gave us a long list of people that he wanted us to stop by and see. We have seen most of them except for a few. One of them was Greg Radondo. We tried stopping by in the past to his address but no luck and then on Sunday night we were walking to the car and this guy 20 ft ahead of us starts yelling random things and then later he looks and stares at us and I just say hi to him and we get in the car and as we were putting the address into the gps the guy starts walking toward our car and I start freaking out a little and tell Elder Godby just to start driving so we do and the guy starts waving his hands in the air trying to get us to pull over. So we pull over and he tells us that his name is Greg Radondo. We area little shocked but we start talking to him and he told us to that he has been really struggling lately. We bore our testimonies to him that he needed to get back in church and how it could really bless and help him.
Those are just a few of the miracles that we have seen this week!
Love you all!!
Elder LaRochelle
I'll give you some highlights from my week
We have an investigator named Connie she is 88 years old and she is the sweetest lady. Her boyfriend is a members and she has come to church two weeks in a row now! We had an appointment with her earlier this week and she accepted a baptismal date!
We also have an investigator named Scott. We felt impressed to knock on his door and he told us that he used to be married to an LDS lady and that missionaries hadn't talked to him since 1988. He is a really cool guy and he is really searching this out for himself now. We had a lesson with him this past week and we brought our bishop with us!
So when we got to the area our bishop gave us a long list of people that he wanted us to stop by and see. We have seen most of them except for a few. One of them was Greg Radondo. We tried stopping by in the past to his address but no luck and then on Sunday night we were walking to the car and this guy 20 ft ahead of us starts yelling random things and then later he looks and stares at us and I just say hi to him and we get in the car and as we were putting the address into the gps the guy starts walking toward our car and I start freaking out a little and tell Elder Godby just to start driving so we do and the guy starts waving his hands in the air trying to get us to pull over. So we pull over and he tells us that his name is Greg Radondo. We area little shocked but we start talking to him and he told us to that he has been really struggling lately. We bore our testimonies to him that he needed to get back in church and how it could really bless and help him.
Those are just a few of the miracles that we have seen this week!
Love you all!!
Elder LaRochelle
A week of miracles (4/19)
Hey everyone!!! This week has been awesome!
On Wednesday we had an awesome day! We met with one of our investigators named Cordell. His family is from Uganda and he is super cool!
We also took a member named Chuck out with us to see one of our investigators named Hattie. Chuck is pretty awesome! He helps us out a lot and he is returning back into activity.
Later on that day we went on splits with with the young men's president and the Bishop. I went with our bishop and his wife down to Chula Vista to give a potential investigator a blessing that's in the hospital. Elder Godby went with the Schwalgers, a Hawaiian family in the Ward, to see one of our investigators named Lastell. She just recently got here from Hawaii and we street contacted her a couple weeks ago.
When bishop and I got to Chula Vista our potential investigator had already left but we called her and met her at her house and gave her a blessing and we added her. Her name is Catherine and she just moved here from Washington. She was seeing the missionaries in Washington and went to church and stuff up there. She is really cool!
Thursday we had interviews with President Schmitt and later that night we had a meeting with the mission and stake presidency. We also taught Tina she has met with missionaries before but our bishop just recently got back in contact with her so we are starting to teach her again.
Friday I went on exchanges back to Del Cerro! I was with Elder Balderree! He is a pretty cool missionary! Del Cerro has been struggling lately so while I was there we worked pretty hard to get things going for them! While I was there I talked to a guy on the street and he was wearing a cowboy hat and I told him that I liked his hat so he took it off and he gave it too me haha! It was pretty cool!
Saturday we felt inspired to go see this less active lady in the Ward. When we stopped by we asked if the member was there and some older lady told us that the person we were looking for was her mom and she is in an assisted living place. So we started talking to her and she started crying and told us last week her husband died and she was having a pretty hard time with it so we shared a couple scriptures with her and she said we could come back on Monday!
Sunday was AMAZING we went to a mission presidents Fireside in Santee. I was pretty excited because that's the same stake, Bostonia, one of my old areas was in. Since we border Santee we were invited to sing in the choir and while we were practicing the Beitlers walked in!!!! I love the Beitlers I baptized Don while I was there and he later baptized his daughter! It was so good to see them!! They told me they were bearing their testimonies during the fireside! It was so awesome!!! I love this work!! It's so amazing!
I think that's it for this week!!
Bye love you all!
Elder LaRochelle
On Wednesday we had an awesome day! We met with one of our investigators named Cordell. His family is from Uganda and he is super cool!
We also took a member named Chuck out with us to see one of our investigators named Hattie. Chuck is pretty awesome! He helps us out a lot and he is returning back into activity.
Later on that day we went on splits with with the young men's president and the Bishop. I went with our bishop and his wife down to Chula Vista to give a potential investigator a blessing that's in the hospital. Elder Godby went with the Schwalgers, a Hawaiian family in the Ward, to see one of our investigators named Lastell. She just recently got here from Hawaii and we street contacted her a couple weeks ago.
When bishop and I got to Chula Vista our potential investigator had already left but we called her and met her at her house and gave her a blessing and we added her. Her name is Catherine and she just moved here from Washington. She was seeing the missionaries in Washington and went to church and stuff up there. She is really cool!
Thursday we had interviews with President Schmitt and later that night we had a meeting with the mission and stake presidency. We also taught Tina she has met with missionaries before but our bishop just recently got back in contact with her so we are starting to teach her again.
Friday I went on exchanges back to Del Cerro! I was with Elder Balderree! He is a pretty cool missionary! Del Cerro has been struggling lately so while I was there we worked pretty hard to get things going for them! While I was there I talked to a guy on the street and he was wearing a cowboy hat and I told him that I liked his hat so he took it off and he gave it too me haha! It was pretty cool!
Saturday we felt inspired to go see this less active lady in the Ward. When we stopped by we asked if the member was there and some older lady told us that the person we were looking for was her mom and she is in an assisted living place. So we started talking to her and she started crying and told us last week her husband died and she was having a pretty hard time with it so we shared a couple scriptures with her and she said we could come back on Monday!
Sunday was AMAZING we went to a mission presidents Fireside in Santee. I was pretty excited because that's the same stake, Bostonia, one of my old areas was in. Since we border Santee we were invited to sing in the choir and while we were practicing the Beitlers walked in!!!! I love the Beitlers I baptized Don while I was there and he later baptized his daughter! It was so good to see them!! They told me they were bearing their testimonies during the fireside! It was so awesome!!! I love this work!! It's so amazing!
I think that's it for this week!!
Bye love you all!
Elder LaRochelle
Elder L and Spud Boy (4/12)
This week has been great! Man does Elder Godby love his potatoes! He introduces himself as a spud boy haha.
Elder Godby and I are working hard though! We have seen a lot of cool miracles like:
1. A couple of days ago during our companionship study we had a lady come knock on our door. We open the door and there is this sweet old lady on our porch and she asked us for some reading material, so we taught her the restoration and gave her some pamphlets. We told her that if she read and prayed she could come to know that it was true and she told us " oh don't worry I already know it's true" very sweet lady. The sad thing is that here husband is Muslim and not open to us coming by and teaching her.
2. On Wednesday we had our bishop come out with us! His name is Bishop Herrod and he is one of the greatest bishops ever! We took him to an appointment and afterward he told us that he wanted us to stop by someone's place. He told us that he was kinda worried about it because the lady we were going to go see lived in assisted living place and the lady's family didn't want her talking to members of the church. So he was kinda nervous but he said we were going to do it anyway haha. So we met Tina Anderson and she is just the sweetest old lady. She loves the church and wants to be baptized!
3. Oh yeah can't forget, dinner with the Schmitts! So the great thing about having the Mission president in our Ward is that sister Schmitt takes care of our dinner calendar! But she signed up for dinner this Thursday and they asked us to bring someone to dinner. So we invited a part member family and it turned out really well! We invited the part member family to church and they said they would try and at the end of our lesson president asked his son Clayton who is 8 years old to say the prayer. In his prayer he thanked Heavenly Father for his new friends and he asked that his new friends would be able to come to church so that was kinda funny.
4. Yesterday we were trying some less active homes and we got in the car and we felt impressed to knock on some random guy's door. When we knocked on the door this very nice man named Scott answered and asked if we wanted to come in. He told us that he has kids that are LDS but that he wasn't. He told us that he has seen missionaries walk past his house for years but no one ever knocked on his door. He invited us back though so that was cool.
This week has been awesome! Today we also went to the temple!!! I think that's it for this week!
Love ya!
Elder LaRochelle
Elder Godby and I are working hard though! We have seen a lot of cool miracles like:
1. A couple of days ago during our companionship study we had a lady come knock on our door. We open the door and there is this sweet old lady on our porch and she asked us for some reading material, so we taught her the restoration and gave her some pamphlets. We told her that if she read and prayed she could come to know that it was true and she told us " oh don't worry I already know it's true" very sweet lady. The sad thing is that here husband is Muslim and not open to us coming by and teaching her.
2. On Wednesday we had our bishop come out with us! His name is Bishop Herrod and he is one of the greatest bishops ever! We took him to an appointment and afterward he told us that he wanted us to stop by someone's place. He told us that he was kinda worried about it because the lady we were going to go see lived in assisted living place and the lady's family didn't want her talking to members of the church. So he was kinda nervous but he said we were going to do it anyway haha. So we met Tina Anderson and she is just the sweetest old lady. She loves the church and wants to be baptized!
3. Oh yeah can't forget, dinner with the Schmitts! So the great thing about having the Mission president in our Ward is that sister Schmitt takes care of our dinner calendar! But she signed up for dinner this Thursday and they asked us to bring someone to dinner. So we invited a part member family and it turned out really well! We invited the part member family to church and they said they would try and at the end of our lesson president asked his son Clayton who is 8 years old to say the prayer. In his prayer he thanked Heavenly Father for his new friends and he asked that his new friends would be able to come to church so that was kinda funny.
4. Yesterday we were trying some less active homes and we got in the car and we felt impressed to knock on some random guy's door. When we knocked on the door this very nice man named Scott answered and asked if we wanted to come in. He told us that he has kids that are LDS but that he wasn't. He told us that he has seen missionaries walk past his house for years but no one ever knocked on his door. He invited us back though so that was cool.
Love ya!
Elder LaRochelle
Just the Facts (4/5)
It has been a long week!
General Conference was good
We had MLC. It was good
We saw lots of people, some of it was good.
We saw this less active he was worried that we were drinking tap water so he gave us a free gallon of water.
We have been working super hard and seeing a lot of people and we have some pretty strong potentials for baptisms.
Our bishop is a stud! He goes out everyday to go see people! I love this ward though, and I like serving with Elder Godby he is a hard worker and we get along pretty well!
Today we went to a couple museums that are downtown. Every Tuesday a couple museums are free downtown so that was cool.
Sorry for the short email I'm super tired!
Elder LaRochelle
General Conference was good
We had MLC. It was good
We saw lots of people, some of it was good.
We saw this less active he was worried that we were drinking tap water so he gave us a free gallon of water.
We have been working super hard and seeing a lot of people and we have some pretty strong potentials for baptisms.
Our bishop is a stud! He goes out everyday to go see people! I love this ward though, and I like serving with Elder Godby he is a hard worker and we get along pretty well!
Today we went to a couple museums that are downtown. Every Tuesday a couple museums are free downtown so that was cool.
Sorry for the short email I'm super tired!
Elder LaRochelle
Family (3/29)
Yesterday we street contacted a guy that seemed pretty upset with us before we even talked to him. So I said hey man what's up and he kinda shrugged us off. Somehow I convinced him to talk to us for a little bit and he told us about how he prayed to God as a kid that his dad would stop beating his mom but he never stopped. I told him that I knew God loved him and that he had a plan for him and that we have our trials for a reason.
After we talked to him I thought about my life and how I have had it so easy. Coming on my mission has helped me to understand how important my family is to me and how I want to treat them right. I'm so grateful that I have a family that loves me and cares about me.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Elder LaRochelle
After we talked to him I thought about my life and how I have had it so easy. Coming on my mission has helped me to understand how important my family is to me and how I want to treat them right. I'm so grateful that I have a family that loves me and cares about me.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Elder LaRochelle
Whitewahsed Out. Whitewashed In. (3/22)
Hey everyone sorry my email is so late it has been a CRAZY past couple of days. We had to be up at 4 am to take Elder Fiso who was serving in La Mesa to the airport to go home to Hawaii.
But here is the crazy news! I got transferred today! So did Elder Pimsuwan! We got Whitewashed out. Elder Pimsuwan went to Lakeside Ward and I stayed in the zone I just got transferred to La Mesa 1st ward... President Schmitts ward. Kinda scary but it's all good I'm excited! I'm still a district and Zone Leader. My new companion is Elder Godby! I was his district leader in Santee. He was my zone leader.
So we got whitewashed out of Del Cerro and whitewashed into La Mesa 1st Ward. We also had a set of sisters that went home last transfer, so that makes 3 areas in the zone that got whitewashed!
So I'll just take you through my crazy week.
Last Tuesday we went to point Loma for p day. They have an old lighthouse up there and some other cool stuff. I'll send pictures and stuff though.
Wednesday was a really good day! We taught 5 lessons that day. It's hard to find days where we can put a lot of time in our area. So whenever we get a chance we go for it.
Friday was rough. We had to help some sisters make a baptismal program. Then we did service and then we had to give a baptism interview that night. The sisters didn't go over the questions with the person being baptized so there was some things that came up and we had to hurry and schedule her to have another baptism interview with President Collins from the mission presidency so that she could still make her baptismal date for Saturday.
Saturday president Collins interviewed the girl that was going to be baptized like an hour before the baptism. Kinda stressful but it all worked out and she was able to be baptized.
Yesterday morning we found out about transfers. We also did service. Then we dropped Elder Fiso off at the mission home for his "Trunky day" . All the missionaries that are leaving get together and go on Facebook and have a testimony meeting and hang out its pretty cool. So Elder Pimsuwan and I were with Elder Vance for the day pretty much. We had two dinners since we were double covering... It was pretty crazy... Lots of food.
Well I think that's it for this week ! Bye love ya
Elder LaRochelle
Sent from my iPad
But here is the crazy news! I got transferred today! So did Elder Pimsuwan! We got Whitewashed out. Elder Pimsuwan went to Lakeside Ward and I stayed in the zone I just got transferred to La Mesa 1st ward... President Schmitts ward. Kinda scary but it's all good I'm excited! I'm still a district and Zone Leader. My new companion is Elder Godby! I was his district leader in Santee. He was my zone leader.
So we got whitewashed out of Del Cerro and whitewashed into La Mesa 1st Ward. We also had a set of sisters that went home last transfer, so that makes 3 areas in the zone that got whitewashed!
So I'll just take you through my crazy week.
Last Tuesday we went to point Loma for p day. They have an old lighthouse up there and some other cool stuff. I'll send pictures and stuff though.
Wednesday was a really good day! We taught 5 lessons that day. It's hard to find days where we can put a lot of time in our area. So whenever we get a chance we go for it.
Friday was rough. We had to help some sisters make a baptismal program. Then we did service and then we had to give a baptism interview that night. The sisters didn't go over the questions with the person being baptized so there was some things that came up and we had to hurry and schedule her to have another baptism interview with President Collins from the mission presidency so that she could still make her baptismal date for Saturday.
Saturday president Collins interviewed the girl that was going to be baptized like an hour before the baptism. Kinda stressful but it all worked out and she was able to be baptized.
Yesterday morning we found out about transfers. We also did service. Then we dropped Elder Fiso off at the mission home for his "Trunky day" . All the missionaries that are leaving get together and go on Facebook and have a testimony meeting and hang out its pretty cool. So Elder Pimsuwan and I were with Elder Vance for the day pretty much. We had two dinners since we were double covering... It was pretty crazy... Lots of food.
Well I think that's it for this week ! Bye love ya
Elder LaRochelle
Sent from my iPad
Another Busy Week (3/15)
Hey Everyone!!
This week has been Pretty Busy!
Last
Tuesday we played Softball for P-day! It was pretty awesome! The Church
owns a baseball field right next to the church and we have keys for
it!
we had to prepare for Stake Packet
Meeting. It takes a couple hours to put all the information in and then
we have to send it the stake presidency.
Wednesday
morning during studies The Assistants called us and said that their car
is at the shop so they are going to take our car... just kidding haha
they said they just need a ride to the institute because they had an
appointment. we had to prepare for Stake Packet Meeting. It takes a
couple hours to put all the information in and then we have to send it
the stake presidency. After that we had to go pick up the assistants and
take them to the mission office so they could pick up the mission Van
and drive it around because their car wont be done until Friday.
Thursday was crazy! We had zone meeting at 10:30 am and i had a dr. appointment at 10 am
so we had to rush out of my doctors appointment to make it to zone
meeting on time. We were like right on time though which was awesome.
Zone Meeting went well! Elder Pimsuwan and I trained on some things and
then we had a couple missionaries that are going home train. We were
kinda freaking out a little bit though because President Schmitt texted
all the zone leaders and asked them when their Zone Meetings were
because he was going to try and attend as many as he could. He didn't
come to ours though.
After Zone Meeting we had
Weekly Planning which take a couple hours. Then Later that night we had
Stake Packet Meeting with the Stake Presidency and Mission Presidency
and all the Ward Mission Leaders in the stake. We just talk about all
the things that are happening in the zone and how the missionaries are
doing. It was pretty awesome.
Friday We had to
wake up Early and take a missionary down to the temple because he goes
home at the end of the transfer. So we dropped him off and we were with
his companion for the next couple hours but we had to go to the mission
office and pick up the assistants and drop them off at the car
dealership to pick up their car that was in the shop.
Sunday we got a new bishop and he is awesome he already gave us two referrals!
I think thats it! bye
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