Thursday, July 28, 2016
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
The Final Update
Wow I can't believe I'm in my last week of my mission! Time has flown by and I have had a blast in San Diego!
Honestly this past week has been pretty uneventful except for a few things.
One cool thing is the Youkels. They are a part member family that the missionaries have been working with for years and there hasn't been much progress until like a month ago. The dad who is a member who is usually really goofy in lessons and stuff but he had this moment where it just clicked, he said "you know I need to be taking this more seriously. I'm probably one of the reasons my wife and son aren't baptized, I need to meet with the bishop and get this figured out so I can baptize them."
Ever since that moment they have changed so much. He used to not come to church very much but he has been coming more regularly even if his nonmember wife is working he will bring their two kids. They are both starting to actually read the Book of Mormon. It's so awesome. The soonest he can get the priesthood is October so his wife and son has baptismal dates for Oct 22!
The other cool thing that happened this week is we saw Alex Boye. He was a special guest at a mission president's devotional. There ended up being over 1000 people there and there were close to 50 investigators from the mission there. Alex Boye was cool, he is a little crazy but that's alright. We brought the Youkels and they really enjoyed it.
Yesterday Elder Searle and I were on exchanges with Elder Nelson who usually is in Tagalog work so that was a lot of fun.
Things this upcoming week are going to be crazy. Tomorrow we have exchanges with the Assistants. Friday we have another exchange but I won't be there. I will be at departure activities. So I will go to the San Diego temple for the last time with President and Sister Schmitt. Then we will spend the day with them. Eventually I think we will get on Facebook that day for a second so look out for me!
Other than that things are going great! We went on a 5 mile hike today... It was kinda hot but it's alright. It was fun I guess haha. Talk to you soon! Love ya!
Elder Chris LaRochelle
Honestly this past week has been pretty uneventful except for a few things.
One cool thing is the Youkels. They are a part member family that the missionaries have been working with for years and there hasn't been much progress until like a month ago. The dad who is a member who is usually really goofy in lessons and stuff but he had this moment where it just clicked, he said "you know I need to be taking this more seriously. I'm probably one of the reasons my wife and son aren't baptized, I need to meet with the bishop and get this figured out so I can baptize them."
Ever since that moment they have changed so much. He used to not come to church very much but he has been coming more regularly even if his nonmember wife is working he will bring their two kids. They are both starting to actually read the Book of Mormon. It's so awesome. The soonest he can get the priesthood is October so his wife and son has baptismal dates for Oct 22!
The other cool thing that happened this week is we saw Alex Boye. He was a special guest at a mission president's devotional. There ended up being over 1000 people there and there were close to 50 investigators from the mission there. Alex Boye was cool, he is a little crazy but that's alright. We brought the Youkels and they really enjoyed it.
Yesterday Elder Searle and I were on exchanges with Elder Nelson who usually is in Tagalog work so that was a lot of fun.
Things this upcoming week are going to be crazy. Tomorrow we have exchanges with the Assistants. Friday we have another exchange but I won't be there. I will be at departure activities. So I will go to the San Diego temple for the last time with President and Sister Schmitt. Then we will spend the day with them. Eventually I think we will get on Facebook that day for a second so look out for me!
Other than that things are going great! We went on a 5 mile hike today... It was kinda hot but it's alright. It was fun I guess haha. Talk to you soon! Love ya!
Elder Chris LaRochelle
Zone Meeting - Last One (7/12)
Hello!
Can't believe next week is my last p day! Pretty crazy! I'm going to keep it quick but this week I had my quarterly interview with President Schmitt. Pretty awesome! He was pretty relaxed with me since I'm going home soon haha. We just talked about what my plan is when I get home and keeping this good habits that I have gained on my mission.
Also went on exchanges with Elder Conrad! He is pretty hilarious! We had a blast together. I was Elder Conrad's District Leader when he first came out and he has definitely changed since then haha.
Had my last zone meeting. It was pretty good. We talked about enduring through trials. We shared a talk called "The Lords Wind" .
Love ya,
Elder Chris LaRochelle
Can't believe next week is my last p day! Pretty crazy! I'm going to keep it quick but this week I had my quarterly interview with President Schmitt. Pretty awesome! He was pretty relaxed with me since I'm going home soon haha. We just talked about what my plan is when I get home and keeping this good habits that I have gained on my mission.
Also went on exchanges with Elder Conrad! He is pretty hilarious! We had a blast together. I was Elder Conrad's District Leader when he first came out and he has definitely changed since then haha.
Had my last zone meeting. It was pretty good. We talked about enduring through trials. We shared a talk called "The Lords Wind" .
Love ya,
Elder Chris LaRochelle
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