Hello from the Colorado, Colorado Springs Mission
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| Me! |
Hey everyone! This
week has been a real roller coaster! It
all started Monday when I went to the park with my district for P-Day. It had snowed the day before so we got to
have a pretty good snowball fight. We
hiked up some trails in Ute
Valley Park
in our area. Elder Buxton has a sling
shot that he wants to use to kill a squirrel or rabbit so he can eat it. He took it with him but there were no
woodland critters in sight. I don't know
if he would have wanted to carry that around for a while anyways.
This week we started teaching our new investigator about the
Plan of Salvation. He seemed to really
grasp and understand it. We invited him
to be baptized but he wasn't sure if he wanted to get that far into it
yet. Our plan was to just keep meeting with
him and help him realize and look forward to participating in those Sacred
Saving Ordinances. We found out that our
investigator who went to prison is out on probation which is good! He will be on probation for the next 2 years
though which means we won't be able to baptize him until afterwards. It's a bummer but he seems really happy now
that his court issues are over and he can start working again. We were teaching a family in our ward this
week after our dinner appointment and had so much fun talking to their kids
about the Restoration of the Church.
They really enjoyed it and were happy that we met with them. Their kids were hilarious and crazy!
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Elder Buxton Hunting Squirrels |
As this week drew to a close, I was afraid about getting a
transfer call on Saturday night. Since it
was the end of the transfer, and I had been in this ward for 6 months, I
assumed I would be leaving. I was really
not looking forward to packing but my companion said he would help me out. Well Saturday night came and we got the phone
call...BOTH of us were being transferred!
We were shocked! They decided to
close our area which is really disappointing.
All of the people we were working with weren't going to have Elders
visiting them anymore. The sister
missionaries that cover our ward and the neighboring ward now cover our ward
full time.
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| District Photo |
When we came to church on Sunday, the ward was
devastated! They all wanted to call and
complain to our mission president, but there's not a lot we can do about
it. We have 1 new elder coming in this
week and 14 going home. With numbers
like that, they have to close a few areas.
We're just wondering what's going to happen after the next 3 months when
over 40 missionaries go home and 10-20 come in.
We got to say goodbye to most of the ward and I got some pictures with
some families. It's going to be hard
leaving the only area I've served in for the last 6 months.
Now on to the important news... My new area is going to be
the Cheyenne Mountain YSA Ward! It
covers 3 stakes (North, East, & Fountain) all of which are in Colorado Springs since
there's lots of stakes here. And I get a
car!!!! The YSA wards here are really
fun and everyone always wants to serve in them so I'm excited for the
opportunity. My companion's name is
Elder Low, and I don't know anything about him other than he was in the MTC
with Elder Haskell (my trainer). I've
heard he's cool. So I have a lot of
packing to do! My companion can't help
either because now he's packing! It's chaos
in our apartment! My current companion,
Elder Mogle, is going Spanish speaking down in the San Luis Valley which is crazy but exciting. I'm really nervous but I am thinking
positive! I will let you know how my
first week goes in the new ward! I love
you all so much and hope you're having a wonderful week! Let me know if I can do anything for you and
I love hearing from you all! Have a
great week and I will talk to you soon!
5 Things that Made me Smile:
1. One of the daughters we met when we taught that family in
our ward when asked "What's something that Jesus Christ has done for
you?" responded with, "He drowned for us".
2. When we didn't have a dinner this week, Micah from the
YSA Ward filled in and made us homemade Taquitos, salsa, and guacamole. It was sooooo good!
3. We met a less active member at a Steak N' Shake for lunch
and had a blast visiting with her and getting to know her. She seems really cool!
4. (Picture Included) Brandon Carter's socks...
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| The Carter Family |
5. Evan Carter spoke on Sunday about humility and couldn't
get started on writing his talk so I gave him a lot of help and advice which he
used and shared in his talk. It went
really well!
God is Great!
Elder Gillingwater
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