Hello!
Last full week in the
mission field. Last transfer the office called all the returning missionaries
and asked which airport they would like to fly into. This week was pretty good.
We didn't teach as many people as we would have liked but we still taught many
lessons. We are working with a ton of part member families in both of our
areas. Those families are gold mines for the Arapahoe Stake.
The English Classes
have been going great. There is a lot of support and service form the members
of the stake. The classes will now be moved to another church building in
Aurora, where there is a much more concentrated refugee population. I have been
to that church building and it is kind of a rough area. The classes will start
again next transfer so Saturday was my last time. One of the members took all
the missionaries out to lunch as well.
We are working with a
part member family in one of the wards we cover and the husband is not a
member. He does marketing for Mucle Pharm, a protein brand, and he was so kind
as to give us a ton of free stuff. Sometimes I feel like a spoiled missionary,
lol. We went on exchanges with another set of Elders on Wednesday. I was able
to go with an Elder named Elder Long. He is from Hemet Califonia and he goes
home 6 weeks after I do. We did a lot of finding this week like always. Finding
which consists of knocking doors, street contacting, and talking to people,
will be something I will miss a lot. The more people you find the more people
you can teach.
It's pretty crazy to
think I go home so soon. I had a lot of members yesterday tell me good bye and
good luck. The wards I serve in now have been great. I will miss a lot of great
members and families from these areas.
I think it's pretty
cool to have 5 general conference's on a mission. I still remember when I was
in a huge auditorium in the MTC watching it with all the full time missionaries
preparing to enter the mission field with me. We will be watching a couple of
sessions with members this weekend. I hope you all have a great week!
Love Elder Rodriguez