8/21/2017 ~ "West Texas is WACK"

1. Colorado

Howdy Y'all, sorry I didn't get the chance to email last week, i was on an airplane to Texas!! Thank goodness... after almost getting kicked out of the MTC it was a relief to get the heck outta there haha..... don't be stupid future missionaries;)The airplane we rode from Denver to Lubbock was the smallest thing i have ever seen, haha we were sure that puppy was going down.... if we were even gonna get off the ground haha!! My flight legit was full of missionaries coming to Texas with me! 

2. Texas...... flat huh?

Everyone said that it would never rain here... but y'all were wrong!! It has rained about 50% of the days i have been here... haha crazy! My first area is called Fort Stockton and it borders Mexico... pretty "dope"... literally haha every appartment complex we go knock doors on smells like weed😂  Fort Stockton is probably the weirdest place i have ever been in my life! It's a pretty small town, and everything is SUPER spread out!! The people here are the craziest, nicest people ever but just goofy ha.Everyone is either mexican, straight up cowboys, or people that moved from Utah that hate mormons but claim our church ha?

 A common thing that you see around here are SUPER nice cars and trucks and a puny house... a lot of the people's cars cost more than there houses.... haha i don't understand at all!! 

3. Me & Elder Wood

4. Elder Blake my boy

5. Lubbock Temple

The branch me and my comp are serving in has about 60 members... but yesterday like only 20 people were there and my comp said that that is the most people he has ever seen here and he was here last transfer also!

6.Texas sunsets are the prettiest thing here

Most of the work we do here is service! We are actually going to brand some cows tomorrow. We do lots of farm work for the Branch President, who is one of the weirdest people ive met here..... haha he F bombed the first time i met him.... but we have this family in our branch that are moving into a new trailer this week and we have been helping them basically renovate the whole thing and its not even close to done, but they are moving in on Wednesday.

We have gotten fed at least once a day, everyday i have been here so far, and my comp says that that is not a common thing at all haha so i guess i brought us some good luck! But sadly the food is either really good.... or it tastes like dirt and oil water! haha we actually can't even drink the water from our apartment because the water is full of dirt and oil.... so we have to buy cases of water..... 

Anyways the church is true, Jesus died so we can repent of our sins and be happy, and Heavenly Father love's y'all!! 

till next week....love you bye

-Elder Rose

7. My new pet

8. Me & Elder Brower (my comp)

(Here are some answers to questions that his momma asked and he shared answers)

8/21/2017

Hey momma:)

Im alive and well! My new companion is awesome we get along great! He is from Spanish Fork Utah and he actually played soccer at USU before he came out on his mission! West Texas is the weirdest place i have ever been in my life haha! The people are beyond weird. I'm in Fort Stockton right now for my first area. The town is tiny and there isn't like anything here haha!! The branch only has like 60 members but yesterday only like 20 people were there, pretty crazy!! I'm finally feeling a little better from my cold!! i still have a pretty congested head but other than that i feel pretty good. 

Yes we were able to just go on to the grounds there and we took a picture... you might have seen it?? And yes im sleeping great! We actually have like the biggest condo in the mission right now! it's not even that big but everyone else says its huge!!

Glad you guys have had a great week!! have fun with all the people there today and tommorrow im sure its like a zoo up there haha!!

Love you momma!!

1.  I totally thought of Stocko when i found out i was heading there! I was actually thinking the whole time about serving here... pretty craszy!!
2. Haha funny thing is im actually freezing at night cause the AC actually works! but yeah i got all my sheets and i have enough blankets now! The mission office gave me some!
3. It looks sweet... havent even ridden it yet haha!
4. We have a car and only ride bikes on one day.... except this month we have unlimited miles so we are using that to our benifit😅
5. We have actually been fed A TON this week and the relief society president gave a hundred buck so we will be eating like kings this week!!:)

 From Mom - "Sounds great! Well, love ya lots!! Be a good example 

and share that light!!"

From Elder Rose - "Love y'all too. Always, you do the same back home. 

Have a great week!!"

Companion Elder Brower and Elder Rose (touched up photo)

"All are here or accounted for. Some arriving later tonight. 

Welcome to Lubbock!"

- From President and Sister Hales

"Here's the newest TLM missionaries! All 28 of them. Love them."

-From President and Sister Hales

Photo credit - Julie Vickers on Facebook 

It was hard not having our son here to get to experience the total solar eclipse, as I kept thinking, "I want my family all together to witness this!" I wondered and thought about him all day long. It was such a spiritual experience!! And yet, I know that no matter how I felt watching such a remarkable event, that our son is right where the Lord wants and needs him. He is having a spiritual experience. He is witnessing a remarkable event. He feels God's love. He can bless others by sharing God's love with them. I am grateful for his example to our family and to me. And, I know he will experience many spiritual moments, such as the one on ~8.21.17~

God's love is real and He loves each of us dearly.

~Momma Rose