Hey everyone!
It has been such a crazy week and so much has happened! Since last P-day, I packed up all my stuff and made sure my bags were under 50 pounds and then headed to the airport on Wednesday. There were 17 missionaries on the same flight coming to the Denver South Mission! WOW! I think by the end of this week we will have over 100 new missionaries in the mission because of everyone getting reassigned. It was fun to walk through the airport in Denver with all of them and we had to keep counting ourselves to make sure we weren't leaving anyone behind. We found the AP's and our bags and I got straight into a car with my Sister Training leaders (who speak Spanish!) and they drove me to meet up with my companion! My trainer is Sister Smith and I love her so much!! It's just us two in our apartment. Our area is called Red Rocks and we live in Lakewood, Colorado. We think our names are kinda cool because it's like Joseph Smith and Brigham Young so that's pretty fun. We're in an English area and my comp doesn't speak Spanish so, unfortunately, I haven't used my Spanish very much yet. My STLs are in a Spanish ward though and we have talked in Spanish on the phone a few times so that's been helpful.
Sister Smith is a Facebook Specialist and since I'm her new companion, I'm one too! This is a pretty big calling because most of the missionary work that goes on right now is through Facebook. Our job is to approve posts from missionaries before they can post on their area page and we also have to train missionaries who are having trouble finding people on Facebook and give them advice.
We've been super busy which is awesome!!! We are teaching a lot of people and we get to work with a bunch of other missionaries for Facebook stuff. Pretty much everyone in the mission knows Sister Smith so I've loved getting to know everyone in the mission but I still wish I could meet them in person. Most stuff is over zoom or the phone. We have been able to have some member dinners in person but they have to be outside and socially distanced.
My area is SO BEAUTIFUL! It is called Red Rocks because of the Red Rocks Amphitheatre where they have concerts. We went to go check it out for P-day and it was so cool!
My address is:10555 W Jewell Ave, Apt 25-306, Lakewood, CO 80232
The first little bit of being away from my family was hard but I'm already doing so much better and I'm really starting to love being a missionary and my area so much!!
Love you all so much!
Love, Sister Megan Young
Pictures!
1. Some missionaries on the plane
2. Welcome mirror in my apartment
3. Sister Smith and Sister Young
4. Red Rocks Amphitheatre
5. Holding a leopard gecko at a member's house
6. Me outside of our church building
7. Holding a hedgehog at a member's house
8-10. Red Rocks Amphitheater
