Hello everyone! Happy new year!
This week was transfers and Sister Larsen and I are both staying here in Saddle Ranch which we are super happy about! This transfer is going to be so good! We had to help out a lot though with other missionaries who were getting transferred though so it ended up being a pretty busy week.
We had a brand new sister, Sister Hogan stay with us her first night in the mission because her trainer was finishing up her quarantine from feeling a little sick. She's feeling fine now so it's all good! We had to wake up at 5am the next day to take Sister Hogan to the mission office for a transfer gathering to meet her companion. While we were there, I saw Sister Goldsberry (my last companion) because she was getting on the transfer bus to go out west to Grand Junction. She was called as a Sister Training Leader!! I'm so proud of her and it was so good to see her :).
Later that same day, we picked up another brand new sister, Sister Anderson who had to come on a later flight since hers got canceled. She was supposed to be on the transfer bus that morning but since she missed it, she spent the day and that night with us. Then the next day, we got to take a road trip to drive her to Silverthorne to meet her companion halfway between us and her area. She is headed to Steamboat Springs! It was actually super fun to drive her there even though it took most of the day. It is up in the mountains and SO BEAUTIFUL. Luckily, it was really nice weather so the roads were clear but there was still snow on the sides. Silverthorne felt a lot like Park City and it was like we were in a ski resort. It was so fun!
So 2 sleepovers and lots of driving back and forth to the mission office and to the mountains. We are exhausted but it was so fun.
We also had MLC this week but it was on zoom because of snow. We also had a really good lesson with Angie and Audrey this week and we extended the baptismal invitation! They said they've already been baptized (into a different church) which is a pretty common response. Luckily we had a training on what to do if they say that a few days before in district council so we handled it well. In our next lesson we will be talking more about baptism and doing it with the proper Priesthood authority. We are excited for them though and they keep bringing up more friends they have that are in our ward so they have so many fellowshippers!
Yesterday we had a Bible study with this cute lady named Michelle that we found on Facebook! She is awesome and I hope we can continue working with her!
Today we decided to go hiking at Roxborough state park. It was actually pretty warm today! There was still a little bit of snow on the trails but not bad! It kinda reminded me of Red Rocks and it was so pretty! I really want to go back in the summer because I think it would be so pretty when all the plants are alive and green. It was fun to change it up though because usually on P-days we just shop and clean and stuff. I had no idea Roxborough was a thing (well I knew it was an area but not that there were hikes) until this week so that's why we haven't gone yet. It was about 30 minutes away so it was like a mini road trip and it was good to get out of the city and the suburbs for a little bit.
It was a crazy week but a super fun one! I hope you all have a happy new year! I can't believe it's 2021! Oh also, yesterday I hit 7 months on the mission! It's going too fast and Sister Larsen and I always talk about how we don't want to go home. We love it here!
Love, Sister Megan Young
Pictures:
1. Face masks haha
2. Sleepover with Sister Hogan
3. Torchy's tacos with Sister Anderson
4-8. Road trip to Silverthorne and back
9. Our zone at combined district council
10. Ice cream on top of waffles (we are failing our new years resolutions haha)
11. The sunset out our window one evening
12-14. Hiking at Roxborough
