LaTour, Cole PT

Buenos días!!!     YOOO this week was really good everybody! Not kidding... It was awesome! However... We've got some transfer news!!! Drum roll please... I will be going...  To Carson City!! Yay! I'm going to the Spanish branch there! I'm so excited yall I don't think you understand. I am really excited for a change! My new companion's name is Elder Loria and he is supposed to be a DAWG! Also he is pretty tall so when you guys see pictures of us... I don't want to hear any short jokes. Not for real though I'm excited because I will get to keep speaking Spanish!     I'm going to miss a lot of stuff here. There are a lot of baptisms, promising investigators, fun people, and fun PDAY activities but I know there is where I need to go. I'm not sure what it will be like but I'm excited. I'll get there on Wednesday and Carson City is only 30 minutes away so not too far. For the next few days we get a reassigned missionary staying with us which I...

Hey!!! What's going on everybody!!     This week was another one for the books!! Full of missionary work and miracles! Actually though, it was lots of fun. This transfer is almost over! Next week I'll have transfer news so I'll know if I'm staying even LONGER or if I leave! Who knows... Dios sabe! I would like a change though... I have been in this area for a while! Almost 5 months of my mission I've been here! I have been telling everyone in the mission I wanna be "exiled" and put out into the most secluded area in the mission. This is my master plan so it never happens. I'm a few steps ahead! Hahaha just kidding, but there are a few spots opening up in Sparks and Tahoe so... If you see me posted up next to a lake this spring don't be surprised!!      My personal studies have been really good as of late! I have been studying heavily in the Book of Mormon which has been awesome! Then in my free time I have been reading Jesus The Christ and the 4 Go...

Buenos días a todos!!!     Yo what's good everybody! Here's to another sick week in the good ol' Reno Nevada! Still speaking Spanish like a beast! I'm really loving it here. People say it's ugly but I'm starting to like it! The sunrises/sunsets, parks, buildings, and people are so interesting. I feel like this week was really long...but literally it was 7 days ago that I wrote my last email. I'm glad it ended up being that way because I'm soaking up every minute of being on my mission! Anyways, I'm gonna give you a run down of my week in a kind of, sort of, maybe, not really organized way!!     First, my Spanish is excelling. I'm able to make contacts and conversation out the wazoo! I feel so confident with my skills in my Spanish and I feel like I can actually start doing things without a language barrier! It's been really fun too to see all these Latinos turn their heads so fast after the whitest American boy speaks to you in Spanish. Alway...

Buenos días a todos!!     What's good everybody?! I hope the new year has been treating you guys well! Reno knows how to kick off a New Year! We've been hitting the ground running with this missionary work! I've really got a good mindset for this upcoming year. I don't know what it is but it might be me being a Missionary I don't know...      Anyways... This week went pretty well! Like I said, we hit the ground running. My motivation to get out and get to work has increased tremendously. Not that I wasn't motivated before but this week I'm a different BREED!! I've really been moving forward and let me tell you the time goes by fast! I've really seen the blessings from committing myself. Not only just in Missionary work but in life in general. I've really been enjoying myself so far in my Mission! Now let's talk about my week...      This whole week, like I said, was pretty good! I tried to get some gears moving in myself and in my companion a...

Feliz año nuevo!!!     Hey Happy New Year everyone! Wow it's so weird to think 2021 is over. I had a lot happen to be during 2021 that is for sure. I couldn't be more grateful for my year though! What a time to make some awesome goals and start fresh for the New Year! I hope all of you are doing well and have some sick goals to fulfill this year!     My week was pretty good. I am not going to lie! Every week has its ups and downs but the ups were greater than the downs. We had a good week full of lessons and finding! We've got a few more regular lessons every week which is awesome and then we've found some new people as well! We had one lesson with someone named Alan. He is from Mexico and the Hermanas are teaching him. They invited us to come and me and him clicked instantly. I was joking around, asking questions, ya know basic human interaction stuff. Then as we started to teach the Gospel, he would NOT break eye contact with me. It was weird because with the other...