Bonjour y’all!
My title translates into... don’t drop the Potato. It’s a Québécois saying that means don’t give up or keep holding on.
I hope you are all doing amazing back home. I love hearing from everyone. My time here at the MTC is a little more than half way over. It has gone by so fast. My companion and my district are all great people. This last week here at the MTC has been full of adventures and spiritual Experiences.
Last Saturday our teacher invited us to have an English fast. We couldn’t speak any English all day, only French. It was really hard but we all tried our best and we did pretty well.
Sunday was really interesting. Elder Poll and I taught Sunday school and priesthood lessons. Thanks dad for the help, haha. I should have asked you earlier for help but thanks anyway. Sunday school was on the Law of Consecration and I learned a lot about it even though I was teaching. Priesthood was on the Great Apostasy and the Restoration through Joseph Smith. That's my favorite lesson to teach because I was teaching all the new elders and they missed elder Ballard’s talk from last week so we used that for the majority of the lesson. Sunday night we went and watched Elder Holland’s talk, Missions are Forever. That was one of the best talks I’ve ever heard on missions. It was a good reminder that the mission is just the MTC for your life and how we need to be the best missionaries we can be even if it is doing member missionary work.
Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal days here. Not much happened that was exciting. We have been teaching our “investigators” almost everyday now. We teach Etienne and Joselline which are just Frére Jones and Sœur Richards. Most of the lessons go pretty well until they say something that I don’t know. Then I just resort to bearing my testimony the best I can. The TRC lessons have been going really well. The members are really nice and help us with words we don’t know. Next week we don’t get to do the TRC lessons because we will be Skyping with members instead.
Wednesday’s here are one of my more favorite days because of the new missionaries that arrive. I saw Elder Trevor Larsen and Ashley Potter's parents. That night, we had a small birthday celebration for our zone leader because it was his birthday. I may or may not have eaten 6 sugar cookies, haha. Everyone here has grown really close together and I know it’s because we all have the same standards and are here for the same reason.
I love this church and everything it offers to those who follow its teachings. I love the MTC and I’m continually learning and feeling the Spirit stronger than ever before. I hope y’all have an amazing week.
I love y’all. Be safe and have fun!!!
Elder Beckstrand
This is Elder Di Silva. I’m pretty sure that’s how it’s spelled. He is
from Brazil and just left to serve in St. George.
My title translates into... don’t drop the Potato. It’s a Québécois saying that means don’t give up or keep holding on.
I hope you are all doing amazing back home. I love hearing from everyone. My time here at the MTC is a little more than half way over. It has gone by so fast. My companion and my district are all great people. This last week here at the MTC has been full of adventures and spiritual Experiences.
Last Saturday our teacher invited us to have an English fast. We couldn’t speak any English all day, only French. It was really hard but we all tried our best and we did pretty well.
Sunday was really interesting. Elder Poll and I taught Sunday school and priesthood lessons. Thanks dad for the help, haha. I should have asked you earlier for help but thanks anyway. Sunday school was on the Law of Consecration and I learned a lot about it even though I was teaching. Priesthood was on the Great Apostasy and the Restoration through Joseph Smith. That's my favorite lesson to teach because I was teaching all the new elders and they missed elder Ballard’s talk from last week so we used that for the majority of the lesson. Sunday night we went and watched Elder Holland’s talk, Missions are Forever. That was one of the best talks I’ve ever heard on missions. It was a good reminder that the mission is just the MTC for your life and how we need to be the best missionaries we can be even if it is doing member missionary work.
Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal days here. Not much happened that was exciting. We have been teaching our “investigators” almost everyday now. We teach Etienne and Joselline which are just Frére Jones and Sœur Richards. Most of the lessons go pretty well until they say something that I don’t know. Then I just resort to bearing my testimony the best I can. The TRC lessons have been going really well. The members are really nice and help us with words we don’t know. Next week we don’t get to do the TRC lessons because we will be Skyping with members instead.
Wednesday’s here are one of my more favorite days because of the new missionaries that arrive. I saw Elder Trevor Larsen and Ashley Potter's parents. That night, we had a small birthday celebration for our zone leader because it was his birthday. I may or may not have eaten 6 sugar cookies, haha. Everyone here has grown really close together and I know it’s because we all have the same standards and are here for the same reason.
I love this church and everything it offers to those who follow its teachings. I love the MTC and I’m continually learning and feeling the Spirit stronger than ever before. I hope y’all have an amazing week.
I love y’all. Be safe and have fun!!!
Elder Beckstrand
This is Elder Di Silva. I’m pretty sure that’s how it’s spelled. He is
from Brazil and just left to serve in St. George.
Look at this cool Rainbow!
The Potter's. On their way to Japan.
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