Bonjour!
This week has been pretty awesome. Last Sunday in church we had two elders and one sister speak in French, Malagasy, and Tahitian and then the prayer was said in Haitian-Creole. We had every language do something because almost our whole branch left to the field on Monday. I gave away my first set of slippers to my favorite elder, Elder Ellsworth my ZL, who just left. Later we had a devotional from Elder and Sister Thurston. He shared a lot that has stuck with me but my favorite part of his talk was right at the end. He said, “Two people can do anything.....if one of them is the Savior”. I really enjoy the devotionals and fireside here at the MTC. I also found Elder Lucero Sunday night.
Tuesday was a super eventful day. I started off with some tutoring for French which helped a ton and then we were able to go outside and play sand volleyball. It felt kinda weird to leave the fencing of the MTC and cross a street with real people on it haha. We have been playing sand volley every exercise time for a while now. It is a lot of fun. Later that day we taught our first TRC lessons. That’s when we go teach 20 minute lessons to members that only speaks French. I did a lot better that I thought I was going to do. The members are really nice and helped us a bit. That night was the fireside and President Ballard came and gave an amazing talk on Hyrum Smith and a little on Joseph Smith too. He basically gave us a super in depth history lesson of their lives and what happened in Carthage jail. He tied it in with how we can and need to be more like them as missionaries. President Ballard is definitely a man of God and so are all of the Apostles. There is always a special spirit that they carry with them and we can feel it as soon as they enter any room.
Wednesday was awesome. I was able to host three different Elders. The first one was an Elder that now rooms just down the hall from me but in from Norway. He speaks five languages already and is now learning French. The Next Elder was able to host was Porter Dombrowski (drainy..idk how to spell it.) When he came he there was a different Elder that was told to go to his car and had already helped his get his stuff out. Porter yelled my name and once I realized who it was, I ran over and told the other Elder he can go back to the line and get the next car haha. I repented of that later. Once I got done showing Porter around, I ran back to the parking lot and waited for Jordon. I was waiting for about an hour and then this car passed me and all the windows rolled down and they started yelling my name. I ran over to his car and gave him a big hug. He was one of the last to show up so I kinda took my time showing him around.
The rest of the week mostly consisted of sand volley and a ton of French. I have definitely learned more French now than the last two years of class at school. The only problem I have with French is that I’m starting to mix up both of the languages I know. I’ve slip up every once in a while and say English sentences with the French structures. It’s kinda confusing but it means I’m learning so I’m not too concerned. A lot of French words also sound similar to each other and the other day I was trying to do a door approach to my teacher and I accidentally said that we were missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ of breakfast saints. My teacher couldn’t hold it in and just started laughing. She made us restart and helped me pronounce it right this time. I’m loving the MTC and I’m learning so much. I’m already a third of the way done with my stay here at the MTC but I’m already so excited and ready to go to Montreal.
I love y’all so much and I hope you all have an amazing week.
Elder Beckstrand
This is my district and Seour Richards. She is our other teacher.
I found Sam Lucero!
My District, but we were missing Seour Black.
Porter Dombrowski
Jordan Ott
This is a picture of Elder Frame. His Sister is currently Sophie's companion. So we thought a picture together would make them happy. He is going to Redlands California.
Provo Sunset
My district again because the Canadian flag was flying the other day.
This is Elder Leslie. He just left to Tahiti.
This week has been pretty awesome. Last Sunday in church we had two elders and one sister speak in French, Malagasy, and Tahitian and then the prayer was said in Haitian-Creole. We had every language do something because almost our whole branch left to the field on Monday. I gave away my first set of slippers to my favorite elder, Elder Ellsworth my ZL, who just left. Later we had a devotional from Elder and Sister Thurston. He shared a lot that has stuck with me but my favorite part of his talk was right at the end. He said, “Two people can do anything.....if one of them is the Savior”. I really enjoy the devotionals and fireside here at the MTC. I also found Elder Lucero Sunday night.
Tuesday was a super eventful day. I started off with some tutoring for French which helped a ton and then we were able to go outside and play sand volleyball. It felt kinda weird to leave the fencing of the MTC and cross a street with real people on it haha. We have been playing sand volley every exercise time for a while now. It is a lot of fun. Later that day we taught our first TRC lessons. That’s when we go teach 20 minute lessons to members that only speaks French. I did a lot better that I thought I was going to do. The members are really nice and helped us a bit. That night was the fireside and President Ballard came and gave an amazing talk on Hyrum Smith and a little on Joseph Smith too. He basically gave us a super in depth history lesson of their lives and what happened in Carthage jail. He tied it in with how we can and need to be more like them as missionaries. President Ballard is definitely a man of God and so are all of the Apostles. There is always a special spirit that they carry with them and we can feel it as soon as they enter any room.
Wednesday was awesome. I was able to host three different Elders. The first one was an Elder that now rooms just down the hall from me but in from Norway. He speaks five languages already and is now learning French. The Next Elder was able to host was Porter Dombrowski (drainy..idk how to spell it.) When he came he there was a different Elder that was told to go to his car and had already helped his get his stuff out. Porter yelled my name and once I realized who it was, I ran over and told the other Elder he can go back to the line and get the next car haha. I repented of that later. Once I got done showing Porter around, I ran back to the parking lot and waited for Jordon. I was waiting for about an hour and then this car passed me and all the windows rolled down and they started yelling my name. I ran over to his car and gave him a big hug. He was one of the last to show up so I kinda took my time showing him around.
The rest of the week mostly consisted of sand volley and a ton of French. I have definitely learned more French now than the last two years of class at school. The only problem I have with French is that I’m starting to mix up both of the languages I know. I’ve slip up every once in a while and say English sentences with the French structures. It’s kinda confusing but it means I’m learning so I’m not too concerned. A lot of French words also sound similar to each other and the other day I was trying to do a door approach to my teacher and I accidentally said that we were missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ of breakfast saints. My teacher couldn’t hold it in and just started laughing. She made us restart and helped me pronounce it right this time. I’m loving the MTC and I’m learning so much. I’m already a third of the way done with my stay here at the MTC but I’m already so excited and ready to go to Montreal.
I love y’all so much and I hope you all have an amazing week.
Elder Beckstrand
This is my district and Seour Richards. She is our other teacher.
Jordan Ott
This is Elder Leslie. He just left to Tahiti.
Aloha Elder Beckstrand looking great...service with a smile. Love and aloha from the kahanu's.
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