Salut mes amis! How are y'all doing? I hope you all had a wonderful New Years and made some super resolutions for this 2019 year. This week here wasn't as adventurous as last week but it was still amazing nonetheless.
Last Thursday we had some studies before we went to go help bishop get ready to move. He needed help cleaning out his shed and deciding what to bring or what to throw away. We ended up burning quite a few things that he didn't want anymore because it was easier that way. We threw a big wooden cabinet on the fire and it took pretty quick. Later that say we went to the church to help set up a wedding reception for a ward member. It was actually pretty fun. They even let us cut and prep the flowers for the bouquets. That night we had dinner with a family that we are teaching. The Neiras are from Peru and absolutely just adore us. We tried to ask if there was anything we can do for them and they shut us down and said that just visiting them and having their two kids see good people like us was good enough. It was super sweet. We asked a few more times how we can repay them and they actually have a room in the basement that isn't finished and asked if we can help. We took the chance and will be helping with that soon. It was amazing to see the joy and happiness that the gospel can bring into family's. We are all born with the light of God inside of us, it is our responsibility to keep that light burning bright like a cabinet burning on a fire so that others can see it and have that desire to brighten their own light within themselves. Don't let your light get dimmed because you never know who might be lost in the darkness and is in need of your light.
Friday morning we woke up to freezing rain so we called the other teams to stay in their area for district council and we came to them because the roads were way to icy. Freezing rain is when it rains while the temperature is still below freezing so as soon as the water hits the ground, it turns straight into ice. It's super crazy. The roads and sidewalks and everything was covered in a thin layer of ice. We left early for district counsel and slowly got there. After that we went on exchanges and I stayed down in Lemoyen and worked with Elder Calheros. He is amazing! He just got here 2 weeks ago and is from France. It was really fun and he spoke to me in English to practice his English and I spoke to him in French to practice as well. We had some good time to go finding and snuck in a lesson about the Book of Mormon and how it can and will bless you if you read it.
Saturday we did some studies and then re-exchanged. Our amis named Fanel doesn't have any winter clothes because this is his first winter so we have been looking everywhere. We got inspired to ask one of the sisters in the ward if she had any and it turns out that she did! Power of the Spirit! We stopped by her place and ended up getting fed a big lunch and then leaving with two big bags of clothes for him. We went to go drop them of that the house that Fanel lives at because we thought he was at work but he was home! He was super happy to see us and to get nice winter clothes. We also gave him a Book of Mormon in Haitian Creole and he loved it. He loves the Book of Mormon so much and expressed how much that meant to him. We then talked for a bit and found a date for him to be baptized! He wants to be baptized on the 16th of April on his birthday. We talked to him and told him that he could be ready sooner and he kinda liked that idea as well. He is so amazing and has such a desire to do good and be a member.
Sunday was pretty chill. Not a ton happened. Church was great and we set up a ton of activities and dinner appointment and fun stuff like that. We then had good studies. The rest of the day we did street contacting and some knocking around Mont-Saint-Hilaire because we were completely out of clickes and couldn't drive too much.
Monday we started with breakfast with our ward mission leader because it was his birthday. It was with him, his daughter and one of their friends. The other two are not members but have been asking us questions and have been sharing the gospel with some of their friends too! They are all amazing. Later that day we went spent some time with a ward members family for new years. They are super nice and funny. We finally met the youngest who isn't active anymore. She was super nice and hopefully we get to see her back at church some day. That night we went bishops family party with his whole family and some others. It was super nice. We ate food and played some games. We then had to dip because of mission rules and I couldn't even stay awake until the new year if I tried.
Yesterday was pretty uneventful because everyone we tried to talk to was asleep still or super drunk. We had a big breakfast with this member family from Haiti. We got there just as everyone was waking up so we cooked some of the breakfast. It was really fun. That night we bought some donuts for some people that don't have a ton of family here to be with for the new year so we went over and spent time with them. It was really nice but we had a sketch experience when we got to their house. We parked and this small Latino dude came on wandering up to our car and then was looking inside and then saw us and kinda just started at us for a while and then walked away. He kept looking back at us and then joined this really big African dude. They were just kinda standing by this building and then pointed at us. They both started walking at the car and looked around it and inside. Once they saw us, we waved and they waved back and just stopped and talked to each other for a second and then headed back to the building. We were so scared. We had to go into the building that they went just went into so we parked the car a couple of streets away and snuck in through a back door. We didn't see them after but it was super sketchy. Kinda fun though.
That's about all I have for this week. Some super cool miracles and progressing amis! Big thanks to everyone who sent me Christmas gifts because I don't think I've thanked you yet! Thanks! I hope y'all are starting this new year off on a spiritual high and always looking and praying for ways to serve those around you. There is someone out there who needs your help and your light. Make sure you are listening to the spirit and placing yourself in situations to help and lift others up. Keep being awesome! Je vous aime beaucoup! Have a wonderful week and a new year!!
Love You!
Elder Beckstrand
We went sledding for new years eve with the Family Gaboriault! It was such a small hill and you had to walk back up. Nothing like back home in Brianhead with a giant slope and a tow rope but still super fun.
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