Bonjour a tous! How is everyone doing? How did everyone enjoy conference this last weekend?! There were so many great talks and inspired changes that happened. Other than just the conference, this week was pretty good. Here's what happened.
Thank you Brother and Sister Kahanu For the Tie!
Later that afternoon Josh and his District went to Peggy's Cove. Here are the pictures he sent.
Last Wednesday we went down to Halifax for a district council. It was pretty good and I had to give a training on Recognizing spiritual promptings. I didn't have a whole lot of time to prepare for it but I definitely recognized the spiritual promptings during my training and it turned out pretty good. After that we stayed in town and had exchanges with our district leader and his companion. My district leader is Elder Thacker from good ol Lehi Utah. It was really fun just talking to him and finding people we both know. Exchanges were really good because I was able to work in a bigger city and learn how missionary work is done there. It was really cool. We did a lot of finding but didn't really get to teach anyone but we did plant a ton of seeds.
Thursday was good as well. We started off the day by doing our studies with the other elders and then going back home to Bridgewater. When we got home we found out that we had no power in our brand new power so that was fun. We made a couple calls and found out they forgot to pay the electricity bill so we would be without until the next day. We took our food to the church and then just continued with our day ahaha. We went and had a really good lesson with our recent convert here. She is amazing and we can definitely see the blessings God is putting into her life because of her recent changes. She has been in look for a couple jobs lately and has checked everywhere and it just so happens that the only person we are teaching just had her partner at her clinic leave and is looking for someone with her exact knowledge and training. We made a couple of call and are now waiting to hear what happens. I know God blesses his children as we keep the commandments. I know as well that nothing happens by chance. There is a reason for everything and we know from 2 Nephi 26:24 that "He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world". Sister Russel accepted the gospel and is trying her best to do the Lords will and because of that, she is being blessed! Later that night we went to the church and had our second week of French classes. It was a lot better than last week ahah. I had a basic of idea of where their French knowledge was and how I could help so that was nice. After that we headed back to our dark apartment and kinda just camped out the night with flashlights. We went and sat in the truck for a bit to write in our journals.
Friday was kinda slow but still good. We walked over to the library and did some studies and family history work. The librarian was super nice and talked to us for a little bit. She knew the missionaries before but isn't super interested. She was nice enough though to let us set up a family history booth in the library. That was interesting but we will see how that goes. That night was our first night of volleyball in this ward! It was so much fun and it was such a great way to connect more with the youth here. They are amazing and we had enough show up to play 5v5. They all have thought of other friends they could bring next time as well so that's awesome!
Saturday, Sunday and Monday were all just one big spiritual high. Before conference on Saturday we went to a different library (yes mum, I know this might be weird that I'm visiting all these libraries willingly) because we were told that there was a group of French speakers that met up to practice their french every Saturday. There were about 7 of us there at the group. There was me and the other 6 ladies were all over probably 70 years old. It was really fun. We just sat around and talked about life for an hour and they did end up asking a lot of questions about church. One of the ladies even invited us over for lunch after so that was awesome! After that we watched all 4 sessions of conference in four different houses with 4 different meals. That really makes conference go by quicker and helps you stay awake. I was actually kinda sad when it was all over because I felt like it went by too quick but I'm grateful for what we did get and for the chance that we have to do it again in April! Last little thing before I end my email. Yesterday we were out visiting members and decided to visit our stake Patriarch because he is in our ward. He is such an amazing person and a spiritual giant. As is all other Patriarchs in the world. We were talking to him and we learned a lot and we realized that no one prayed for them. Everyone and their dogs pray for us as missionaries and I'm so grateful for that. Everyone also prays for the Prophet, the apostles, family members, those that are sick, but no one really prays for the Patriarchs. If anyone needs prayers its probably those guys. He also told us that the calling of a patriarch is a very lonely calling because he gets to meet a couple people for just a short amount of time and then they leave and everything else is just between him and the Lord. He can counsel with the stake president if we wants but there is not much they do together. All this to say, please, please, please, Pray for your patriarchs and all of them around the world. I know I'm grateful for my patriarch and the blessing he gave me. If you don't know what that is go ask you neighbor or your local bishop. Also if you are a young worthy member of the church, Please pray to know when you should get your blessing. It is truly amazing because the church is true! I love this church and all of you!
Love, Elder Beckstrand
Thank you Brother and Sister Kahanu For the Tie!
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