The one with CoronaVirus

Bonjour a tous! How is everyone doing this week?  I hope y'all are having fun and preparing for General conference coming up! 

Also, I'm not sure if y'all have heard from other missionaries already but we have this new rule where we can't shake hands anymore because of the Coronavirus. It's been an adjustment ahah. We found out Saturday night and Sunday was just a full day of trying to break the habit of shaking hands with people. It was quite the challenge. Other than that, this week was pretty good for us here in Montreal!

Last Wednesday we had our first district council of the transfer and my first council as district leader. It was really good and learned lots but there were some other things I can improve on as well. That's my favorite part of having this new leadership position and my past positions as a trainer because I get to learn so much about myself and others and how to be a better person and missionary. The Lord doesn't call the qualified but does definitely qualify the called. I have felt that a lot this last week working with all these missionaries and depending on Him and the spirit even more than before. 

The rest of the week has been really good too. I come home every night just exhausted from the work. We run around the city of Montreal all day contacting and visiting people. One cool thing about Montreal is the amount of different cultures there are here in the city. It is such a melting pot of people who come from all sorts of different countries and speak all sorts of languages. I'm just grateful that the two common languages are first French, and then English. We are currently teaching two really cool people. Kervins and Patrick. One is Quebecois and the other is Haitian and they both came to church on Sunday and stayed for our potluck after. It was really good. We had tons of people at the potluck and tons of food. We also had president and sister Low speak at church on Sunday and my district did a special musical number. We all serve in the same ward so all 8 of us got up there and sang an arrangement of I am a child of God. It was pretty good. 

The rest of the week has been pretty good. We had a couple lessons and passed by a couple members to get to know them a little more. One fun part about the big city and using the metro and buses is being able to see all the weird and unique things about the city. I've seen more weird things this last week than probably my whole mission already ahah, but that's why I love Quebec so much. It's been a blast. I know God sent me here for a reason and I'm so grateful he did. This church is so true and I love being able to share that with others. I love you all so much and hope you have a wonderful week! 

Elder Beckstrand

I bought some souvenirs this week!