Week #4

Weekly update


This week was good! The weeks go by so fast here! The language is coming along pretty well! I am teaching the class how to speak in past tense this week. We went up to the fourth floor this week where I guess it's like the party floor. It's decked out in Christmas lights. People have guitars and stuff it was crazy. I was surprised we were in the MTC. It was actually pretty fun. I played Blister in the Sun and the Jumper and like a bunch of people were singing, it was awesome. The Provo temple closed this week so no more temple for 2 years! We have been teaching 40 minute lessons to investigators every day this week with no notes. It's hard ,but the only way you get better is if you actually speak it. 2 French kids moved into the residence this week and they sound just like the French guy from Ricky Bobby it'S super funny we make them say stuff all time. Everyone has a TV in their class connected to a computer and we always watch the I am a mormon videos on it. When the teacher leaves  we watched the Brandon Flowers one and the Jeremy Jones one. You should all go watch them, they are awesome. Also there are these bible video movies on lds.org they are super good! We got a new district leader on Sunday, its Elder Sanchez he's really cool. Only like 2 more weeks until I head off to France. I can't wait hopefully I get the language down quick! Je sais le livre de mormon est vrai. Je sais que Joseph Smith est vrai prophet. Je amie l'eglise de jesus-christ des saints de derniers jours. au nom de jesus christ amen.

Love

-Elder Beck

 PS Anyone that's thinking of going on a mission the MTC really isn't as bad as people make it out to be. FYI

 

Week #3

Bonjour!

This week went by so fast its crazy! I'm pretty much half way done! woot woot! So the French is coming along well. We always talk to each other in French and we teach a lesson in French everyday with no notes! So this crazy thing happened this week! It was the 14th and at like 9PM we were in the dorms and someone called me on the phone in residence.  It was the front office and they said I needed to meet with the MTC president the next day at 9AM! I was super scared, so many thoughts were rushing through my head! I was asking all the teachers, zone leaders, and workers what this could mean.  They were all saying the same thing.. they thought someone from my family was hurt! So I rushed to a computer and emailed my  mom and dad.  The one time my dad doesn't check his emai,l so that made me even more nervous! So I got maybe 10 minutes of sleep that nigh.t When 9AM rolled around I was ready for the worst news of my life. The president was 15 minuets late and I was 10 minutes early so I had 30 minutes to think. He finally came and all he wanted was a picture with me because his son in law is one of my dads friends.. so thanks for that one Dad! Also Mary Ellen Edmunds came and gave a talk at the MTC I got to meet her after that was cool! Our lessons are going really well with investigators! This week is Thanksgiving! Its crazy it went by so fast! An apostle is coming I heard! So on Sunday this happened... a kid was trying to throw a starburst at Elder Karl while I was reading my scriptures and he missed and hit me in the eye brow and cut it open.  I didn't even get mad. I'm already becoming Christ like haha. Elder Karl has been having a rough week he spilled pop all over his grey suit, walked into the wrong class twice, fell through a door and ripped his suit pants. Everything it going pretty good down at the MTC! People come up to me all the time begging for just a taste of Dr. Pepper its so funny!
Thanks for all your e-mails, packages, and letters! Love you guys!
Elder Beck

Week #2

San Fransisco

So Monday we flew at 1 AM to San Francisco! It was so awesome and nice getting a break from the MTC. We went there to get our Visas at it literally took 10 minutes.  We had like 2 hours to just bum around and look at stuff! We walked around and got the weirdest looks from people it was like splitting the red sea because no one wanted to talk to us. haha!! Some guy with an I LOVE JESUS sign came up to us and worshipped us for like an hour, that was funny. Then we went to the Golden Gate Bridge and that was super sweet! I have never seen it before and I'm so glad I got to see it! Our cab driver was a Filipino man and his name was Joey, he really liked us and we gave him a BOM with our testimonies in it. He already started reading it so that awesome! Also I had to get my blood taken twice in order to go to Belgium so that happened... we have been tired all week because we lost a whole day of sleep and they don't let you catch up! But this crazy thing happened we have been teaching this investigator named Nicole for a week and a half in French and I kinda knew she was fake but we like set up a baptismal date with her and then she told us she was fake. Now she is our other teacher, so that was heart breaking.. jk I didn't really care, but other Elders were so upset it was funny. Also I have a cold so me and Elder Karl went back to the room to grab some cough drops and some missionary asked if we  could teach a REAL investigator named Don the first lesson in English.  We accepted and gave him a BOM and I think we have another lesson with him this week! Elder Sanchez ran into a pole this week and cut his eyebrow open that was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my whole life. Also Elder Karl has ripped two sets of suit pants because he keeps running. Yesterday was our 2nd Sunday and it was a lot better than last week!  We went to watch a video and they talked about D&C 90:11.  It's an awesome scripture and you should all read it! I love it and the language isn't good but its coming! Thanks for all your emails and packages you're all too kind! 

Love, 

-Elder Beck

Drove past home

BONJOUR!  

Ok first day out.. Met my companion he's a basket player from Pittsburgh. His name is Elder Karl and he's suuuper funny, I love him! We watched a video about the MTC, went to a fireside, met our other room mates, went to class, realized we know nothing about French, went to bed at 10:30 and woke up at 6 to start another day! I forgot my journal so I'm going off of memory here. The food here is actually pretty good most of the time, which was shocking for me! I didn't drink a Dr. Pepper for like 3 days, but then I caved now I drink one every day! But my room mates are Elder Lloyd, and Elder Traue.  Elder Traue is from Utah.  I love the MTC!  I get along with everyone in the district and we all have a super fun time! My teachers name is Sister Chard she's super nice and is a return missionary from Paris and a super good teacher! I am learning the language really good! Its super hard at some points, but at the end it's all good. On day three they  set us up with a lesson with a real investigator and me and Elder Karl had to teach a lesson... in FRENCH. So we gave her a lesson the first day and it was so bad! She doesn't speak a word in English! We didn't understand her and she didn't understand us! So we just opened up the back of BOM and showed her pictures. To our surprise she came back for some reason. We made her a plan about the Plan of Salvation because her brother died recently and it went super well, we have another lesson with her tonight! Tomorrow at 2 freaking 30 AM we fly to SAN FRAN to go pick up our visas!  I heard we leave back to Utah before the sun even rises so that's super lame... Elder Lloyd brought a guitar that's pretty cool..  he thinks I'm like Jimi Hendrix. The first Sunday.. it was a fast Sunday and at the MTC on fast Sunday the whole place like shuts down, there is no food or water anywhere! And before this I had fasted maybe one other time, luckily though I didn't get hungry until like 5PM. When it became dinner time literally it was like a heard of elephants running to the lunch line, I felt like I was in a movie! But then we get there and its already PACKED and only one line was open and at this point, I was like blacking out, I was so thirsty! We get to the front of the line and it was chicken and rice... i wanted to just die right there. But i didn't care I ate it all haha. And later that night we watched a talk by David Bednar and is was super good! So obviously today is my P day and we went to the temple this morning and it was super awesome! Well that's pretty much all I can remember for right now I'm trying to figure out how to attach pictures right now, its impossible.. but I'll get it.

Love all you guys,

Elder Beck

P.S. I didn't have time to proof read this and there is no spell check.