December 14, 2021 - Online is officially over!

December 14, 2021 This is the last email I’ll be sending from the comfort of my own basement! I’ve been able to feel the spirit so strongly these last two weeks and it’s all been over zoom so I can’t wait to see what the Provo MTC holds for me. My last zoom class was yesterday morning and it was the last English focused class I’ll ever have. From now on it’s going to be Dutch learning only so there’s going to be a lot of “Hoe zegt u?”(how do you say?) and “Wat bedekent…?”(what does……mean?) but I’m really excited! A few days ago my district made a goal to try and use only Dutch in our google chat so that’s really helped with all of our casual talk. It has really been incredible to see how the gift of tongues has worked in my district. We were encouraged to ask in every prayer for the gift of tongues and it has been so cool! Obviously we haven’t gotten that far in Dutch but there are a lot of really tricky words as far as pronunciation goes and everyone nails them! We’ve all memorized “De eerste visioen”(the first vision) and “ons doel”(Our purpose). Doctrine and covenants 90:11 says, “For it shall come to pass in that day, that every man shall ​​​hear​ the fulness of the gospel in his own tongue, and in his own ​​​language​, through those who are ​​​ordained​ unto this ​​​power​, by the administration of the ​​​Comforter​, shed forth upon them for the ​​​revelation​ of Jesus Christ.” I know that my district and I are being prepared to speak this language so that we can share the fullness of the gospel to “every man…in his own tongue, and in his own language”. Thanks everyone again for the support you’ve given me up to this point and throughout this two weeks of Home learning. Tomorrow I’ll officially be at the Provo MTC! I wish you all the best and I’ll miss all of you while I’m out. 1. Last picture with my district over zoom!(minus Elder Fowler and Elder Jeppson, who were traveling from their home states to Provo)