ALRIGHTY.
So sorry about the confusion, nah I'm not in Canada yet, still in MTC, it's THIS monday I'm heading out... Monday the 27th. I don't have much time so this one will be a quick one.
Elder Mendoza and I were selected to teach the new missionaries on Monday how to begin teaching/teach the first lesson. Do Carlie and Carter remember the scenarios they cycle you through the first day? yeah, we were the missionaries--they miked us up and we acted out a contact in front of about 50-60 new missionaries. The "investigator" almost didn't let us in the door. But we got in and rocked it. It was a nice little ulcer, you know.
French is going well, I'm glad I'm going to Quecbec, where French is AWESOME. Instead of saying "Vous frappez le ballons avec le pied" (you kick the ball) in Quebecois you say "Vous kickez le ball" NICE. They use a lot of english phrases/verbs. It's just a cooler sounding French is all. That's for sure.
This last week has gone by fast, did George Snell tell you I saw him?? He conducted my health awareness meeting! Crazy! It was good to see him. If you need/want to send anything out to me, it's gonna have to go to Canada...dear elders aren't any good anymore, so just email me instead!
Thanks mom for the long letter/updates, it's excellent to hear about everyone, but unfortunately I don't have anytime to reply--I'll respond as soon as I get out to the field and have more time.
This week has been super boring! Time to go!! I'll call around 12-2 p.m. on monday! (Earlier for Miss Bell of course)
Je t'aime!
E. Holm
September 26, 2010
September 17, 2010
FLIGHT PLANS FLIGHT PLANS FLIGHT PLANS.
Oh yeah, by the way, flight plans came in yesterday. I'm heading out monday morning. I have to be at the travel office at 4 a.m. and my flight takes off at 7. So I probably won't call you guys in the morning... I'll get to DETROIT around 1, and we have about an hour lay over, so I'll probably call you people between 1 and 2. Unless you guys want a call in the morning. And then I'm in CANADA. I'm lucky enough to be the travel leader...yay.....I get to be the sheep herder for 12 other missionaries, but at least elder McRoberts and Mendoza are in our group!
As for the forwarding these emails, I don't think you should forward any of them, just send everyone to my blog, Kyra has been putting my letters up there. She has the address, I think it's www.elderholm.blogspot.com I think...
Not much going on this week, as usual, just teaching everything in French. It's especially hard to teach the principle of Kingdoms of Glory in a whole other language, that's for sure. I can barely describe it in english. I hear that Chandler and Noah are doing the bicycling merit badge - Good Luck!! That was always a...fun...one...
So Carter and Carlie got a job, eh? I thought Carlie was going back to school?? Whatever happened to that? I'm sure she's loving Dr. Grants....heheheh.....And Carter sounds like he's having fun with being a TA for english class. I don't know what it is but lately it seems Carter is always associating himself with Chinese people... strange. Sounds like everything is calming down, which is very good, cause everything is speeding up here.
Oh yes! Thank you much for the package! It was a lovely surprise! Chips are delicious, and I tried the "cow tales" candy...eh...Elder Mendoza loved them!
I heard about the photographer being out of town, ah man, that's killer. The ANTICIPATION is Killing me! I hope I get to see my only sister's wedding before I head out to Montreal! Haha it's not that big of a deal, but I would indeed love to see those pictures. SOMEBODY HELP MOM send some pictures. Chandler and Noah I know you've got plenty of free time, and you know how to work a computer-Hook a brotha up! As my black missionary friend would say. He can say it like that because he's black.
Well I'm almost out of time, it was great to hear from those who sent me letters! If anyone wants to send me anything before I head out, now is the time!
Good luck with life out there!
Peace be the journey,
Elder Holm
Oh yeah, by the way, flight plans came in yesterday. I'm heading out monday morning. I have to be at the travel office at 4 a.m. and my flight takes off at 7. So I probably won't call you guys in the morning... I'll get to DETROIT around 1, and we have about an hour lay over, so I'll probably call you people between 1 and 2. Unless you guys want a call in the morning. And then I'm in CANADA. I'm lucky enough to be the travel leader...yay.....I get to be the sheep herder for 12 other missionaries, but at least elder McRoberts and Mendoza are in our group!
As for the forwarding these emails, I don't think you should forward any of them, just send everyone to my blog, Kyra has been putting my letters up there. She has the address, I think it's www.elderholm.blogspot.com I think...
Not much going on this week, as usual, just teaching everything in French. It's especially hard to teach the principle of Kingdoms of Glory in a whole other language, that's for sure. I can barely describe it in english. I hear that Chandler and Noah are doing the bicycling merit badge - Good Luck!! That was always a...fun...one...
So Carter and Carlie got a job, eh? I thought Carlie was going back to school?? Whatever happened to that? I'm sure she's loving Dr. Grants....heheheh.....And Carter sounds like he's having fun with being a TA for english class. I don't know what it is but lately it seems Carter is always associating himself with Chinese people... strange. Sounds like everything is calming down, which is very good, cause everything is speeding up here.
Oh yes! Thank you much for the package! It was a lovely surprise! Chips are delicious, and I tried the "cow tales" candy...eh...Elder Mendoza loved them!
I heard about the photographer being out of town, ah man, that's killer. The ANTICIPATION is Killing me! I hope I get to see my only sister's wedding before I head out to Montreal! Haha it's not that big of a deal, but I would indeed love to see those pictures. SOMEBODY HELP MOM send some pictures. Chandler and Noah I know you've got plenty of free time, and you know how to work a computer-Hook a brotha up! As my black missionary friend would say. He can say it like that because he's black.
Well I'm almost out of time, it was great to hear from those who sent me letters! If anyone wants to send me anything before I head out, now is the time!
Good luck with life out there!
Peace be the journey,
Elder Holm
September 10, 2010
September 10, 2010
Salut!
So. Really boring week. Not much happening at all. Except the swine flu is spreading around really quickly. They've got at least 4 elders quarantined - including Elder Allen. I never thought getting the swine flu earlier on in life would help me prepare for a mission. Crazy. We got a whole new bunch of missionaries on Wednesday, one of the most exciting things in the world right now. Also, the hour of free time we have at the end of the day, every able bodied elder is training for the "Falconbury challenge". The challenge is this - whoever can do a pull up with Elder Falconbury on their backs, wins. Falconbury is this really skinny elder from Alabama, weighs 126. Elder Bagnall has gotten the closest.
This week in the TRC was the second week of teaching fully in French. We're really picking it up, except when talking about prophets; I struggled a little with that principle. I ended up telling our "investigator" that E. Mendoza and I were prophets. She looked confused for a second...and asked "Vous AVEZ prophets?" I thought I knew what I was talking about, so I corrected her "No no, Nous SOMMES prophets!" The E. Mendoza looked at me and said in english "Elder Holm we aren't prophets." Embarrassing.
So yeah, it's good to finally get a camera! And I'm dyin to see some pictures of the wedding! How was everyone's labor day weekend? Ours here was the exact same... kind of boring, but good for us.
What else is there to say? Ah.... 16 days left until we hit the field. It's good to hear that Chandler and Noah are getting back into swimming/whatever Noah ends up doing. Carter sounds like he's doing good, and Hayden sounds just peachy, living the dream and whatnot. It's too bad to hear about Kelsey, that's really unfortunate. Yet we all have our purpose here in life, and whatever happens to us, we must know that God is in it. ---I think that's a movie quote from somewhere.... I'll be sending some pictures soon! That sounds hilarious that Kyra is having a family council with her roommates....that'll be fun to hear about! Ha ha. Okay well I don't have much else to say, except send pictures whenever you want; I never get tired of pictures!
Peace be the journey,
Elder Holm
So. Really boring week. Not much happening at all. Except the swine flu is spreading around really quickly. They've got at least 4 elders quarantined - including Elder Allen. I never thought getting the swine flu earlier on in life would help me prepare for a mission. Crazy. We got a whole new bunch of missionaries on Wednesday, one of the most exciting things in the world right now. Also, the hour of free time we have at the end of the day, every able bodied elder is training for the "Falconbury challenge". The challenge is this - whoever can do a pull up with Elder Falconbury on their backs, wins. Falconbury is this really skinny elder from Alabama, weighs 126. Elder Bagnall has gotten the closest.
This week in the TRC was the second week of teaching fully in French. We're really picking it up, except when talking about prophets; I struggled a little with that principle. I ended up telling our "investigator" that E. Mendoza and I were prophets. She looked confused for a second...and asked "Vous AVEZ prophets?" I thought I knew what I was talking about, so I corrected her "No no, Nous SOMMES prophets!" The E. Mendoza looked at me and said in english "Elder Holm we aren't prophets." Embarrassing.
So yeah, it's good to finally get a camera! And I'm dyin to see some pictures of the wedding! How was everyone's labor day weekend? Ours here was the exact same... kind of boring, but good for us.
What else is there to say? Ah.... 16 days left until we hit the field. It's good to hear that Chandler and Noah are getting back into swimming/whatever Noah ends up doing. Carter sounds like he's doing good, and Hayden sounds just peachy, living the dream and whatnot. It's too bad to hear about Kelsey, that's really unfortunate. Yet we all have our purpose here in life, and whatever happens to us, we must know that God is in it. ---I think that's a movie quote from somewhere.... I'll be sending some pictures soon! That sounds hilarious that Kyra is having a family council with her roommates....that'll be fun to hear about! Ha ha. Okay well I don't have much else to say, except send pictures whenever you want; I never get tired of pictures!
Peace be the journey,
Elder Holm
September 4, 2010
September 3, 2010
Salut!
Well this week has just zoomed by, but not really-- it was great to hear from everyone and I'm glad to hear that the wedding was a success! Tell Noah I wish him luck with the friendless class--but a better teacher is always better than friends. I'm glad that Chandler survived his first week of Junior High! It's a very.....place. Ah well, just something everyone has to go through.
I cannot believe that Hayden gets to drive the car everywhere. That's insane, but I can't complain, I'd much rather be where I'm at. It's strange to think I haven't driven in over a month. ALSO. We are now in the same month that I will be in Canada. 24 days left. Not that I'm counting or anything. So yeah...
Not much to say in the MTC, again. I feel like I'm just repeating the same week over and over again. Except this week in the TRC E. Mendoza and I taught the first lesson entirely in french. My brain exploded. We spoke for 40 minutes, without a lick of english, and surprisingly, the volunteers understood us...for the most part. I've been frustrated by the lingual walls I keep running into, but we just learned subjonctif, which just opened a huge door for me. I'll be speaking fluently in no time.
Thanks so much for the Package!! I never get tired of said packages. How did you know I needed pajamas? Those are going to come very much in handy when I head up to Canada! I've been DYING for doritos, thank you kindly for those as well, and the Emergen-c is going to be used very much. I've still got a sore cough and my sinuses are to the fullest, but what can you do?
Something that bothers Elder Holm.
District planning.
District planning has been very much a trial of patience for me, coming from a family who's motto is "Just do it, don't ask questions, don't be dumb." I have to keep reminding myself that these other elders are from very different places, and experienced very diffferent parenting techniques....sigh. I'm most grateful for the way Mom and Dad have instilled almost hostile obedience in us all, because it's paying off. I sat there in silence for an hour and a half while a certain elder voiced his opinion about how he didn't understand the benefit of being five minutes early to class. "I'm just going to sit here and waste five minutes, why?" was his statement. I wanted to put a hole in the wall with my head. He literally said he could not physically make it to class 5 minutes early. Sigh. And I know as everyone is reading this Carlie and Carter and Mom and Dad are just laughing, shaking their head and saying "oh, you don't even know." So we scratched off the "5 minutes early" goal. And then we planned a bunch of goals that I know no one will follow through with and ended with a song. C'est la vie.
The zone is being swept with the OJ challenge. The best record is 13 glasses of OJ in the morning--and held throughout the day. After you drink, you cannot use the restroom until the next meal. I hope this isn't too vulgar, if it is don't read the next sentence. But the victor and holder of the best record sufffered a great deal for his title--and sounded very much like a civil war cannon that night in the restroom. Poor fella, still suffering side effects.
I would love to get some pictures of the wedding, but I'm in no rush. Things are getting super busy around here. As long as it's before I head out of the MTC. Also, we've sworn off all english in our district...until the airport...it's going to be interesting. Needless to say, nobody says much. Because we all sound like children. But my french writing is down pat. So one way or another, I'll be able to communicate.
I wish I had more to talk about, but alas, everything here stays the same.
Mon coeur restes avec ma famille
Elder Holm
Well this week has just zoomed by, but not really-- it was great to hear from everyone and I'm glad to hear that the wedding was a success! Tell Noah I wish him luck with the friendless class--but a better teacher is always better than friends. I'm glad that Chandler survived his first week of Junior High! It's a very.....place. Ah well, just something everyone has to go through.
I cannot believe that Hayden gets to drive the car everywhere. That's insane, but I can't complain, I'd much rather be where I'm at. It's strange to think I haven't driven in over a month. ALSO. We are now in the same month that I will be in Canada. 24 days left. Not that I'm counting or anything. So yeah...
Not much to say in the MTC, again. I feel like I'm just repeating the same week over and over again. Except this week in the TRC E. Mendoza and I taught the first lesson entirely in french. My brain exploded. We spoke for 40 minutes, without a lick of english, and surprisingly, the volunteers understood us...for the most part. I've been frustrated by the lingual walls I keep running into, but we just learned subjonctif, which just opened a huge door for me. I'll be speaking fluently in no time.
Thanks so much for the Package!! I never get tired of said packages. How did you know I needed pajamas? Those are going to come very much in handy when I head up to Canada! I've been DYING for doritos, thank you kindly for those as well, and the Emergen-c is going to be used very much. I've still got a sore cough and my sinuses are to the fullest, but what can you do?
Something that bothers Elder Holm.
District planning.
District planning has been very much a trial of patience for me, coming from a family who's motto is "Just do it, don't ask questions, don't be dumb." I have to keep reminding myself that these other elders are from very different places, and experienced very diffferent parenting techniques....sigh. I'm most grateful for the way Mom and Dad have instilled almost hostile obedience in us all, because it's paying off. I sat there in silence for an hour and a half while a certain elder voiced his opinion about how he didn't understand the benefit of being five minutes early to class. "I'm just going to sit here and waste five minutes, why?" was his statement. I wanted to put a hole in the wall with my head. He literally said he could not physically make it to class 5 minutes early. Sigh. And I know as everyone is reading this Carlie and Carter and Mom and Dad are just laughing, shaking their head and saying "oh, you don't even know." So we scratched off the "5 minutes early" goal. And then we planned a bunch of goals that I know no one will follow through with and ended with a song. C'est la vie.
The zone is being swept with the OJ challenge. The best record is 13 glasses of OJ in the morning--and held throughout the day. After you drink, you cannot use the restroom until the next meal. I hope this isn't too vulgar, if it is don't read the next sentence. But the victor and holder of the best record sufffered a great deal for his title--and sounded very much like a civil war cannon that night in the restroom. Poor fella, still suffering side effects.
I would love to get some pictures of the wedding, but I'm in no rush. Things are getting super busy around here. As long as it's before I head out of the MTC. Also, we've sworn off all english in our district...until the airport...it's going to be interesting. Needless to say, nobody says much. Because we all sound like children. But my french writing is down pat. So one way or another, I'll be able to communicate.
I wish I had more to talk about, but alas, everything here stays the same.
Mon coeur restes avec ma famille
Elder Holm
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