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July 30, 2019 Ghana MTC (Week 3)

July 30, 2019 Chris Leave a comment

Hey Family,

It was so wonderful to talk to you this week. You give me so much power to continue on. It’s just such a blessing to connect with you each week. It gives me so much peace. Also, going to the temple gave me so much strength as well. It so awesome I can attend it each week while I’m here. I just thank God for all of you! I love this gospel so much and this next week I’m going to try and focus so much on the Lord and try not to think about home and just have faith that everything will be ok. Dad, thanks so much for sharing with me D&C 31. It is the best chapter and helped me so much! I know I can do this for two years and I have an amazing team back home. Gosh I love you so much! This week I got a little sick so that wasn’t fun. The good news is that I didn’t miss home. The nurse here gave me some medicine and told me to get some rest. I took a nap but it didn’t really help. Good news is the days went by fast. I had the opportunity to teach “investigators” in French. My French is so bad, but it was a good experience. This week dad I worked on what you told me to do and started complimenting vs comparing. It’s made such a big difference!! I’ve also really started to find things I love about Africa and the MTC as well. I’m really going to work on my attitude because it makes such a big difference! Well you guys have an awesome week. We’ll talk next week! Love you all!!

Love,

Elder LeBaron

Photos:

Group photo taken together with Elder and Sister Martinez together with other MTC staff after the Area Devotional held on July 23, 2019.

Elder Benjamin LeBaron

July 24, 2019 Ghana MTC (Week 2)

July 24, 2019 Chris Leave a comment

Hey Family,

This has been a tough week. I was sick earlier in the week and all I wanted was mom. I’ve just been feeling so overwhelmed with the language and just missing everything at home. I’ll be ok, but man I didn’t realize this would be so hard. That said, I know everyone back home is praying for me and I wouldn’t want to be anywhere else. I just need to have faith that the Lord will take care of me and everyone back home as well. I just need to keep looking at the positive like the fact that I found my white sock I lost when I did laundry today after praying like crazy. I’m so grateful for the Americans and I’m really starting to love them!! I’m feeling better now and talking to the family really helps me! I can’t wait to talk to you all again today! I had the most amazing experience this week. I was really struggling one night and I had been praying and begging the Lord for an experience to feel peace and loved. At the end of my last lesson I was just sitting thinking about my mission and my mission president and I felt this overwhelming feeling like Grandpa was near and I could feel his spirit communicate with mine that he was looking over me, and that he would protect me. I felt his huge big arms wrap around me. It was amazing! It was so beautiful! It made my eyes fill with tears. Right after my teacher shared his favorite scripture with us that helped him on his mission. It was awesome The Lord is with us and even though missions are super hard I’m learning so much and having amazing experiences. Yes, I’m missing home like crazy right now and can’t understand a word that is said in class, but I can bare my testimony in French at least a few words and I know the Lord will continue to bless me. Only Tyler knows what I’m going through and he sent me an amazing email with tons of advice. I love him so much!! Well have an awesome week! I love you all and miss you all soooooo much!!

Love,

Elder LeBaron

Pictures of the week: pics w elder lee and w some teachers that know tyler and other random pictures and a pic of us at the temple this morning.

Elder Benjamin LeBaron

July 17, 2019 Ghana MTC (Week 1)

July 17, 2019 Chris Leave a comment

Hey Family!!!

Holy cow man i am tired but i love it out here!!! Everything is super tough right now but I stay positive! I really have strived to just be happy! Its helped out so much and I pray nonstop. Seriously that’s all I do as well as read the Book of Mormon. I love the mission though I don’t know french but I know it will come with time! Everyone here knows Tyler! Its so awesome!!! I love you so much and i hope you wake up so i can see you man because I’ve been trying to use Hangouts for the past thirty minutes and no one is answering hahaha Oh well I love you! Have a great week! I’m going to share all my journal entries while I’m here in the MTC…maybe even my whole mission. I hope you enjoy them!!! Have a great week!

Love,

Elder LeBaron

Here are some pics on the flight, and the little kid was my buddy on the flight from Amsterdam to Ghana. he is 12, his dad is a pastor i think but i taught him about the church and the Book of Mormon and about Joseph Smith it was cool and this kid was so smart! I showed him a picture of Jesus and he was like Jesus is white?!! It was very interesting but I told him it doesn’t matter if he’s white or black, he’s the same. Also, pictures of the Ghana airport.