Last we left her, Eleanor- or Soeur Holt as she now is- had arrived in the Missionary Training Centre. She will spend six weeks here learning French, studying the Gospel and preparing for missionary service. Her experience will be very similar to many missionaries, but in her first ten days she had the experience of…
Month: November 2016
That was the week that was
Eleanor entered the Missionary Training Centre in Provo yesterday and began life as Sister/ Soeur Holt. This was the culmination of a week of mixed emotions in the Holt house. Last Thursday Eleanor celebrated her 19th birthday which continued into the weekend. On Saturday night we had birthday party to which we had invited lots…
Sister of a Sister!
Eleanor is the eldest of four children. Her youngest sibling, Martha (aged 10), wanted to write something about her feelings about Eleanor leaving to serve a mission: Some people know me as a friend; some as a daughter or a granddaughter; some do not even know me; but only 3 people know me as their…
Sister Holt on a Mission 