Soeur Holt began her email to us this week telling us about an email that she had received from the missionary who taught and baptised her mum when she was a teenager. We share it here, as it seemed to really have an impact on Soeur Holt and you will see over the course of…
Tag: Mormon
Je suis rouquine! Je suis la personne la plus blanche de Guadeloup!
Many of the same themes continued into Soeur Holt’s second week in Guadeloupe- study, teaching, visiting with people and, food! We also began to learn a little bit more about her everyday life as a missionary. Soeur Holt sent us a photograph of her planner- a typical day. On it we see a list of…
First week in Guadeloupe!
After arriving in the Caribbean last week it has been a long week waiting for Soeur Holt’s first email from Guadeloupe. The holiday season, and the availability of internet cafes meant that it was delayed until Wednesday. We also have an apology to make as the lack of time and the fact that the French…
Christmas at the MTC
The timing of emails, Christmas and going to the Caribbean means that we have to go back in time slightly before we can move forward. Just before Soeur Holt left the MTC she was able to celebrate Christmas. This was a bittersweet time for all of us; it was the first Christmas where we weren’t…
Guadeloupe!
Late Tuesday night Eleanor left the MTC in Provo to travel to Barbados with two Elders: Elders Casady and Griffin. They were to have a two stage journey- first to Miami and then, after a two hour layover, on to Barbados. Needless to say we were tracking her flights every step of the way: On…
Piano Guys and Infield Training
This week’s email was a bit less detailed than previous ones. This is probably due to the excitement of going to Barbados next Tuesday; Eleanor mentioned that in her district meeting we went through departure procedures, very exciting. As we checked our weather app this week we realized the contrast that Eleanor will be…
A visit to Temple Square and the ER!!!
Aside from the usual activities of service, teaching and learning there have been a couple of events that led Eleanor to describe this week as crazy! Though having said that, we’d rather she didn’t title her email ‘A trip to the ER’. After her preparation day last week Sister Tolman got poorly rather quickly. Soeurs…
Crazy bonkers week!!
I have to admit that after a couple of weeks of writing a blog about Eleanor’s life in the MTC I was beginning to wonder if things would get a bit samey- as she spends a lot of her time in the classroom and doing very similar activities each week. But just as I was…
The days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days….
Eleanor signed off her email this week with something that she thought rang true: the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days…. I think as parents we could agree with this as well. For Eleanor she is cramming so much into each day that they seem to last a long time; and…
Sister Holt on a Mission 