From Mom: It finally hit him. This has been a rough week for my boy and he is struggling. Please send him letters with words of encouragement.
He sent a package with a fresh SD card full of pics, which should arrive today. As soon as I have some fun new ones to put up, I will and then notify on FB when they are added. Have a great week friends and please write Spence! :)
9.24.2012
Wow this week has been something else... I dont really know how to explain everything that has happened.. haha well wednesday was the temple trip and i think i explained a little about that! Temple here is beautiful but it is really small! literally the size of a church building! ha So anyway I think i explained why i wrote so late last week, because our rides car broke and I am pretty sure that is what triggered the chain of event of what happened this week!....
So this week we had several appointments set up with our investigators and with people we had met and gotten return appointments with! We should have had 6 appointments this week but every single one of them fell through... :( Pam was sick and Tabitha's husband she is going through a divorce with got put in jail for trying to steal a TV from walmart!!! haha yea pretty stupid if you ask me! But anyway so that was discouraging for us. Then it seemed like every house we stopped by or everyone we talked to just shut us down in a way that it wasnt just saying no thank you, it was them telling us we were worshippers of satin and just slammed the door in our face! ha yea so its been a pretty brutal week! We have been praying to know what we need to do differently to find those who are ready for our message but nothing has come to us yet but it will! we just need to be patient with things:) Its not like we arent trying new things and working hard though and thats what is frustrating about it... We feel like we are doing all we know how to do.. The Bible Belt is an extrememly hard place to serve!! Maybe things will pick up this week though:) I just gotta keep my head up! :)
Well on the up side of things, i gave my first blessing in the mission field this past week! :) We had dinner at a memebers home and their daughter had just had surgery and they asked if we would give them a blessing! I was nervous at first cause it was my first blessing but it was really really good! the spirit took over and the words just flowed right out of my mouth:) And also we have been working alot with our less acitives and they all came to church on sunday so we had 6 less active families there on sunday and they are all wanting to get back in the swing of things and get their temple recommends again:) YAY!
Ugh I wish I had more to write this week but its really just been a discouraging week for us it seems like! :( We will keep our heads up and continue to work to the best of our abilities! :) Elder hansen and I are going to play some long toss with a baseball today so I am really looking forward to that! Keep us in your prayers:)
i love you all! :) Miss you a ton! :)
Elder "javelin" Betker
Monday, September 24, 2012
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Elder Javelin... LOL
From Mom: I apologize this is so late but I only just got the email yesterday! You will read about the excursion which bumped his PDay and continued happiness from the Atlantic!
Hello everyone!! Elder Betker here...
So first of all I am sorry for the late letter this week! We had a temple trip today so we didnt have pday on monday! So the temple is an hour away and our rides car broke down as he was coming back to get us so that set us back a few hours as well:( So anyway yea thats why this is such a late letter!!
Well I guess let me start with the beginning of the week last week... So Elder Hansen and I were out on our bikes and we saw a woman in her driveway watering her flowers.. so we stopped and introduced ourselves and she seemed so happy to talk to us!! Well let me tell you, we were wrong! After about 5 minutes of us talking to her she told us that she was a Bornagain and she began telling us all of her experiences! So she starts out by saying that early in her life (maybe 20's) she had an experience where Jesus came and took her out of her body and took her into heaven and she saw the power of God! Then she said she saw satin blow up in heaven and jesus took 10 demons out of her! So she then goes on to talk about how when she was put back into her body that when she opened up the bible, God took her hand and flipped it through every page and everything she had just experienced was glowing! Let me tell you, this woman was Crazy!!!! haha so anyway we went on to say that we believed in the Bible as well as she did and then introduced the Book of Mormon to her! At first she was saying that she read the book and was almost denying that there was a God because of it and she burned it!! ha we explained to her that those were evil spirits telling her that the book wasnt true and we invited her to read it and pray about it to know from the "Spirit that she knew from her past experiences" that it was a true book! She then goes on to say that we were decieved and we couldnt determine a good spirit from and evil spirit and she looked E. Hansen and I right in the eyes and said "When I look at myself I see the spirit in me, when I look at you two I dont see any form of spirit in you!!" hahaha let me tell you she was DECIEVED!!! Well I could go on and on and on about this woman and our HOUR AND A FREAKING HALF discussion with her but I got much more to write! But just know that Elder Hansen and I worked our miracles and read some powerful scriptures from the BOM with her and she actually took another copy of it! haha that woman gave me such a headache! If only you were there to experience it!! She was out of her mind!
So there is really no new news with Tabitha and Pam... They are still reading and praying and meeting with us but no baptismal date yet! :( That will come soon though:) Oh and we have another new investigator! Her name is sister riley! E. Hansen and I were out contacting some less actives and stuff and we still had an hour before we had to be home so we were trying to figure out what to do and this womans name popped into our heads from our area book so we went and stopped by! So we knocked and she answered the door and she let us right in and we taught her the restoration and read from the BOM with her! She is coming to church Sunday as well! :) Whoo! haha before we left she said "Yall are lucky I wasnt at the football game tonight!" haha as if God didnt have a hand in that one!! :)
So one more cool story for the week! Elder Hansen and I were driving through a neighborhood by our appt. complex and as we turned the corner a HUGE bald guy with a massive beard driving a convertable waves and says hey elders how are you! We thought it was weird that he was able to recogonize us that fast so we parked the car and went to his house and he was actually standing outside waiting for us... We didnt know whether to be scetched out or what cause he was such a scary lookin guy!! Well come to find out he was a less active who served a mission, just recently got divorced, and just moved into the ward boundries a month ago and was wanting to come back to church!! So he came to church on sunday and actually is wanting to come on exchanges with us and he took us to Cracker Barrel for lunch the other day too!!
So the area I am serving in is just the ward boundries! It is alot different than back in Utah where 4 blocks covers a ward! From one end of our ward boundries to the other is a 45 min drive! its a very large area we have to cover! haha oh so I dont remember which member told me this but we were at church the other day and none of the members can remember my last name so they just call me "Elder Javelin" haha and they were telling me that when the young men found out that I threw the javelin they were all sayin like "Oh you better not get on his bad side & if you are, you better hope your at least 200 yards away from him!!" hahahah I laughed pretty hard when I heard that!
So other than that things here are going wonderful! I will actually get to write home monday too so be on the lookout ;)
I love and Miss you all! :)
Love Elder Betker!
Hello everyone!! Elder Betker here...
So first of all I am sorry for the late letter this week! We had a temple trip today so we didnt have pday on monday! So the temple is an hour away and our rides car broke down as he was coming back to get us so that set us back a few hours as well:( So anyway yea thats why this is such a late letter!!
Well I guess let me start with the beginning of the week last week... So Elder Hansen and I were out on our bikes and we saw a woman in her driveway watering her flowers.. so we stopped and introduced ourselves and she seemed so happy to talk to us!! Well let me tell you, we were wrong! After about 5 minutes of us talking to her she told us that she was a Bornagain and she began telling us all of her experiences! So she starts out by saying that early in her life (maybe 20's) she had an experience where Jesus came and took her out of her body and took her into heaven and she saw the power of God! Then she said she saw satin blow up in heaven and jesus took 10 demons out of her! So she then goes on to talk about how when she was put back into her body that when she opened up the bible, God took her hand and flipped it through every page and everything she had just experienced was glowing! Let me tell you, this woman was Crazy!!!! haha so anyway we went on to say that we believed in the Bible as well as she did and then introduced the Book of Mormon to her! At first she was saying that she read the book and was almost denying that there was a God because of it and she burned it!! ha we explained to her that those were evil spirits telling her that the book wasnt true and we invited her to read it and pray about it to know from the "Spirit that she knew from her past experiences" that it was a true book! She then goes on to say that we were decieved and we couldnt determine a good spirit from and evil spirit and she looked E. Hansen and I right in the eyes and said "When I look at myself I see the spirit in me, when I look at you two I dont see any form of spirit in you!!" hahaha let me tell you she was DECIEVED!!! Well I could go on and on and on about this woman and our HOUR AND A FREAKING HALF discussion with her but I got much more to write! But just know that Elder Hansen and I worked our miracles and read some powerful scriptures from the BOM with her and she actually took another copy of it! haha that woman gave me such a headache! If only you were there to experience it!! She was out of her mind!
So there is really no new news with Tabitha and Pam... They are still reading and praying and meeting with us but no baptismal date yet! :( That will come soon though:) Oh and we have another new investigator! Her name is sister riley! E. Hansen and I were out contacting some less actives and stuff and we still had an hour before we had to be home so we were trying to figure out what to do and this womans name popped into our heads from our area book so we went and stopped by! So we knocked and she answered the door and she let us right in and we taught her the restoration and read from the BOM with her! She is coming to church Sunday as well! :) Whoo! haha before we left she said "Yall are lucky I wasnt at the football game tonight!" haha as if God didnt have a hand in that one!! :)
So one more cool story for the week! Elder Hansen and I were driving through a neighborhood by our appt. complex and as we turned the corner a HUGE bald guy with a massive beard driving a convertable waves and says hey elders how are you! We thought it was weird that he was able to recogonize us that fast so we parked the car and went to his house and he was actually standing outside waiting for us... We didnt know whether to be scetched out or what cause he was such a scary lookin guy!! Well come to find out he was a less active who served a mission, just recently got divorced, and just moved into the ward boundries a month ago and was wanting to come back to church!! So he came to church on sunday and actually is wanting to come on exchanges with us and he took us to Cracker Barrel for lunch the other day too!!
So the area I am serving in is just the ward boundries! It is alot different than back in Utah where 4 blocks covers a ward! From one end of our ward boundries to the other is a 45 min drive! its a very large area we have to cover! haha oh so I dont remember which member told me this but we were at church the other day and none of the members can remember my last name so they just call me "Elder Javelin" haha and they were telling me that when the young men found out that I threw the javelin they were all sayin like "Oh you better not get on his bad side & if you are, you better hope your at least 200 yards away from him!!" hahahah I laughed pretty hard when I heard that!
So other than that things here are going wonderful! I will actually get to write home monday too so be on the lookout ;)
I love and Miss you all! :)
Love Elder Betker!
Monday, September 10, 2012
Elder Betker... in charge? :)
Message from Mom: The physical address was confirmed as correct last week. He received the 2nd day envelope stuffed with Peanut Butter Bars just fine! LOL... I love that my boy is having fun while he serves all the people in his area! Check FB for more goofy pictures! He mentions that it is frustrating to have so many people reject his message, but he tries to keep his spirits up while he searches for those who are searching... that makes me so happy! I couldn't be more proud of this boy, truly...
9-10-2012 - The right end is Spencer's Compaion, Elder Hanson and the other 2 are there for a split.
This past week has been pretty slow but we feel like we are working our tails off! We have been working alot with less actives and then with Tabitha and Pam! We had 4 less active families at church the past two weeks and are starting to come back to church! We have been working with the "Gourley" family alot lately though. They were baptized a few years ago and were really strong in the church then about a year ago he got injured and hasnt been able to find a job since. The wife is working and providing but Brother Gourley is being so hard on himself cause he wants to be the one to do it. So they have been inactive for about a year and Elder Hansen and I have been stopping by every wednesday night and we read scruptures with them and just help them feel the spirit that they had felt before. It seems to be working cause they are wanting us to continually come back and they have come to church the past two weeks! Brother Gourley is also giving a talk in the next few weeks as well so hopefully they will continue to find that light again. We are also working with the "Terry Family." they are less actives and sister terry is wanting so badly to come back to church but is bi polar so anytime she has a breakdown, her husband will take away her keys from her and she cant go anywhere! It is really frustrating cause he is controlling her life! I dont remember if I told you about them in my last letter but he is 34 and she is 46!! yea crazy right! When they got married they were strong in the church then all of a sudden he turned his back on the church and hasnt come for years! sister terry is wanting that to change so we go over twice a week and just share a spiritual thought with them to help her day be brightened and hopefully help Brother Terry find that spark again too.
Now with Tabitha and Pam!!! They are doing soo good but the only problem we are having with them is getting them to church!! :( This last week we had a great lesson with them about faith! We read Alma 32 with them and explained how faith is like a seed and how we can strengthen our faith! So before the lesson started Pams Son (Chris) and his pregnant GF(Tracy) walked in and they started asking us questions! Tracy had told us all these things she thought were true about the mormons and what was funny is we didnt have to answer any of the questions because Tabitha and Pam answered almost all the questions about us!! They are getting pretty smart! haha so anyway Tracy wanted to sit in on our lesson and so we gave her a Book of Mormon and we had a very spiritual discussion!! At the end we were getting ready to give them things to read and study for next time we came over but they beat us to the punch! Pam started by asking "What do you want me to read for next time?" then tracy and tabitha were both like "hey we want something to read too" haha so we now have a new investigator and they are all reading and praying about the book of mormon! They are solid!! Now we just need to get them to church!
So on Thursday we had an exchange with Elder Bingham and Elder Powell! Elder Bingham came to mebane with me for the night so I was in charge of the area!! I was nervous at first but it all ended well!! We rode our bikes about 2.5 miles to contact a referral and when we got over there it began to get stormy out! We contacted her and she wasnt interested so we knocked some doors in the neighborhood and no luck either!:( We rode back to our appt and right as we got back it began to POUR!!!!! It was coming down so hard I was so happy we werent riding our bikes in it!! haha but later that night we went on an exchange with a member of the ward and contacted some less actives! We were able to get one of them to commit to come to church next suday so hopefully he will come! haha After that man we went to contact another lady who lived in the middle of nowhere and it was getting dark and she lived in this run down house and everything so it was sketchy!! We get to her house and get out of the car and this lady is looking at us through the side door so we go over and knock, and no answer! (we could see her in her kitchen through the window) so we knock again and no answer... so we go to the front of the house and knock on the front door and she still doesnt come... during this time she walks right past us to her bedroom and keeps ignoring us... Finally we ring the doorbell and she comes to the window and she freaks out at us!!! she is cussin and screamin and threatening to send her dogs on us and everything!!! haha yea I was freaking out! the reason we had to keep knockin is cause we had to find out if a certain person lived there for the church records and everything but unfortunately we never got that info!! :(
Just a quick wrap up, I have been doing so good out here and am loving the people so much every day! Because everyone here belongs to a church already it is so hard to talk to them about the gospel cause they already feel like they are satisfied with what they have. It is tough to see so many people reject the gospel but all we can do is continue to search for those who are ready for it. They are all pretty nice for the most part, they just dont want to hear our message! :( I have been staying fit and working out daily so I still am under 170 lbs.... I dunno how long that will last though! haha
well I hope all is well back at home and I will write you all next week! Enjoy the pictrues!
I love you and miss you all!!!! :)
Love
Elder Betker!!! :)
9-10-2012 - The right end is Spencer's Compaion, Elder Hanson and the other 2 are there for a split.
Now with Tabitha and Pam!!! They are doing soo good but the only problem we are having with them is getting them to church!! :( This last week we had a great lesson with them about faith! We read Alma 32 with them and explained how faith is like a seed and how we can strengthen our faith! So before the lesson started Pams Son (Chris) and his pregnant GF(Tracy) walked in and they started asking us questions! Tracy had told us all these things she thought were true about the mormons and what was funny is we didnt have to answer any of the questions because Tabitha and Pam answered almost all the questions about us!! They are getting pretty smart! haha so anyway Tracy wanted to sit in on our lesson and so we gave her a Book of Mormon and we had a very spiritual discussion!! At the end we were getting ready to give them things to read and study for next time we came over but they beat us to the punch! Pam started by asking "What do you want me to read for next time?" then tracy and tabitha were both like "hey we want something to read too" haha so we now have a new investigator and they are all reading and praying about the book of mormon! They are solid!! Now we just need to get them to church!
So on Thursday we had an exchange with Elder Bingham and Elder Powell! Elder Bingham came to mebane with me for the night so I was in charge of the area!! I was nervous at first but it all ended well!! We rode our bikes about 2.5 miles to contact a referral and when we got over there it began to get stormy out! We contacted her and she wasnt interested so we knocked some doors in the neighborhood and no luck either!:( We rode back to our appt and right as we got back it began to POUR!!!!! It was coming down so hard I was so happy we werent riding our bikes in it!! haha but later that night we went on an exchange with a member of the ward and contacted some less actives! We were able to get one of them to commit to come to church next suday so hopefully he will come! haha After that man we went to contact another lady who lived in the middle of nowhere and it was getting dark and she lived in this run down house and everything so it was sketchy!! We get to her house and get out of the car and this lady is looking at us through the side door so we go over and knock, and no answer! (we could see her in her kitchen through the window) so we knock again and no answer... so we go to the front of the house and knock on the front door and she still doesnt come... during this time she walks right past us to her bedroom and keeps ignoring us... Finally we ring the doorbell and she comes to the window and she freaks out at us!!! she is cussin and screamin and threatening to send her dogs on us and everything!!! haha yea I was freaking out! the reason we had to keep knockin is cause we had to find out if a certain person lived there for the church records and everything but unfortunately we never got that info!! :(
Just a quick wrap up, I have been doing so good out here and am loving the people so much every day! Because everyone here belongs to a church already it is so hard to talk to them about the gospel cause they already feel like they are satisfied with what they have. It is tough to see so many people reject the gospel but all we can do is continue to search for those who are ready for it. They are all pretty nice for the most part, they just dont want to hear our message! :( I have been staying fit and working out daily so I still am under 170 lbs.... I dunno how long that will last though! haha
well I hope all is well back at home and I will write you all next week! Enjoy the pictrues!
I love you and miss you all!!!! :)
Love
Elder Betker!!! :)
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
The Miracle Worker
Mom's Note: It was agony waiting til today to receive Spencer's email! :) He gave me his physical address, but aparently the mission home likes everything to go through there first in case of transfers? I will leave the mission address posted, but add the current address too.
This photo is the North Carolina Raleigh Mission LOGO, if you will... Cheeze would be so proud... for all-a you Shaners out there ;)
September 4, 2012
Hello everything!! sorry for the day late letter and update!! It was labor day and the library wasnt open:( This past week has been great!! The past few months here have been very slow but they are slowly picking back up. I have finally adjusted to the time change and dont fall asleep in my study time anymore!! haha So we have been teaching Tabitha and Pam, if you remember them from the last letter, and they are doing pretty good! the things they are going through right now is making it harder for us to meet with them but we make contact with them everyday and give them things to read from the book of mormon. Taitha is going through a NASTY divorce right now and its really taking a toll on her and her family. They keep telling us that we are helping them out so much and they know that we were sent to them from God to help them. They have been reading the BOM everyday and Tabitha told us the other night that she began to cry cause she felt so at peace! She is really trying hard to rely on the lord to help her through this and she is on the right track! We are trying to get them to come to church this weekend so hopefully they will. We have a lesson tonight with the two of them so we will ask them then. The other night we offered to give them a blessing of comfort and explained to them the preisthood power that we hold and what a blessing was and they said they would love one so we plan on giving them one when we go over tonight as well. So all in all I am seeing the gospel and BOM work miracles in peoples lives!!
On thursday I went on an exchange with my Zone Leader in chapel hill. He told me we were going to be contacting on the Campus at UNC and I was pretty excited- then he said dont get to excited cause everyone is usually always in a rush... So we got there and I kid you not.. the first 6 people we talked to, stopped and talked to us and either gave us their info for a return appointment or we gave out a BOM or something... After we left Elder Wade said "Elder Betker your like a miracle worker, thats the first time anything like that has ever happened to us here!!" haha yea I felt pretty special! During the exchange elder hansen and christiansen (the other Zone Leader) found us a new lady to teach and her son! Her name is shannon and her sons name is Roosevelt and is 20 yrs old! We went over on saturday to teach them and from what I had understood from Elder hansen when he was explaining her to me, she seemed way solid and had the same beliefs as us! haha yea lets just say when we got there, we werent able to leave for two hours and when we finally did we both had headaches!!! She researched our religion from some random website and tried goin off on all these crazy tangents about us and how we dont believe in God and all this stuff! So Elder Hansen and I simply explained to her that it wasnt true and she needed to go to our church website to learn about our religion! So we finally got into the lesson portion of it and they were very receptive to what we had to say but they believed in the trinity (believes that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the HG are one being) so we simply had to explain that they are 3 separate beings with one purpose! haha The lady was crazy and we were both just testifying of what we know to be true and everyting and she had such a hard time understand at this point cause she kept referring back to the things which she read on the internet... So we are going to try and keep teaching her and everything but I guess we will have to see how that goes!
Yesterday Elder Hansen and I had the bright Idea to go to the batting cages!!! I was so stoked and I also found a wood bat in the Appt. so we took that! I go into the cage and my second hit with the bat.... Busted it!! hahaha it was great!! The bats there at the place were aweful, they didnt have any our size so we ended up hitting with a little softball bat but it was still great fun! I have also bought a few new ties and traded a few new ones as well! people look at my ties and they think im sitting on a gold mine! everyone here wants to trade with me!! :) haha yea its great! :)
The rest of the week we have just been out trying to find people to teach and contact referrals we have and everything! we have gotten a few return appointments so hopefully those will work out! The mission is definitely a roller coaster but in a good way! My studies and knowledge in the book of mormon has grown so much to the point where I can finally feel confident using it in contacts and lessons and stuff! Elder Hansen has been a great trainer and has taught me so much and I just keep continuing to learn!
Well everyone I have got to get going:( I love you all and Keep you in my prayers! I hope everyone is doing amazing and I will write you next week:)
Love Elder Betker!! :)
ps i will send home pics next week too.. I forgot my cord to sent them with:( sorry!!
MISS YOU!
This photo is the North Carolina Raleigh Mission LOGO, if you will... Cheeze would be so proud... for all-a you Shaners out there ;)
Hello everything!! sorry for the day late letter and update!! It was labor day and the library wasnt open:( This past week has been great!! The past few months here have been very slow but they are slowly picking back up. I have finally adjusted to the time change and dont fall asleep in my study time anymore!! haha So we have been teaching Tabitha and Pam, if you remember them from the last letter, and they are doing pretty good! the things they are going through right now is making it harder for us to meet with them but we make contact with them everyday and give them things to read from the book of mormon. Taitha is going through a NASTY divorce right now and its really taking a toll on her and her family. They keep telling us that we are helping them out so much and they know that we were sent to them from God to help them. They have been reading the BOM everyday and Tabitha told us the other night that she began to cry cause she felt so at peace! She is really trying hard to rely on the lord to help her through this and she is on the right track! We are trying to get them to come to church this weekend so hopefully they will. We have a lesson tonight with the two of them so we will ask them then. The other night we offered to give them a blessing of comfort and explained to them the preisthood power that we hold and what a blessing was and they said they would love one so we plan on giving them one when we go over tonight as well. So all in all I am seeing the gospel and BOM work miracles in peoples lives!!
On thursday I went on an exchange with my Zone Leader in chapel hill. He told me we were going to be contacting on the Campus at UNC and I was pretty excited- then he said dont get to excited cause everyone is usually always in a rush... So we got there and I kid you not.. the first 6 people we talked to, stopped and talked to us and either gave us their info for a return appointment or we gave out a BOM or something... After we left Elder Wade said "Elder Betker your like a miracle worker, thats the first time anything like that has ever happened to us here!!" haha yea I felt pretty special! During the exchange elder hansen and christiansen (the other Zone Leader) found us a new lady to teach and her son! Her name is shannon and her sons name is Roosevelt and is 20 yrs old! We went over on saturday to teach them and from what I had understood from Elder hansen when he was explaining her to me, she seemed way solid and had the same beliefs as us! haha yea lets just say when we got there, we werent able to leave for two hours and when we finally did we both had headaches!!! She researched our religion from some random website and tried goin off on all these crazy tangents about us and how we dont believe in God and all this stuff! So Elder Hansen and I simply explained to her that it wasnt true and she needed to go to our church website to learn about our religion! So we finally got into the lesson portion of it and they were very receptive to what we had to say but they believed in the trinity (believes that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and the HG are one being) so we simply had to explain that they are 3 separate beings with one purpose! haha The lady was crazy and we were both just testifying of what we know to be true and everyting and she had such a hard time understand at this point cause she kept referring back to the things which she read on the internet... So we are going to try and keep teaching her and everything but I guess we will have to see how that goes!
Yesterday Elder Hansen and I had the bright Idea to go to the batting cages!!! I was so stoked and I also found a wood bat in the Appt. so we took that! I go into the cage and my second hit with the bat.... Busted it!! hahaha it was great!! The bats there at the place were aweful, they didnt have any our size so we ended up hitting with a little softball bat but it was still great fun! I have also bought a few new ties and traded a few new ones as well! people look at my ties and they think im sitting on a gold mine! everyone here wants to trade with me!! :) haha yea its great! :)
The rest of the week we have just been out trying to find people to teach and contact referrals we have and everything! we have gotten a few return appointments so hopefully those will work out! The mission is definitely a roller coaster but in a good way! My studies and knowledge in the book of mormon has grown so much to the point where I can finally feel confident using it in contacts and lessons and stuff! Elder Hansen has been a great trainer and has taught me so much and I just keep continuing to learn!
Well everyone I have got to get going:( I love you all and Keep you in my prayers! I hope everyone is doing amazing and I will write you next week:)
Love Elder Betker!! :)
ps i will send home pics next week too.. I forgot my cord to sent them with:( sorry!!
MISS YOU!
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