Families are Forever I'm so grateful for my family!! I love them so much and they mean so much to me! Families can be together forever, and I'm so happy that through this
Beauty in this Earth I'm so grateful for the beauty on this earth!! During COVID I haven't been able to really go out and appreciate the beauty that is around us, but it's everywhere!
Message from President Nelson IN ENGLISH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlcILxGmVrI EN FRANCAIS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWRtticTr20EN ESPANOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlmHQBGmC84
Arizona!! Iaorana tout le monde!! Sorry for not writing last week, it's been a crazy couple of weeks!! For those who didn't hear, I was almost sent to Tahiti! The church
Trust Him Are you struggling to see when the blessings will come? Maybe wondering if what you are doing is good enough? Well, I have. I've been thinking a lot about these
First Week in the Field We had the opportunity to talk to Samuel tonight for the first time since he left! After a tumultuous departure, he arrived in Tempe Arizona on Tuesday, November 3rd. The
Faith I just love this picture so much. Our faith, no matter the size, can make a difference in our lives and the lives around us. We just have to use
From President and Sister Banner The work continues to move forward despite conditions world wide. There were 28 baptisms in the Tahiti Papeete Mission with only 58 missionaries. Learning to live with the new normal
End of the MTC!! I finished the last week of the MTC!!! It's crazy, it's gone by so fast. I have so many things I have to talk about this week so we'll just
2nd week of Tahitian IAORANA!!!!! Eaha to outou huru?!? (How are you all doing?!) My second week of Tahitian went by pretty fast but it was probably the hardest week I've had so far.
First Week of Tahitian!!! IAORANA!!! Well, I had my first week of Tahitian!!! It is such a cool language, it sounds so cool and I can't wait til I can really speak it. Tahitian
Final Week of French This week was the last week I would be learning French! It's been crazy to think that it's already done, time went by so fast. It feels like just last
Ahhh Reassignment to...! Ia ora na, mes amis!! It's been quite a long week, I have learned much more French and about the gospel. My brain is pretty loaded, and my eyes too
Week 4 of the MTC Flag Power Activate!!!It's been quite a busy week, and not much exciting has happened. A lot of French learning and learning about the gospel!! It feels like it's gone
News from the Mission from President and Sister Banner We were fortunate this past week to have a Pacific Area meeting via zoom With all the Mission Presidents and their wives. It was presided over by Elder Gary Stevenson
MTC San Francisco!! What a crazy week it has been!!! Starting off and the very beginning will take us to September 12, when the mountains behind my home were on fire! We could
Watching Elder Hansen I had to share... Samuel has been doing MTC from home for two and half week now. While he’s on zoom calls pretty much all day from his bedroom,
MTC I taught my first two lessons Hi everyone! It's definitely been a long week, having classes for so long each day on top of the other things we have to do is quite straining to say
MTC This is the way! Bonjour mes amis!! My very first 'week' has gone by in the HMTC! So much has happened that this email could be hours long to read so I'm sorry if
MTC First day at Home MTC We'll wait for him to share his experience but from what I heard it was a fun experience. As I arrived home from work I went to see Elder Hansen
Officially a full-time missionary Tonight, Samuel was officially set apart as a full-time missionary. It was a very special and emotional experience. Samuel's grandparents, Ted and Linda Hansen, were there, our Stake President, President
Message from President Banner 30 August 2020 It has been six weeks since our last post and felt it was time for an update. About 55 mission presidents and their spouses were delayed getting
MTC Package from the MTC Today Samuel received a package from the BYU Bookstore. It contained all the books that he will be using during his training at the MTC (which will be at home)
“Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things” Alma 32:21 “Faith is not to have a perfect knowledge of things”. Often, when we do not understand something, we start to wonder “why...”. The Lord will try our
