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MISSIONS,
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she’s not sure where her studies
will lead.
Between spending time in
Germany and now Mexico, the
lure of foreign places is enticing.
Samuel Elder, Utah Provo
Mission
Elder is currently a district
leader in Springville Utah. El-
der also had the opportunity to
serve four months in the Asian
wards of BYU and Utah Valley
University. In the transfer, he
was required to learn Korean,
Japanese, and Mandarin Chi-
nese.
Hyrum Kohler, Georgia At-
lanta Mission
Kohler has been all over the
outskirts of Atlanta and is now
serving as a district leader. One
of his recent service projects in-
cluded helping move a goat pen
and installing 650-feet of fence.
It was an epic undertaking the
group completed in 10 hours.
He was also unoffi cial-
ly assigned to play the piano
at church when the members
found out that he had musical
skills.
“My mission has been and
will continue to be the most
rewarding thing of my life.
Though I’m in a new place
with new people, the teachings
and worship I love are the same.
Seeing people changing their
lives and overcoming addictions
and bad habits are among a few
of the greatest treasures I will
carry with me throughout my
life,” Kohler said.
Jacob Grimmer, New York
Utica Mission
“It’s great in New York. It’s
nothing like you fi rst think.
No Broadway shows. No giant
skyscrapers. No hustle and bus-
tle. It’s actually a lot like Keizer.
Oneonta is a college town full
of students curious about God,”
Grimmer said.
Grimmer also recently com-
pleted his fi rst baptism of a new
convert to the Church of Jesus
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we went into the smoke fi lled
room to pull out her father.”
I have a feeling the God was
there with us that day fi ghting
the fi re with us,” Holt said.
Abe Nelson, Arkansas Little
Rock Mission
Nelson time in Arkansas is
greatly informed by his time at
McNary High School.
“As a student of McNary, I
would walk the halls surround-
ed by my peers and friends with
the average ignorance most
teenagers have toward their fel-
low classmates’ own struggles
and questions. I now learn how
to share with more sincerity
and enthusiasm the cure to all
the struggles I once saw walk-
ing those halls, and more,” Nel-
son said.
Kody Lewis, Guatemala Re-
talhuleu Mission
Lewis has had to learn a new
language and new culture, but
he reports that the immersion
has helped him overcome his
typical shyness.
One of his most powerful
experiences was witnessing an
Christ of Latter Day Saints.
Isaiah Holt, Bolivia Cocha-
bamba Mission
Holt has been in Bolivia for
almost two years.
“I have been able to be-
come fl uent in Spanish and also
learn a little of the native Inca
language of Quechua seeing
as most people can speak both
languages here. The people here
are truly humble. Many live in
poverty. However their happi-
ness comes from their families
and their generosity. It is very
humbling to see people give so
much when they have so little,”
Holt said.
His experiences have includ-
ed helping rescue an elderly
man when a fi re broke out in
his home. The family had tried
using gasoline and matches to
rid themselves of an ant prob-
lem, but it got out of hand.
“We ran up the stairs with
buckets of water, not knowing
the cause of the fi re, and got to
work smothering the fi re. The
lady then informed us that her
father was still in the room so
alcoholic man give up the bot-
tle and begin sharing his ex-
periences with the churh with
friends and family.
Adam Nelson, Argentina
Salta Mission
Nelson’s has been in Argen-
tina for about nine months and
seen the good news change lives
in awe-inspiring ways.
“I have seen personally lives
change from addiction and
heartache to freedom and joy.
I am so blessed to have seen
these miracles in their lives and
in mine due to this Church and
the Gospel,” he said.
Jameson Becktel, Belgium
Netherlands Mission
Since leaving Keizer, Becktel
has become fl uent in the Dutch
language after spending time in
Zandaam, Maastrict, Ghent, and
Enchede. He was most recent-
ly in Alkmaar, a city about 40
miles north of Amsterdam.
When he’s not spreading the
gospel of the church, Becktel’s
favorite activities have been vis-
iting castles, windmills, muse-
ums and the Flanders battlefi eld.
Lance Becktel – Ukraine
Dnepropetrovsk Mission
Becktel is at the missionary
training center in Provo, Utah,
and will head overseas after the
nine-week session. He is learn-
ing Russian before heading
to Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine.
Becktel is hoping lessons from
McNary’s two German teach-
ers prove useful in picking up a
new language.
Brent Olson, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Mission
Olson departed two weeks
ago for the Mexico City Train-
ing Center where he will get a
crash course in Spanish before
heading to Oklahoma where he
will focus on engaging the area’s
Hispanic community.
A: Kody Lewis (on right).
B: Abe Nelson (second from
right). C: Brock Neddo (on
left). D: Adam Nelson.
Cambrian Partridge, Utah
Ogden Mission
Partridge is taking a break
from her studies at the Uni-
versity of Nevada Las Vegas
beginning in January. She will
be spending 18 months in the
Ogden.
Pherson Shepherd, Texas
Ft. Worth Mission
Shepherd has been saving for
his mission since he was small
through babysitting gigs, his
fi rst job at McDonald’s and then
at Windsor Rock Products. He
will leave in March 2019.
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