Hey Mom, arrived in Trujillo and doing great! We just got
orientation and now I'm writing you, we will get to meet our new companions
today and will head to my first area. Super stressed right now about everything
but I hope everything will be fine, I'll get to write more next Monday for
my pday.
Love you lots!!!
Elder Beck
From mom: We were ecstatic to hear that he had arrived and
are looking forward to learning more about where he will serve and his
companion. I also found out two different things that I don't want to not
document. He served with Elder Howard (the tallest missionary on the far
right). This is what his mom said about the missionaries:
As we wait for our Peru 50 missionaries to arrive at their
missions today, I want to thank all you moms of elders for something in
particular you may or may not be aware of. I am a convert (since age 18) and
have LOTS of temple work to do for my ancestors. They just keep coming and
coming! My husband helps a lot, but until Matt received his endowment, there
was no male church member able to do our ancestors' work! And the men's pile
was so much bigger than the women's. So... I sent my son with a big stack
of temple cards to catch up on my male ancestors' endowments - close to 80 I
guess, because last week he told me that he'd run out of names! I thought it
was more than enough to last his whole mission, but no! So, thank you, THANK
YOU to your good sons (and to you for raising such wonderful young men) who
have been helping us each week they've gone to the Lima Temple! I am certain
they all will be blessed and watched over by some very, very grateful men
beyond the veil who have been waiting for so long, and who are by now well
aware of them as a group!!!
Also Kelli Murdock posted this who knows the Branch President's
wife that served over Tanner while in the CCM. Kelli wrote: A
tribute to our missionaries from Sister Halley (Branch Pres Halley wife). This
was in her weekly update! We truly have such a great group of missionaries!! 54
Strong! I'm thinking we should create a group to keep track of each other.
"Sunday was our regular day at the MTC, except for the fact that we will be losing 54 of our choice Elders and Sisters who have completed their MTC training. We were touched to see many tears as we sang the familiar tune, “God be With You ‘Til We Meet Again.” Just looking at the companionships to see arms on shoulders and love expressed was quite the experience! Most of these young people didn’t even know each other six weeks ago, but many will remain lifelong friends. Marc and his two counselors interviewed most of those 54 missionaries during Sunday afternoon and the last few on Monday afternoon. It is hard to describe in words the transition that occurs in these young men and young women (most of whom are recent high school graduates) as they truly become men and women of Christ, ready to share His word with the people of Peru and Bolivia. It is nothing short of a miracle – every six weeks!!"
"Sunday was our regular day at the MTC, except for the fact that we will be losing 54 of our choice Elders and Sisters who have completed their MTC training. We were touched to see many tears as we sang the familiar tune, “God be With You ‘Til We Meet Again.” Just looking at the companionships to see arms on shoulders and love expressed was quite the experience! Most of these young people didn’t even know each other six weeks ago, but many will remain lifelong friends. Marc and his two counselors interviewed most of those 54 missionaries during Sunday afternoon and the last few on Monday afternoon. It is hard to describe in words the transition that occurs in these young men and young women (most of whom are recent high school graduates) as they truly become men and women of Christ, ready to share His word with the people of Peru and Bolivia. It is nothing short of a miracle – every six weeks!!"
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