We had the best time in Banff National Park. Those beautiful mountains were so relaxing and rejuvenating. We flew into Calgary—a quick 2.5 hr flight from Denver, and made our way to Banff. We spent the evening walking around and exploring the town a bit. We walked to …. Waterfall, but there wasn’t really a…
WHATTT???? 4 years gone in the blink of an eye. I cannot believe all the hard work, dedication, studying, planning, dreaming, and doing that went into earning this degree. PROUD PARENT MOMENT, for sure. We had the best weekend celebrating! G&G came into town on Thursday and we spent some time prepping for her party,…
I call this, “The Models go to Prom.” And, I’m quite proud of my photography skills. A considerable amount of time was spent on TikTok and Instagram finding fun poses for them to try.
Guys I still don’t have a name tag in Chinese characters so everyone at church just calls me Elder Banker it’s great. This has also confused a couple of our much older members, they thought I/my family owned some banks and they asked if I could share 🤑. OK so the journal did in fact not…
We had a crazy week, so I haven’t been keeping a good journal. Just a couple highlights for you guys, hopefully I’ll lock in next week. Life is good, we keep busy. We spend a good part of the morning studying the gospel, the language, and planning our lessons and finding. We are assigned to…
I’M FINALLY HERE!! I’ve been in training since late January, but I’ve finally made it to the field. I can already tell that P days are going to be a lot more packed here, but this email will probably be a lot more in depth because so much happened. We had a super great devotional…
If you only read one part of the email, here it is: this is the most important week of the year. Do whatever you can this week to reflect and learn about the life of Jesus Christ and His atoning sacrifice. Gospel Library has so many good resources, start there and keep going! Back to…
Hey guys! I hope life is good wherever you are, I only have one week left here in the MTC! Ill leave here on March 31st. As always we’ll start with the Chinese report. It’s still progressing which is great, I’m learning a lot and getting some good practice solidifying what I already know. The…
When your daughter and her BFF ask you to take them to NYC, the answer is always YES. Angie was performing in her senior showcase in front of agents and talent scouts, and so Halle and I came to watch her. It was Angie’s first time in the city, and it was so much fun…