Elder Kyle Van Lindt - Tahiti Pape'ete Mission

la orana, I love my mission. I wouldn't want to be anywhere else at this time. This week was another great week for me! Not a whole lot happened but it was still amazing. So this week we started learning Tahitian. Yes, my second language here in the MTC! It is a very difficult language to understand because it is nothing like French or English. So I have a ton of learning to do! But anyways we started learning this language and for the first day I had no idea what was going on. I got back to my room that night and was like "What am I going to do?" Well I decided to pray and start studying and making tons of flashcards. And the next day I go to class and my teacher starts speaking in Tahitian and I understand. And for the entire lesson I understood the concept. Tahitian is a very simple language, but you have to be able to understand the structure, pronunciation, and a lot of vocabulary. And after that prayer I was able to understand a lot of stuff. I know the Gift of

This week was such an awesome week here at the MTC! I am still loving every second of my mission and all of the great experiences I am having. This week was a super spiritual week for me and I am so excited to share it with you all. So every Sunday morning I get to meet with the Branch Presidency with all of the other district leaders in our zone and talk about the zone as a whole. This week was special because we had a member of the MTC Presidency in there with us to observe. Usually in these meetings I am the one who talks and gives the most advice to the struggling districts (probably because everyone is like 18 and I am 20 with some life experience). But anyways, we had our Branch meeting and I thought everything went well so I left and went to Sacrament Meeting. I noticed the member of the MTC Presidency came into our Sacrament Meeting. Thinking nothing of it, I sat and listened to the talks given and then was on my way to go teach our district Sunday School class. As I was walk

Bonjour!! Well today  marks  exactly half way done with my time here at the MTC!! It is such a great feeling! I love it here at the MTC but I am so ready to go out and teach the people in  Tahiti! This week was filled with so many amazing things! At the beginning of the week I was really sick. So I was able to ask an Elder in my district to give me a blessing to help me feel better. The next morning I woke up and my sickness was completely gone. It was such an amazing experience. I have such a strong testimony in the power of the Priesthood. I know that it was through my faith and the power of the Priesthood that I was able to feel better so quickly.  Also going along with blessings, I was asked by a few people to give them blessings this week. Giving someone a blessing is such an amazing experience. The  sprint was so strong and I know that I was just the mouth piece for the Lord. It is such a good feeling to know that people had the trust and faith in me to give them a bless

Hello! Man has it been a LONG week! This week was another great one! I still love it here at the MTC and I am so glad to be serving a mission. This week consisted of a lot of scripture reading! I love the scriptures, especially the Book of Mormon. I turn to the Book of Mormon every chance I get. My love for it has grown so much. It has helped me so much. I turn to it with questions and always find an answer. This week we were able to watch the Stadium of Fire fireworks, so that was a bonus. On the 4th of July we didn't get to do anything or watch any fireworks. So I just laid in my bed and listened to them at night. My birthday was good! Thank you for all the cards and emails! My entire zone sang Happy Birthday to me in French so that was awesome. This week I thought I would be released as a district leader but they kept me in there so I am still the district leader for my district. Our Zone became the biggest zone at the MTC this week. We have about 90 French speakers in