tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48192214427288801502024-02-21T23:32:17.274-08:00Sis. Kerry Jo's Mission BlogKevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.comBlogger335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-67260194012443166012020-06-10T20:50:00.001-07:002020-06-10T20:50:34.467-07:00Knock on Some Doors and Hope for the Best<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's here! It's here! The third volume of my mission blog is finally here! <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089M41RZS/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i5" target="_blank"><i>Knock on Some Doors and Hope for the Best</i></a> covers the last part of my mission and going home. I laughed, I cried, I got homesick for my mission. You can check it out on <a href="http://amazon.com/">amazon.com</a> — complete your collection today<span id="goog_942815294"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_942815295"></span>!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-28531674834517832992020-06-02T21:13:00.001-07:002020-06-02T21:13:58.075-07:00#FollowTheProphet<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I totally agree with Pres. Nelson. We've got to be kinder to each other, and show each other more respect. </div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-74109873409802793582020-04-10T17:03:00.000-07:002020-05-04T06:30:09.535-07:00Post-fast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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This may seem kind of corny, but I feel a whole lot better about the world after fasting today! It feels like there's a lot more hope in the world, and that's a good thing!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-41471139198714079342020-04-09T08:57:00.000-07:002020-04-11T08:58:00.598-07:00Are you ready to fast?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I'm super excited for the fast tomorrow! I invite you to join me!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-69177943057684500022020-03-31T20:52:00.000-07:002020-03-31T20:52:15.736-07:00A conference perspective<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I had an epiphany that totally changed my outlook on General Conference. At first I was kind of bummed that it wouldn't be in the Conference Center and the Tabernacle Choir wouldn't be there. Instead of big crowds in big buildings, though, it's more like the leaders are coming in to my apartment to talk with me, personally. It's like the way Jesus taught; it's like Joseph Smith's experience in the Sacred Grove.<br />
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I think it's going to be kind of wow!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-30449377228927385822020-03-28T16:36:00.002-07:002020-03-28T16:36:48.865-07:00Social distance<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Can you believe all the crazy things that are happening? My mission lost about a third of its missionaries, with people being reassigned or released. Those who are left are super limited with what they can do and where they can go, if they can go anywhere at all!<br />
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There's a lot they can do with technology, like using FaceTime or Zoom for lessons, doing Facebook live stream lessons and other stuff. But they're lucky to have the new Book of Mormon videos — otherwise they'd be stuck watching reruns of The District of The Safety Zone!<br />
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Take care, and wash your hands!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-70266479267933602792020-03-09T08:01:00.000-07:002020-03-28T16:40:09.301-07:00Speaking my language<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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There are days when I wish that people just knew what I meant without trying to understand what I'm saying. You know what I mean?</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-17185421744743058922019-12-14T00:29:00.001-08:002019-12-14T00:29:16.980-08:00The world is lit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I love #LightTheWorld! It's such an easy reminder to do those little things that make a big difference in our individual lives. And it helps us to minister like the Savior did, one by one.<br />
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Hope you're having a great Christmas season! Keep lighting the world!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-81822913896068131532019-09-28T12:54:00.000-07:002019-09-28T12:54:00.821-07:00Squeeeeee!!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I can't believe it! Volume 2 of my missionary blog is out! It's called <i>Sis. Kerry Jo's Mission Blog Volume 2: The First Transfer is the Hardest</i>. It's <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1691706086/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a>! This one takes me from my greenie area with Sis. Bae all the way through to Sis. Han (bless her heart!). It's chock full of amazing memories — and a few things I'd like to forget! </div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-79124508232599154392019-02-20T19:32:00.000-08:002019-02-20T19:33:36.907-08:00Missionaries phone home<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What an awesome experience! It's sooo fun to call home without worrying about holidays and everything! My mom didn't even care about the time difference (it's still yesterday back home)!<br />
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We got to talk about my life as a missionary, and I got to hear some of the things they're doing at home. I told them about some of my challenges with the people we're teaching, and they gave me some advice from their perspective. It was awesome!<br />
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I'm not going to call home EVERY week, maybe just once or twice per transfer. But it's nice to know I can if I need to!<br />
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First pants, and now this! What's next? No wonder Pres. Nelson told us to hold on and take our vitamins!<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-71674898458863416162019-01-08T23:32:00.003-08:002019-01-08T23:33:22.941-08:00It's here! It's here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I can't believe it! It's been so long! Volume 1 of my mission blog is <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1978417942/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1546233111&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=sister+kerry+jo&dpPl=1&dpID=51c3rzohPYL&ref=plSrch" target="_blank">available on Amazon</a> — <i>I Miss Wearing My Dork Dot</i>! It brings back such memories! This first book starts way back when I first decided that I wanted to go on a mission. It goes through all my mission prep, the MTC, heading to the mission field, and getting to my first area with Sis. Bae.<br />
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The book is full color and contains some memories (and cartoons) that never made it into my blog.<br />
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Check it out!<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-5793167761726106792018-11-22T08:35:00.001-08:002018-11-22T08:35:25.274-08:00Turkey Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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What a great way to start Thanksgiving — a Turkey Bowl with the zone! And what a great way to get a new perspective on your companion’s personality!<br />
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Happy American Thanksgiving!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-70180610206062977112018-10-20T11:06:00.001-07:002018-10-20T11:06:47.055-07:00Trick or treat<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Since Halloween isn't really a huge thing in Korea, Sis. Bae wanted to know about what we do. As i explained it to her, it started to sound familiar in an eerie way...<br />
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Putting on special clothes: check! Knocking on doors: check! Getting surprised at every door: check! As missionaries, we're surprised when people actually open the door and talk to us or let us in. We're also surprised at how many people don't want to talk to us and let us in.<br />
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Could one, therefore, infer that being a missionary is like Halloween? Every. Single. Day?</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-52806313193850855872018-09-16T20:10:00.000-07:002018-09-16T20:10:07.023-07:00Ready, set...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I noticed that General Conference is coming up soon. Normally that's a pretty exciting thing — and it is! — but after all the changes from last conference, i don't know if I'm ready for another one? After all, how many wards have the whole ministering thing figured out? </div>
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-51482518306338090502018-09-06T21:09:00.000-07:002018-09-06T21:09:10.126-07:00My left hand doesn't know what my right hand is doing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You'd think that using chopsticks every day would make me a master. Nope!</div>
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-54483724898838577662018-09-05T08:01:00.000-07:002018-09-05T08:01:04.936-07:00Plus ça change...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Is it wrong to miss the smell of newly-sharpened pencils and the sounds of high school football in the air?</div>
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-23429786560872146392018-08-27T22:11:00.000-07:002018-09-04T22:17:17.869-07:00Sometimes that's all you have left!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
You know that <a href="https://youtu.be/VhlLd9XzNxM" target="_blank">Studio C sketch with Captain Literally</a> who pronounces, "Balance restored!"? I imagine there's some electrical worker out there in a similar uniform who says almost the same thing: "Power restored!"<br />
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Or maybe that was Joseph Smith when he translated the Book of Mormon: "Scripture Power restored!"<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-3848111138386131102018-08-26T05:11:00.000-07:002018-08-26T05:11:10.767-07:00What's a little rain?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Good news, bad news.<br />
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The typhoon was downgraded to a tropical storm. But that didn't matter much because everything was already soaked through, and we didn't have any power anyway.<br />
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I wonder if we can get some potstickers delivered?<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-63030315002539532002018-08-25T11:09:00.001-07:002018-08-25T11:09:34.023-07:00Storm's a comin'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There's no storm like a tropical storm — except maybe a typhoon! So much wind and rain...more than this little Idaho girl has ever seen, that's for sure!<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-20620783262848322352018-07-25T11:27:00.000-07:002018-07-25T11:27:59.472-07:00Hazy days<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So I've been thinking about my mission and going through my old journals. I don't remember very much about my first couple of weeks. Maybe I was a little jet lagged. Maybe a lot! Here's one of the stories that are, well, just a little bit hazy to me!<br />
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Sis. Bae was SO patient!<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-33181832934468291182018-03-31T12:47:00.000-07:002018-03-31T12:47:13.756-07:00Happy days!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I LOVE General Conference! Make sure you watch it — and rewatch it (or listen to it, or read it) to get the messages the Lord has for you! It's AMAZING! </div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-71937277801834861212018-02-19T12:44:00.000-08:002018-02-28T23:16:18.730-08:00Yes, I'm going there<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
One of the exciting things about getting ready for a mission was getting ready to go to the temple, too. After all those years in Primary singing about it, the goals and values in Young Women, and those discussions in Relief Society where I didn't quite understand what the older sisters weren't quite saying... The Temple Prep classes were cool, but there's nothing that compares to the real thing!<br />
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Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-56595304226288234972018-02-13T21:34:00.001-08:002018-02-13T21:34:07.721-08:00Favorite recipe<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Not a recipe from my mission! :)</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-62396838903316155002018-02-09T23:19:00.000-08:002018-02-09T23:19:04.578-08:00More stories to share? Oh, my!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey! There's another way for me to share my mission stories! Check out <a href="https://www.instagram.com/sis.kerryjo/" target="_blank">my new Instagram account</a>!</div>
Kevin Beckstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01153211001759739558noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4819221442728880150.post-15408479088378230482018-02-07T21:17:00.002-08:002018-02-07T21:17:54.483-08:00Coming soon!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My Olympic pins are here! (Can you believe they're made in China?) We're just about ready for the Games to begin — I can't wait to see <i>uri nara</i> (our country) again!</div>
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