Pictures from the MTC.

Elder Braedon Coltrin Paramore.

Sisters and Elders at the Provo Utah Temple.

The only 6 Hmong Elders at the MTC.
Braedon and his companion Elder Reed. (West Jordan, UT.)
Braedon and Sister Fallas(St. George, UT.) and Sister Beckwith(Las Vegas, NV.)

Zone leader.

I recieved this e-mail from Elder paramore today March 23, 2010. He will be at the MTC until April 15th. His address again until I figure out this blogging better and can get it permanently over there to the right is:

Elder Braedon Coltrin Paramore
MTC Mailbox # 140
CA-ROS 0420
2005 N 900 E Provo, UT 84604-1793

Hey everyone.

I love you all. Thanks for they letter about the funeral. I'm glad everything went so well. It could be a hard thing for a lot of people. I'm sure Chandis's eulogy? was great and comforting. Wow.

Things are exciting here. I with my companion was called to be a Zone leader. So there are 55 Zones or so here at the MTC. This is equivalent to a ward. They call them Branches though. So Branches are the same as Zones. Ha sorry. In each zone is Our presidency of 3 people. Our President is Russ Adamsons dad. He`s pretty cool. There are 5 or 6 Districts in each Zone. This is the people you arrive with. They are generally separated by which language your speaking. So our District is 6 people. So we have 35 missionaries our Branch. So we serve all the District leaders in the Branch. We're the help to the Branch Presidency. It's pretty cool to know that the lord had trust in us. It comes with quite a bit more responsibility. I'm really happy we can do it.

I'm having a great time. Jordan Houston comes in tomorrow. I'll be happy to see him. I've seen a lot of sisters from St. George here and a lot of Elders too. It's amazing to get to talk to them about that great place. How'd the pancake breakfast go?

It's tough sometimes. This last Saturday we were in the TRC. Which we go to every Saturday. We prepare all week for a certain scenario then teach an "investigator" on that Saturday. They play the role that we've been preparing for. Well for the past 2 weeks we've only been speaking Hmong. During our appointment I knew our investigator wasn't understanding us. It made me very sad. I just simply wasn't able to communicate well. It was a very humbling and surreal experience that i'll never forget. I stopped, took a deep breath and with watery eyes I bore my testimony. Elder Holland says that when teaching, never leave without letting them know the fire of your faith. I couldn't teach him anything else, but I could tell him that I knew He had a Heavenly Father that loved him. It was neat. So i'm working hard. Thank you for your love and support. I'm so happy you all are doing well. I love our family and friends with all my heart. I'm very blessed to have you.

With a full Heart,
Elder Paramore

Joan Garner Paramore 11/05/23-03/12/10

Hello family and friends, following is an e-mail that Elder Paramore sent to be shared with his loved ones at a Grandma Joan`s funeral.

I know that God has a plan for all of us. And yes, there is indeed a God. "All things denote there is a God; yea, even the earth, and all things that are upon the face of it, yeah and it's motion, yea, and also all the Planets which move in their regular form do witness that there is a Supreme Creator"

There are millions of stars and planets in perfect order. They did not get there by chance. Like the stars and planets we did not get here by chance. We, each one of us, have a divine purpose. We were given bodies and sent to this world to love our families, to enjoy our bodies and to share love and gain knowlegde and experience that brings us closer to our Father in Heaven.

All good things come from God. Everything he does is to help us, his children, become like him. He has said, " Behold, this is my work and my glory _ to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man."

Our Heavenly Father knew we could not progress beyond a certain point unless we left him for a time. To do this we needed to leave our pre-earth home to be tested and to gain experience. Our spirits needed to be clothed with physical bodies. We would need to leave our physical bodies at death and reunite with them in the resurrection.

Everyone here will die, everyone here will be resurrected. Our spirits and our bodies will reunite and never seperate again. I know this will happen. I promise it will. The more you learn, study and pray about this great plan the more familiar it will become to you. We all agreed to this plan before we received our bodies in our pre-earth life.

Hymn number 300 reads... I have a family here on earth. They are so good to me. I want to share my life with them through all eternity. Families CAN be together forever through heavenly Fathers plan. I always want to be with my own family, and the Lord has shown me how I can, the Lord has shown me how I can.

During such a pivotal time in my life i've decided to serve a mission. If I could deny the things I know to be true then I wouldn't be here but I can't. Now at a time like this i'd imagine that the only thing that would bring comfort, peace and hope to the human heart would be knowing for yourself that God is our Heavenly Father, that he loves you and that we can return to live with him and our families forever.

Concerning the passing of our great grandmother, grandmother, mother sister and friend we need not worry, for I know she is in Gods hands. We must smile at the grace and love of our God, and for this his great plan of happiness. I bear you my tesitmony that we will one day embrace our grandmother again that through this plan we can live with one another in the presence of God, our eternal creator. Is there a greater gift? Let us move forward with knowledge and understanding, being full of love and hope. Please go home tonight, get on your knees and pray with a sincere desire to know if these things are true. If you do then study it out in your mind and God will answer your prayers. Continually pray and seek gudience and he will lead you back to him. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

It's going great here at the MTC. Sundays are amazing. It's so full of talks and lessons and relaxing. Even though we still study it just has a different feel to it. I'm learning a lot. I can almost pray in Hmong. I can ask basic questions like where are you from, my name is, what's your name, how big is your family, and few others. It's coming though. A district is a group of missionaries or Cov Tub Txib that you come to the MTC with. There are 6 of us Hmong speaking in the whole MTC. My companion and I work pretty hard. We could do better though. It's so much fun when you work hard and do your best that way you can't feel bad about anything. The Lord will take care of the rest. We get to do laundry today and go to the temple. I'm part of the MTC Choir. Mom and Dad, at any moment during anytime of the day I can cry on command. The spirit is so strong and you can't help but think about how much we're given. We were in sacrament meeting on Sunday and President Adamson told a story about the Martin Harris handcart company. The company had already made it to the Valley. after they were rescued, One day in Sunday school the teacher of the company started criticising the leaders of the companies. Why would they leave at that time during the year, why would they keep going when they saw how it was going to be? Why? The whole Sunday school class was just talking badly about these leaders and the people that were a part of it. In the back was a man. He was old. He couldn't stand it. He stood up and asked them if they were there? Did they know what it was like or how anyone who was apart the company felt? How dare they question the promptings of the leaders? He then told them that it was like nothing they'd ever experienced. He said there were times when he hadn't eaten for days children were dying. People were freezing. He'd wake up and look in the distance and tell himself he can only go that far as he pointed to a certain spot. He then explained that just when he could put one foot in front of the other the cart started to push him. He explained that it was the Angels of the Lord. I was very impressed with this story. Our ancestors went through similar things. I wrote down a few notes. What do we have to sacrifice? What are willing to give up? How strong is our faith? Can you imagine losing Haizlee, Peighton, or any little one because they froze or losing Dad from pushing himself so hard because he loves us so much? I cannot fathom the sacrifice. For this reason I feel obligated responsible and honored that I can give up my entire life for the service of the Lord. We have everything yet we lose ourselves in pride and worship vain things of the world. Where much is given much is expected. Our families have endless potential to do good. We're servants. Everyday. All day. This was our call. He didn't bless us with so much so we could waste our time. I really love you all. The service is great. If i'm doing the best that I can then the only hard part about a mission is missing you. My family. Thanks for being so great. Please hug and kiss the littles for me. Kuv paub hais tias txoj moo zoo tseeb. I know the church is true. Kuv hlub kuv tsev neeg. I love my family. K have a good week. Love ya.