Elder Poulsen made it to Alaska on the 22nd of July. Here is a picture of him just as he arrived at the airport. He wrote a quick one line email that said he made it and he loves President Beesley and his wife.
After spending the night at the mission home and a day of training in Anchorage, Elder Poulsen headed out to Fairbanks with Elder Gullerud as his companion. They are in a new area and neither of them know the area well. They are working hard to find investigators and get the area started. They attended the Fairbanks 2nd Ward on Sunday. Elder Poulsen was impressed with a talk on humility during that meeting.
He says he will be sending photos and some voice recordings home soon.
If you'd like to drop him a line you can send a letter to:
3250 Strawberry Road
Anchorage, AK 99502
He would love to get letters from everyone!
Elder Poulsen has been in the MTC now for 8 days. He wrote that at first he wasn't sure he had a reason to be there, but the MTC President called him in and called him to be a zone leader. The President told him that "an apostle had called him and told him that the new called leaders were special. They made a promise in heaven to come to the MTC right then and be leaders for the eternities." Obviously, Elder Poulsen has already had some powerful experiences and no doubt there will be many more over the net 2 years.
Elder Poulsen will fly out on July 22nd. If you would like to drop him a line before he leaves you can go to dearelder.com and write him a letter. They will deliver it to the MTC or the address is:
Elder Chandler Poulsen
JUL22 AK-ANC
2011 N. 900 E. Unit 268
Provo, UT 84602
After the 22nd you can drop him a line at:
Elder Chandler Poulsen
3250 Strawberry Road
Anchorage, AK 99502
We are waiting for pictures (I'm sure there will be many) and I will post as soon as possible.
Our family would like to thank everyone who supports Elder Poulsen. Prayers are heard and felt. Thank you so much!
