Monday, September 24, 2012 "Transferred by Van"

WHATS UP :)

So this week was a different one for sure! I had to be transferred by a van first of all and it was awful haha I was crammed in there and had to back track an hour to a place called London then come all the way back to Brampton.. uhhh.. oh well haha then Elder Parker and I met and things were good! He is from Draper and he knows a lot of the kids that I'm friends with from Draper so it was really cool haha! Me and Him live in a basement of these random peoples house and its really actually big and spread out I like it, its freezing though haha I will be getting my package today! We can check mail every single week here!!! I'm stoked :) I bought that journal in the MTC... it was SUPER cheap in there! When Cars goes have him send you loads of stuff home! because its cheap to buy and send! really haha its so awesome I have one that I'm working on filling out and I realized I'm probably only going to fill this one out for the whole mission so yeah you keep it and use it mommy dear :)

So question... have you ridden my vespa? You need to mother haha keep the engine working please ha ha and possibly change the oil if you can ;) random I know... sorry!!! Whats Kaysville's population? Everyone asks me and I have no idea ha ha. Will you buy me some Cd's? Preferably Mindy Glendhill "Sum of all Grace" and "Anchor" and if she has anymore all of them! Oh my word she is incredible ha ha and she is Mormon!!! SOOo yeahhh :)

So this week was unlike any other for sure... on my second day here this other Elder from Brazil named Elder Silva was leaving to go home.. but his flight was late and he got to be our comp for a whole day ha ha it really was sooo fun! Me and him spoke basically only Spanish with each other (he learned that and English here) and yeah he was wayyyyy cool! and we really had a fun day! 

Then he went home ha ha. But anyways it was fun, and ever since then we have been speaking basically only Spanish... well trying our hardest at least to be able to! It really has been helping SOO much! I cant even believe how much it does. I was really glad too because at church we went and guess what.. they called me up WITHOUT warning and I had to bear my testimony ha ha! I felt OK so that's really good! I feel like it really is improving so much... I need to practice some more words and master this grammar... its such a pain ha ha I'm really starting to get the hang of it though, its finally starting to click!!! 

The weather is FREEZING here ha ha, I wear a sweater every single day. I need to start wearing a coat soon or a beanie ha ha, and like the breeze and the humidity... WOOF... its BITTER! I'm really not too stoked about all of it ha ha, I really am hoping its not too cold of a winter here! But whatever happens its going to be fine ha ha, so Nothing really too cool... we do a lot of tracting... and not so much walking.. I Love THAT :) ha ha I don't like walking, ha ha it feels so not productive at all.. (I cant speak English sorry) but really I love it. Elder Parker and I get along really well, everything will hopefully get better too! This ward is incredible too! We get fed like every meal ha ha  well every dinner but sometimes every meal!!!!! Crazy huh ha ha? so different than anything else, or any where else, its weird thinking this is already my 3rd area too! AHH!!! ha ha it flies by... but yeah sometimes its hard but I just try to work and then it gets better... Well ask questions and I will answer them! I cant really just think of everything on the spot because everything is a blur out here haha I cant believe how fast time goes! So just ask away :) I love you so much. Stay happy... Really its weird how far a smile goes... like for me when I feel like crap I don't want to smile... but then I do and after awhile I'm good to go ha ha... its funny. I buzzed my dome.. I look pretty weird... I just got sick of doing my hair ha ha you know how I am, so impulsive to change something then after your like "what did you do..." yeah did it again.. ha ha I don't think I'm buzzing it again I look weird.. but hey I love you guys.. remember that!

Forever and always,

Elder Beyer

Monday, September 17, 2012 "I'm going to BRAMPTON"

Maa!!!

 

Looks like it was only 6 weeks here in Kitchener.. I'm going to BRAMPTON!!! So basically going back to where I started ha ha... its not as big as Mississauga BUT its the city right next to it! I'm really excited and cant wait to get there! Right now I'm nervous... ha ha I really don't like transfers because of that but they definitely are times to grow and I think that's what is happening right now! My new Comp is named Elder Parker, and he is from Utah I think, but he just barely got out of the training program! Soo... I am excited to help him out and be the first one not as his trainer ha ha! I hope that there is going to be a lot of Spanish people, it has been hard to teach them here and really hard to get them to church but I'm thinking that If we keep working, things are bound to happen right??

This week was a SLOW one... really couldn't find anyone and really couldn't teach anyone... and we just walked ha ha... I bought some Dr. Scholl's because my puppies were a barkin at me ha ha but seriously my feet feel sooo much better now! I think that I'm sending you guys some stuff home today sooo... I think I'm using my debit card, I don't know how much it will be! I'm sending my "P day shoes", a journal from the MTC, 4 of my planners, some DVDs for you guys :), my gnarly Argentinean matte stuff that a member gave me! and also a journal for studies! Mom you can have the journal and record your studies and stuff in it, I think you'll like it :) its the big white one! So... yeah I loved your quotes just barely, they really are so true, I hope that I can keep moving forward, its hard sometimes for sure because EVERYTHING around you isn't... Its hard not to just stop and give in and fall into the wrong but once you endure through and get through the hard, suddenly its good... weird huh? right now I'm pretty nervous as to what is going to happen with everything.. I hope that I can cope with it all and just stay positive. ha ha a positive attitude makes things better but it isn't always something easy to do... I hope that everything really is getting better with you guys and that you are loving it! I love you guys so much and miss you tons!! I really don't have anything crazy going on here besides the fact that I'm going to a whole different place and going to be with a different person!!!

I just want to say this... There is nothing in your life more stressful... or more different than a mission.. but there is nothing that can change you or turn you into the person that our Heavenly Father needs us to be than a mission either... At times I hate it, its hard and I don't want anything to do with it... BUT the challenges and sorrow are temporary, and the progress and the change are permanent.. Its sooo weird how it works ha ha. I mean there are SO many things that are hard and sooo many things that make a mission not fun, but if you don't see the good in it, then whats the point right? I seriously can not wait to see what happens and what the Lord has in store for me ha ha. I'm super super excited. I LOVE YOU ALL SOOOO MUCH! Keep me posted on everything, I cant wait to hear from you :) I'll fill you in on the juicy details of the new area next week!

I love you, Forever and Always,

 

Elder Beyer :)

September 10, 2012 "Quarter Mark"

MOM AND FAMILY !

 

Yeah ha ha I cant believe Its the quarter mark of the mish... really really weird to think about... I feel I've grown quite a bit haha Its pretty crazy to think about how much I have but at the same time, how much I NEED TO! I have a LONG way to go! I am glad to hear that you are all doing good! That's always a plus as a missionary to hear that you are all solid haha I'm glad! That's cool about Kyle, I remember when he left... jeez time flies! Things have been really good... I will answer your questions now... Yeah I think Grandpa Gene is one of them. The other day we had a member come to one of our lessons and he was pretty old and he really got in the car... I took one whiff and I was like holy cow, Grandpa Gene is cruisin shotgun with me here haha! It was funny stuff, I was laughing to myself! So I really don't have too much to talk about because we are only going over about 4 days here so this one is going to be a short letter! But some good things that happened... We have this one lady named Anca, from Romania who is really starting to look solid! She is the girlfriend of a member but she is learning Spanish so... yeah its really cool, but she has came the past 2 weeks! so everything is getting better. Its already starting to get cold here! I cant believe it... I'm going to freeze this winter haha and I really don't even know what to think! Its way windy and rainy... I might have to get a wind breaker or something like that! It would be incredible to have! Oh and this next week we are going to know if we are transferred! Time is cruisin on by! I really don't even know what to say haha everything is like a blur... it seems like one day... I don't even know why I write in my journal at night because I always forget things haha it goes sooooo fast! But yeah everything is honestly incredible! This guy came up to us this week and asked "Have you killed anyone today yet?" haha it was way random and funny! Elder Mejia said "Not yet" haha it was pretty funny! I think I have turf toe too... it kills haha but... yeah... well... I will fill you in next week! I will let you know if I'm staying or going :) seriously I love you all soooooo much! I really do! And yeah I miss you :) I forgot to tell you but there is a Tranny Hut across the street from our house haha there is like 5 or 6 guys... well girls now... and they always are out haha its really creepy! I will tell you the story in depth sometime of how we noticed them but it really is sickening. They give me the he bee gee bees hahaha! hopefully they don't talk to us! I love you all, stay safe! Keep praying and following the example of Christ... well do that if you want to be happy :) Loves :)

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder Beyer :)

Wednesday, September 5, 2012 "Happiness a way of life"

OKKK... I LOVED THE LETTERS!

Seriously these were some solid ones! I am truly so grateful that you keep me in so I know that everyone is SAFE haha! I'm glad to hear that!  Elder Germann is such a stud, ha ha I loved that guy! Really good Elder. So this last Zone Conference was really good, really spiritual! We are so blessed. Our mission president and his wife are SO in tune with the spirit. Its incredible... I didn't speak in Zone Conference, I wish that I could have! I would have loved to! I don't speak in church at all. Which is good, because I don't speak Spanish ha ha. But its getting better, it truly is. I have gotten a better Knowledge of words and understanding them! My vocabulary has seriously multiplied by like 8... no joke. I feel BETTER. But not incredible ya know? But actually I was able to call Elder Steele because I left my vile there and I wanted it... yeah so here is the cool story... I called and got to talk to him but it was from another phone and he didn't know it was me and I just really started speaking Spanish to him, I went off, and really it felt like talking. It wasn't like a chore or a task, it was TALKING and it was so easy ha ha I got to talk to him and get that! Oh and I guess T Mitch wrote me! So tell him that his letter is at the other place but I will be getting it in a few weeks or so! I'm really stoked to see it! I miss him SOOO MUCH! UHH!! seriously. I miss him ha ha. I don't want to  go into depth or the family will start thinking this is another Troy and Travis thing to a new extreme ha ha but he seriously is my Best Bud, I miss him. Umm.. well lets see.. oh yeah but talking to him was a cinch... so easy and I really understood EVERYTHING and I talked to his new trainee ha ha it was funny because I remember when I knew NOTHING and was trying to talk but yeah it was incredible. 

So I got the pack with the case and picture! LOVED IT :) the case is awesome thanks! the picture frame got a little broken but its fine, it works! MOM!!!!   Ha ha you look awesome! I loved  Bubbas stuff :) its always so good to see his stuff and get stuff from him, he's a cutie. I hope he doesn't lose those cheeks in Middle school ha ha 

So updates... The wart... Terminated, totally wrecked. I LOST WEIGHT! Back to about 193ish... good stuff, I got fat for a second, not good.  So you asked me about CD'S... yeah I would LOVE SOME!! There is a CD, and its really really good but its like church hymns k, but its like alternative modern music and it has like come come ye saints and then also how great thou art... yeah that would be sooo awesome! This past week has been really a SLOW one... Nothing is coming in to crazy, not too many people and really not that much to  do! We walk A LOT, and I starve most of the time because well... we walk ha ha! This last week was kinda... like a trial week... but not like a hard one... if that makes sense... like I wasn't wanting to come home or anything it was just like wow, this is brutal ha ha ya know? We walked like crazy, found only 2 people. we taught this one lady, solid lesson, came back 2 days later and she was like "yeah I have heard this is wrong from the Internet and my brother" so... yeah ha ha most of our new people get Antied like its Satan's business, cause it is! Its really depressing to see that  happen... but there really is nothing that you can do besides wait on the Lord for that help. Umm... I'm sending you a picture of me from this one day ha ha I look really ugly but its funny because its really from a normal face, I'm not doing anything but I was BEYOND tired... soooo I hope you laugh because I did when I saw it! 

One night we played soccer with some young men and also some members... yep... never again ha ha, never again... I was blacking out and almost died after, I woke up the next morning almost begging for my life to end hahaha I am so out of shape and it wrecked my sleeping schedule like you wouldn't believe ha ha.  Really a big mistake. I'm still tired from it! and it was on Friday! Still the hardest thing is to help people get to church, if we could they would be baptized.. simple enough... they are so prepared but just have some things that are holding them back from it... UHHHHGH.... sooooo hard, because you have such a desire to help them out, but cant without them pulling their end through... its tough... Especially when you come to love these people and want them to have that happiness. Whenever I talk to Ana (like the 40 year old from Honduras) I cant help but smile, she is so funny and really is so prepared! But hey, only can wait on the Lord's timing. That's one thing that I have learned and have been working hard to understand better, His timing. One thing that has been cool is I'm reading, in my spare time, Jesus the Christ. If you want to know some DEEP doctrine and want to know Jesus better... DIG IN ha ha.. its incredible, SOO Good. 

I really love it here. I don't want to leave, BUT I just don't know what to do if winter comes ha ha cause no one will be outside... so... we'll see what happens! I really do love it though, you cant help but be happy when you leave it to the Lord. I love you, miss you, and pray for you always. Keep working hard and keep enjoying life, its a blessing. "Yesterdays history, tomorrows a mystery, today is a gift, that's why its called present" make happiness a way of life. Its better that way :)

I love you greatly, Forever and Always,

Elder BEYER