Monday, December 30, 2013 "Love you"

HEY HEY HEY!

Christmas Day!

hahahahahahah I laughed SO hard about the Charlie thing hahahahha! You all seem really really good right now and seem like you are enjoying the great wondrous life! So the house looks SUPER different haha. That's so weird! Do we still have the piano?

Well.. I really don't know what more to write or say haha. This week was a really cool week for E Bramwell and I. We are seeing great success and are really having a BLAST. Ive never laughed so hard in my life. This has been really good for me because I have felt lately that I've had to "step up" so much with a lot of things that I've slipped out of who I really am for a while.. but now I feel like the Lords given me this opportunity to be able to keep those "stepping up" moments and still be myself. Its been really great. I love it.

The count down is on!!

Listen to the crazy miracles of this week. This kid named Issac walked into the bishops office and asked if he could be able to get an ecclesiastical endorsement from the Bishop so that he could go to BYU. So the bishop took his number and passed him off to us so he could "know more about BYU and the standards" we taught him and his mom and they are miracles. They told us that they have family in Utah and that they are members. The greatest thing that they said was that they have seen the biggest change in their families life for the better after they joined the church. They said they are looking for a sense of belonging and really want to know the truth. I cant explain how much the Lord is hastening his work by preparing people. Its incredible. Another lady, we tracted into and she told us she wasn't interested and to go to her neighbors. Well we went and set up a time and came back later. While we went back the first lady that sent us there was there and she was the most prepared lady ever. She almost was baptized, and the only reason she didn't was because she didn't receive this GIANT answer.. and the only reason she shewed us off was because she thought that people in our church would judge her because of that... by the end of explaining things to her she asked us for a book of Mormon to be able to read and see if she could get that answer again. SO COOL.

The best part about the week was our "Skills and Interviews".. Its crazy coming from a zone that you have been in for over 9 months to one where you know basically nobody... We came in with the expectation of letting these missionaries know that we love them but that the performance of the zone right now is at a minimum and that there is HUGE room for improvement. The way that we started it off was the day before we asked the missionaries to bring us 10 bucks each.. they didn't know what for and a lot of them (when we found out later) thought we were ripping them off. We showed them that we have to be obedient to the counsels of our leaders and E Bramwell shared this story of a mission President who asked for the right shoe of his missionaries to see who was willing to listen to his counsel. It set the tone strongly and we just went from there. It was one of the funnest instructions I've ever been a part of. The missionaries have been doing incredible things, and its only been like 4 days since then! They are out and really trying the best that they can. Its been great.

I love my mission. I love everything about it. This has seriously been the greatest thing that I have ever done and I'm so grateful for the blessings that I have seen. I know that this is the Church of Jesus Christ.. and it kills me to see people who have it in their lives but just don't apply it at all... its heart wrenching. Because they could really be able to see the most blessings of their lives if they just tried to come closer to the Savior. I know if we try to go to Him that He will run to us. I love it and I love all of you!

Forever and Always,

Elder B Beyer

Monday, December 23, 2013 "NOT homesick"

HEY THERE!!!

 

Mom. Homesick is the farthest thing from where I'm at right now. I don't want to be home, I'm sorry to say that but its SO true. I LOVE it out here ha ha! its SO much fun and being a missionary in this wonderful time is the thing that is most special to me, I love it. I love talking about Christ in the time of His birth and love talking about how all of us can come closer to Him. There is NOTHING like it. So don't worry, I'm not homesick :)

 

Those pictures are so funny. Caden is probably the creepiest looking kid in the world in the Christmas card hahaha I imagined him sticking his head out a window and saying "Ive got some candy in my car kids!" hahahah so funny! but his hair is really rad, i love it. Those pics of Bubs are so cute. Its so funny because hunt brax and bubs look the same just taller and stuff you know? really funny!

 

This week has been one of the craziest yet funnest weeks of my mission! hands down haha! I LOVE it. Elder Bramwells a champion! we are the triple threat, we go and talk to English, Chinese and Spanish and have been working our tails off. The apartment was literally the nastiest thing I've ever lived in. We cleaned it and threw tons of stuff away, I'll send you a picture of all the junk we accumulated over this past week. Its gross. We started the week with zero investigators and really have just been working hard and we've found some pretty incredible people. I love English work, you can set some great expectations with people and can express yourself SO much easier than in Spanish haha! we have been working really really hard and its really paying off.

 

I'M really so happy right now, i love my mission. I love life and I'm SO grateful for my Savior. I have a few stories I will tell tomorrow... i hope that we can find someone to use their computer... we haven't yet but we will continue to try. don't worry, we'll cal you tomorrow and set something up :) I really love you all so much. I cant wait to see you in 2 :)

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, December 16, 2013 "Be Positive"

HEY THERE!

 

I LOVE the Caldwell's. If you want to go you can, I LOVE them.

 

My mormon.org is lame ha ha I made that in the MTC and parts out here! Its so funny! You should make one, they are like "Mormon Facebooks" haha

 

Release date. Gross. (We told Elder B. Beyer we got his release date...March 12)

 

I'm not going to lie, I have NO idea about skype ha ha we are whitewashing in.. so we know literally zero members and people down there so we will just play it by ear yeah? we'll call you on the 24 :) let you know how it goes. I was so sad when I found out that Elder Steele was going home I'm not going to lie! I LOVE that character ha ha he is from Eagle Idaho did you know that?

 

Well as you know, I'm going to be leaving Toronto here and go back down to London! Its going to be pretty crazy! I'm excited! its going to be so fun! I'm going to be with an elder named Elder Bramwell, he is a Chinese elder from California. He is super cool. I know him pretty well, but we are stoked! we will be whitewashing in tomorrow ha ha! this is going to be NUTS, the first time whitewashing for elder b Beyer! We are going to KILL IT! We are going to baptize nations out there!

 

This week was a really good one for me. I got to talk personally with President Scott about a few things, and the biggest thing that stuck out to me was this.. That we ALL need to exaggerate the positive. That's the thing of life. If its cold, say MAN I'm glad Ive got my coat! If you're hungry say, man that food is getting that much better! whatever it needs to be, that's what we need to say! We need to all be as positive as possible because if we do we will be able to access the light of Christ more fully in our lives and really be able to feel the Lords love. Its true. I have seen it in my own life and am so grateful for that! we need to look at all challenges with great happiness and joy!

 

I love you all and hope that you are well :) have a wonderful week, i will SEE you next week :)

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B. Beyer

Monday, December 9, 2013 "Christ into Christmas"

HEY HEY HEY!

 

Wow, you all sound and look great! I'm not going to lie, Caden looks filthy. I LOVE the hair!

 

Man, this week was a CRAZY one! CRAZY GOOD because I was a missionary! :) I hope all of you watched that Christmas devotional from the Church this Sunday! It was AWESOME, we had this great family go to it with us, but seriously it was SO good! I really enjoyed hearing the words of the Prophet and Apostles about the great meaning of Christmas. I don't know if I wrote this to you, or in a letter.. But I thought of this Christmas broken down is CHRIST mas.. So Christ- Jesus the Son of God, and Mas- in Spanish means MORE.. CHRIST MORE.. Take this time to think more of Him. One great quote from the Devotional yesterday was "True Happiness comes as you make others happy. When you lose yourself for them, you find Christ." and "The opportunities to give of yourself are limitless." I really hope that you can all grasp onto those concepts and truly strive to LIVE them.

 

 We had some pretty great guests this last week in the mission! Elder Hallstrom and Elder Homer. They talked about some pretty remarkable things that I have really taken to heart. Elder Homer talked about how we need to live our missions with no regrets and that when we get on the plane that we need to be feeling that you left it all there on the table. Elder Hallstrom talked about CHANGE and how its a NOW thing, not later. It was so great to hear those two talks and be able to want to apply them into my life. The 3 points that Elder Hallstrom said about change were that we 1. Gain a vision 2. Make Commitments and 3. Have Self Discipline. If we do those things in life and in a gospel perspective we will be able to become the people that the Lord needs us to be. IT was one of the greatest things ever!  Find something to change and Do it. I invite you! ITS GREAT TO CHANGE AND BECOME BETTER. ITS AWESOME!

 

We have been so fortunate in our area lately, we are teaching some pretty remarkable people who are searching for the gospel of Jesus Christ. It has really helped me know that the gospel is real, and that there are people who are looking for it. We are pretty close to seeing some great things in the area, we have a few working towards baptism and a few who are going out of town for the holidays but will return with the desire and need to be baptized. The coolest thing is teaching families. I LOVE teaching families. They are SO stinking awesome and CAN BE ETERNAL through the gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

I had a great opportunity to go give 2 baptismal interviews for a husband and a wife out in Mississauga. It was great to be able to talk with them and to go back to The Saga!!!! I miss it so much haha! I think the best thing about being able to go back there was just being able to see the growth that I have had from there to now... I honestly couldn't believe it. We would be driving and I would see places and remember all of the great memories that I had. I remember how GREEN I was haha and how inexperienced I was, and now to see where the Lord has taken me. It has been one of the greatest things to know. That the Lord truly has helped me for the time that I have been out on my mission. I love my mission and am so grateful for the change that its brought in my life. I have come to know that God really is our loving Heavenly Father, and that Jesus Christ is His son. They are perfect and their plan is to help us to become as they are. I know that They live and They LOVE us. The gospel is the means that helps us to transcend all iniquity and evade all the obstacles that Satan places before us. I really know that Joseph Smith is his chosen prophet.. It just makes sense. God has always conveyed His message through prophets, why would He stop now? I know that we are so blessed and have a prophet on the earth today, and am so grateful for that knowledge that I have.

I love you all, and hope you are well. Work hard in all that you do and you WILL see the blessings of the Lord. YOU GET WHAT YOU PUT IN. If you want church to be great and revelatory, then make it that way. If you want the scriptures to be Gods word, then read them as if they were. YOU GET WHAT YOU GO FOR.

 

Forever and Always,

 

 

Elder B. Beyer

Monday, December 2, 2013 "Happy Thanksgiving"

NICE TRIP PICS!

 

Man... All i have to say is that I feel when I look at Bubs that I'm looking at Carsen and when i look at Doctor Drey that I'm looking in the stinkin mirror.. what in the world is going on haha? what is in the water there in K Town? Steroids yeah? THEY ARE HUGE. haha so funny! I just got some good laughs at these guys!

 

This week was quite the week. I'm not going to lie! It was pretty darn great! We have seen some wonderful miracles and have just seen great success on the Lords part. Ive never seen so many blessings at once in my mission. THE LORD IS HASTENING HIS WORK. I am so grateful to be one of His servants at this time.

 

I think the biggest miracle was seeing this family we have been teaching for a while, come to church. This is a Venezuelan family that is AWESOME. I love them so much. They came and they just loved primary! The kids are really what are going to make this all work out. They are so stinking cool and really are receptive to the Spirit! When they just showed up, EVEN WHEN, they said they weren't, I thought i was going to die.. First of hunger (because we were fasting) but second of just shock! ha ha it was SO awesome. There is no doubt to me, that fasting really works. One cool experience, was that President and Sister Scott were at the church and we were with just the mom, and we taught a lesson with Sister Scott! Now, I'm not just saying this.. but she is like the most spiritual lady ever! The Spirit was SO strong and really helped Jahy to feel that this is the path that she needs to be on, i really have come to feel those blessings and feel the Spirit tell me MULTIPLE times that this is true.

 

Going off of that, we taught this remarkable lesson with this other investigator. He was being VERY evasive with us and was really hesitant with the answers he brought forth. But we testified and invited him to pray to know that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God.. and he did.. and ALL of us in the room, whether for the first time or fifth.. received the witness that he is. I know that because of the Spirit that i have felt.

 

Lastly, the coolest thing was hearing a 76 year old, recent convert get up and bear her testimony this week. With all honesty, she got up and told us all how she was found and what impact it has made on her life. The greatest thing was seeing the change and knowing that THIS GOSPEL IS FOR EVERYONE. White or black, young or old. EVERYONE. She is going on vacation this week to El Salvador for a few months.. and this is the thing that stood out most to me. When she said "when i get there, the first thing I'm going to do is thank God for getting me there. He WILL get me there. And then i will go and preach the gospel to my family. I promise you all, that i will return here with good news." I don't recall the last time that i felt the Spirit that strongly. This gospel is intended for families. This gospel changes and helps them. This gospel is intended FOR THEM TO BE FOREVER. Without it, they can NOT be. I can back that up with my testimony. If a 76 year old woman, with poor health but a heart of gold can share the gospel.. then anyone can. And AGAIN, I invite you all to do so.

 

I love you all so much. Pray for opportunities to share this "Good News" with everyone! Be happy and safe!

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B. Beyer

Monday, November 25, 2013

HEY HEY HEY!!!

 

I just about died when I saw Kole was engaged to Courtney! ha ha that is SO crazy to me. I was seriously in shock ha ha! Same thing with Lee. He came in and I was like What in the world is going on! It happened so fast it couldn't distract me ha ha I would love to see the picture he took of me because i was just in shock. I was in my PJ's and stuff ha ha it was nuts!

 

This week has been probably one of the greatest ones of my mission! This family that we taught and found when i was up in Barrie were baptized this week!!! it was probably the happiest thing Ive ever experienced! I got to talk to them on the phone and they were just so excited and so grateful for everything! it was incredible :)

 

We got to go on exchanges with one of the Assistants, named Elder Fielding. He is a great guy. We came out together on the plane. It was honestly just what i needed it gave me some serious desire to be the very best that i could be and to just endure with everything! He just reminded me that being a missionary is fun and that you need to just really relax and to be the best that YOU can be, not what anyone else thinks is your best. I got to talk to the other assistant about some things with the mission and Ive come to conclusion about the greatest thing that we need to have in our lives.. That is DISCIPLINE and CONSISTENCY. I have talked about it in every letter that I have written today haha! Its because in all honesty that is exactly what enduring to the end is! We all need to get on the path and be disciplined and constant with our endeavours of becoming who the Lord needs us to become! None of us are ever going to be perfect but as long as we work towards the goal of becoming as of Father in Heaven we will be blessed.

 

We had a pretty awesome miracle this week. We taught a lesson last week to this wonderful Mexican family and they said that they wouldn't be able to go to church that week but that they would the next.. well we lost contact with them. Their phone got disconnected and we were like "great.. we will never seen them again!" But we prayed. Really tried to have as much faith as possible, and then we were sitting in church and they just came in! We taught them after, and they said "we have been really looking for a church to join and to be close with. But we are looking for the one with the truth" My companion had to respond because my mouth was just wide open and i was just in awe haha! I really couldn't believe it. The Lord is HASTENING His work RIGHT NOW! I invite you all to continue trying to be the best you can with missionary work. I know that I write it in almost every letter, and its for a purpose.. its because its important. Just like in the Book of Mormon 34 times it quotes that "If we are obedient we will be blessed" Remember that with missionary work. I know that there are plenty members in Utah, but a lot aren't and A LOT more are less active. Reach out your hand and serve your fellowman, with the promise that its as if you were doing it unto CHRIST HIMSELF. Ill let you know this much, the Pedro family (the ones we found in Barrie) came from us helping them move. Reaching out and doing those "small and simple things" WORKS. Trust me. Remember that this was a commitment from Elder Ballard from General Conference... To invite at least ONE person before Christmas.. That's an Apostle of the LORD, I'm positive he said that for a reason. I'm just reiterating what he said :)

 

With Love forever and always,

 

Elder B. Beyer