Monday, July 15, 2013 "Just keep smiling!"

Those were some of the greatest pictures I have ever seen in all of my life ha ha! I laughed WAY hard when I saw Caden's after picture!! YIKESS!!! But the boys are all looking SOOO good!!! For reals... haha HUGE too!!! I cant even believe it. Its a stinkin Joke, that's for sure! The only bad thing about one of those pictures is that the Canadian flag is almost all the way colored in ha ha... BAD JOKE for sure!!! Yikes... Time is just creeping by SOO fast.. almost too fast if you ask me! 

This week was a pretty chill one for sure! I really enjoyed it! My companion and I are getting along SOOO well haha! He is a stud and a half! For reals.. I think he is going to be an Assistant to the President one of the these days! He just works like a horse. We are loving it so much! CRYIN REPENTANCE JUST CRYIN REPENTANCE hahah! 

This week we were able to help xxxxx (the man who was baptized like 2 weeks) be confirmed! It was pretty gnarly! I loved loved loved it! I was actually able to confirm him, and it was a very neat experience for sure! I felt the Spirit very strongly and it helped me truly understand the power of the priesthood! 

I'm not going to lie, the heat and humidity here are awful haha! Its SO blasted hard to be positive when you are drenched in sweat and dehydrated! Its pretty intense sometimes haha! But its still going really well. 

 

I gained one of the strongest testimonies of member missionary work this past week here in Barrie. There is this family here and they have a daughter who lives in Utah with her family... But she came back up here to visit this last week. We were going to pass by some of the members and we passed by them! It was pretty intense when she was like "Ive been thinking about some of the people I knew back when I lived here, and I really wanted you to pass by them. I don't remember their addresses but we'll go around and get them." So us her, and her dad went and drove around and found over 20 houses to pass by... Now... That NEVER happens... NEVER EVER. Maybe like one or two... but twenty???!! Honestly, It helped me understand that when people understand the importance of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they are more willing to share that message with those who don't have it.

 

I have gained quite the testimony over the course of my mission on WHAT the Atonement is, HOW it effects us, and WHY it is important. Honestly, all of us are capable of receiving the Atonement, we all just need to go find it first. One of the most incredible things about the Atonement, is the more we understand it, the greater our witness of the Savior grows. The more that witness grows the more we want to, and actually desire to share it with those around us. There are so many people who pass life with struggles that could so easily be surpassed if they just found the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the Atonement which it is centered on. I love the gospel, and the joy it brings to people. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't talk to me in specifics about how much time I have left... ha ha I need to focus and finish strong. I love you all so much, just keep smiling!

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, July 8, 2013 "I am SO Good"

HEY THERE!!!

Sounds like you all are just having SUCH a good time!! Ha ha I was SUPER excited to see that all from you and those pictures were intense ha ha! Caden Looks FILTHYY!!! I LOVE IT!!! haha everyone in the district was like "MAN, he looks like you with long hair!!!" haha I laughed so hard! Caden, keep it up man! I will grow it out with you eventually buddy ;) Don't worry!

Man things here are SO awesome! SOOO GOODD!!! My comp is from Sandy UT! Went to Hillcrest haha! But he is super dope! Him and I get along sooo well! Its been SUPER fun! We are really excited for this month and everything in it... its going to be incredible!

Man, we had Mission Leadership Council the other day... Guess what.... Elder Prince only has ONE transfer left... can you believe that?? T

his is his last one... haha it was so sad.... I'll for sure see him once more, but still! TIME FLIES!

The Coolest thing about last month was the unity of the mission! We had the goal of baptizing 60 people in the month of June. It has NEVER been done in the mission before! and we worked SUPER hard and we exceeded the goal by 18! it was super super great! 78 baptisms in one month! Man, it was super great! The best part of it all was that our zone had to just baptize 6 and hasn't really averaged that out in a LONG time... we got 9!!!! Man!!! It was SUPER great!!! Its been one of the greatest things, just to feel the Spirit so strongly as we work and as we are more unified with what we are doing!

I love the work right now... HONESTLY SOOO MUCCHHH!!!! The coolest thing is just what we have been trying to change here in the area and in the zone! We are really focusing on TEACHING when you find and not just trying to get return appointments and then come back. The biggest focus is just TEACHING TEACHING AND TEACHING!!! its been sooo great, we teach like 100 lessons a day now haha, do they all count.. No but still its so much better than trying to be manipulative and try and get their phone number.. just teach, testify, get the spirit there and go to town!!! haha I LOVE It!

I just love the Spirit and being able to feel it more frequently in my life. I love the Gospel of Jesus Christ and how it truly can change someone if they try to apply it. One great lesson that I have learned in life is that the Lord doesn't care about the past, as long as we are moving forward... Its the truth... He just wants us to be able to be happy and to overcome the crap in life that all of us have to face every once in a while. But above all, He is going to be there for us no matter what. My testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ is stronger than it has ever been in my life. I cant express the way I feel, its just true happiness.. its not temporary. its reality.

I hope you all strive to be better and find ways to do so through setting goals and making plans.. it WORKS. I love you all. Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Thursday, July 4, 2013 "Doing super good!"

HEYYY HEEYYY HEYYYY!!!!!
How are you all doing?? I hope that you are all doing supperr good!!! Things here have been getting sooo much better too!!

So everything has changed up a little bit here! I have a new companion and I am staying in Barrie!!!! His names E Thompson and he's also from the great state of Utah haha! Its going to be a really fun transfer, he seems like a really cool dude. I'm stoked.

This past week was a great one! It was a really tough one as well though! So what happened was we had 3 people being planned on being baptized that week, and it was SUPER great until about Thursday... and one of them just stopped talking to us. Then Friday another one said that they didn't want to be baptized! So we had faith in one of them... and we set up the baptismal interview and were stoked! Turned out that she actually didn't get baptized... but that her husband who stopped talking to us did ha ha! Can you believe that?? It all turned out really different than we would have expected but it all turned out perfectly how the Lord wanted it to.

The man who was baptized is named xxxx. He is really one of the greatest people I have ever met! He has had one of the hardest lives EVER and its really taken a toll on him and how he has lived.. it really has. the other elders have been teaching him for probably like 4 or 5 months now and he is finally gotten baptized! It was a cool moment going into the room after and having him express the feelings that he was feeling! He just kept on saying how clean he felt. The best thing that he said was "I know that there is still a bunch more crap that will come into my life, but like I'm not worried.. I just feel good" It was a wonderful experience!

This week was a crazy one as well, we actually have gone to Brampton twice in the past 2 days! One for transfers, where we were helping out with the transfers of all the other missionaries and then the other time for a Mission Leadership Council.. It was really great to be able to see like Elder Prince and stuff and some of my other great friends that I have made on the mission! Its so weird... My first Zone Leaders in the field actually became Assistants together and stuff, and now they are both dying!! ha ha its NUTS to think about how time goes by that quickly and how quickly it comes to an end... I cant believe it half the time, I really cant!

One of the biggest things that I have been learning in life right now is LOVE... the greatest thing in the world. Its SOO stinkin hard sometimes to just use it and apply it.. but at the same time its just one of the greatest things in all the world! The Lord loves us so much and if we just keep focused on Him and just do the things that He commands we will access that love more fully! I know that! Live well and Love life. its SOOO worth it :) Sorry I'm getting kicked off ha ha... the family history people are getting mad!

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, June 24, 2013 "Zone Conference"

Heyyyy THERREEEE!!!!

 

First off, thank you for the packages! They were quite INCREDIBLE haha I love the shirts, too bad its a million degrees so I don't need them right now, but when I do they will be great :) haha also thanks for the butt load of candy haha it was SOOO stinkin good! I have almost eaten it all... I maybe shouldn't be sent anymore candy.. I just eat it in like one day and get sick from it... hahah.. but its allll goooddd :))

 

This last week we had a Zone Conference with like 3 other zones haha and guess who I saw there... THE ONE AND ONLY ELDER STEELE hahahah! It was sooo funny to see him again and just laugh and talk with him! He is looking really good and seems to be really happy, I did some role plays with him and his companions in Spanish :) It was super great to speak some Spanish with everyone there!!!!! GREATTTT STUFF!!!!

 

I think that the greatest things that I have been learning in my life is the ability to just rely on the Lord whenever a trial comes into our lives. Its a really really weird thing to think that the Lord honestly just gives us trials to make us stronger ha ha.. in some senses it makes absolutely no sense but in others it really does... For example if some one is trying to get bigger in the muscle category one must work out right?? So the thing is they have to go through some resistance before they are able to grow. Its the same thing with our lives and especially the spiritual side of things.. We need to be able to endure some hard trials in order to be able to grow. If we do that and if we are capable of enduring, we will be able to grow SO much! Its one of the most incredible feelings to know that the Lord is there to help us out when we are in need if we work hard for it!

 

This past week has been a week FULL of doors slammed on our faces, and also people telling us off, but ill tell you this much, I know that you have to take a few of those before you can have some incredible weeks and finding the most prepared people ever! I love how the Lord works with us.

 

We are hopefully going to see some baptisms this week! We are looking forward to possibly 2 or 3! its going to be sweet if all works out how we had planned for it! so we will see how it goes :)

 

Well I love you all, I hope that all is well and that we all are able to help out with whatever it may be to become better and help others to be the same way!

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, June 17, 2013 "Happy Father's Day"

HEYYYYYY!!!!

HAPPYYY FATTTHHHERRRRSSSSS DAYYYYYYYY!!! Man I hope that you all passed that holiday well hahah it was funny this guy in church was talking about it and what fathers day really is, and he was like "Fathers day is just a second mothers day. We still do all the fun stuff though like BBQ and chill." haha I thought it was pretty funny! I laughed way hard when I heard that! But its been really good!

 

This last week, was one of the neatest experiences of the mission for sure! We have been working with these 2 investigators, long before I got here as well, and they were living common law. Which is when you are "married" if you have been living for 6 months together... but they had been doing it for like 12 years. and they had 3 kids and what not. So they have been just going through life and the other elders before us, invited them to be married and also to be baptized and we have just helping them out as much as possible. So this week was their scheduled wedding date and everything really just fell into place!!!!!!!! and we were able to see that and help out with it a little bit, my companion was fortunate enough to sing Amazing Grace and it was just such a good reception! So the pictures that I sent were of them and us, and it was just at the church and was performed by the bishop! But still really cool. ha ha I have never had that happen to me on my mission, and it was a really special moment for sure!

WAY crazy thing happened as well haha! So what went down was we were tracting and were trying to find some new people... and we went and found this family with 4 boys! We were like score!! haha but little did they know they were going to bash us... so it goes from bad to worse and at the end we were like YIKEESSS... and then we just kept going on with it. So at the very end we thought that we were going to be done with that stuff... but then they said that we could come over and help them paint... so we were like OK! We went and it honestly was just her and her husband trying to convert us haha... yeah... it was pretty nuts because they were trying to tell us that God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost were ONE... OK... so the doctrine of the trinity... and lets just say my testimony was increased on Joseph Smith and the Restoration of the Gospel because the doctrine that we have is the one in the New Testament and not just some made up one from a council of people in the year 325 ad... haha but it was really neat because after I went and studied it, and I also have studied what it means to "be saved" and honestly our church and doctrine actually coincide with the Bible and its teachings! I love the truth that we have and the honesty that comes from it all. 

 

Well, time is cruisin on by and I don't know what to even think about it right now haha... its just going by SOOO fast and I know that I need to take it all for granted. I love the church. Its so true its not even funny! I loved those pics that you sent :) haha I hope that I can get my shirt back from caden, that I can grow a beard like troy and never ever have to look like Blair ;) hahaha! I love you all. Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, June 10, 2013 "The Church is True"

FAMILIA!!!!
Mom ha ha don't worry about not writing me! Its completely fine ha ha! Don't feel sick all is well! ha ha I cant believe Grandma showed that to the Hallstroms... I really cant! That's nuts! I was pretty sad that I didn't stay in Toronto, basically for that reason ha ha I loved to go to the play! It was honestly so fun!

Where the heck is Rossiter going??? Those pictures were sooo random ha ha I was like what the heck! I haven't seen them in forever! Its been so weird to just recollect on things from the past at times... whenever i forget about someone and then think of them again its honestly SO weird, that's why whenever I ask you about someone I just honestly am like what the heck is happening with them!! ha ha I just want to know about like P Lunt, Tanner, Garrett... yeah ha ha I have no idea whats going on with them!

Its good to see where everyone is going! Its a great time to be a missionary, that is for sure! there is a lot of great things happening all over the place and it is evident with the spirit that can be felt in all parts of the world. Especially here in the CTM! ha ha I thought that Ashton would get his call to here, I was banking on it ha ha. There has been NOBODY from Kaysville that's gotten called here in such a long time! I'm the only one! Its a JOKE. ha ha but oh well its good stuff, I Love it here!

So we have been working with this family, and its been so fuunnnn!!! because they were a little less active for quite some time but now they are starting to come back to church and one of their kids is unbaptized! Its been SO fun working with them though. its been one of the most different experiences of my mission! Because the mom is from Peru, the dad is from Trinidad but the kids were all born here ha ha! So its a mix of EVERYTHING!!! But whats cool, is I have been able to talk with the mom lots and sometimes I get to clarify things for her! Its been a great process in this whole thing for sure! They have been coming back to church and man its SOOO fun! Its been really spiritual! At the beginning it was tough, because we felt like it was only us trying to get the son baptized... but now the whole family seems to be working hard for that goal and its WAY close now! Everyone is seriously trying and praying for him now. Its been one of the coolest things ever!! I love it out here in Barrie and I have been able to learn SO much! I have been trying to memorize scriptures and stuff ha ha its tough but teaching in English has taught me that I really do have a testimony of the gospel and that it goes deeper than I realized it does! I enjoy it so much!

I saw a "Ski Resort" out here the other day hahahah I had to take a picture and show you... its something else for sure!

I love you all. the church is true, just act and you'll find it for sure! I have no doubt about it.

Love Forever and Always,

Elder B Beyer

Monday, June 3, 2013 "I'm Stoked"

HELLLOOOOO!!!

Ha ha to be honest, when I saw those pictures of the family and especially of Caden I got STOKED ha ha it was SOOO gnarly!!!! You guys are lookin great! But i LOVE IT HERRREE!! :) :) 

Soooooo... I'M STOKED that coach Gladwell is back :) He is the greatest guy ever! Is Bishop still workin there? I hope so for reals. I cant believe all that has happened since Ive left ha ha! BLAIR!!!! I'm SOOOOO PROUD OF YOUU :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) Tell Blair, that every one in the district is so happy for him :)! I let them all know I was so excited ha ha! How is tanner hinds doing? his name came to my mind this week and I really would love to hear about him, and see how he is? If you can get me his email I would love that!

 

Hey for family night, you need to just start watching the Book of Mormon cartoons and just learning about all the characters and their purpose and also about Jesus Christ! Get the boys ready at a young age so that they can learn faster than me!!!! I love you. DO IT!

This week has been probably the busiest one of my life!!! We have taught more lessons than I ever have... its been probably the greatest blessing I have ever seen! I LOVE IT! The Lord is helping out immensely! 

The coolest thing that is happening is we have these 3 investigators... one is a part member family and the other were a couple. So the part member family has been really fun! We have been teaching them all and trying to help ALL of them come back to church, and its been one of the most spiritual experiences of my life. We have taught them the plan of salvation so much its not even funny, but its made my testimony absolutely grow! I have seen the change in their lives and I honestly know its from the Lord. The coolest thing is that, the mom is from Peru! So we have conversations in Spanish and I clarify a lot of things with her, and help her to be able to understand the lessons! I KNOW, that I was sent here to Barrie for a reason. I really do. Its been so intense to see the change and the strength and the love that has been made within this family, simply because of living the gospel in the daily lives.

The other has been the greatest thing as well! Their kids were just baptized about two months ago, but as of right now we are teaching the parents and working towards baptism! They were living common law at the time, but now they are scheduled to be baptized AND married!!!!! Their marriage is coming up in 2 weeks and the next day is their baptism. Its such a miracle. Went from not believing in God to where they are now! The Lord LIVES... its soooo great! Honestly I have never seen the change in peoples lives as much as I have here, in this area.. I have honestly learned so much from being in English work ha ha! Because you don't worry about another language, you just worry about learning the gospel and try to make sure you understand it enough to teach the people about it! My testimony has been amplified SOO much from just simply UNDERSTANDING, what the church believes and how things really came to pass. That's my biggest suggestion for all of you, if you don't believe in the gospel or think that things are really wrong, or you just don't know what to think... TRY to understand it first before you judge it and say it is wrong. Just understanding my Patriarchal blessing has helped me to know myself and also to just know what i need to do in life. Understanding the doctrine of Jesus Christ, helps us more than anything else in this life, and more than we could understand life, by ourselves.

This month is going to be a month of miracles, we are STOKED. Never be satisfied with OK.. :) 

I love you all,

Forever and Always,

Elder B Beyer