Monday, September 23, 2013 "So Grateful!"

HEYYY!!!!

 

Those are some pretty awesome pictures I'm not gonna lie! haha that's so crazy that Jason and Jessica have kids now and that Kendall came home haha! SOOO WEIRDD!!!

 

I would love to hear about some of the people you are teaching right now.

 

Right now we are teaching this lady named K., Shes from Chile. Shes awesome! WE have been really trying to help her to gain a testimony about the Book of Mormon. The coolest thing is that with her the only way we have gotten across to her is through testimony. Its been a "testimony builder" (get it? haha) that testimonies are pretty important to share in all of this!

We are also teaching a guy named G. who was a professional soccer player in Colombia!

We have a few potentials on their way too :) from members!

 

How many lessons do you get to teach a week?

 

We average like 6 to 7? sometimes more, sometimes less. Different than English work for sure

 

Do you get to interact with the ward a lot?

Yep. All the time. Right now we are really trying to work with them and to get the member work going we are thinking that in a few weeks or so we should be finding TONS of new investigators! We have had like 2 members come up and say they want us to teach their friends, its been pretty neat!

 

That's basically Toronto! We are STAYING, both of us!! One of the Assistants called last night and was like "E Prochnow, you're staying and your new companion is... E Beyer.... haha" We thought we were leaving and were TICKED haha. But now all its well!

We also made this food called Chorizo, its a Brazilian Sausage, and we made it for another ward party for next Saturday! We are really hoping that it turns out well. I'm really happy to be staying and really happy to be in this area! This is transfer 5 here :) hahah YEAHHH BUDDDYYY!! Its been SO good!

 

The past little while I have been really reflecting on my mission, and the past little while.. and I have been reading my journal and seeing the growth and just the change overall.. I just want to say that I am SO grateful that I came on a mission. Its so awesome. My favorite thing is just helping others out and having them understand that this message is true! BECAUSE IT IS!!! :)

 

I love you. Sorry my letters stinks
.. I really have NO IDEA what to say in them.

 

Elder B. Beyer

Monday, September 16, 2013 "ETTE"

HEY HEY!!

What types of activities do you do on p-day? Basketball, chair soccer, go to downtown, eat.. really nothing too crazy!!

How is the language going? SO good, I feel really good. I just want to express myself better, and have a bigger vocab

In your ward do you interpret? No, pure Spanish 

Tell me more about your companion. HE'S AWESOME 

Do you get along great with him? yes we do really WELL, except when I'm lame and bug him

What are his likes? Football and sports :) and acting like my little brother

What was your greatest moment this week? Probably... when we were able to help some of the members do missionary work and really focus on the missionary mindset! it was great!

CHASE AND JESSICA HAD A BABY???!!!

"We are going to write 5 things each day of what we are thankful for as a family" Do you want to know something funny?? ha ha this is a goal that I have and have been really working on for the past week now! It makes you really grateful for what you have and its just WAY great to have!

 

Well... like everything else in Toronto this is a quick email ha ha! Mom when were my grandparents baptized?? At what age? Who were the pioneer for our families??

 

Things are going really well! We had so much fun this last week, just really working hard and it went really quick because we went on 2 exchanges with other missionaries! It was so fun! One of the missionaries is named Elder Binford and I  have been serving near him for probably like 5 months now! Its been super great! It was a fun and fast week of training missionaries, getting Districts excited and just really doing the work of the Lord! We ended up in some GHETTO area haha so bad that we got the impression to skidaddle hahahah! soooo nuts! buts its been super fun!

 

Honestly... My favorite thing about my mission is just teaching people the restoration and promising them blessings about all of that... and when they act on those promises and they come true. I know that we are in the work of the LORD and its been SO fun! its probably the funnest thing I've ever done and I'm just... HAPPY... I have really no complaints right now... :) ETTE (Endure to the End)

Work hard. Be happy. This life is incredible :) don't waste it worrying :)

 

Loves forever and always,

 

Elder B Beyer :D

Monday, September 9, 2013 "I'm SO good"

HEY THERE!!!

How is everything??? I LOVED the letter! It sounds like you are all doing SO good, and I'm SO glad to hear that :) things out here are going really well! I'm honestly loving it Right now! We are working SUPER hard and just trying new means of finding the prepared! We have been passing by members and just helping them get STOKED about missionary work and also to just really really think about some people that they know who need the gospel and can think of them through questions such as "Who has recently lost a loved one?" or "recently moved in?" etc... and its going REALLY well! the members are getting excited and they are really loving it! its been SO fun!

This last week we got to go down to a Zone Conference with 2 other zones, and just listen to President and Sister Scott instruct and The Assistants! It was really fun! The biggest message was to get the members on the same page as us, as well as making sure that we push ourselves to truly be better everyday! President Scott said that the biggest way of having success and the thing that has helped him the most in life is this "to be better tomorrow than you are today" and he said "if you do that, by the time you reach 70 you'll be a pretty good person!". He really is an awesome guy, I have learned SO much under his council, and have really been applying his teachings into my life! I love it!

Honestly.. I NEVER know what to say... ha ha... Well this week I did... Missionary work?? ha ha its been fun just talking to TONS of people and working to the end! Enduring to the End is KEY with everything!

My companion and I are really growing and learning great elements of life together, its been really great! I have learned so much recently of what my purpose is and why i need to work hard.. its been really fun to serve with him! We have been finding new investigators and its been super fun!

I think one of the best concepts in life is to be yourself. The Lord made you the way you are for a reason, and you really can get across to people much faster if you are yourself, being a leader that is one of the biggest things i think i have learned.. If I am Elder Beyer, they are going to respect Elder Beyer's opinion, not just some written piece of advice... if that makes sense? I love it! Just be yourself, and just see what happens from there! Its the BOMB :)

Let me know if there is anything I can do for you guys.. and ask questions if you want my letters to be better ha ha.. I feel like I never know what to say to you ha ha! I love you all.

 

Elder B Beyer :D

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

HEY!!!

 

I LOVED those pictures!! I honestly have wanted to write Taylor SO badly but I don't have his address or email :(( those were AWESOME pictures though! I really loved them! It was really good to see all those things!

 

Honestly I really don't have too much time to write you all right now.. but I will try and get things happening with the fingers. ha ha

 

This week has been great, I

have really had some good experiences to grow and just make things a lot better!

 

The missionaries in our ward got to organize a big old party together for the whole ward and everyone came and there were TONS of people! it was SO fun ha ha! We had like big speaker, tons of food and just TONS of random stuff haha! I LOVED it. I'm so Spanish at heart!

 

We got to get the zone together and have a Zone training meeting, and it went really well! We have just really been focusing on GROWTH and we set a goal as a zone to baptize 11 people in the month of September! its been really great to just feel the unity, focus and love in the Zone and that is seriously the biggest thing that we are focusing on there. Its been really GREAT!

 

I love my mission. I had the opportunity to reflect back on it the other day and i was really grateful.. I thought of my 2 favorite songs "Redeemer of Israel" and "Called to Serve" and just thought about the mission i have served... I am SO grateful for my mission. I love it so much and it means the WORLD to me.

I'm really sorry that this is so short, but in the city we really don't have that much time to write emails ha ha... but just know that I know that the Lord lives, I really do know that. And I am so grateful for the mission I have been on.

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B. Beyer

Monday, August 26, 2013

HELLOOOOO!!!

 

Wowww.. I'm SO glad that everything worked out with Blair! That is SO awesome! Tell them congrats for me and that I wish them the best. That is really great! Caden is great ha ha those pictures are nuts!

 

Everything is going really great. We had some great experiences these last couple of weeks! The coolest thing that I wanted to share is just that a few times over the course of 3 weeks I really have felt the Saviors love and appreciation for what we do as missionaries. I really do know that He loves us and if we work hard, no matter what He is pleased. When I left Barrie, I felt His love and His gratitude. When we helped some people in our zone, I felt it as well. I know that the Lord is SO happy with what we have done and that is hands down the thing that makes being a missionary worth it.

I know that the Priesthood is real. I have experienced the power of it and have seen lives change and really have come to know that we are beyond blessed for having it in our lives. We have been really lucky to be able to grow from experiences to exercise our priesthood.

 

I want to add a part into this letter from President Scott's this last week... It really is a great one and helped me realize a few things about life.

"I heard a story recently that some of you are probably familiar with. It illustrates the value of the time we are given each day. I will reference part of it below. It says, “Imagine that each morning your bank would deposit $86,400 in your private account for your use. However, this gift has rules, just as any game has certain rules. Rule 1) Everything that you don’t spend during each day will be taken away from you. You may not simply transfer money into some other account. You may only spend it. Each morning upon awakening, the bank opens your account with another $86,400 for that day. Rule 2) The bank can end the game without warning; at any time it can say, the game is over! It can close the account and you will not receive a new one. Ask yourself what you would do with this wonderful gift. Would you buy anything and everything you wanted? Would you buy things for your friends and family? Would you even buy things for people you don’t know? The options may vary but you would undoubtedly try and spend every cent every day because otherwise it would be gone forever. In reality we do receive a similar gift each morning. We can’t see it like the money in our bank account but it is very valuable and precious. It is our time. Each morning we awaken to receive 86,400 seconds as a gift of life, and when we go to sleep at night, any remaining time is not credited to us. It is forever lost.  So, what will you do with your 86,400 seconds?” "

 LIVE LIFE TO ITS POTENTIAL!!! ITS GREAT :) :) :)

 

The City has been great as usual. I'm really really happy to be back. We have been playing like a game, that you have to speak with 2 people EVERY bus, subway and train that we take... MAN its challenging sometimes but its SO fun ha ha. Its made it a good way of measuring that we are working hard, rather than just going through the motions!

 

Sorry this letter is short, nothing too crazy, but I really don't have much to say other than that I LOVE being a missionary and am so grateful for the chances Ive had to see the Lords hand in my life. I love the Savior and know He is real, and feel true sorrow for the people who don't have Him in their lives, because His love is real. I know it. I have felt it, and hope that ALL people can feel it as well.

 

Have a good week! Be happy and positive! its worth it :)

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

 

Monday, August 19, 2013 "Exhausted!"

HEY HEY HEY!!!

Carsen really does look way tiny!! ha ha COACH! Tell him hi and that I

love him! He's a great guy! ha ha and whats funny is that, I ALWAYS have been

saying Start Fast Finish Strong and that's been a motto Ive been using for

the time being! Ironic. haha.

The city is GREAT ha ha it hasn't changed a BIT! The apartment is the same,

the church and the ward is the same. The zone has changed A LOT! There are

so many different people and stuff, but its SOOOO GOODD still! I love it!

The rush is intense, and I come home every single night EXHAUSTED haha! its

pretty ridiculous at times but I really really love it that's for sure! One

thing that has been really good is just being with a really really chill

comp again! This guys like my twin ha ha he's so similar to Cade miller its

not even funny!!!

Honestly I'm out of time to email ha ha I will try my best to get some more

stuff in, but I just want you to know that a testimony comes from God and

not from knowledge.. There are many people in the world who try to PROVE

that God is there or try to PROVE that the Book of Mormon is true from

facts.. but really when it comes down to it the way to do so is by praying

and asking God for that revelation. I know it. I was having a really hard

time in English work because I got caught in the habit of showing where it

the bible it proved this and that... but now I really do know that it is

all from Him above. I challenge all of you just to simply pray and ask for

strength and guidance.. not try to PROVE how it'll come or what not... but

just to see how a relationship with Him will do that. :)

forever and Always,

Elder B Beyer :) :)

Monday, August 12, 2012 "Back to Toronto"

HEYEYEYEY!! :) :) :) :)

How are you all doing?? ERRY TING IRY? (Jamaican Slang) hhaa! So I've got some transfer news for you.. I'M GOING BACK TO TORONTO hahaha!!! To the exact area that I was at before! I'm STOKED! hahah I'm going to be with a guy from Morgan UT, named E Prochnow haha he was trained by E Steele too! Its going to be really fun! I have been using the exercise ball haha I got one last week, but yeah its been really great! I have been DYING ha ha my core is weak as weak gets haha! But I'm excited to get that rolling haha! Oh funny story actually! haha so we have been going into the Physio lately because of my back, and during it the people have been asking us about what we do... well... as I have been getting everything done with me we have just been teaching the people haha, and all 3 of them so far have gotten Mormon.org cards and we are going to be following up with them tonight haha! How funny is that? Its really laid back, not like normal teaching, but its just sharing the things we do and saying that we know they are true! Its great stuff!

We have been teaching quite a bit lately.. we range from about 10 to 15 lessons, on a good week! Its been good.

We have been working HARD CORE with this family from Portugal. They are AWESOME! They are Catholic, like most people are, and they really just have been the greatest people ever! We have been teaching them for about 3 weeks now and they came to church this last week for the first time :) its was SO awesome! Its a father, mother, son and daughter and they really are just SUPER great! We have actually eaten at their house once and go like 2 or 3 times a week to teach them! Its been super great, I think finding and teaching families is the greatest part about missionary work HANDS DOWN!

Zone Training Meeting was a great experience this last week.. We did the normal thing and it was like 2 1/2 hours, and things went really well. And then at the end we did something a little different! It might seem really cheesy, cause it kind of seems that way, But it was really really SPIRITUAL. We went into the gym where the font is, and we had it full. and that was like the only light in the gym on, so it was just SUPER bright. and we just were trying to reflect on our missions. We read our missionary commission and we just talked about our desires, and then had a musical number "When I am Baptized" and then just had a few testimonies.. it was one of the most spiritual experiences of my mission. The zone has really really been doing well from all of it and it seems that the missionaries are just PUMPED to baptize! I LOVE IT.

I am really grateful for the gospel. I really am. I know its true, and it helps us to become the people we could never become without it. I love it so much.

I hope that you all have a WONDERFUL week and that things are just going great!

Forever and Always,

Elder B. Beyer :)