Monday, October 29, 2012 "I'm Gone"

MOMMA!!! and I guess everyone else ha ha

Well.... I'm gone... :( I'm out of yet another area really fast ha ha... Um I have been really hoping that I would be here and really hoping that all would work out but hey... didn't really do as I had expected... I'm going to a place called London, and its in the Southwestern part of Ontario?? I believe?? and I'm going to be follow up training, which means... well in training you have 2 transfers, and followup training is when the person doesn't finish training because their trainer moves away... sooo I'm going to be a trainer in a way ha ha! That's pretty cool! Right now I'm... ehh... I'm good. I was pretty sad at first. Because Elder Parker and I have been really getting along and I feel just so happy about this area! But last night we were waiting right, and our district leader called and said they got transferred... SO we ASSUMED that that meant we were safe because they call by districts! and so we were waiting and writing in the journals ( oh by the way I bought a new journal and its awesome! Sorry its a little late notice on the Card ha ha! Buy Carsen one without lines... because you can choose if you want to write really big or really small! I love it :) ) and then... all of a sudden... FJKDLSB:IVBH:JKBVS: (vibrate of phone) and it was an unknown number and Elder Parker answered and sure enough... I'm leaving. I'm a little stressed... BUT I'm really getting better! NO WORRIES ha ha! I still haven't gotten my package... the mail here is really AWFUL ha ha and that's another reason why I don't have you send mail to my addresses because I move so much that I would lose seriously all of my mail ha ha!

 

SO this last week... I just have some quick stories... Probably my favorite things that I have been doing is that I have been really getting into studying! Weird right? I get like brain highs ha ha my brain loves it! I wish I would have figured this out sooner! But the only way I get them is when I study things I like! Soo... Out here is like Spanish and DEEP Doctrine haha. Weird yes, but the Deeper the better! IT makes religion so much cooler! ha ha Spanish is really picking up faster and I understand and can talk quite a bit now, I'm still not good but I'm getting there! Ask Randy what part of Venezuela he served in because I have met people from there but every time I say "Oh en serio? Mi Tio servio su mision alla!" they always ask what part and well... I have not the slightest clue ha ha I always just say "I forgot" or "I don't remember" ha ha but yeah!

The next best thing, was that we were able to see the primary program.... Soo... I have seen 2 since being out, 1 for mothers day and then this one... and this was in Spanish... it was SOO insane. I LOVED it... It was just like the ones back home but in Spanish and sooo cute ha ha! I love the programs in the wards! There is NOTHING, like the Spirit of a little kid... they are so cute and they are the closest ones to our Heavenly Father, I know that for a fact! It was a renewal of Spiritual energy for sure!

HAHA there was this one contact that Elder Parker and I had... His name was Bob (Great name huh? Hint hint grandpa :) ) but it was really funny, because the first thing he said was "Mormons? NOPE. Not going to convince me!" and was not interested... but because we were ourselves ha ha... by the end he was shaking our hands with BOTH of his and saying "God bless you! Pass by anytime!!" ha ha it was sooo funny! He said he wants Mitt Romney to win! because he hates the "Communist Obama". Politics of the States are talked more about here then there... that's for sure ha ha

Lastly, We were able to do this thing for a little bit with the Zone Leaders haha... Sooo... If you have read the book "Our Search for Happiness" by M. Russell Ballard it was like this! 30 or so Baptist members wanted to know more about us MORMONS, and we were able to talk to them! We were there for only a short time but the Zone Leaders went and talked at their church and everything and then we came and helped out at ours! Well... They showed them the Restoration... and well right after that it was like an instant Bible bash fest ha ha they were throwing down questions right and left and getting pretty heated at some points! it was really a one of a kind experience ha ha that's for sure! There was a guy from England who spoke Spanish! It was quite the accent hahaha but he was a really awesome guy!

I'm worried if I'm going to survive this winter or not... its seriously SO cold already haha, the wind eats your bones like a wolf after a rabbit... I walked outside today and the only thing that kept me motivated at it was because I wanted to email you hahah :) I know that things are hard at times but seriously I have a testimony from just barely that you can get through it with the love of your family... and your God! I feel happy right now, only because of prayer and because i have been blessed to have you all in my life.

 

"Smooth Waters don't make a skilled Sailor"

 

ha ha this was in Presidents email today... Its so true... When its easy.. You don't grow! That's why the Lord moves me every single transfer ha ha. He knows I have plenty of growing to do! ha ha stay happy! Be positive, BE YOURSELF and TELL ME WHERE CARS IS GOING :) :) I'm feeling either Hong Kong, Taiwan, or CANADA TORONTO MANDARIN!!!!

 

I love you so much! Remember that, Eh?

 

Love forever and always,

 

Elder Beyer :P

Monday, October 22, 2012 "Stay Committed"

HEYYYY!!

Whats goin on?? I'm glad you liked the card ha ha I loved it! No not yet with the package... I think it will be there today though! Ha ha I KNEW, Josh was going to Mexico. It was like the most obvious feeling I have ever felt ha ha. Cars is going Mandarin. I know it. ha ha So with Christmas stuff... Seriously the only thing I might want is to sent P Day clothes home and just get new tracting pants that I buy out here! EASY :) ha ha because I have like Way too many p-day things.. you need like none. You never wear normal clothes ha ha. So I just want to have nothing at all so in my suitcases its super easy to get around!

Jeez.. I don't think that I deserve that much credit with T Mitch... HE is the one who read, HE is the one who prayed and HE is the one who changed... and the SPIRIT of the LORD told him it was all the truth ha ha... I just told him to read ha ha. But I love him soo much. I really cant believe that he said that much. I was tearing up for sure in the Library, I think people were thinking "Man Mormons are weird!" ha ha but oh well... I means a lot that he said that. Give him a kiss for me ;)

This week was really really sweet! It was a different one for sure ha ha. We passed by loads of people and really didn't find too many, but it was an improvement! We got 3 people at church so that was really good too! We are really trying to do everything that we can and its definitely starting to pay off! I'll say this much, you can feel a different in your life when you obey God, and when you don't... Even the littlest of things will let you know that He left you or not. Its so intense. STRIVE FOR THE SPIRIT. Its sooo AWESOME. seriously though. I love the Spirit. I have had many chances to live with it. Many chances and the hardest thing is listening to EVERY prompting. Its super hard but its getting there!

I don't have too many crazy things for ya this week but I do have some stories haha.. So the first one. As a missionary you have things called District Meetings... (have a RM explain  so I don't have to ;) ) And after you usually go out and eat. Well this one day it was only us and another companionship and we went to this place called RD's... Its a BBQ place... So we went and were having a good time for sure and were getting ready and I ordered this thing that the other Missionaries told me to get... "The Mammoth Poutine" which is 6.5 pounds of fries, pulled pork, gravy, and cheese... well you know where this is going... especially with my appetite.. 6.5 pounds later and fatter I came out victorious! hahahah no joke it turned straight to fat! By the time that I hit about 1/4 the way done I was full... BUT I was committed to eat it so I did... haha really weird, and fat story I know.. but how does this reflect on life...? I'll tell you. I went into that thinking, I'm going to eat the Mammoth of all Poutines and I'm going to do it no matter what. Elder Parker on the other hand went in thinking, I'm going to "try" and have leftovers probably... what a wimp haha jk. but anyways...Look who finished. Yes it proves I'm fat and gross but I was full at a FOURTH... and still did it... Its the same thing with life. What you put into something you will get out of it... if you go into something thinking you will fall short or not get what you expected... well hate to break it to you that's whats going to happen. ha ha so do that. Have faith. Go for it! GO BIG.

haha other stories are just examples of what we do to find Spanish people.. Lately we have been going into apartments and waiting for people to get in there so we can get in too and we go walk through them ha ha. I don't think its illegal but its sketchy sometimes haha and we listen to doors and if it sounds or smells Spanish we knock it. Pretty random yeah? I cant believe we do it sometimes, but HEY we're desperate! we need to get some baptisms ha ha! Its really been fun.

Well hey.. I love you all. Work hard, STAY COMMITTED.... Especially with school, sports, work and attitude. What you put in is what you are going to get out! I love you.

Forever and Always,

Elder Beyer

Monday, October 15, 2012 "Be Happy"

HEY HEY HEY!!!

 

Whats going on?? Ma! You're 26 now! Jeez.. you're getting old ha ha! :) Happy Birthday :) This week was a really really good one! I cant believe I'm writing another email ha ha it feels like I shouldn't be because how fast it goes! I cant believe how many people are getting their stuff ready and turned in.. I really cant! But I'm soooo excited for them all! They really will LOVE IT! Its so crazy, the life of a missionary ha ha. Its nothing like normal, if you call it normal you aren't thinking straight ha ha there is nothing "Normal" about a mission, and that's what makes it so incredible. Because if it was "normal" then it would be another experience that we have in life and it would go on.. I think the greatest thing about it, is that is so different, so hard, so demanding and so weird... that it makes it truly the greatest thing that you could possibly do in your life ha ha. I love it. I'm soooo excited for all of Cars and his buddies to come out and enjoy it sooner rather than later! Its going to be so rad.

So updates here.... hmm... well we are finally picking up the pace here! Coming into a new area is really really hard... you don't know anything and you just NEED to make it better or its your fault... so we have been working hard and its been tough.. these past couple of weeks has been a brutal one... BUT we have investigators now! Its starting to pick up, and I really don't want to leave or change comps... Elder Parker and I are getting along great,  but we are doing great and our attitudes in lessons flow hard with the Spirit... Like we are just loud, want to talk, and happy characters ha ha I love it. We have fun, we laugh hardcore sometimes ha ha! Keep us in your prayers that we can stay together for at least 1 or 2 more! We are going to tear it up in these next couple of months I know it.

 

So 2 really quick experiences that brought my faith and my love for this work to understanding... so the first one we went to this house.. we knocked and this crazy old Cuban guy came to the door with his shirt off... he just yelled "u speak espanish?" and we started in... little did I know that this would be a bible bash where you have not a single idea of what is going on ha ha... he started in and went off for probably 10 minutes without breathing and we tried to reply back... then his wife came and she joined in and it was just a mess, we were trying every single way to leave, but in order to do that we needed time to at least talk and they were using up so much air that I thought we would suffocate... anyways... we get to the point where they asked about the temple and all these random questions, and I have had 2 comps who whenever people ask questions I usually turn and look to them to answer... I turned a little to Elder Parker and I realized he was doing the same to me... I was absolutely blank because this had never happened to me and really didn't know how to reply... but all of a sudden I was talking... I was saying words that I really don't think that I have ever said before ha ha... but the Spirit was like "oh poor guy, I need to help him, show him some pity" and we got it situated and figured out. We then got out of there but before we left we prayed and I prayed, during that time they were like shouting like "amen" or "hallelujah" ha ha it was crazy weird.. but that was cool just to let the Spirit really help when it came down to defending the house of our God.

 

Next experience was similar... but this time we were teaching and trying to help this less active lady and her unbaptized children understand the importance of Church... and I don't know what it was but words were just coming and same with Elder Parker and the Spirit was there... granted at times it left but at the end during the testifying... holy cow... I have never felt the Spirit so.. UH... INDESCRIBABLE... it truly works THROUGH you... its not you one bit... its Him and the Lord... But I know that the Spirit is our best guide with EVERYTHING... You don't need to even be a Missionary to have this blessing in your life.. its an eternal thing. SOO AWESOME.

I want you all to know how much I love you... I miss you.. I care about each and everyone... BUT, there is nothing more rewarding then this... nothing. I love you and I can not wait to see where Cars is going... MANDARIN SPEAKING... I know it ;) ha ha I love you.

 

"We cant direct the wind, but was can adjust the sails" BE HAPPY. It's up to us.

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder Beyer

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 "Happy Thanksgiving"

AHHHH!!!! :)))

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!... that sounds just wrong ha ha its not even November ha ha... on that note yeah its not even November or the late part of October and its absolutely FREEZING!!!! ha ha like I wear long sleeves and a sweater daily and last night I rocked my Coat with a beanie and scarf because it was so cold... yeah keep me in your prayers.. So the Mindy is good stuff I promise.. If you have any Kalai stuff I would love it too! But yeah thanks soooo much! I cant wait for them :) I only have 1 Spanish book from before the mission... and its that one that Sis Perkins told us to get and I have been reading it and actually have almost finished it ha ha. its really good and actually makes the learning soooo much easier! What other book did we buy?? I live right by the Church and the Temple in Brampton, about 3 or 4 minutes away so really close! Its sooo nice! I love it. I would be a seminary teacher, it would be gnarly! ha ha 

SO... This week was EPIC! Well for one we went to the temple... it was beyond good and just soooo relaxing to get away and drink in the Spirit.. I loved every single second. Conference was so good I cant explain in words what it truly did for me. I feel so at peace knowing we have people on this earth who can help us with what we truly need to overcome in our lives and also just to feel God more! Conference out here is really cool, we go, then we eat and look for people and go back to more! It was a really fun experience! When they announced the thing about the ages... Uh... I about lost it. There are going to be so many missionaries! SO MANY! And especially Sisters... I cant believe it. I was like, "Cars better turn his in soon, he BETTER!!!" haha I'm so glad he is :) So when we went to the Temple this week, guess who I saw... the one and Only Elder Steele ha ha it was way awesome to see him! We were laughing and it was really so awesome! I miss the old guy  Spanish is really actually starting to feel good, I cant speak incredible but its starting to come easier, I hope that eventually it will all come but... ha ha yeah not going to happen in seconds right? "Life is not a race its a journey" that was probably one of my favorite quotes from President Uchtdorf.  I love life and seriously its so true, it is what we make of it... if we want it to be good, then heck. MAKE IT GOOD. I feel like its Satan making us look for the bad rather than the blessings that we have in our lives. We have so many if you take the time to BREATH, rather than keep going throughout the days.

 

Elder Parker and I are getting along great, its been really fun and we have been working hard. I believe that we will start seeing success in these next couple of weeks, I hope that we are going to stay and get some work done here! We haven't been teaching too many people but we are slowly working up the list and right now we have found some solid potentials!

With the pictures I really don't know what to do with them... I have tried so many ways! I just cant figure out how or why they wont send? Its super confusing... I hope that 

I can figure out something this time! I know with all the certainty of my heart that God loves each and everyone of us, and that we can feel PEACE when we go to Him and just accept His will, not our own. I love you all so much. Take the time to see the Lord's hand in your lives, don't just get caught up in the rush of things. Some of the most amazing things in live come through time. I'm so happy, and I hope you are too!

Forever and Always,

Elder Beyer :D

Monday, October 1, 2012 "Bubba's a teen"

OYY!! FAMILIA!

 

SUP? Geez, Bubba's in the old teens now eh? YIKES... You need to adopt a baby or something to keep you guys looking pretty young or something ;) ha ha Just Teasing!!!

This last week was a really good one! Flew by.. now that I think of it ha ha, it really is crazy looking back on it! Thanks for the K town info :) and the Population!! Everyone asks that so I'm glad I have it ha ha! Umm... Lets see... Probably the coolest thing that has happened this last week was probably... that Elder Parker (NOT PACKER ha ha) were able to just talk in Spanish a lot... not all the time ha ha but a lot.. Like I feel pretty good with Spanish right now, not amazing but I feel like I can get by now! sooo that's good :) We had some pretty good lessons. We have been working with these little kids named Matthew and Maya (Matthew looks like bubba and is his same age) ha ha but its been way fun! Their mom is a less active member and we have been working not only with them but with her and it is truly amazing to see how much God loves the Family... FAMILIES ARE GNARLY!!! Its the best. We are sooo blessed in this life to have our family, especially, because ours is centered on the Gospel. Its so real and genuine what you find through God and His love towards them as well! 

 

We have been really trying to find people and actually funny story! The other day we were walking and Elder Parker started talking to someone and was like "Hey hows it going, have you ever had the chance to talk to missionaries before?" the guy looks at us and is like "Uh, yeah actually I have" then Elder Parker was like "Oh awesome! What'd you think? Did you like the message or like have you met with them more?" and he was like "Uh you could say that.." and Elder Parker was like "oh no... are you a member?" and he was like "yeah... ha ha" it was really so funny. Probably just because we weren't doing anything too crazy and that was out of now where and I guess its really common here to do that, just talk and then the people end up being members ha ha! This week though was fast Sunday.. really hard cause I was starving and what not but the testimony meeting was so different... unlike anything else... There was not one idle second, not one.. The People were lining up to speak... and right when someone was done another came up, and then another... it was CRAZY! Even in the "Mormon State" you don't see that... Spanish people are seriously my inspiration, we have an investigator named Enith.. and she is basically a dry member because she cant get baptized right now but she is incredible.... and we were talking to her yesterday and it was SOOOOO insane.. Her testimony is unlike anything I've ever heard.. Uh... Its so amazing to see people have so much trust in the Lord, and so much faith that He can fix the problems. I really cant believe it. I know that its true, its hard at times but I know that this work is the Lords and that anything through Him is the thing to do. I love you all so much and I'm sorry its short but this computer sucks and keeps turning off and its going to again! Please force Cars to make me CD'S and send me them ha ha and if you can send me some Common Spanish expressions and also my Eagle scout credit card in my wallet in my room ha ha random yes but thanks :) I love you. SMILE ;) its fun if you do it!

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder Beyer :DD

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 :)