Monday, October 28, 2013 "CongratsTroy!!"

HEY HEY HEY!!!

 

CONGRATS TROY!!!!! Smack him in the face though. He told me he was going to wait for me and then didn't.. TOOL... but then give him a hug and tell him good work for working on progressing in the gospel ;) hahah! Hes a good dude! I'm super happy for them! I really thought i was going to get married before Blair AND Troy ;) ;) Just Kidding!!

Tell Everyone Hi and that I love them! Things are really going well right now! I have really no complaints! We have had some AWESOME experiences this week! We have been teaching so much lately haha, E Prochnow and I both are just sitting back and just thanking the Lord, because we aren't doing really anything too special! Its ALL Him. You have no idea how happy it makes me to see His work progress.. It really is, and it really will continue as long as we try and strive to be the best that we can be. These past couple of weeks I have really been reflecting on life, and on my mission and it really has been the greatest experience of my life. I have felt so much growth from the Lord, i cant even believe it! Everything we have really does come from Him.

 

So this Saturday was probably one of the funniest experiences that I have had on my mission haha! Are you ready for this?? We had a CHAPEL OPEN HOUSE! What we did was we had about 7 companionship's down at our church in the busiest section. So we had specific jobs for everyone, and would have some missionaries go and run down on Bloor (One of the busiest streets in Toronto), and they would be running and dragging people into the church! Once they brought the people into the church, we had missionaries and members doing the chapel tours! There were people showing the church and just really helping them understand what we really believe in! After that, we had a table for when the people finished the tour and we would give them lots of free stuff like Book of Mormons, Bibles, Pamphlets, Proclamations to the World and Living Christs, etc etc, and would get their information with a Chapel Comment Card! and they HAD to come to that desk haha, but then they would leave from there and could get some refreshments and leave. In like 3 hours, we found 15 new investigators! It was AWESOME! We really were on fire as a zone and have really seen some great miracles!!! THE LORD LIVES! I love my mission, and have been really loving the fun that we have when we serve the Lord!

 

HEY!! I have a friend from here, named Julio, who is coming to Utah for a couple of months in November and December! He is AWESOME, I am going to make sure he calls you so you can give him some free grub :) Deal?? Hes AWESOME! He is really one of the people that has changed my mission and made it ALL worth it.

 http://ldsvoicesofhope.org/voice.php?v=33#.UmaTKM1Tk-W

that is him, he is seriously the MAN!

 

I love you all. I know God lives. I am convinced that we are in the places we are for a reason. Make a difference in someones life. Whether it be sharing them your testimony, or if you just make them smile. I know happiness is the source of progression. I also know that LOVE is all you need. "ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE" right? The center of our lives should be based on the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the center of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is Christ and His Atonement, and the center of Christ and His Atonement is LOVE. Use it, because it works! I love you all :) Forever and ALWAYS!

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, October 21, 2013

HEY THERE!!

 

So Andrione is a guy ha ha! Hes from Brazil. I have sent lots of pictures with me and him in them! But yeah he just took a picture and sent it to E Prochnows mom and asked what yours was ha ha! Hes a really good dude! I sent you a picture of him! Hes so awesome!

 

Man, this week was one of miracles... Usually when we write from like Wednesday on P day to the normal one, its like... really really weird and i have nothing to say. But this weekend was INCREDIBLE. Probably one of the most successful ones I have seen on my mission. Its been SO incredible to see the Lords hand in just about everything that we are doing. He really does live and is with us out here as missionaries. The zone has been on an incredibly great growth since E Prochnow and I have been together. We have just see the Lord constantly pushing us again and again to be better. Right now, this last week ( I'M BRAGGING FOR THE WORK THAT THE LORD HAS BLESSED US WITH), we found 55 New investigators and taught about 100 lessons as a zone. SO INCREDIBLE. I know that the Lord is hastening His work. I have absolutely no doubt about that. We all need to be partakers of it as well! YOU DON'T NEED A NAME TAG TO BE A MISSIONARY.

 

A thing that I did the other day, was I started to right down all of the things I have been able to sit in on.. For example, with baby blessings or with baptisms or blessings i have been able to give... and It made me realize how grateful I was for the priesthood and everything that we have in life. I really do know that the Lord blesses us with these things. I was fortunate enough to sit in the circle for a guy that I have helped on my mission for the Mel. Priesthood. It was so incredible. I was so honored to be able to help out with that, because its just so great! I know its the authority of God, given to man to perform HIS work.

 

Helping move the missionaries!

We have been teaching this little guy named Mike. He is 9, and was never baptized. Well, I'm sure we told you the story of how we found him the other day.. But now we have finally gotten to sit down and teach him and we set him with a date for the 3rd of November. He is AWESOME. Such a good little guy! He reminds me of Bubbs. Its so funny. But we have just simplified EVERYTHING to make it make sense to him. But its just been really cool. Yesterday we were at a baptism for someone else and with him as well and he came up to us and was like "Elders I want to get baptized!" We asked him what he wanted to be when he grew up and he said "a missionary in Utah" haha! SO AWESOME! I love the kid. We have another guy named David who is working towards the same day, hes like 24. Its been so incredible to see how MEMBERS are the key in missionary work. We have found both of them on our own efforts, BUT we have gotten members in as fast as possible and THEY are the ones who have made the difference. I know that for a fact. WE ALL NEED TO BE MEMBER MISSIONARIES. I will stress that in every single email until we all start doing it. haha. My favorite thing about Christs gospel, going back to Mike, is its so simple that even children can understand it... Because they are "of the kingdom of God'. Its SO incredible. We just need to recognize that. Its nothing hard, just the simplicity itself brings the greatest divinity to it. I know it changes us too!

 

My testimony has grown so much lately. I feel so close to my Savior and am SO grateful for Him. I feel such a desire to share His message with the world, because its so real. Even when I'm not the best, I know its true.

 

I challenge you ALL to find something to fix in life, and to really make wrongs right with anyone you have wronged and feel the power of the Lord more fully in your life. Just do it.

 

I love you. Let me know if there is anything I can do for you. :)

 

Love FOREVER AND ALWAYS,

Elder B Beyer

 

 

I love you Mom :)

Wednesday, October 16, 201

DADS BEARD IS WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WHITE!!!!!!!!!!

 

Do you want my Christmas list?? Pay for some boxes that I can send home... Put money on my account so i can get things for all of you... and.... Nothing else. I don't need anything. I honestly just want new scriptures when i get home... that's all. :) deal?

 

Things are going SO well here!!! I have been so blessed lately to see the things that I have and just to have been able to be in the situations that Ive been in! I am so grateful for the gospel and everything that it brings to us!

 

Just some random stuff here,

 

Can you send me Ashton Reinhold's email?

 

Did you get my photo card that i sent like a few months ago??

 

Tell Caden not to use my Red lacrosse stick.

 

Now with all of those things, those are things that came to my mind this week and i just wrote them down so I didn't have to think about them haha. Let me know, OK?

 

This week was a very cool week! We were able to teach in church this week. it was pretty fun! We go to the gospel principles class for 2nd hour and that's when we taught. Basically its just us, 2 other companionship's, new members and investigators! So we got in there and just taught the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ and were able to watch the restoration video. haha it was really cool. we have just so many people in there and were helping all of them to be able to understand it that much better and clearer! It went really well!

 

One of the coolest experiences of the week were that we were at ESL and this lady came in. We invited her to learn more about the gospel and she said, "you guys only believe in John Smith, or whatever hes called" and we were like come to church and see what we really believe in.. well she came, and it was right in the middle of a talk on the Atonement of Jesus Christ.. Then we just talked more and more about Jesus Christ... Then we gave her a Living Christ article... haha she was like "uhh.. ok.. maybe you do believe in Jesus Christ more than I thought!" It really was a testimony to me that the center of our church and everything IS JESUS CHRIST.

 

I want to share a pretty crazy experience that I had the other day. I went to bed, and it was just normal and then I had a dream. This dream has changed how i look at being a missionary and how I focus every day of this work... I was coming around the corner in the SLC airport and was greeted by my friends and family... It was basically like when Troy came home, but this time it was me.. I embraced you all and was just SO happy to see you, and you were to see me. I went around hugging you and was just so happy and you were all so proud of me.. Then I got to Grandpa Bob.. He gave me a hug and was like "hey Brockster! how are you feeling? Do you feel like you did EVERYTHING that you could out there? did you leave it all on the table?"... I remember thinking about that question, really hard... and for some reason i felt like I couldn't.. I felt like i did a 75 percent job.. decent but not my all... I said "Please just send me back for one more transfer.. I PROMISE I wont let you down I PROMISE!!" and then I looked down and my tag was gone... my clothes were normal... I wasn't a missionary anymore and I couldn't do ANYTHING about it... Ever since then, I have woken and said.. I CANT let that happen... I don't know why I felt I should tell you that, but I promise I wont let you down, and especially I wont let the Lord down. I am so grateful for the blessings of the gospel and I feel that that dream can be applied to ANYTHING that you do... DON'T GIVE A HALF ASKED JOB. WORK HARD TIL THE END. The Lord needs us to work hard in EVERYTHING that we do.

 

My testimony means the world to me, and I am so grateful for it. I love you. Let me know if there is anything that I can do for you :)

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

Monday, October 7, 2013 "Conference was AWESOME"

HEY!! That last picture gives me the chills! :) I LOVE DHS! I agree with you quickly, tell them to NEVER stop the tradition of going to the stake center, they will get WAY more out of it there then in the house... That's just how it works. E..... has been kind of flaky... he hasn't really showed too much interest lately! But we will try our best still! My comp is eating something like the poutine haha. its called Shwarma Pizza haha!

 

Conference was AWESOME! We went to the church and were there for all the sessions, I think that the Saturday Sessions are probably my favorite ones haha! They are soooooo good! But I really learned many great principles that I need to apply in my life. I know that the Prophet and the Apostles are inspired men of God and that if we live what they teach us we WILL be blessed. Its simple but powerful!

 

We have had some amazing experiences this last week! I hope that I will have time to write them to you, but I might get kicked off of the computer!

 

One of the coolest things that happened was that we started a new game kind of thing in the zone! What we focus on is really trying to invite as many people as possible to come to church, be baptized and things like that! We have made like a chart to measure it, and have been sending out highlights of it! Its has been SO fun!!!! For example, one companionship invited 31 people to be baptized and like 156 to come to church! It was CRAZY! We are really focusing our contacts on commitments! Its been SO great and we hope to see more people come to church and eventually be baptized! Its wonderful in the Ossington Zone right now :)

 

I had a really cool experience this week on the subway! We were just getting done with an exchange with other missionaries and were heading back home. And we started going there and while on the train I saw a guy that looked like an old version of P Lunt.. It was WEIRD and I thought, "Man, I need to contact this guy.." and then I had all these weird thoughts like "NO. DON'T." and whatever, I thought.. "I don't think the Lord wouldn't want me to talk with His children.. What If I promised THIS GUY in the preexistence that I would talk to him and share the gospel with him.??"" and Then counted down from 5 and went for it. "Hey How are you?" then he said "I'm great! Do you have a book for me?".... I'm not kidding, it was one of the coolest experiences of my mission. We just talked about the Book of Mormon and I gave him an overview of what we believe! It really helped me understand that we all have specific purposes in life and we need to help others to gain the purpose of the gospel. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. I know this work is real, and true. I have No doubt about it. One of my favorite lines from conference was "Sharing the gospel is a BLESSING, NOT A BURDEN". I hope we can always remember that. They focused A LOT on missionary work and especially in the stand point of members... LET GET ON TOP OF IT EH?? Find ways at home to share the gospel with ANYONE around you, and I promise you will be happier in life. JUST DO IT.

I love you all. I know this work is REAL, and its GODS.

 

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer :D

Monday, September 30, 2013

Hey THERE!

CADENS HAIR IS AWESOME :)  ha ha and SOOOOO LONG!!! I didn't really know that it was that long ha ha! That's so crazy! Give Pook a smack on the back and a hug for me!!! I'm SO proud of that dude! When did Caden obtain the nickname Seabear? ha ha it works, but Ive never heard it haha! Oh and if you haven't sent me a package, send me squeeze cheese and club crackers :)

 

Well this week was pretty awesome! We made this sausage called Chorizo and then we had a small party for our investigators haha! It was super Fun! We had a few come in our area, and its just been super good overall! Working with the members has seemed like the most effective thing I've done on my mission. We will just pass by like every once and a while and help them increase their knowledge on how to help their friends receive the gospel.

 

I think one of my favorite things in my mission has just been Administering and really teaching people how to become better. Its my FAVORITE thing in the world. I don't know if I told you this (I thought you would like this mom haha, I don't know why but still :) haha) but the Normal week here for us is this:

 

MONDAY: P Day 10-6

TUESDAY: District Meeting 10:30am (and we go there WAY earlier and take the bus and subway, and we have to study on the bus and stuff,  its pretty fun! ha ha) and

WEDNESDAY: 2 District Meetings 10:30am (they are at the same church, and my comp and I split up and go to both of them and just rotate weekly on who goes where)

THURSDAY: Weekly Planning

FRIDAY: Just a NORMAL day :)

SATURDAY: ESL at 1030am, Ward Coordination at 1

SUNDAY: CHURCH :) :) :) at 1

 

That is the life for us here in Ossington Zone haha! It's been super fun! I love it and have really enjoyed it. And then we have just random things here and there occasionally like soccer nights, MCC's (working with Stake Presidency), MLCs (Mission Leadership Councils w/ President & Sister Scott, Assistants and other Zone Leaders and Sister Training Leaders), and whatever else the zone really needs! Its super awesome :)

 

We are working with a bunch of random people right now! We had a pretty cool experience with a former from the sisters! This guy named Edwin, has been taught since I was here the first time... and he really just stopped progressing because he wouldn't get baptized. He moved into our area and we just were like "Lets teach him!" well.. he text us and told us to meet him at the church, and we just started going at it! Now, I'll tell you... there are a lot of times where I have just been teaching and I feel decent with Spanish... but when you can feel the Lord helping you, its like its your mother tongue! ITS CRAZY. You don't know what to think ha ha. But we got to the point where we just went to the font and just talked about it, and told him to picture himself in the font, and what it would mean for him to be completely cleansed of his sins... and promised him that if he prayed right there on the spot to receive an answer that he NEEDED to be baptized, that he would receive one.. and he prayed SO simply.. nothing too intense... and we just sat there... for about 2 minutes in silence... and my companion asked him "how do you feel?" and he said... "I have to be baptized.." It was pretty powerful for us, and we read Mosiah 26:18 with him.. I suggest you read it and the rest of that chapter.. I love being a missionary. We literally have the greatest opportunity in the world to influence people to become INCREDIBLE through the gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that it changes people, I know God lives. I have never been so happy in my entire life :)

 

Let me know if there is anything that I can do for any of you! Tell Kenz, "Suerte Prima :) espero que te vaya muy tranquila ahi con mucha seguridad y paz! NO TE OLVIDES DE COMPARTIR EL EVANGELIO AHI CON LA GENTE! Y busca a la familia Trujillo ahi tambien, son cheveres, sus hijos viven en mi barrio aca! Paz y Amor! TU PRIMO FAVORITO Elder B Beyer!"

 

I love you all! Don't do anything stupid, and just live the Gospel for crying out loud.. Its a guide line to happiness, I promise you.

Forever and Always,

 

Elder B Beyer

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