Fam!!
Oh my goodness!! Everyone looks so big and so grown up! It is literally
crazy seeing our family, the frosts, and the argyles all looking so old!
(I mean the kids of course ;) ) You all look so amazing and it seems
like you are having the time of your lives
so keep it up! Hey Bubba and Caden! Start spending some time with your
parents!
Caden! Keep tearing it up in lacrosse! That is seriously incredible! I
don't think that I could even score a single goal if there was no goalie
in front of the net.
As for the conference, it was amazing! I love being able to help set up
and be a part of that process because it is a lot of fun, it does get
kinda crazy at times setting everything up while doing missionary work
at the same time, but I love it.
Okay, so we had a crazy week and we have a crazy week planned so I will try and fill you in real quick. . .
We had a sweet miracle on the bus the other day. . .
So, it was the end of the night and we were exhausted. We had been
working and contacting all day and we hadn't really found anyone that
would listen to us say more than five words. We were kinda bummed out,
but we said to ourselves that we would finish out
the night strong. I was like, we are going to make our contact work
right now haha. So I turn to this lady and her daughter and start
talking to them. It turns out they are Muslim and after a long chat they
were interested in learning some more. So we got there
number and set up a teaching appointment. . . So yesterday we went over
for our appointment and after talking and introducing our families with
our photos we started the lesson. Through the daughter as a translator
the mother explained to us that she believes
that Jesus Christ is her Savior and that he died for our sins, she said
that she used to carry around a bible with her but she would put a
different cover on it so that she wouldn't get killed for having it. And
we thought that we had it hard. . . Haha. So
anyways we had the most spiritual RDV ever and at the end she said that
the only thing that she doesn't agree with in the Christian Religions is
that they believe Jesus and God are the same person. . . Thank goodness
for the restoration. They were super excited
to hear our message and we are going back to teach them again next
Sunday. They were so excited when we found the Book of Mormon in Arabic
online and they said they couldn't wait to start reading. When we were
finishing up the lesson they said, you can't leave!
We made food for you because we thought that you would be hungry! So we
ate some amazing couscous type dish with them and some hummus! Pretty
cool miracle right?
Our investigator Carine showed up for church as well! It was amazing
seeing her there and she loved it. Not only that but she is progressing
really well right now and we re fixed her date for the 26 of April. That
is next transfer so hopefully I stay here in
Bordeaux.
This week Carine invited us over to her house to have some food from her
hometown in Gabbon, Africa. So we went over there and she made us some
really good chicken, rice and some kind of hotish plant smashed up. I
can only explain it too look a lot like seaweed,
but it was a lot harder. . . It was really good though and it was a
blast with her and one of the members that she invited to come as well.
We are teaching her a lot right now so hopefully it keeps up and she
will be ready before the 26!
I was looking through my notes that I have taken since I have been
on my mission the other day and I looked to the very first conference
where President Roney said the most important thing that you can do on
your mission is develop more love and learn
to trust the Lord. I think I am finally starting to understand that a
little bit more. I have noticed that when we do everything out of Love
not only are our missions a much happier experience, but we see so much
more success and people wanting to hear more
about our message. Trust in the Lord is what pushes us to follow the
Savior especially when our mental logic says differently.
Well today we have a great day planned out!
We are going to a castle with our ward mission leader and the other missionaries here in Bordeaux! It is going to be sweet!
Love,
Elder Beyer
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