Hello!!!!
It is so great to hear from you! Hahaha I was loving the pictures. .
. although, that picture of Brock is kinda creepin' me out. . . I sure
hope that I don't get home with that one on the wall of my room :) Ah
that sounds like a blast! I would dare say
that Brad tipped everyone on purpose. . . I am glad to hear that
everyone is back safe and sound now though! Hahaha no way did you
already find out! That is seriously so crazy! Hahahahaha! Yeah, I was
surprised that they did that as well, I was thinking the
same thing as Brock when you told me that, so I am not really sure haha.
So yes, I am leaving to Lyon! Well, I am in Lyon!
I am so excited and I think it is going to be so much fun!
The two missionaries that were the zone leaders here both finished
their missions this transfer, so they headed home and my companion and
myself are taking over their companionship. So, for my companion. . . On
Tuesday I received a call that my companion
would be Elder Lago and I was really excited. . . But, Sunday night I
got a call from the assistants saying that a missionary had torn a
ligament (Elder Phelps) so he had to go to the office and my companion
had to go to Switzerland to take his spot. So, because
of that my companion is now Elder Powell!! Elder Powell is this really
cool kid from California and he was in Bordeaux with me so we have
already spent a lot of time together on P-days over there. He is an
awesome kid and I am really excited to be able to work
with him, we are going to have a blast this transfer. As for Elder
Taylor, he is getting an Elder named Elder Zenger and yes, they will
both be in Bordeaux.
Okay, this week was absolutely crazy! There was so much to do and it went by so fast.
I will tell you about the goodbyes and the baptism!
First was saying goodbye to our neighbors who I have come to love.
After they had us over for lunch it was getting towards the time that we
had to head out and they had to get going as well. I gave the two boys
hugs and then gave the dad a hug goodbye,
the mom then looks at me and points to her cheek and says do I get a
kiss on the cheek since you are leaving? As you know, that is something
that is such a big part of the french culture and just in us not giving
them a bisous every time that we see them is
kind of a weird thing for everyone that we are really good friends with.
So, I look at her and say, I would love to, but I can't. . . I then
stuck out my hand and she squeezed it really, really tight as tears came
to her eyes and said, I understand, I am going
to miss you. I told them that I loved them and that I was really going
to miss them and headed out. As we were leaving Elder Taylor turns to me
and says man! That is so hard. . . Go up to her and kiss your hand and
then put it on her cheek. . . So, that is
exactly what did. Although she was still really sad, she had a big smile
on her face.
Friday night we were all able to go over to S........ house to
celebrate one last time before the baptism. He was so excited! He
invited over all of the missionaries and C..... and we all had a big
party where we ate and joked around. It was so fun and
the perfect way to get ready for his baptism.
Saturday afternoon we got to the church around 4:00, S...... was
there to meet us with his hair all gelled up and his suit on ready to
meet us. We sat down to have a good lesson to get him ready for this big
event and the lesson was killer! We talked about
John 14 and how Christ can establish feelings of peace in this world
where is it so hard to find it. He was really touched and although
nervous, at the end of the RDV he was really excited for his baptism.
The baptism went great! Everything went perfectly according to
plan. All of the members that we on the program came and not only that,
but we had every missionary in Bordeaux there. It was so sweet seeing
all of the missionaries there, and with all of
our combined efforts we were able to see a baptism on July 5th!!
You are not going to believe how many baptisms we had in our mission. . .
22!!
All on the same day! How sweet is that?! When we saw the list of
all the baptisms that President sent out we were all so excited! It is
such an amazing time to be a missionary right now in the France Lyon
Mission, and in the world, but we are seeing things
change here and we are baptizing so many more people than were baptized
in the years past! It is so awesome seeing the faith of all of the
missionaries growing and seeing so many miracles happen because everyone
is on the same page right now!
Right now we are all preparing for Elder Ballard to come on
September 27th! So, we are fixing new goals and we are going to be
seeing even more baptisms than we had on July 5th! It is going to be so
amazing!
Oh yeah, July 4th we had a party with all of the missionaries and
the American family, the Tate's, in our ward and we ate some great
American food!
Sunday went great and although it was so hard to say bye to
everyone it was amazing to see Stephane share his testimony and to see
Carine there. . . So I left very happy :)
The leave was really hard for Stephane, and Carine was pretty sad
as well, but I think they will get over it really quick :) Not to
mention they still have Elder Taylor :)
Dearest family, have a wonderful week and I can't wait to hear from you next week!
By the way I got the package!! Thank you so much! We loved it so much! My new apartment is pretty cool!
This is the new address!
53 Professeur Rachaix
F-69003 Lyon France
Love,
Elder Beyer
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