Hey there family!
So sorry to have written again on Tuesday! I promise that I am not
going to make this a habit! We had conference yesterday so that is why I
am writing a day late! I know, I feel the exact same way. . . I feel
like I just wrote you guys yesterday. Time
flies by! Ah that is crazy! Grandpa 72 years old and he can steal beat
me in an arm wrestle! Not too shabby! I can't wait to get back and see
all of the family! I miss you all so much! Sorry to hear that the Red
Sox spanked them ;) That field looks amazing
and you all look so great! Mom I love the OUI shirt!
Brock did look really, really happy. I completely understand
though. I am going to be the same way with France! As for that, I would
prefer to come back later if that is possible! What do you think about
that??
That sounds like a fun trip! Enjoy Cali!
I can't believe Troy is home. He is such a stud and I would have loved to hear his talk. I bet that it was amazing!
There isn't too much going on right now. Although, we did have a
really good week! We taught 12 lessons, other lessons and in the
presence, this week! I could swear that that might be a mission high! We
had a really good week and it was a lot of fun teaching
so much. We also got to do a few exchanges with a few missionaries in
the zone. I got to do a really fun one with Elder Frost from Arizona and
one with Elder Gonzales Martinez from the Canary Islands. Both of them
were a lot of fun!
I have a funny story that happened this week.
We were on the metro and I was talking with this guy. The metro was
a little crowded and because of how loud the metro is it is really hard
to hear. Somehow it came up where we were talking about how many kids
this guy had, he then turned to me and said
how many do you have? I chuckled a little and said none yet, but I have
three brothers! Okay, this is where it gets funny. . . In french to say
that you say, J'ai trois frères. . . but the guy heard and understood,
j'ai trois femmes. . . Which actually means
I have three wives! When he said that I started laughing and said no no
no, three brothers! All of the sudden this lady next to me just starts
laughing her head off and I couldn't help but start laughing as well.
After the guy got off at his stop I started
talking to the lady and the people who she was with. . . in between
laughs she tried to apologize for laughing, but then I started laughing
and said no problem at all, that was hilarious! The funny thing is that
when people see us they automatically say, ahhh,
you are the Mormons, you have lots of wives! Hahaha, of course that was
the mistake that was made! Classic!
Conference was really good yesterday. President Roney shared the
story of Nephi and his brothers going back to Jerusalem to get the
plates. He started the story in asking us which person we are in the
story. We then proceeded to read the story and in the
end we see that Nephi despite all crazy things that come before him
always has his trust in the Lord. He helped us to realize that although
we might not be there yet, this is the goal of our missions and
ultimately life. We need to learn to trust the Lord,
and above all Love him, more than we trust ourselves. It was a great
conference :)
President decided to do conference in Clermont Ferrand and all of
the other cites that we normally don't do them in so that we can start
getting other members involved, and it was the best idea ever! The
members there were seriously so amazing and so grateful
to be able to help out the missionaries! The only problem that we ran
into was that we had to get up at 5 to catch our train, which we almost
missed haha, then in taking the trip to the chapel we all forgot
umbrellas because the skies were clear in the morning.
. . and we all got drenched! We all walked into conference absolutely
soaked hahaha! President just started laughing when we walked in and
said what happened to you guys? Conference went great though, in the
end, we didn't have time again to interview with
President, but that is okay, all of the other zone members got to talk
to him for awhile and if that will help them work harder than all the
better!
Everything is going great right now! I love being here in Lyon. It
is truly a beautiful place. Although we spend most of our time under the
city in the metros this is an amazing place.
Thank you so much for all the support that you give me! I love you all so much!
Elder Beyer
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