Hey there! It is so great to hear from you! You all look so great
and I am glad to hear that you are taking care of the most important
things right now. . . football! We are actually going to a huge park
today to play football with all of the missionaries
in Lyon! It is going to be a blast! Caden got a pic! TOOOO SWEET! Way
better than I had my senior year! That is awesome with little Bubby!
Bubbs! Stay away from those babes! They all have cooties! Brock was
lookin' really good on the camera as well!
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No way! Brother Shumway saw Elder Visser!!! He is one of my
favorite people that I have met on my mission. He is seriously one of
the hardest working, nicest, most Christlike person that I have ever
met. He was my zone leader in Bordeaux and then he was
the AP for awhile so I was able to work with him a lot and it was a
blast!
I remember Carlos I just didn't know that the wedding date was set and all! That is awesome!
I loved the story that you shared about the primary kids giving you
hugs! Sounds like you are still as awesome as I remember mom!
Okay. . . this week did end up being pretty crazy!
First off. . .
Elder Dalton has had some serious pink eye going on so I ending up
doing a lot of exchanges this week so that he could stay in the office a
little bit and rest his eyes. Because of that we had to go to the
hospital on Monday to go get some medicine to
help out a little bit. After we finished up we found ourselves with not
too much time left to do something fun for our P-Day. We decided that we
were going to run over to the park as fast as we could and see if we
couldn't play a little football before we needed
to start working. Long story short we were playing and then these four
guys starting throwing a football next to us that was wayyy nicer than
ours so I knew that it came straight from the states. I asked them about
it and told them that they are the only people
in France who play football. They were really cool and after talking for
a little bit they said that they wanted to play with us. We then taught
them the rules, set up the field and starting playing. It was such a
blast! We had so much fun playing with them,
and the best part was that at the end they asked us for our numbers and
they wanted to play with us again. Some of them were really cool and I
think that after we get to know them a little bit better they would
gladly accept the missionary lessons.
Unfortunately this week was the week that we had to pass our really
awesome investigator over to the other missionaries. It would have been
awesome to work with him until his baptism. . . but we are all on the
same team :) I am really going to miss teaching
him! He is cool and elect! I think that we will still be able to go to
his baptism though!
This week we had a combined working day with the Paris Mission in
where we tried to find 1000 new investigators and we would pray every 30
minutes together so that we would see some miracles. Although we didn't
quite get there we found about 400 new people
to teach! How awesome is that! The Paris Mission taught a million
lessons as well. I was on an exchange, but we found 4 new investigators
and we taught 5 lessons! It was pretty awesome!
We had a family night with Neson this week and another Nigerian
family in one of the other wards in Lyon and it was such a blast. We had
so much fun together! Neson was so happy too! The coolest part was that
they are both from the same city so they speak
the same dialect and they were able to speak together in their native
language. That really strengthened my testimony in the importance of
working with members, and especially teaching our investigators on their
homes, because the spirit was so Strong and the
investigators are truly touched. Fun time! Not to mention Neson was
singing on the bus on the way home and it was hilarious! Good thing that
there weren't too many people!
We helped 2 random people move this week! That was kinda fun! I am
starting to realize that I don't need to do morning workouts if we are
going to be doing that throughout the day! Hahaha.
I did an exchange with Elder Vira, Elder Kirkpatrick, and Elder Pedersen this week!
Well, life is great right now.
I am really happy and I know that I am engaged in a good cause!
I really like that quote you sent. There is nothing quite like the
happiness that comes after you know that you made someone else happy. I
think that that is the most rewarding thing of missionary work, when you
see other people touched by the Savior's
love and them becoming happier in their lives. One thing about the
gospel is that we are never going to prove that it is right and true. . .
never! But, we can prove through the fruits of living the gospel that
it is true. I know that those who truly live the
gospel are so much happier than they would be without it. I know that
this gospel is true and that it teaches people how not only to be happy
right now, but be eternally happy.
I love you all!
Elder Beyer
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