Sorry to be coming into you so late! We spent this P-Day at the
Roney's house and seeings how we don't have a car we snagged a ride from
the office Elders and they left a little bit earlier than we are
thinking. . . unfortunately I am not going to have
a ton of time to email, but I will do my best! Lyon is treating me very
well though! I am loving it here and I sure hope that I get to spend a
few more transfers here! That is so awesome for Rachael and Carlos! Tell
them congratulations and that I am so so
happy for them! That is so great! That sounds like a great dinner to be
having!
Ah man! I can't believe that the Darts couldn't pull through! How
about those little Kaysville boys! Not too shabby! Caden! Sickest tie
ever! Too classy. I hope that you two had fun. Classic, heading over to
the Gee's after. Can't Caden and his friends
come up with anything original?!
Well. . .
As for the miracles that took place this week. . .
I am going to start out by telling you what happened with Neson.
So, in church last Sunday we announced his baptism. We thought for
sure that he was going to be ready. Neson is only 17 though, so in order
for him to get baptized we had to get hold of his mom in Nigeria. We
found ourselves a Friday night not having been
able to get in touch with her, the baptismal interview already having
been completed, but our time vanishing away quickly because the baptism
was the next day and without permission he wouldn't be able to be
baptized. It was around 4:00 and we headed over to
the local store to buy a calling card to see if we could get hold of
his family. We went back to the church and Elder Dalton, Neson and
myself all pulled up chairs and put the phone on the table in the middle
of us. I don't know how, but he had the number
of his mom. We punched it in. . . a few rings. . . and nothing. . .
We started getting kind of nervous. We tried again. . . nothing. . .
We figured one last time, and again nothing! We were starting to get a
little sad because this meant that he wouldn't be able to be baptized.
We were sitting there not knowing what to
do when all of the sudden Elder Dalton saw another number on his phone
with the same area code as Nigeria. It turns out it is his Aunt's
number. So we gave it a call. Sure enough, she answered! They were so
excited to be talking to each other and Neson was
screaming he was so excited. That was the first time that he was able to
talk to his family since he has been here in France. The best part that
he mom was actually in the room at that same time so he was able to
talk to her as well! We quickly called the member
here who speaks their same language so she could make sure they were
okay with it, so we put them both on speaker and they talked for a
minute. . . and the first thing that the member said to us was that we
will see you tomorrow at 2:00 at the baptism! Total
miracle!
So, the next day. . .
We met Neson around 1 and then headed over to the church. We had a
great service, half in English and half in french. Neson was then
baptized by the member from Nigeria here!
The funniest thing was that the Elders in Ecully who filled up the
font for us in the morning because we don't have a font at our little
apartment building actually made a huge mistake. The water was going
down slowly so they tried to fix the plug and
then they left. It turned out that they completely knocked it out of
place. When we went in to do the ordinance there was only about three
inches of water left hahaha! I started laughing so hard and then watched
while those Elders ran in with buckets with
panicked looks on their faces saying, ohhhh man, we are soooo sorry! We
we get it filled! So we went back in, finished the other talks, and then
with a bunch of missionary efforts they were able to fill it enough
that Neson could be baptized!!
After the baptism we had my favorite senior couple from Switzerland
named the Muller's come out of nowhere and bring chili for everyone! Ah
it turned out great in the end!!
Oh, I was going to tell dad! There is a Korean student in our ward
who I made so happy when I told her hello in Korean! She has taught me a
few other words, but you are going to have to tell me some more so that
I can tell her every time that I see her!!
Judging by her, Korean people are so stinkin' nice! Haha :)
P-Day at the Roney's was so much fun today! We played baseball,
volleyball, and football and at BBQ chicken sandwiches! Not too shabby!
Transfers this week! Hopefully Elder Dalton and I stay together!
"Christ is as close to us as we allow him to be." This was one of
my favorite things that was said by Elder Ballard when he came and
talked to our mission. One of the greatest promises in the scriptures is
that as we look for Christ and move closer to
him he moves closer to us. So, now we just have to find everything in
our lives that keeps us from getting closer to him and make a change :)
I love this gospel and I feel blessed to be a missionary at this time.
I love you all!
Elder Beyer
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