Dearest family!
Hahaha, that story of Elder Dalton is hilarious isn't it?! He was
so funny that whole night! It is a blast still being in the same area as
him and Elder Taylor, we have a lot of fun together. Mom! I am so
impressed with your diligence with the shopping!
I would not have lasted for even one hour! Every time we go shopping here
on P-Day I only last about ten minutes before I am sick of it and want
to go run around or play a sport. Crazy about the flight plans huh? I
can't believe that I actually got those this
week.
Dad! I was impressed just by hearing that you got Caden and Bridger
out the door, but getting Brock out the door at 7 is incredible ;)
Nahh! I am sure that they were all great! Hats off to all of you for
going though!
Ah man! What was Brock thinking trying to rough it up out on the
field?! Haha, you don't have to worry about. My days of contact sports
are over! However, I can't wait for flag football!
Yes I did get the camera! Thank you so much!
This week was a little less crazy than last week. We had a lot of
fun though. Tuesday we has Mission Leadership Council! It was great
being able to see a lot of my old companions. The meeting went great and
it was very spiritual. I think that everyone
is really excited and pumped up for working really hard this Christmas
season. We have a lot of really cool stuff going on, the main one is the
worldwide Christmas initiative called "He is the Gift." Look it up and
find out what it is! It is going to be sweet!
Wednesday we drove down to Bordeaux to have a little exchange with Elder
Einerson and Elder Zenger. We taught some great lessons and we had tons
of fun joking around in the apartment that night. The next day we had
their conference and shortly after we drove
back up to Lyon to finish up the night at the Roney's having a birthday
dinner for Elder Elvidge and Elder Dalton. Lots of fun!
Friday and Saturday we had to deal with some crazy exchange and transfer issues so we have kind of been all over the place.
Saturday was crazy though. It was Elder Elvidge's birthday. I
started out in making him breakfast, then after studies we went out the
apartment and as soon as we left the apt. we realized we didn't have the
keys. . . or the spare keys. So. . . our car
was locked in the garage and there was no way that we could get back
into the apartment because the door locks automatically. Long story
short the office elders saved us and they were nearby so they lent us
their car. We took it out to our appointment with
the members. Our appointment went great and we ate lots of great food!
The spiritual thought went amazing and we talked a lot about gratitude.
After we finished up we went to the airport and picked up a missionary
being emergency transferred in. Then we headed
back to downtown Lyon. That night we had a huge surprise dinner at an all
you can eat Chinese buffet provided by our mission nurse, S. Povar, who
is an angel to say the least. It was a great day that started out crazy
and ended great!
Lately in the mission we have been talking a lot about the story of
Lazarus. This is the story where Christ is asked to come and heal
Lazarus, but he spends two days healing people and then goes to heal
him, and by the time he gets there Lazarus has passed
away. The sisters of Lazarus are very sorrowful, but they still show
that they have faith in Christ by saying that if he was there their
brother would not have died. Christ knew that he would be raised from
the dead though, so that isn't the reason that he
starts to weep in vs. 35. The reason that he starts to weep is because
through him we can do all things and he wants us to have the faith
sufficient to believe that. Our lives are spent trying to acquire this
type of faith. The vs. that I want to focus on though
is 41, the first thing that he does after the miracle takes place is
that he thanks his Father. This is something that we need to apply into
our lives. We need to always show our Father in Heaven that we are
thankful for everything that he gives us. So, have
a great thanksgiving doing exactly that!
I love you!
Elder Beyer
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