Dear family and friends,

 It is honestly so hard to remember all the things that happen as soon as I get to the computer to email. haha I'll try my best ;)

On Tuesday we tracted in the morning, and the second door we knocked on answered the door. His door was already opened actually, but his screen door was closed. He came to the door, and he said he wasn't interested, but we kept asking him questions and kept talking to him. He eventually opened the door and was talking to us face to face, and then he came outside completely and we talked to him, and then he invited us in. He gave us a glass of water and we had an AWESOME spiritual talk with him. His name is L and he is from South Africa (he's white) anywho, his concerns were really sincere. He told us that he wants to do the right thing, but everytime he went to a church, they asked him for all of his money. So he was really shut down from that. But then we taught a mixture of a few lessons. It was mostly on the nature of God and about prayer. We also invited him to be baptized, and he said he wasn't sure. We resolved his concern, but he still wasn't sure. We will follow up this week with him :)

On Wednesday we had another mission conference. Elder Nelson from the 70 came. I learned some really simple lessons from him. I think the biggest thing I got from it was we should follow the spirit and not care about any body else's experiences. If we come to recognize the spirit's voice, we need to follow it, and not worry about what people say.

On Thursday we had MLC with Elder Nelson. Pretty intense. The spirit was really strong though. He just hammered into us that we have to be preach my gospel missionaries in order for the work to succeed.

On Saturday I went on an exchange with Elder Esterninos from the Phillipines. He is so humble. His desire to help others is so pure. I learned a lot from him. We were able to see some cool little miracles that day. It was nice because we finally got to be on the bikes the entire day, because I got a new bike because mine got stolen from off our balcony, but I have a new/ used one now, but anyways, we went to Z's house, and we had an awesome lesson on Alma 18, on obedience. Z's girlfriend's dad joined in, and read with us. He cut us off while we were talking, and he was saying how cool ammon was because he wasn't killed when someone lifted up their sword to slay him. After the lesson Z told us that his girlfriend's dad has been reading the Book of Mormon out of curiosity lately because we have been coming over. G ( the girlfriends dad) then asked us as we were leaving how Christ came to the America's. I said "probably through the same power he was resurrected." I think it answered his question ;) Then we went to this excommunicated lady's house and talked to her partner. He isn't too keen on missionaires "preaching" to him, so we had a good conversation instead ;) he opened up heaps though! he told us of all these spiritual experiences he has had, and we invited him to have more by praying! Then we had an awesome member visit at the H's. Brother H told us he felt like our visit was meant to be, because he said that he felt like his family was living the gospel quite complacently. So that was awesome. Elder Esterninos bore powerful simple testimony wherever we went. He was such an example to me that day.

Yesterday, ANZAC day was pretty cool. We went to a dawn service at like 5:30. it was a lot like the memorial service we have, but it was just super early in the morning. We followed up with one of our investiagors, Hosea, and had a good conversation. Lately with him he is pretty shut down when we try to bear our testimonies, so we applied the gospel to his life so he felt comfortable, and so he felt he needed it. Then we followed up with this Aboriginal dude that we were referred to from a lady off the street. His name was E. We met him a few weeks ago, and he was suuuuper drunk, but then when we went back, he said that he didn't remember us at all! haha But he said that he wanted us to come back to teach his family, so that's a treat! :) Then my front tire on my bike went hard core flat, so we walked in to a few member's houses, no one ended up having a pump, so we had brother L pick us up at the end of the day. We went and saw the W's' right before he picked us up, and it's awesome to see the progress they are making. They are a family the stake has been working on for ages because they haven't been through the temple yet, and they are all active. They told us of all the things they are giving up so they can go to the temple as a family this june! it built my testimony of the atonement of jesus Christ.

This week I feel I have grown a lot. Over time on my mission I've been able to see things as they really are. My perspective has changed a lot on myself, the work, and especially Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. I feel my perspective has changed so much just because I am constantly thinking of them. I never have thought about Them and my eternal potential so much in my life than I have now. It helps me to make wise decisions. It helps me feel the spirit. The gospel has so much power in application than people give it credit for. I know the church is true. I know I'm a son of God.

I love you family,
love Elder beeson

This weekend was awesome my dear family and friends. There were some pretty spiritual experiences this weekend.

On Thursday night we had stake Correlation with President Fife, and the Stake president, President Brodie. President Brodie asked us to role play for him how our typical member power visits are, so I started role playing, and then he cut me off and gave me HEAPS of stuff I was doing wrong! hahaha then elder Matautia tried and he got cut off too. Anywho, by the end of it we got some AWESOME tips for how to ask for referrals! We Also taught N the entire plan of salvation that night as well. She seemed to understand it pretty well and the spirit was pretty strong. After that we felt impressed to go to this active member's home, and then when we got there the less active son who we haven't seen in ages was there and we were able to give him a good pep talk. It was pretty cool.

We had another lesson with N on Friday night at the H's. Brother H is from fresno. it was nice to talk to an American! haha the dinner was suuuuper American an good and stuff. Then we asked for referrals from K and N the way that President Brodie asked us to start trying to do, and they both had some people. it was cool though because while we took a moment of silence to ponder, I had the name "michelle" pop into my head. I could not think of any michelles I knew. then after the silent minute, kim said that she had the name "michelle" come to mind, and that she didn't even know a michelle. Then Elder Matautia realized that we got a referral from a member the other day and her name was michelle! That was pretty cool!

On Saturday we did quite a bit of service. We sawed some tropical plants off of this huge bush and planted them all over the place. then we weeded at M's because she has seemed pretty stressed lately. then later that night we had a lesson at the Main's house with M and the girls. We did the referral thing and J said that the name 'jeff' popped into her head and jeff is a dude who we met the other week who we have been neglecting to call lately! So we will be following up with him. then M asked us to go visit her Indonesian friend. So on sunday night we "tracted" into her friend J, and we had a short chat, then J said that we could come back as soon as school holiday was over to teach her and the fam! What a treat!! then we had an awesome cottage evening at the R's and got to play games and had a lesson and food and stuff it was pretty cool and stuff.

But yeah, haha sorry kind of in a rush today, but this week was great! I learned more about how heavenly father communicates with us on a daily basis!

I love you all,

love elder Beeson

Dear Family and Friends, and other acquaintances, this week and a half was a blurrrr! I'll share with you what I DO remember from the crazy week.

On Wednesday, we went on exchanges with the Balcatta Elders, I was will Elder Collings, from the UK. We had some pretty good success in finding in the morning. Lots of people were really receptive, it was pretty cool. Got a few return appointments and things. Then later in the day we went to this Less Active's house who hasn't been to church in ages. He is like a 60 year old rockstar! hahaha he is the coolest. He showed us his home made recording studio, then we shared a simple spiritual thought with him. After that I felt prompted that we needed to go to a Potential family's house, so we went there, and as soon as we knocked on the door, the guy we usually talk to rushed out the door to go meet a friend, but then his mom invited us in and she gave us cake and water :) There were heaps of people that just kept coming and going, it was pretty random. There was a lot of awkward small talk, but then we got into a pretty cool discussion, we ended up sharing the book of Mormon with them. the  Mom's friend was over as well, and she was kind of trashing the church, then as soon as I pulled out the Book of Mormon, she just left. But then we shared it, and the spirit was soooooo strong, it was just the most peaceful feeling in the room. We shared a scripture out of 3 Nephi 18, and they really liked it. So basically it was a good thing that the mom's friend left because it may not have been as spiritual ;) But yeah, there is HEAPS of potential in that family. They are German.

On Thursday we had another lesson with . It was cool, when we were following up at the beginning of the visit, we just asked her how she was feeling about her baptism, and she said that she was feeling really good about it. We asked her if she had prayed about it, and she said that she had, and she knew she HAD to be baptized!! That was aweeeesome!! super cool. haha it made the lesson go really smooth, just because she usually is the hardest person ever to read, but because we knew her desires, it made it soo much easier.

Conference of course was AMAZING. My favourite talk was Elder Renlunds. His hit me hardest. Later sunday afternoon, we were tracting, and weren't finding much success, but then we felt like we should go and see this former investigator name H, and then when we walked up H wasn't there, but he had his nephew there house sitting. We could have easily just brushed him off because we had other places to go, but we decided to stay and talk to him for a while. We ended up talking about the book of Mormon, and it was awesome! He said he wanted us to come back before H came back the next week to teach him more. He even texted us like 15 minutes later and told us that he had already read 3 Nephi 11, and was wondering if there was another good chapter that he could read!! that was neat!! Then we saw a few more less active families. One of them is the G's, we have been trying to get in for like a month, and then they finally let us in. We had a good talk with them, and a really powerful lesson on how we need to recognize promptings of the spirit. It was cool.

Yesterday was a really good hard working day as well. We literally just walked the entire day and talked with absolutely every person we could see. We followed up with someone Elder Collings and I found and she's pretty keen!  We had some really good conversations and quite a few people said we could come back!

I guess the biggest thing I learned this week is that without the Spirit, we are NOTHING! completely useless. I know that without having those promptings that we wouldn't have been able to help the people we were supposed to. I've learned that it is far more worth it to make decisions that help you have the spirit throughout the day, rather than to disobey "for fun." The spirit also comes strongly when you are working diligently. I love it!

Well family and friends, I hope you are all doing well. Thank you for your emails each week. They mean so much to me. A lot of the time I don't have time to email you all back, but know that I read all of them, and love all of you :)

love elder Beeson

Dear Family and friends, 

This week was pretty awesome! We've been doing heaps of finding in  the richest suburb in our area: Mindare. We have been tracting mansions, and actually have been having some success doing it too!

On Wednesday I was on exchanges with Elder Birch. We prayed about where we needed to be in the morning and we both felt strongly that we needed to be on this one street. So we walked near the area, and knocked on a few doors, no one was too keen, but then we got on the actual street that we felt like we needed to be on, and we me this Englishman named E. We were talking for a bit, and then he tried to end the conversation, but then we asked him a few more questions, and he just said that we could not answer any of his questions, and then we asked him what his questions were, and he got right up in our faces and was almost yelling about how much his misses his wife that passed away a few years ago. He told us about how much he loved her and misses her now. He showed us in his pocket a picture of her, and said that he always keeps her on his heart. We told him that our purpose wasn't to tell him what to believe, but to help him recognize answers to prayers he has been putting up for years. He was surprised by that, but then he closed himself off. But we did teach him how to recognize answers to prayers, which I think was the sole reason of us being on the street to meet him.

On Thursday we were tracting and found K. She literally just sits at home all day because she is pregnant and rich. So we started teaching her the plan of salvation, and she loved it! so we will be following up with her tomorrow, she's suuper keen!

Saturday was madness in the morning. There was a big easter celebration at the chapel and that went until 11 the baptism was at 12, and the chapel was a wreck!!! Luckily D's mom posted on facebook that it was actually at 12:30 by accident. We barely got everything to go smoothly and it was all good. it was a suuuuuper smooth service. The spirit was there. It has been cool to see success happening in this area and in the mission. I think this week was a record breaking week of baptisms throughout the mission. We had the most in one weekend since 2007! things are happening here.

Easter Sunday was awesome! The confirmations were great. Right before church though we visited a referral. It was this couple who have been addicted to all kinds of drugs, and they looked soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo so so so sad. they literally had their heads hung down, and it was funny because that morning I read a scripture in 2 Nephi 10 that said we have no reason to hang our heads low because of Christ! So I shared that with them, and I could just see in their eyes how much they yearned to be truly happy. They couldn't come to church because they had to pick up a medication in a suburb that is like an hour away. and they can't function without it.

Yesterday was awesome! we did heaps of finding. we knocked on a few 4 story houses and talked to some really rich people. They weren't too keen. but then we followed up with a potential, and the potential's husband ended up coming out and we talked to him for like an hour. He believes in aliens and stuff haha. But he looked a lot like my grandpa Don, so I was just being as bold as I could with him because He reminded me of my gramps! haha It ended well, but nothing set on us coming back. Then we visited this less active who has the voice of Elder Uchtdorf. it was cool. He was a very spiritual man. Later that night we went to M and K's house to teach. N told us she had an overwhelming spiritual experience that day with prayer! Miracle!!!!!! that was suuuper cool

elder matautia and I will be staying together another transfer here in Merriwa! I wouldn't have it any other way! I can feel we will find someone soon who just needs us. We pray for it everyday.

I love Easter, and the saviour. I have come to realize this easter season how much in debt we truly are to him. I love the Lord.

Love, elder beeson

Family and friends, 

This week was kind of a blur, but there were a few awesome miracles, but also quite a bit of opposition. 

We have been continually tracting the really rich suburb. There wasn't anything that really came from it though. We have good conversations with people, but then as soon as we are about to hit the pinnacle point of the gospel with connecting their needs or likes with the gospel, they just close themselves off!! Super duper annoying! Anywho, On Wednesday we went to the Balcatta Elders' area to find with them for a bit, because they have been struggling! I was with Elder Collings and it was cool only the second door we knocked on we got a return appointment with this lady. Then we went down the street and we met this 87 year old Scottish dude who said we can come back anytime. Then we met his Italian dude and he said he wanted a copy of the Book of Mormon in Italian, so not bad!

On Friday we had MLC, it was super good! President Fife was instilling in us having Faith to succeed. After that we went to M's and we taught N, K's friend. We had a less active returned missionary be our member present, along with another returning member who is planning to serve a mission soon. We had an AWESOME lesson. We focused it all on the experience she had when she prayed for the first time on Monday. 

 

The spirit was suuuuuper strong. With the spirit there, we felt it right to invite her again to be baptized ( we invited her 2 weeks ago I think) and she accepted!! :) the date is for April 30th, and She's soooooooooo keen! haha The only bummer is that she will have to be baptized in Butler ward, and not Merriwa ward, because she lives in Alkimos which is B's ward boundries. but it's all good, I think we will still teach her, and then we will bring some Butler YSA to fellowship at the lessons, so that will be good!

Saturday was a pretty crazy day. We had district meeting and ZLC, sooooooo many meetings. We also got permission to help out with this Phillipino wedding that happened at the chapel. haha it was weird to be around a live band. there were heaps of non members there though, we got to talk to a lot of people. It was actually a pretty good finding tool. We also set up a table for people to take some pamphlets and Book of Mormons and stuff. Then that night we got a text from this less active family we have been working with for months, who haven't been to church in YEARS. They said something along the lines of, "Hey Elders we just wanted to thank you for the lesson you shared last sunday on the atonement. It really hit all of us, and we have decided that will be coming back to church now because we have been able to see that we have been putting our priorites on less important things. See you tomorrow!" What a miracle!!!!!! that was wayyyyyy cool. 

In the morning yesterday we had an appointment with these less actives. They were really cool and nice to us and everything, then the time came around to share a message, and we shared just a really simple scripture about Christ, and then the wife just got so defensive and started saying how she  believed in Christ, but not in the church. The husband wasn't as aggressive, but the wife was pretty into it. It was sad to see, because the husband is a RM and they are just the coolest couple. they kept saying that they are happy that they left the church. Man, my heart hurt for them.

After Church we went and saw this other less active we have been working with, we thought he was coming along pretty well, but then out of nowhere while we were talking to him, he just started to roll a cigarette! dang it!!! We will not give up on him though! Then we went to another Less active's house, on our way walking there we contacted this guy who was on a walk with his dog holding a beer. He was pretty drunk. haha. he was swearing up a storm though, and was pretty stinking rude. But we laughed at him because he kept asking us, "Who told you to go around and be all Hallejah?" hahah weird fella.

This week was good though. I learn heaps every week. This week I learned that having a bigger perspective on things is important, and that it's important to have patience with that bigger perspective, or else you will be miserable! But I'm not miserable, I'm sooooooooo happy actually. I love the work. I love the drunk aussies haha I love the Lord and my companion, and I love you all,

love, Elder Beeson