Christmas

Dear Friends and Family, 

Sorry I don't have a lot of time today, the internet was shut down at the library we usually go to, so we are quite behind on the day! But I will say that this week and a halfish was awesome!!

I"ll just share a few miracles from the week!

On exchanges with Elder Birch we followed up with a potential that the sisters found, so we knocked on the door, and I asked for B, and they said that there was no B there, so we were just talking to them, and apparently the sisters gave me the wrong name for the house, but yeah I didn't really know what to say so I just started talking about the BOM and then  the father, let us in  so we went in and met the whole family! and it's nuts how prepared they are! They are Baptists, but don't really believe in everything being taught and have been church hopping for like 6 years trying to find the right church, so we established our purpose and told them that we would help them find the right path, and all the kids and the parents were there and each of them accepted it with happiness :) So we have been teaching them for the past 2 weeks now, and we took the R's over there with us and they are keen to all get baptized once they find out the church is true!! Family of 5! what a miracle!!

On exchanges with elder Noble we were having lunch at Hungry Jacks and this lady walked past us and asked us how we were doing and then we asked her and she said she wasn't feeling the best, and so we were eating, and I saw her bawling in the corner of my eye, and so I felt compassion, and went over to her and just let her vent. She's been through heaps of crap lately, and she needs help, and so we got her number and the sisters and other elders have been helping her clean her house and have been slowly teaching her! Pretty random miracle!

On new year's day we got a call from a random number asking for me and elder Matautia. then he asked if we could come by that day to see him, so we went there and it's this Maori dude and his family. His name is T. So apparently his family has been getting taught for the last 2 years, and they were actively going to church, but not as members. They were just about to get baptized and married, but then heaps of opposition came their way, and so T has been waiting until the new year to start fresh, and so we had a mean as real talk with him and his wife and we committed them to be married and baptized with one of their kids on the 27th of this month!! I was feeling the spirit nudge me so much during the lesson to share a scripture, and it was a super bold scripture, I think it was Alma 32:16, and then yeah the marriage invitation just came out. but they both accepted it and it was nuts! I have honestly never seen a Maori family with so much fire and commitment to make things happen! We are soooooooo excited to help them out!!! literally this just all fell on our laps! 

On the way to emails today we were driving, and saw this old dude stack it on his bike pretty hardcore, and so we pulled over and helped him, he was bleeding all over the place, and elder Matautia got blood all over him! But I will say it always feels good to do good for others, even when it puts  you off track. 

I learned this week to put faith into action by following the spirit. Some opportunities to help people change in a big way only come once, and so it's important to have the guidance of the spirit in making those things happen! I love it!:) 

Love you all family, CTR!

Love Elder Beeson