Dear Everyone, 

This last week was good! 

We went on exchanges with the Como elders, I went with Elder Manlapat, and we worked HARD! it was so fun. Lots of cool little miracles throughout the day. it's been random lately though because we have run into heaps of off-the-records less actives, just from biking and bussing. We had a few less actives approach us as we were doing that not only on exchanges but throughout the week! We biked to one of the randomest corners of our area, where I have never been, and it is random, it's like a kennel district for breeding dogs, and so the whole time there, there was just heaps of barking. I felt like I was in a third world country. hahah did some tracting... had some VERY interesting experiences there... ( if you want to know, email me about it. (it's not appropriate for this mass email...)) But yeah I got super sun burned, but it's already a tan now, so that's good ;)

We also went on exchanges with the assistants. It was funny/ good to be with elder Tua'itanu again. Did some mean street contacting up in the city. We found this lady who knows my friend Morgan who is serving in Belgium right now!! What the heck?!!!! 

Also, we totally got caught up with these two Asians who approached me and asked if I could take a picture of him and his girl friend with their Australian t shirts. and so I took a few pics, and then we asked where they were from, and the didn't really answer, then we told them we were missionaries, and then the dude totally shut down, but the girl was "interested." So we gave them some pamphlets, and then as we were walking away, we noticed all of these people with cameras following us, and apparently the two Asians were being filmed for a comedy show that will be airing on ABC-I in May! Apparently they were pretty famous Youtubers.  haha So we had to sign a paper and yeah, I reckon we will probably be on tv- hahahaha!! 

Yesterday we went tracting and found these two super Bogan dudes, one of them was super drunk, but they both opened up heaps, and we found their concern, and they were pumped to read the Book of Mormon once we shared it with them, and they are also pumped to come to church this next sunday because we told them that an apostle is coming ( side note, Elder Rendlund is coming to our mission this weekend!!!!!) and they said they want to come! 

 Then we went to a dinner, and it was a surprise birthday party dinner thing! It was good! The ward members even invited members from Merriwa ward, my last area! it was so nice of them! I'm going to miss this ward when I leave.. IF I leave ;) hahah love it!

This week I focused a lot on the power of prayer. It's amazing of how prayer is connected with every principle of the gospel, it's how we repent, it's how we show faith, it's how we endure to the end, etc. I've had many experiences this week when I felt the power of prayer very strong in my life. I'm so grateful to be able to have that constant connection with God. it's such a blessing that many people don't understand or don't even know about! So I am very grateful for it :) 

I love you all! 

love Elder Beeson

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Dear family and Friends,

This week was crazy in every way! It has been the coldest February here in the last 100 years! Lots of storms and flooding.

On Monday night we went by to see one of our investigators, but he was busy so we ended up talking to/ teaching his friend who was Hindu. It was funny because he was just bashing on us for not being vegetarians. He accused us of being murderers for eating meat. My companion got a little defensive, because that is literally all we eat ;)

On Tuesday I woke up feeling really sick. It literally has only been like the 2nd day of my mission feeling sick. I was supposed to rest the whole day, but we had heaps of meetings and stuff to prepare for so I didn't get to rest, but I had a blessing from our wonderful district leader, and I was fully recovered by the next day! :)

We had 2 power outages this week as well. One of them was really funny because we had the Albany elders stay with us at our flat for stake conference, and they were in the middle of getting haircut, but then yeah... the power went out, so he had to get the rest of his hair cut a bit later.. haha. Also the wind was blowing so hard that it blew off the gate in the backyard. ( if my companion or I had a camera I would have taken pictures...)

Last night I had sort of a birthday dinner with some of my favorite members and some investigators. they went all out! They made a roast and even made a peach pie! Which I specifically told them NOT to make ;) haha. I love the members here!

Honestly though this week was pretty tiring because we had 6 meetings within a 24 hour period, and another 6 meetings throughout the week. But I learned about how important it is to be prepared for meetings, because those who preside take time to think of how they can help everyone who comes to the meeting. So I learned that every meeting is good and worth it as long as you are seeking revelation, or of how you can change something, as a result of what you learned.

Love you all!

CTR

Follow the Spirit

Love your peers.

love elder Beeson

morning everyone!

This weekend was great! learned a lot in the past few days. 

On Saturday we went on exchanges with the Shelley Elders. I went with Elder Tavete, from Samoa. He's still pretty new to the mission, but is the man at talking to people! We went tracting in the morning, and we were let in by this indian family! They were HARD OUT catholic though! In every room of their house there was a bible and a crucifix somewhere, and yeah, they were super nice, and I knew that we could have easily picked their whole family up as new investigators if we would have just had a lesson about Christ and his life, but I thought it would be better to not only share the life of Christ with them, but the Restoration of the Gospel, so we shared it with them, and the Spirit was super strong as we shared the First vision, but they wanted to keep the Catholic tradition going in their family, because they were like 15th generation catholics or something like that . Haha but it was a big testimony builder to me of why it is important to teach the Restoration before anything else, because it is the make or break lesson! Right after that appointment we saw another one of our investigators, D, from Nigeria. He too had concerns about the Book of Mormon, and the Apostasy, and we resolved them, but he wasn't genuinely looking for the truth. then we retaught J the Restoration, and the Spirit was so strong, and it made me realize how important it is to have an open heart and mind so that the Spirit can testify of the truth. 

Yesterday was a great day at church! I know I say this a lot, but I literally feel like Thornlie ward is more my home ward, than my homeward at home! Everyone knows me by name, and I feel so loved and welcome here, I just love it here! I'm so grateful to have been given the opportunity to come back here! 

Something I have been studying this past week is the Savior's words in the New Testament. I never have realized how much love was behind everything he said until I have read them again this past week. I have been able to come to know him a lot more this weekend through reading his actual words. It has helped me remember him heaps more, and has changed the way I look at things. I want to be more patient, loving, and hopeful, because that's how he is. 

Love you all! 

Love Elder Beeson

ps. Don't you DARE send me anything for my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!! ;) ( it's the 16th) but yeah honestly don't even THINK about it ;)))))))))))))     

Dear Everyone, 

This week and a half was really good! So much has happened, there have been some pretty awesome miracles lately! 

I was the pianist at 2 funerals this last week, and it was pretty cool/ interesting to see the difference in being at members funerals, and nonmembers funerals. The member's funeral was nice. It was short and sweet, and had a good hopeful feel. 

The next day we went to a nonmember's funeral. My companion, the Bishop, and I, plus one less active member were the only members at the funeral. We had to sing really loud so everyone else got the tune. 

There was a lot of devastated criers who spoke, and who seemed quite hopeless, and they were very up and down throughout the service. memorable experience.The Less active Dude's wife has been investigating the church for 3 years, and is keeping all the commandments, the only thing is that she live in a too far out country town in Victoria for missionaries to come see her. But she told us that she made it one of her goals to be baptized this year, so it was a good opportunity to talk to different people. Also there was a prisoner at the funeral that was hand cuffed to the guard. So yeah, interesting crowd!

We also had J's Baptism! It turned out very well, and we had a good turn out from the ward. I was privileged to baptize her. She is such an amazing lady. she just has so much desire to do the right thing. 

We went on exchanges with a few different Elders this week. I was with Elder Paialii from Samoa for one, and Elder Cluff from Idaho. Elder Paialii and I found a new family this last week from tracting, and it was funny because we found this family right after we literally had a door slammed in our faces. probably the 3rd time in my year and a half. It's a single mum with 2 boys. one of her sons got hit by a train last year and pretty much broke every bone in his body, but he is somehow alive. Elder Paialii is the man, he is one of the most humble people I know, and so whenever he said anything to anyone throughout the whole day, people were intrigued. 

Things are going well though! I love being in this ward! I feel like I'm becoming a resident here. I spoke and played piano in sacrament meeting, and I played piano for Primary, and then at the multistake musical fireside our stake president called me up to tell everyone why I came on a mission. So yeah, I feel like I'm just part of the ward! hahaah. 

I learned this week about how important it is to be humble in the work. I look to Elder Paialii as an example, because he is a convert, the only convert in his family, and he gave up his working for a living for his family to serve the Lord. I want to be like that! I want to be willing to "drop my net" and "Follow Him"

Love you family/ friendsand anyone inbetween! 

Love Elder Beeson