G'day everyone, 

This week went by suuuuuuper fast. I honestly only remember a few things that happened. I feel like I emailed yesterday, (don't worry I didn't ;) )  

On Monday night we got a call from this lady who we contacted a few days earlier from papua new guinea. Her name is L. She said when we originally contacted her, that she wanted to come to church, and yeah she didn't end up coming, but then she called us up the next day and said that she wanted to come, and she said that we could pop by. So we went by on Wednesday with one of the newly ordained elders, and taught L. She opened right up, and told us she wants to get on the right path, and so we invited her to be baptized, and she said that she wants to be! So we are aiming to help her to get there within the next month :) 

On exchanges apparently my companion and the other elder taught her at a members home with some dinner, and the spirit was super strong. So yeah, she's a cool lady! the only bummer is that as soon as her friends and family found out she was investigating, they are now swooping in to take her to their churches... haha so yeah she didn't end up coming to church this week, but she'll be there this next week :) 

Also met another Apostate member through tracting this week. He was a Jew, then he was baptized a Mormon, then he went back to being a Jew. So that was interesting, he said that we can come by again.. but we'll see ;) then we also tracted in to this guy from Zimbabwe he was super hard to read at first, but as soon as we started talking about the book of Mormon, he got pumped and wanted to read it! So we are teaching him now. 

But yeah this week was just heaps of door knocking, and just working hard. It's been fun though. Our mission president has had this big push recently of teaching, testifying, and inviting  people to act within a 60 second contact time. hahah it's been pretty funny applying it this week, because it's all really fast paced, but it keeps you focused on what's most important! 

We also had zone conference this last week, and something that came up not only there, but within a few different places to me was how important it is that we keep our spiritual experiences between us and the Lord sometimes, and about how important it is to take the time to pray, and to pray in faith! so much to learn in the gospel. Love it :)

hope yous have a good week 

love, Elder Beeson 

it's always a competition to see who can outflex the other ;) hahaha

April 17th

This week was insanely awesome. let me tell you about it :)
> On Tuesday night we got a call from Bishop telling us that there is a couple in our area that he is going to be marrying soon, that are interested in hearing more about the church! Woooo!! So we went by the next night, and met the couple. Their names are D and J. They are a Maori couple, and D is actually a member, just hasn't been to church in a while, so we went in, and J has had all these questions about the church for AGES. Most of her questions were surrounding why in our church we seem to have such a good family dynamic, so we ended up teaching them the Plan of Salvation. Their oldest daughter was sitting in the lesson as well. They all seemed to understand everything pretty well, and so we invited J and her daughter to be baptized after the wedding, and they both accepted! woooooooo!! pretty pumped for that :)
> Then this is the crazy thing that happened. it's got a bit of a back story, so I"ll tell you the back story.
> So about a week and a half ago, I had a dream that elder moller and I were tracting, and it was super cold outside. We were pretty much just looking for a place to get warm because of how cold it was. Then we passed by this house, and it had this warmth emanating from it, so we knocked on the door, and we were let in straight away, there was a whole family there. There was a mother and father preparing for dinner, then a few kids, a boy about in his 20's a girl in her late teens, and another son who was pretty young. there were also some grandparents there. The atmosphere was super comfortable, I felt I could completely be myself. So Then we got talking to the older son, and he was talking about how lately he was feeling like he needed to find purpose in life, and that he had had some loved ones pass away, and he wanted answers, so we began to teach the whole family the Plan of Salvation, and there was just so much warmth and love as we taught. Then my dream skipped to the following sunday and the whole family was at church, minus the grandparents that were there at the house. I was shocked, so we approached them and I totally forgot all of their names, so I asked their names again, and so they told me, and then I shook hands last with the dad, and I asked him what his family last name was, he told me it was "Liahona" and then I said, "What the?! That's the name of a compass in the Book of Mormon! You guys are meant to be Mormon!" Then yeah that was pretty much the dream.
> Then this week, we had a pretty parallel experience, and I didn't realize that it was parallel to this dream until after it all happened.
> So on Saturday we were tracting, and we weren't having too much success, it was just the aussies being their "cold" selves ;) hahaha. But then we passed by a house that was blasting some latino music, and I just have the biggest soft spot for latinos, so we knocked on the door, and then the father of the house let us in straight away, right after I asked where he was from in Spanish. So we went in, and the mom of the house was preparing dinner, and they had 3 kids, a boy in his 20's a girl in her late teens, and a younger daughter. I held a pretty decent conversation with them in Spanish. They were so nice and warm to us, we showed them the prince of peace video, and then another easter video came on after that. the Spirit was super strong afterwards. Then both the wife and the husband said that they had lost their parents within the last few years. So we talked about the plan of Salvation for a bit, and at the end of that brief discussion with them, we asked them if they would honestly be interested in hearing more of our message, and they all said that they would be. The father told us to come back when he came back from work. He's a FIFO worker. We said a prayer with them and the spirit was SO strong.
> There were some pretty crazy parallels that I realized later that night. the two I found that were pretty crazy were how in my dream there were grandparents there, and when we were there there were no grandparents, and how in my dream when the father said that their last name was Liahona, that this family was from south America. They were from Paraguay. So yeah after this realization came to mind, I had a prompting to write down this dream, and the experience, and to give it to them. and Elder moller had a prompting as well to write down the chapel address and our phone number because we forgot to leave it with them. So we doorbell ditched them with those things at around 9pm. and I felt like I did the right thing. Pretty cool experience. It's hard to put it all down in an email, but yeah, going to praying for this family heaps!
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> Easter was super good as well! heaps of activities. This ward is soooo good. love it.
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> I hope that all made sense.. :)
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> Love Elder Beeson :)

April 9th

Dear Family and friends, this week was very.. interesting. It's funny how after the really crazy cool spiritual weeks/ experiences how satan just tries to throw heaps of curveballs. So yeah this week was full of those! haha.

We went on two exchanges this week. One with the Warnbro Elders, and the other with the Mandurah Elders. on both of the exchanges we literally only got to talk to like 6 people total. All the people we ran into/ saw just talked for AGES.

The one that was super annoying was the Apostate member that we ran into. Elder Moller told us that there was a dude that lived in this one house, so we went over there, and we met this south African guy, who used to be active as, like he was in the elders quorum presidency, was married in the temple, but then just went completely apostate, because he looked wayyyyyyy beyond the mark. The feeling while being at his house was just gross. we were there for like 2 and a half hours, and by the end of it, I didn't feel uplifted or anything. he was just going on and on about conspiracy theories.

Then we also have been trying to set things up with our investigator J, who has been solid, but recently we've kind of just lost contact.

Buuuuuut, conference just soothed over everything that happened throughout the week. Every question I had was answered, and everything just felt so simple and good.

We went finding last night and met this former cop and his wife who is a cop. They have been looking for a place where they can get there baby blessed ( they said baptized) haha and they are keen to listen to us and to hopefully get their baby blessed in the church! so yeah that was cool :)

but yeah this week I really learned how important it is to 1) realize that opposition comes both before and after spiritual experiences, 2) to not look beyond the mark, but to live in the simplicity of the gospel, and 3) to pay attention to see if you are feeling the fruits of the spirit. I'm so grateful for the Holy Ghost which will never fail us, so long as we are genuinely trying have His constant companionship in our lives.

Love you family! Love Elder Beeson :)

ps. elder moller and I are staying another transfer here together in Baldivis! woooo!! :)

April 2nd

G'day family and friends. This weekend has been awesome! Really cool miracles have been happening recently!

On Friday we finally got to catch up with  the Maori fella we tracted into last week. We went in and we taught him all about the Atonement of Christ, and invited him to be baptized. He sat there for a bit, then he looked with us and smiled, and he said, "you know what, I'm going to do this, and I'm going to do it with all my spine!! I want this!" hahah woah! ;) but yeah he's seriously one of the funniest people I have ever met. He's insanely enthusiastic about everything. We set a goal with him to work towards the 29th of april. :)

I went on exchanges the next day with our district leader, but my companion saw him the next morning, and apparently after the lesson we had, his family and friends were like offering him drinks and stuff, but he said that he moon walked out of the room, and said "I don't need that stuff I found where the true happiness is. it's in the Atonement!" haha THE MAN!!

Yesterday we had a pretty sweet sunday, we had 6 of the people we are teaching come to church!After church we got a call from some elders who were having a bit of a rough time with eachother, so we went over and had  a long talk with them, and it helped! also had a long talk with some other elders this week.

I love being a missionary because sometimes I get to play the role of being a fixer upper. It feels so good to be actually helping people. But I've come to learn that none of the credit goes to me or my companion. It goes straight to the saviour. He's the real fixer upper for ANYTHING. I have come to experience that. I've come to know how it feels to have the Atonement change me over time. It's such a blessing.

Love you family! have a good week. CTR CPR! ;)

Something that was REALLY really cool, was when we were tracting this apartment building, and whenever he was speaking, he would ALWAYS talk about the restoration, and Joseph Smith. Then as he was talking at one of the doors, I had a memory come to mind, and it was of what you wrote to me on my first day in the MTC. Your advice to me was to "get to the sacred grove say..... in 7 seconds." I feel like when I read that at the time, I understood for the most part, what you were implying, because when we teach the restoration, it's a good dividing line of being able to see if people are ready to receive the gospel, but just within this last week  and  half, I have been able to understand what you said to me on a different level. Ever since that thought came to mind when Elder Cordner and I were tracting together, I have been wayyyy more focused on sharing the restoration with people, and my confidence and faith that people will understand what I am saying, and will accept the message of the Restoration has increased dramatically. I'm beginning to be really excited to share it with others. It's been amazing.  Love you Dad. Thank you for not being a complainer about your workload and responsibilities. I think I've been blessed on my mission because it isn't part of my nature to complain about things, and I attribute that to you. Love you Dear Friends and Family,  This week and a half has been MONUMENTAL. Honestly, I am soooooo grateful to be where I am right now. I'm learning sooooooo much.  We've been doing HEAPS of finding lately. Like just about all day everyday, and there have been some super cool experiences.  There was this one guy we tracted into that has been prepared for a lonnng time. So we knock on the door and it's this Maori guy that answers, and he told us that he was going to be baptized 13 years ago in 2004, but right before his baptism, he moved from Christchurch to Perth, and he lost contact with the church, and has been wanting to get back into church recently. pretty much his whole family is active, and he told us that his goal is to go to the temple with his WIFE! and just the fact that he's married is a miracle in of itself!!!!  So yeah, we are seeing him tomorrow, and he suggested to us to come over and to teach him, and he would feed us, and to come over Sunday morning, and he'll drive us to church with him. Such a miracle, because we have been working with heaps of people that we have been trying to convince them to want it! He's just has the desire. Such a blessing.  We also went on exchanges  with the assistants, and we knocked on a door of a young chinese father, who was really happy to see us, and he was just so willing to act on what we taught, so he said the closing prayer at the end of us talking to Him.  We also went on exchanges with the Rockingham West Elders. I was with Elder Amparado, and we were talking to this lady at the doorstep, and she wasn't too keen, but then I had a thought just to point out the obvious to her, and we asked her if she ever had tried to quit smoking, and she said yesssssssssssss. and then we offered to help her quit, and  she was all the sudden so much more willing to listen to us, so we are going to go see her and her partner tomorrow :)  There have been quite a few other experiences that we have had this week, but I will say, that I've been feeling like I've had a second wind kick in, and I am more anxious than ever to just share about the Restoration of the gospel. I've developed a lot of trust in our Father in Heaven this week, that has helped me to do what he wants done. It's powerful. I feel like I understand a little bit more of what it means to lose yourself in the work.  Love you all! Read and pray!!! Love Elder Beeson ps. this was on lds.org. see if you can find me in this picture :)