Dear Family and Friends, 

This week was another super duper good one! The weather was a bit crazy, but it was fun! hopefully the videos here work so you can see what I mean!

On Monday we visited this less active man from El Salvador. I tried to practice my Spanish, but I was reallllllly bad haha so was elder Tutton. We both took 5 years of Spanish, and we stink. But it was good though, he told us to come back on Friday to help him weed. Then we saw a part member family, and we taught a lesson on repentance with this object lesson I basically made up on the spot! hahaa it was funny. 

We've been working with this Less active named T, and he said that if we didn't come to church that he would shout us Nandos, so he didn't come this one week, and so he said he'd take us out on Tuesday... but he totally bailed!! haha Elder Tutton and I had to satisfy the nandos craving so we went there that night for dinner ;) We also that day visted the H's family. They are Swedish. another part member family, Sister H totally opened up, and she said that she wants us to come by to teach her girls every week! what a treat! The girls are pretty young, but it will be a good learning experience to teach simply to children! We also saw another returning member who is a police officer, at the end of it he was genuinely so happy we came by, because he told us he has been struggling to come back. I'm so glad we did go by!

On Wednesday night we had a really good lesson with M and K and the girls. S was asking SOOOOOOOOO Many questions about the plan of Salvation! haha it kind of got out of hand, but it was cool to see her open up quite a bit! It's really cool though because all three of the girls say they want to go on missions now, and S and J aren't even baptized yet! 

On Thursday we had an awesome zone conference! It motivated me sooooooooo much to find. I reckon the reason missions are "hard" is because no one wants to find. I really got a long lasting desire to find, and I think it is for that reason we were able to find Farzana and Iffekhar! Elder Tutton and I found Farzana while we were tracting on Friday. She is from Bangledesh ( I don't know how to spell it ;) ) She said that her whole life she has been looking for evidences of God's existence, and we told her that if she really wanted to know how to find Him, that we could help her find him. Super duper cool! Elder Tutton and Elder Collings taught her and her husband on exchanges on Saturday, and they are looking like a SOLID family. So that was cool. Then On Friday we also saw The Mechler's. Ben's Older sister Katrina joined in and she opened up heaps and shared a few of her own spiritual experiences she has had in the past. So we are teacher her now too! :) 

On Saturday we went on exchanges. I went with Elder Parry from Morgan, Utah. He's the man! haha it was fun! the video and picture on this email are of me and him. The wind and the storm in general was absolutely nuts! There was a tree in the church parking lot that was completely up rooted and on top of the fence. It was intense. Elder Parry and I visited a less active from Ireland and we had a really good discussion with him. Brother M has such a good heart, I feel I understand him pretty well. After exchanges we booked it to the H's to teach N and K. N committed to be baptized again! She just has to talk to her parents. I think that was what was missing the last time she was set on date, she didn't ever tell her parents so she didn't have any confidence, so hopefully that'll help :) 

Yesterday was a treat. We were sitting in ward council, then all the sudden this camera dude came in. He was recording throughout the whole day at church. Apparently they have been filming the F family ( a south African celestial family in our ward) for a Mormon message about keeping the Sabbath day holy! haha I was playing piano for sacrament meeting, and I had to sight read 3 of the songs while the guy was recording haha! it was alright though, but basically what I guess I'm trying to say is that I will soon be famous ;) :)

That was the week! the weeks are just flying by here! 

I've learned a lot from Elder Tutton since I've been with him. He teaches very simply and has a lot of patience. 

I love this gospel and this mission and my companion and my ward and area and everything! 

love Elder Beeson

Dear Family and Friends,
This week was AWESOME!! So many good things happened this week, there were just some awesome small miracles.

 On Wednesday, we had an awesome lesson with B who was a former. We had a lesson at The G's house and the G's bore powerful testimony to her. The spirit was pretty strong, she said she would be baptized as well!! We will be working with her to get her there hopefully by the end of next month :) She already has quit smoking as well which is AWESOME.

 On Thursday, we had an a really good lesson with this family that has been a potential family the whole time I have been here. It was the M family. The dad is full german and the wife is straight aussie. They let us in, and we were chatting, then we finally got to state our purpose clear, every other time we had been there in the past, something always districted either them or us to take us away from our purpose, and then we had a really good discussion with them on the Godhead. They all got really into it. We taught a little of the plan of salvation as well. The mother and son are both pretty keen and we will teach them this week!

 On Friday we went to visit a recent convert/ less active. His name is D and he has been struggling ever since he was baptized. We had a really long talk with him, but then he told us about how he really is wanting to come back. Then out of nowhere, he told us that his Mom wants to be baptized! haha nice!

So we set up a time to see him and his mom, and we will be seeing them tonight at the H's! pretty pumped about that. Then later that night we went to the G's. Pretty nuts, I made the connection that I met sister G's daughter before I came on my mission. They did this perth culture night at my grandma Gaye's house before I left. haha I 've been in Sister G's ward for like 4 months and just now made that connection! Her son used to be the bishop in Merriwa ward.  Bishop K! haha crazy. Then we went to the S's and Brother S told us about how he felt like he just needed to start reading his scriptures again! nice! that family is making some awesome progress!

 On Saturday we went to T's house. He's a less active that is making some awesome progress. We always just have really good discussions there. He told us that he prayed for the first time in YEARS, the night before. That was way cool. Then we talked to him about the Spirit, and then he shared with us a SUUUUUUPER spiritual experience that he had when he was young. Elder Tutton and I were blown away, after he told us about it, he was kind of teary eyed, and he told us that he wasn't going to drink that night! haha it was really cool though, and he ended up coming to church yesterday as well! nice!


 After church on sunday we went with D to see H. We had a super duper spiritual lesson with him about the plan of salvation! D is soooo good as a ward missionary. He knows how to teach. We also visited this Cook Islander Fella after dinner last night, and had a good lesson with him. He is 85 years old and has read the book of Mormon 49  times! Such a saint.
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> haha I feel like I missed writing about a lot of the miracles that happened this week, but overall this week was awesome!!
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> Ilove you friends and family,
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> love elder Beeson

Dear family and friends, 

What the week this has been. Madness. But it has been joyous as well. Good things are happening here in Merriwa. 

We have had Elder Esterninos with us for the past week because of an interesting situation. He is awesome though. His testimony is so powerful and sincere. On Wednesday, we followed up with a former that Elder Matautia found a few months ago. Her name was N. We invited her to be baptized, and she said yes, but then we didnt' see her again after that. So we felt we should follow up on her again, and she was finally home!! 

She was really excited for us to come back again as well. So that was a treat, then right after that we felt we needed to follow up with another former. His name is H he is from New way island ( that's not how you spell it but that's how it sounds ;) ) Any who, we were talking to him, and then he out of no where said, " have yous had a feed?" and we said no, then he said "meet me at Mackas in 15. " yeahhhh!! So we went to mackas ( Mcdonalds) and he bought us HEAPS  of food! like a full meal each and then 3 more burgers each.

 But yeah we got to know him, and he told us about how missionaries used to come by, but they never actually taught him anything, they just came by because they knew that he would feed them! Pretty sad. We got talking and he told us that his dad passed away last year. He said he has had heaps of questions ever since his passing. He asked us a lot of them, and we answered him back by asking him questions. He was really intrigued. We told him about the plan of salvation. He said that he didn't believe it was heaven and hell right after death, he belived there was a waiting period. pretty cool! We told him he was right, and he was really intrigued after that! Anywho, we ended up going back on Sunday, yesterday, and he gave us some umu ( meat covered in banana leaves which cooks underground) and he said that he wanted us to come back later this week! Nice! He's the man!

That night we got a call from the assistants saying that Elder Matautia had to come to MLC with his  bags packed.... :( so sad. So Thursday we said a lot of goodbyes to members and things. We ended the night at M's house. The spirit was so strong!! N came as well, which was a miracle because we haven't been in contact with her for like 3 weeks! Anywho, we pretty much had a testimony meeting, it really wasn't planned though. It was so powerful because the two girls J, and S bore their testimonies about how they knew the church was true as well, even though their stepmom has been giving them anti stuff. It was just pure testimony, and even N bore her testimony about how the things we have taught her have blessed her life. Everyone was a little teary, partly because Elder matautia was leaving, but mostly because the spirit was so stong there. 

On Friday morning we went to MLC and got our new companions. Elder Matautia ended up going down to my first area down towards canning vale to gosnells. and Elder Tutton the AP is now my companion. He is from the UK and this is his last transfer, which basically means I'll at least be in Merriwa until August, which I am pretty keen for! :) 

Sunday was pretty crazy becauase we had to go to Elder Esterninos's ward as well in the morning. We went to Joondalup ward and Merriwa ward. It was great! We had to Skype at different times though because Elder Tutton's family is only 7 hours behind while mine is 14. so yeah lots of time at Hirini's house haha!

This week was pretty awesome besides how frantic everything was. I love being a missionary. I honestly do not want to be anywhere else right now. It's sooooooo good. I feel so happy as I try my best to share the gospel with everyone. I know that this is the most joyous thing to do. I loooove love love it :)) 

happy mothers day again to y'all :) 

love Elder Beeson

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