Dear family and friends,

This week went by so quick, I can hardly remember what even happened. So bare with me!

Monday-We had a normal sport p-day, we played basketball for a solid 3 hours, then we had to run back to the flat so we could get to our appointment on time! I'm so out of shape. We had dinner with the R's, it was nice. We had a lesson on how reading the Book of Mormon everyday will protect us from temptation. It went pretty well. I think it's what the kids needed to hear. Then we pretty much cleaned our flat the rest of the night because we had a flat inspection the next day, and it was a wreck!!

Tuesday-We finished off cleaning the flat, then we went to district meeting. We had good training on the Godhead, and how we can use our differences in our beliefs with God to get people interested. It was good. Then we had song practice for the prelude we will be singing for sacrament meeting.

After that we went back to the flat and had lunch, and did language study with Elder Mamea. Then we rode to brother P's house for dinner. We had some pretty good stir fry with his family. We had a quick lesson about prayer, because brother P had to go with the zone leaders for an appointment. Then we dropped by the M's while we were in the area. We talked to them for a while, and then we followed up on the challenge we gave them a couple weeks ago with giving away a book of Mormon. Then didn't do it:(

 We had a good lesson with them. Then we had to go back to our flat really quick for exchanges. That was pretty much the night.

Wednesday- Elder Brinkerhoff from Wyoming traded spots with Elder Maybee. I was pretty much senior companion the whole day, and I still don't know the area well. It was a little rough haha! We visited Brother T, and I practiced the song I'm going to be accompanying him on next this next Sunday. 

We also had a lesson about how God is aware of every little detail in our lives. He liked that.  We rode home and had a nice lunch. Then we tried visiting heaps of potentials. None of them were interested. Then on our way to see our last one, Elder Young Yen, and Maybee pulled up, and picked us up. We went back to the flat and ended exchanges. Elder Mamea gave Elder Young Yen a haircut. Then they gave us a ride to the S's. We went with the S's to Sizzler. It is sooooooooooo expensive here too! it's like 40 dollars a plate, and it's a buffet too! They are the best. They are a seventh day Adventist family, but they are SO kind to us. Then they dropped us off at our flat and that was the night!

Thursday-I can't remember much from Thursday, but we said goodbye to heaps of people for Elder Maybee, then we went and had dinner with the As.

Friday-We met Aa at Carousel. She bought us lunch. Then we bussed to Thornlie for a district blitz. The blitz wasn't too bad, there was a lot of nice people, but no one was interested. No doors were slammed haha! 

Then we met back at the park after the blitz, and the sisters didn't have much success either. 

A picked us up from the park, and we had dinner and a lesson with brother F. It was some pretty good island food. Elder Maybee just bore his last testimony and Elder Mamea and I added ours too. Then A drove us back home and that was the night.

Saturday-A picked us up in the morning to go watch his nephew's rugby game. We did a lot of contacting, and Elder Maybee said goodbye to heaps of people. Then we went back to the K's and we talked to sister K's mom about temples.

Sunday-We had breakfast at Brother M's house. I made the sausages. We ate some super spicy hot sauce there!  Then we went to church and had a quick song practice with random people. Then we had mcm.  We had to hurry and do our prelude song. I played piano for it. 

Then after church Brother C gave us a ride to his house and we had a family home evening and dinner. The dinner was dang good! I had heaps of Maori bread. Then we had a good lesson on how service helps everyone. We dropped by the K's for a bit and then we went to the F's to say goodbye. Brother F's friend was there, and I didn't know this until we left, but his friend was a professional Rugby player for Samoa. hahaha it makes sense he was massive. We took a picture with him though! Then we got a ride back to our flat.

Then President Fife called, and he assigned me to be the new District Leader since Elder Maybee is leaving tomorrow! Kind of nervous, I guess we'll see what happens. I know I can do it with the Lord.

 I can feel all of your prayers everyday! Keep doing what you know you should be doing! I love you all!!

Elder Beeson

August 16, 2015

 Greetings family and friends!!
 This week was pretty good, it was pretty hot!

 Monday-We went to Fremantle, which is like where all the tourists go. It was way fun. We toured the Fremantle prison which closed down 24 years ago because they were pooing in buckets up until the 90's! Crazy and gross!  I loved it though. Then we went and ate fish and chips at the warf. We ate outside, and there were heaps of seagulls attacking me. I threw my whole tray because they were pretty much eating me! I was freaking out. My companions were laughing.

On our way home we visited N in the hospital. Turns out he has Spinal cancer. Poor guy. We ended up staying longer that we thought, (which happens everyday with all Poly's) 

> Tuesday-We had a good district meeting on "teach when you find, find when you teach" There were some really funny role plays. After that we did some  service at some random person's house with the zone leaders. They were moving.

After  we cleaned our flat and went shopping.  We visited E.

We read the BOM with him and stopped and explained each verse. I think it helped.  We had ward splits and I went with Brother C, The Elder's quorem President. We visited the Ws. They are a less active Taiwanese couple. They were super nice. We invited them to stake conference this week, and they said they'd come! hah! Pretty easy visit. Then Brother C said he was hungry, so we went to this American place called Johnny's and he bought me a chili cheese dog, SO GOOD! Apparently they have the hottest pepper in the world there, and only 5 people have beat the challenge. maybe i'll try it ;) Anyways, then we went to ward council, and that was the night!

 Wednesday-We had interviews with President. Apparently we are having interviews every transfer! President Fife is the man!! It was the easiest interview ever, it was just doctrinal questions I had. Then after that we had lunch. We invited A over because he likes to be with us, but he hasn't showed up at church the past month! What the heck!! So he came over, and then we went to the H's to teach a little bit about temples. It was such a good lesson. The spirit was so strong. It was good for A to be there too since he has been struggling.

We went to the kiwi shop and got some lollies. Then we went to the K's for a little bit, we taught a lesson about the Army of Helaman. The kids liked it. We got a ride to L's house. It was kind of our last lesson with him since he wasn't progressing. I think it was good though. We read the book of Mormon really slow, and explained each verse. He's got a good heart.

We went to brother T's house for dinner. Elder Maybe went with brother C and  to give a couple blessings, so it was Elder mamea and  me.

I ate almost all the potatoes on my plate, I about died!!  I was just praying the entire time I wouldn't dry heave!!! We helped him understand the plan of salvation a little bit more, and we had a good time talking with him and his non-member son. Then elder maybee got there, and ate his cold food, then his son gave us a ride home!

 

Thursday-It was a pretty slow day. We had a district blitz in our area, and there wasn't like any success.  We went to the l's house. They were two nice old ladies. Mother and daughter. We talked about the power of prayer and how our father in heaven is aware of every detail. They liked it. Then we went to the P's for dinner for a pizza eating contest. Elder Maybee won. He ate 25 pizzas!!!! Holy Hannah!!! But the pizzas here are small. They are probably like a medium or small size in America. But either way, he ate 3 boxes hahahaha!! Then we read scriptures with them and had a good night. Elder Maybee just about cried when he got home, he was so full. I only ate 11 pieces.

 Friday- We tried visiting like 3 families, but none of them let us in, or they weren't home. So we visited C, this less active 17 year old guy. He's the best. We left with him a short message and went to meet a couple Elders.

Then we went and tried to visit more people. No one was home!!! Then we rode through this park and saw these two black kids playing basketball. They were total street ballers. We played a pick up game with them! hahaha and we got destroyed though!! I made a couple nice shots but they missed probably 2 times out of the two games  that we played with them. I wish Jack was there, he would have been able to talk NBA with them forever!! They love Steph Curry though and the clippers!!! I knew Jack would have been so jealous.

Then we went to the K's so we could get a ride home and then we had dinner at the flat, and that was the night!! I loved playing some street ball though, I felt like a true missionary ;)

 Saturday-A picked us up in the morning to go watch his nephews rugby game. We got permission, and we contacted people at the game. It was fun! Then we changed into our service clothes because we got a call while we were at the game to come help some people move.  Then we helped the k's set up this massive gazebo. We rode our bikes home.  Elder maybe's tire blew out when we were still like 3 kilometres away, so we did a relay thing. He rode mamea's bike, and carried his to the flat. Then mamea jogged, and I rode my bike, then I gave my bike to mamea, and I jogged, then Elder maybee left his bike, and I rode it while he jogged!! hahahah we looked like champs. jk, we probably looked like idiots. It was so hot though, we were all sweating pretty bad.  We got back right in time for the zone leaders to pick us up for stake priesthood leadership meeting at 3:00. 

After we had a zone blitz in our area! yessssss!!!! We found 4 solid potentials, which is exactly what we need right now!!

Sunday- We had stake conference. President and Sister Fife spoke at it. They are the best. The whole theme of all of stake conference was keeping the Sabbath day holy. I loved it so much. Then after the meeting we walked to our flat, and helped a guy pulled over on the side of the road with his car. Elder Maybee fixed it. That was cool. Then L and L picked us up. They are a part member couple. We talked with them for a long time. Then we went to the H's and had an amazing discussion on Enduring to the End.The spirit was so strong. Then L and L drove us to the Hospital to see N one last time before he goes home to Melbourne. His surgery went well, and we had a nice spiritual thought with him. He's such a good spiritual guy. Then they drove us home, and that was the night!!


I'm loving it out here!! It's starting to get really warm already, and I'm dying hahahaha!! I love my companions, and the people here down unda!!!

 

 I love you all! 

Elder Beeson

Hello everyone, it was a pretty rainy, but great week, tons of walking in the rain!

Monday-We went to Perth zoo!! it was so fun. I took pictures of all the aussie animals. I also got a sweet shirt.  We did some grocery shopping. After that we went to J's house, just to check up on him. I'm pretty sure he was drunk. LAME. But we scheduled a time to come over. We visited a couple more people and made more appointments, then that was the day!

Tuesday- I had my first zone meeting. I played piano for it. We learned a little bit about obtaining Christ-like attributes. Then the zone leaders wanted me to role play being the member in a member lesson situation. I still hate role playing. but it was good. We went to Brother T's house. I practiced the song he wants me to accompany him on. It's hard!!!!

We gave him a refresher on the plan of salvation. It went well. OH yeah! Turns out his son is a famous opera singer!!! Like he has sung at all the major opera houses in the world. His son lives with him. But yeah, hahaha I had no idea he was famous!

Then we dropped by L's house to teach him about the BOM. We were pretty bold because he hasn't really been progressing. Then we went to the Chapel and told bishop we couldn't go on splits because we had an appointment. Then we went to our appointment. It was this Mauri/Samoan family. They were soooo nice. The mom is a member, but her husband and kids aren't. They gave us heaps of chocolate and lollies. We gave a lesson on prayer. They were all listening pretty intently. The spirit was definitely there. It was an awesome lesson. Then we rode home, and that was the night!

Wednesday-We did weekly planning, which took aaaaaaaaages.  Then we tracted down the street by J's house. There were some nice people there . We met a phillipino man who said that he was interested in having a family home evening! so we scheduled a time on Saturday. but overall, it was some good tracting, no doors were really slammed in our faces so that was nice!

Then we went and had a lesson with J. He likes to talk a lot. I shared a scripture with him about if we keep the commandments, we will prosper in the land. We were pretty bold with him, we told him that he had to come back to church. He was realizing he had to. He told us he would come with us on Sunday if we came over so he could drive with us there. So we made a deal!

 After that lesson, we got a call from Sister E in the mission office. She had a promising referral for us. It was such a tender mercy because we are struggling pretty bad with finding people to teach right now.

Then we went to the A's for dinner. They always have the biggest feeds. I ate as much as I could, then they brought out dessert. I was dying. I could hardly walk. or sit. it was bad. But then we had a good lesson on prayer for them as well. Elder Mamea talked in Samoan the whole time. It was cool because even though I had no clue what he was saying, the spirit was there so strong. The spirit is real in every language!!  Then they drove us back to our flat.

Thursday- It was follow up training for "the goldens." that's what my mission president calls new people, rather than greenies. hahahaha. Man. President Fife is the man!!! He is such a good teacher. We had fish n'chips for lunch. My first aussie fish n'chips!! Then after lunch we did some role playing. Actually, it wasn't really role playing, we just had to model a lesson. We had to teach the plan of salvation on the spot. I'm not trying to brag or anything, but my companions and I did the best, because we used our own words, and it was more simple. The spirit was strong. The other companionships did awesome too! It was cool to see how much my friends from the mtc have grown! Then we took a bus to ballijurra. It was one of Elder Maybee's old areas. He visited the As. They fed us well. I Then we took the train back to thornlie. We did some tracting until 8:00, then we had a little surprise birthday for Elder Mamea at kfc He is 23!! then A took us home.

Friday- We took the bus to Thornlie , then we walked to Brother R's house. It always feels like we are there for ages. It feels like time stops there, because we were only there like 45 minutes, and I felt like we were there for 3-4 hours. We shared with him some missionary scriptures like d&c 100 and 84. He's just a little scared to do missionary work. I think it helped him.

Ww walked to brother T's house again. I practiced the song again, and it is already getting decent. We left with him a short message, then we dropped by L's house. We were straight up with him. We told him if he doesn't start keeping commitments that we can't come over anymore. He agreed, and he said he would come to church on Sunday so at-least that worked! Then we went to the Chapel to teach a recent convert, E. We asked him about his conversion, and he pretty much said the reason he was baptized was because he never really said no to the missionaries. We gave a him a quite bold reminder about the convenants he made at baptism. I think he's catching on now.

Then  from the chapel brother F picked us up. We had a massive feed. I finally tried some oaka. I'm not sure how to spell it. But it's this raw fish with coconut cream and veggies. It wasn't too bad. I accidentally spilled my cocoa on elder maybee ! Then we shared with them a quick message, and then we had to get home for our curfew. It was a pretty successful day though!

Saturday- we had heaps of appointments planned, but they ALL fell through!! So ended up doing a district blitz in thornlie. we knocked this street, and all the people were super nice!! A lot of them already were religious, but they were really respectful. We talked to this one phillipino guy, he was interested in having his whole family hear from the missionaries, so that's good! He told us we could come back anytime! Then the zone leaders dropped us back off at our flat, and we tried to go to the appointments, but they were all cancelled. So we walked to huntingdale in the rain to this phillipino kid's sister's birthday party.

Then we walked all the way home in the rain. We couldn't share a message, because the parents were drunk. It was disappointing.

Sunday- busy day! We did some double duty church because L could only come to 9:00 church. then we walked back to our flat to eat breakfast, then the zl's picked us up. Then we had mcm, then we met the referral that we got on Tuesday! He's this huge phillipino/samoan body builder! He was first introduced to the church in Singapore. He really likes the ysa activities!

Then during sacrament meeting, the Elders quorum president pulled us out because this guy in the hall needed a blessing. So Elder Maybee did the anointing, then we were all just looking at eachother for who should do the blessing. The man asked me to do it!

 I didn't even know what was wrong with him, So I asked him and then gave him the blessing! It was cool though. It was just like that Jeffrey R. Holland talk that lightning will strike, because I was not expecting that!!! then after church we went to our flat and ate, then we went to the Cullet's to share a message about why prayer and scriptures are so important. Then Angi picked us up, and  we shared a message about prayer! Then we got a ride home to the flat

Prayer was definitely the theme of this week! It was kind of a tough week with the rain and all, but I have a feeling we are supposed to keep tracting because of how nice we are being treated when we do it! So I'll let you all know how that goes! Thanks for your prayers and support, I really can feel them!

- Elder Beeson