week 59! America 1

Week #59
4/24/17

Hey everyone! this week was pretty awesome! one of the best weeks that i have had ina  while! it was a week full of good news good investigators and lots of success! Were starting to see the fruits of our labors! we will have 2 baptisms this weekend and were super excited! We have found lots of ppl in our area and have been having lots of lessons!! 

Highlights of this week:

1. tuesday we had one of the best days that i have had in the mission haha numbers whise. we had 11 lessons, found 6 new ppl, put 4 baptismal dates, and had 25 contacts! thats like 25 ppl we got there address and phone numbers and stuff! it was super cool! 

2. We went to the temple and got to go inside! it was amazing! i absolutely LOVE the temple and it was sooo nice to go and feel the spirit in the house of the lord! 

3. We had to waste like a whole day going to zacatecoluca which is like 2 hours away in bus to go pick up a birth certificate so missionaries from another zone could have their baptisms.. it was kinda sucky but oh well! we helped someone in their baptism process! 

4. Susana lievano one of the ladies that we have been teaching for a while that i found last change told us this week that she is going ot get baptised!! WOOHOO! She is so powerful and is a crazy good convert! she finished reading the principles of the gospel book and recieved her answer of the truth in such a special way!! She was praying about whether or not she should get baptised and she felt an impression to open the bible, she said that she didnt lok for any scripture in specific but she opened to matthew 28 and said this scripture appeared to her in bold " Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost"  when she told us about this experience that she had it was so amazing! she later toldl us that the day that we knocked on her door when we asked her for her phone number she was going to give us the wrong number because she didnt want anything to do with the church but she said that she felt something that told her that she needed to give us the right number so she did and now she is getting baptised! the expressed to us that she now understands that that small impression was the spirit and she is greatful for all that she has learned! 

5. We had 8 investigators in church! WOHOO! im so happy, but unfortunately the zone is falling a lot so we have to start working really hard to help everyone else so that we can continue to have lots of success!! 

6. Im learnign portugese! i bought a book of mormon in portugese at the temple and im readng a chapter out loud every day! i have a new goal to speak 4 languages. English, spanish, french, and portugese! Not in the misison tho just in the span of my life lol! 

Anyways.. Thanks everyone for all that you do and have done for me! Thanks for the support!

hasta luego! 

sorry this week i have no pics:(

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Love,

Elder Beck

week 58 America 1

Week #58
4/17/17

Hey everyone! this week was a good one but a hard one! VACATIONS are not that great when your trying to find ppl in their houses for a week... but we had a lot of fun and made all the fallen appointments interesting! We had to walk a lot and didnt have nearly as close to as many lessons as we normally have but it was cool! 

Highlights of the week! 

1. Tuesday we had 10 lessons in 1 day! that was a pretty great thing! we got to split up with the other two misisonaries that were here but it was cool! we got a lot done! and it made up for the rest of the week that was not so good haha! 

2. Wednesday one of the elders that was with us got a call from president that he was gonan leave our area so after lunch we had to go home and he had to pack all of his things so we didnt get much done.. but it was a good day of relaxing and helping pack all his stuff! 

3. We had the temple activity that we do every 6 months and i was joseph smith! haha it was a lot of fun i got to talkto like 2000 ppl and tell "my" story of joseph smith.. it was pretty cool! i testifiesd of the book of mormon and invited everyone to read it and pray about it like "I" did.. pictures will be included! But that day was very interesting! we were in charge with the AP to set up in the morning.. we woke up at 3 and got to the temple at 4 and it was very interesting aha! It was dark and we got to be at the temple basically in the middle of the night! setting stuff up and i took some cool pics of the sun coming up by the temple! loooong day tho! my feet hurt real bad haha and i went home and slept.. With permission of course:) 

It was a good and bad week full of good and not so good experiences but i really enjoyed it and ii ended good with 6 investigators in church and a yummy sunday dinner! 

Thanks for all of our love and support, lots of pics this week! enjoy haha!! Hope you all have a wonderful week!!! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

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week 57! America 1

Week #57
4/10/17

Hola! 

This week was really good! we are starting to see lots of miracles for our work! we had a great week of lots of success and a great accomplishment in the zone! Our goal as zone leaders right now is break records! its been a little fun way to motivate the zone to work a little harder and its been going really well! We have put some good goals for the zone in investigators in church and for baptisms and stuff! the recors of investigators inchurch in this zone was 45 like 3 years ago and we out the goal as a zone to get up to 40! we were having like 26-30 and this week WE HAD 40!! Wereso stoked! anyways apart from that we had some other really great successes this week to! i wish i could tell you all detailed about all of the things that are happening right now but theres just so many and id have to write for so long! but heres some of the highlights! 

1. We have accomplished lots of our goals and are doing a lot better as a zone! 

2. We have lots of investigators that are progressing! Sister Lievano and her son have been to churcfh threee weeks in a row and invited us to dinner this week! they are going to go to the temple this week for the mission activity and she told us that she believes that the book of mormon is true! Kayla a 10 year old girl we found the other day( her mom is a less active member) is really reaslly excited to get baptised and she is hilarious! I wil send a pic i took with her cause she put a funny set of hats on my head haha! So we took a selfie! 

3. This area hasnt had a baptism in like 10 months and we are gonna break the drout! we will have hopefully 2 this month!! WOHOOOO! 

4. We had a really really good zone conference and i finally didnt feel nercous to be in front of everyone( the assistants, secrataries, and lots more) teaching it! sop it turned out being really good! i taaught about testimont and could really feel the spirit! 

5. We had a multizone! it was incredible! i learned soo much about the importance of obedience and about charity and lots of other things! Our president shared somethig incredible with us that we were all so shocked to hear! And i got to see lots of friends in the mission! 

6. theres been lots of eartquakes here! i think its kinda fun because id never felt one before the missoin! 

7. I got to do interchanges witht he assistants for 2 days and was with elder loveless! my friend from the MTC! it as a blast and it was pretty cool to work with him! oh and use a car that was cool! hahaha (pics included)

8. We finally ot the ward members to work with us and we had lots of ppl in sacrament meeeting! 8 investigators! we were really happy! and we had 7 less actives!! Thanks members! 

Thats all for this week! it was a good one and this one will be better! love you all and im so greatful for all of your support! Hope you all have a great week!! 

Hasta luego! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

pics:

1.A guy that came into our mission from southern california.. he knows like all my friends! 

2. elder loveless and i in the car and on the street having good times! 

3. My zone! 

4. the funny hats that kayle put on my head!

Week 56 America 1

Week # 56
4/3/17

Hey everyone! this week has been really good! i have been feeling really good about all the work we have been doing in the area recently! were working a lot with the less actives so we can make our area stronger and find parcias fmasilies and stuff like that and this weekend we had 8 less active members iin the conference! We also have found lot sof people that are really positive and want to go back to church ! That will help us out a lot in the future so we can work better with the members in all of the colonies that we visit and can receive more references of their friends and family! 

Highlights of this week were:

1. We have found lots of ppl that have been really receptive and have been willing ot go to church and keep their commitments! Lots od divisions and not a lot of working with my companion but with the other guys that are here with us! but its helped us be able to make all the visits and be able to look for new ppl every day! 

2. I was in the colony where we found that really cool dog the other day and he saw us and came up to me then brought us to his house! we have an appointment with the family this week! haha so the dog gave us a reference! lol! love dogs! 

3. All of our investigators that have gone to church have absolutely loves it and are starting to change! I think we will break the baptism drout here in the area this month!! 

4. We had leader council with president on friday and it was really cool! we learned a lot about faith and how we can help our zones improve! i learned a lot and really enjoyed listening to president! hes sucha  smart guy! i think hes gonna be a general authority when he finishes his mission! 

5. CONFERENCE! I loved this conference it was sooo good! there wasnt even one talk that i thought was boring or not that interesting! i learned sooo much from every single one! My favorite part was when jeffery holland spoke when he said, speaking about jesus christ, " you may come as you are but dont plan to stay as you are". I loved how he invited us to do all that we can to constantly progress! To never accept the falts that we have or think that we are "okay¨ but to see the potential that God sees in us! 

Este fin de semana pude fortalecer mi testimonio tanto por medio del profeta y los apóstoles llamados por Dios! Me encanto la conferencia y todos los discursos! Todos hablaron de la familia la importancia de ayudar a nuestra y a otras, por medio de la obra del señor y servicio en los templos! Por medio de compartir el plan de salvación que nuestro padre celestial nos ha preparado! Yo se y testifico con todo mi corazón que Dios nos ha preparado un plan y parte de este plan es esta iglesia! Ella es perfecta! Es de Dios, La dirige Jesucristo mismo y les invito a todos a averiguar por si mismo! Sera un gran bendición y cambiara sus vidas! Yo SE que esta es la iglesia verdadera y que todas las personas necesitan saberlo! Tanto les quiere ayudar su padre celestial y les a proveído la manera por lo cual que cada uno de ustedes puedan regresar a vivir con Dios en su reino! Les invito, Oren, Pregunten, y obedecen! El señor les bendecirá con un paz y felicidad que jamas han tenido! Gracias por todo su amor y apoyo! Y gracias por leer!! Hasta luego!! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

week 55! America 1

3/27/17
Week #55

hey everyone! this week was really good but interesting haha! I did not have changes but i did receive a new companion! elder Hernandez from Guatemala, and this change there will be 6 people in my house because they sent us more ppl to babysit haha! usually one works with us and the other with the assistants! This weeks letter is gonna be prety short because i had to do a few things today that took up some of my time but i wil give you the main points! 

1. This week we have been working in one of the richest colonies that i have seen in el salvador! we have bben working with the church registers to find member families and reactivate so we can have lessons with them and investigators in the future! We havjnt visited these colonies much either so its been interesting but lots of walking! We have found some really good ppl though! 

2. We broke the records for investigators in church for the zone!! We had 45! 

3. we found like 5 new colonies where we can go work so i will get to explore more area and contact more! 

4. The lievano family came to church! well the mom and son.. the daughters didnt want to go. she had an okay experience but not the best so were hoping that it was enough to go again! well see! pray for them please!! 

5. We were the highest baptizing zone this month! 

Other than that idk what else to tell you.. this week went by pretty slow bacause it was changes week but it has been great! it will continue to be weird with 6 elderes in 2 areas but were making it work! the house is pretty ácked though! anyways love you all and thanks for all of your support!!

Love,

Elder Beck

My new companion elder hernandez, and a new kid in the mission and in my zone from monterray california! Cool guy!

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Week 54! America 1

3/20/17
Week #54

Hey everyone! this week has been full of fun! Lots of contacting in a new place we hadn't visited with lots of  rich people and more rejection than ever.. but its okay we had fun! and some fun dog contacting.. ill explain that a little more lol! lots of errands unfortunately and full of traveling! 

This week we had a bunch of assignments.. we had to go three times this week to tha capitol. and one time to the area super far away in our zone! Firt to take out birth certificates.. one time we had to go in bus 2 hours to get it and get right back on the bus to go home! but its a cool frive! really pretty! Then we had to go get another one in the city hall of san salvador which is really big we got lost like 4 times but someone ended up helping us! then we waited forever to get it and then had to meet up with the elders to give it to them so they could help a family get married and baptized. Then we got a call on the day that we were supposed to have to work all day and we had to go to immigration for my companion.. again to san salvador lol! that took a while but it was cool i got to see a bunch of my friends frmo the mtc! The good thing is is i got to eat lots of subway this week! wow it was amazing! haha! theres TONS of subways here so when we had to run all these errands we conveniently found subways! I LOVE SUBWAY! We found a really good investigator his week! his name is luis! I contacted him like a week ago but we finally got to visit him this week and found out that he has family in utah and theyre members of the church! he seems pretty interested but has his doubts so were excited to be able to teach him! We also had  a great lesson with a family that we found last week the lievano family and they are really excited to learn more! they couldnt go to church though because the smallest child got sick and they had to take him to the doctor.. btu next week maybe! Oh yea and to explain the whole dog thing! we were contacting in a colony where lots of well rich people in el Salvador live.. and it was pretty interesting! i had never contacted people quite like them! they didn't want much but at least they were nice to us! you can buy i giant mansion in this place ofr only 200,000! i thought that was pretty cool! i asked a lady how much her house costed ad tolf her after my misison i want to come live here because i absolutely love this country. idk how true that is but i do love it here and ill come visit someday! haha but anyways we were walking all day in this neighborhood and a dog was following us all day it was pretty funny! i love dogs so i didnt mind! his name is ROCKO! our best frined now.. he  is a great investigator! And he can shake hands! plus his fur is white so we wont even have to find baptismal clothes! jk, but yea it was a great week we had lots of fun! Thaks for reading everyone!! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 53! America 1

3/13/17
Week #53

Hey everyone! this week has been really cool for me but an emotional roller coaster! I have had some hard days and some really awesome days! this week was kinda sad because elder vazquez got his answer and was sent home! not only was he one of my companions but a really close friend so it was hard to see him pack his bags and leave! i felt pretty bad! he was a really good missionary! And he didnt want to go home! but at the same time we had a really good week because i was able to do lots of interchanges! 4 days!! i was away from my area! i got to work in so many areas and learn from so many elders! It was awesome! I love being zone leader! i got to know zacatecoluca! its really hot there! and a place called santo tomas! I loved it all! I have seen a lot of missionaries that have done there emails with the highlights of the week and i like the idea so i think im gonna do that from now on! 

1. i bet one of the elders on my interchanges 5 bucks that i could get into a house that he said he had already contacted that didnt want anything.. i won it was pretty funny but i didnt end up taking his money! Funny story how i got in! I first told them that i was inpressed with how good style they had and then i said that we needed their help! i told them we were arguing about whose tie was cooler and that they needed to tell us which one! (we tied..) then i asked them if they have ever had gringo friends and they said no.. i was with another gringo and then i told them that we should totally take a picture together so they can put it in their house and show all their friends! so they let us in we sat down took a picture and then taught a lesson and put baptismal dates! it was pretty wild!

2. MIRACLE! So we have an investigator named pedro that we contacted in the street and gave him a book of Mormon with our number and he called us.. this all happened a while ago and then he fell off the face of the earth we didnt hear anything from him for like 2 weeks and we though we lost him! hes so great had been to church 3 times and wanted to be baptized! So we fasted for him this week and on Thursday he texted us and apologized for not answering his phone and explained that he was really sick and couldn't talk.. wow! then said he had been reading the book of Mormon the whole time knows its true and asked us if he could be baptized that day! it was crazy! He couldn't because he lacks a bit of the doctrine but he will probably get baptized one of these next two weeks! The church is so true!!! 

i cant think of much more but i had a great week! thaks for reading! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 52! Exactly one year in El Salvador! 13 months in the mission!

3/6/17
Week #52
Hey everyone!! This week has been pretty good! I am gonna write a short letter today but i will do my best to make it good! Highlights of the week were 1. I am doing lots of interchanges with other areas! Its really fun and im absolutely enjoying the opportunity to learn from so many missionaries! 

2. Its been super hot here lately! this month is always really bad here! but that s a fun thing haha.

3. We had 5 investigators in church 4. We have 2 set baptisms coming up! and this area hasn't baptized in 5 changes!! like 8 months! 5. We did a lot of service! it was really fun! Saturday as a zone but without one district cause theyre really far we did a service project for city hall! it was fun! painting cleaning.. etc! 6. We found a place that sells fresh coconut! Cold and they put sugar in it its soooo good! 7. I learned a really big life lesson about the blessings of obedience and the importance of obedience with exactness! pretty much changed my life but i cant sit here and explain it completely! Jusat know that it was a pivotal moment in my life and i am very thankful for the elders that helped me learn it! I think thats it! but i dont know !Everything just happens so fast! i think i have pictures of pretty much everything we did so heres a bunch! Love tyou all thanks for everything!!

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Love,
Elder Beck