Week 22 in Reubicación

Week #27

8/8/16

Hey everyone!!! this week has been wild!! Monday was a normal pday with good relax time and yummy food! haha Tuesday we had good day working with a member from another area who wanted to visit some of his family members in our area! good people but idk how positive they will be! After that we went back to the colony and had some lessons with the people that we always teach there haha! pretty basic week to start off but gets better!! Wednesday we had a district meeting and it was in our are so that was nice! then after we had to stay in the house while the zone leaders went to talk to a member in our are for reasons that were really silly and completely misunderstood.. she was calling us a lot and never said anything and idk what happened really but we had to tell the leaders cause we didn't have the number as a contact in out phone.. All went well tho.. no problems just confusion! Then we went out contact a little in reubicacion 2 becaus3e we didn't have enough time to go to the place we had planned after all that! It was good but really hard to find people in the colony there! then we came back and had some lessons with investigators near out house and finished the day with pupusas! i ate 6 haha! Thursday was super cool!! We had the mission temple activity like we had when i started my mission! it was really great! We had 7 investigators there and 5 or 6 less actives! And lots of members! i was a group guide through all the rooms where the missionaries are all dressed up and teaching a little! now for the crazy part.. so my companion got a call the night before that he had emergency changes and so at the temple we had the companion swap! but my new companion didn't come until the last group and i was in the first group so i spent all day there without a companion hanging out with all sorts of different people haha! waiting! then the comp they said i was going to receive got changed so i received a different person haha! i had no info all day so it was really confusing but im happy!! i am now with elder azpilcueta from Mexico! he lives like on the border of Texas haha! he speaks some English too!! Really Really Really good missionary! like pretty sure hes one of the best in the mission! he turned down president when he was asked to be assistant lol! I am learning a lot from him !! We don't not walk up to a house without entering! this week in the three days that i was with him we found 29 news!!! Its been wild! Friday was the first day of work with his and we wet to Santa Rita and found tons of people! he is so good at talking with the people until they let us in haha! i love it! such a nice person and everyone loves him! Saturday we spent mostly inviting people to church and in the night we did divisions with members and i had a really good lesson with our investigator that should get baptized soon!! hopefully this week! She said she felt calm and peace when she said the last prayer and we invited her to ask about what we had been teaching then we read in Galatians 5 where it explains the fruits of the spirit! she cried! it was really spiritual! Then a normal Sunday! 

Thanks for reading!! 

Este semana ha sido super bien!! Todo ha sido un buen experiencia con los cambios de mi compañero! Pero este semana porque fuimos al temple yo quiero compartir mi testimonio a cerca de el! yo se y testifico que realmente el templo es la casa de Dios aquí en este tierra! que realmente de entro de este temple las familias son sellados para la eternidad! Yo se con todo mi corazón que el señor esta allá y que el esta bendiciendo las familias por medio de este casa en la tierra! Yo se porque cuando yo estoy allá yo lo puedo sentir!! Y puedo sentir bien fuerte el espíritu santo testificando de las cosas que estoy enseñando como misionero y yo estoy bien agradecido por estar aquí! Por el templo y por todos los bendiciones que podemos recibir allá! Yo espero que todos pueden ir y sentir lo mismo! Y recibir todas las cosas que Dios tiene preparada para nosotros si vayamos a el templo! Gracias por leer y espero que todos tienen una semana fantástico!! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 21 en reubicación

Week #26
8/1/16

Hey everyone!! 

This week has been really good! Very basic but really good! We are happy and working hard and that's what counts!! Monday we taught a lesson with Bryan and Alan and it was pretty tough! they told us that they probably weren't gonna go to church anymore and that there parents said they can not be baptized or meet with us anymore, then they expressed some doubts that they had and we did our best to help them. But it was a biter sweet experience for me! in that moment i was sad that we lost a few good people to teach but i was really happy inside! i realized in that moment how much i love the people here and how much i want them all to accept the gospel! I felt so sad when they said that but only because they loved the church and stuff but cant progress for their parents. But i realized how much i care for them and the people that we teach! Always nice when you remember why your out here in the mission! its easy sometimes to be stressed and upset because the work is really hard but things like that help ya get along! I know with the lords help someday they will be able to be baptized and their parents will soften their hearts! We also had a great lesson with the family of the other two kids were teaching! Giovano and Johnathon! the whole family are now progressing investigators!! The dad completely changes his attitude once we started to talk with him and teach him some of the things that we have taught his kids! They accepted a date for their kids to be baptized, its kinda far away but they felt they needed more time! Tuesday we went to an area call Los Amates, which is really far haha luckily we got a bus but we had a good lesson with a less active family and they came to church! They are also thinking of coming to the temple this Thursday for an activity that the mission is having! All day we worked with a member too! Wednesday we had a district meeting and then had some good lessons in the colony but was a very basic day! Thursday was good too, I passed 6 months in the mission and its kinda cool and crazy! We went to concepcion and found some new people who are really nice, we helped the lady carry a few things from the bus to her house so they invited us in to teach them! Good people and hopefully they will progress! Friday and Saturday were normal days with nothing too crazy but good days of hard work!! 

Thanks for reading! 

Este semana ha sido bien especial para mi. Yo he aprendido mucho a cerca de mi mismo y también cosas que van a ayudarme seguir trabajando con todo mi fuerza por medio de todo mi misión! Yo he visto muchos bendiciones del señor em mi vida y en nuestro area! Yo estoy muy agradecido por mi padre celestial por su ayuda y amor constantemente en mi vida y en la misión! Yo se que siempre el esta cuidándome y ayudandome em este obra! Yo veo cada dia cosas que no podria hacer sin el! Yo se y testifico que el vive! jesucristo vive y ellos siempre estan escuchandonos y quieren ayudarnos! Gracias por leer! tengan feliz semanas! 

house we helped build and a photo of my comp and i

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Love,

Elder Beck

Pupusria that we eat in every day and a walk we had to take out of an area cause we missed the bus

Week 20 in reubicación!! 6 MONTHS

Week #25
7/25/16

Hey everyone! 

This week was a fun one! WE have had a lot of good times getting to know each other and figuring out how to manage an area together! we are both new so its been hard but a good run so far! Last Monday we had a really relaxed pday and got to hang out and sleep a little haha! i enjoyed that! Then in the night we had a family home evening with a member family nd a few investigators that went well! we are just having trouble getting permission from parents right now! we have 4 kids completely ready to get baptized that really want to but the parents are hard! So we hope they will soften their hearts and allow theirs kids to do it! Tuesday we had a multi zone which pretty much took up our whole day because it is like and hour and a half away sometimes 2 hours and it was like a 5 hour meeting haha! But it was really good! i learned a lot! Different from the last one because this time i was able to understand what was going on hah! We learned a lot about ways we can improve the work through the members and hope we can apply what we learned in our area! only hard thing wil be is our branch is really small! Wednesday was another fun trip to San Salvador to get my toe checked lol! practically live over there! That took longer than we wanted it to because she was helping some else before me.. so we got back late and only ended up having a few lessons in the night! Thursday We had a normal day, went to Concepcion to visit a few less active members which payed off cause they went to church!! Found a new person there and then headed back to the colony for the evening and followed our normal plans.. very repetitious in the mission same routines and people and etc. but i love it here in my area! Friday we went to Santa Rita and visited out catholic family that went to church once and they are most likely going to attend the temple for an activity this coming month!! We also found some news and had a chance to teach a few other lessons! Then we returned back to the colony and had a fhe with a family and then visited Bryan and Alan! Saturday we didnt do much haha walked a lot and tried to find people but didnt have any luck until the night time! all our plans fell but we got lots of people invited to church! Sunday was chill! i taught two lessons again! i can finally teach without thinking about the things i need to say! the language is getting way better! i feel almost fluent speaking! only have lots of words to learn! lots of nouns! 

I had trouble with my computer so im out of time but thanks for reading and i hope all is well for everyone!!! 

Adiós! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 18 in Reubicación!

Week #24
718/16

Hey everyone! 

This week was good! It was a little different and we didn't work as much as normal with changes and with Elder Acosta going home! but It was good! Tuesday we spent saying goodbye to all the members in the area and stuff like that, we didn't really teach and if we did it was just sharing a scripture! Wednesday i had to go to San Salvador with him to drop him off and then to the bus terminal to get my new companion! I received Elder Burgos! he is from Guatemala and Just finished his training! so this week has been interesting! i feel like we are both just trying to figure the mission thing out together! hes a fun guy I have enjoyed these few days! Thursday i had to go back to San Salvador to take out the infection that i got from my ingrown toenail that i got taken out the previous week lol! it hurt a lot more than normal! she had to cut skin!!! but it was quick! then we continued to present my new companion to members and investigators! Friday we went to Concepcion and introduced my comp and then did the same pretty much all week{! we finally got permission from the mom of a boy were teaching named Bryan! we put a baptism date with him and his friend Alan for the 13th of august! Were really happy about that! We continued working with Giovanni and his family, they will get baptized this week! This will be short because we didnt accomplish a ton this week! but i am adjusting to 100 percent Spanish! its hard but im learning a lot! pictures are my new companion and pancakes we made today!:) 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 18 in reubicaciòn!

Week #23
7/11/16

Hey everyone! This week was good! this email is gonna be pretty brief. Tuesday we had a good day we got to work with some less actives and they went to church! we had 5 less actives in sacrament meeting this week! It was awesome! We are now applying the temple dates with lots more families and are having great success! Wednesday we had a zone conference and had to travel to Apopa so that took up mist of our day! It was a good conference! president Vasquez was there! so that was cool! he taught us some things! We got back late after that and only taught a few lessons in the colony. Thursday we went to Santa Rita again, we got to work with a member from another branch, we went to visit a few of his family members! we put 5 baptismal dates and found 7 new investigators! they all live in a pueblo above Paraíso! We had just one lesson with the family Ramirez in santa rita then went to paraiso! We took some pictures of a lake nearby that are pretty cool i will send them next week! I didnt really take my camera with me this week so theres no pictures on my camera but ill get them from my comp tonight! and send them next week! Friday.. i had to go to san salvador to get.. another surgery on my toe haha i got another ingrown toenail taken out! this time though it got infected so i will be returning later this week haha! Sooo much fun! the lady says its because in the heat and from walking a lot my feet and fingers swell up and it puts more pressure on my toenails. not fun but oh well! that took up pretty much the whole day unfortunately! then we had divisions with members and got to have some extra lessons so that was nice! Saturday we went back to paraiso and had some lessons over there nothing special, but at night we have family home evenings with lots of members and investigators and stuff! this week we had almost 40 people there and 5 investigators! it was awesome! we took a video of it and are having a member put together a good video and we challenged them to share it on Facebook with the hashtag FHECHALLENGE or NDHCHALLENGE for spanish! so we can get others into fhe!! lots of success! we had a great week! Elder acosta goes home this week so we are packing his stuff getting him ready to go! Dont have time to write my testimony so i apologize! love you all! thanks for reading! 

More silly selfies! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 17 in Reubicación!

Week #22

7/4/16

Hola everyone!! 

This week was really good! Monday was really fun as you all already know! we had a fun touristy trip! Tuesday we went to Concepcion and had no luck! nobody was home! but we found a family that had a lot of weird questions! so that was interesting! Then we went back to the colony and had a few lessons with our investigators, we met the mom of a kid names Giovanni who will be baptized the 30th of this month! shes really positive too and we put a baptism date with her for the 6th of august! Wednesday We spent a lot of the afternoon doing service! we got to use machetes and cut down some trees weeds and all sorts of stuff! it was fun! we did it for 2 different families! then put a baptismal date with the other son of the lady i just talked about! then we had a lesson with a less active! On Thursday we had interchanges! i worked with our district leader elder Recinos and we walked to Santa Rita! We walked another like 7 miles haha its hard to get there! but it was worth it! we found a really positive family of 6 who went to church!! we had the baptismal interview for Yolanda! the daughter of the old lady we baptized a while back! she will be baptized this weekend! Were excited for her! Friday we had district meeting in the morning  and it was good! Went to Concepcion again and taught a less active family about temples to try and help them see that baptism isn't the last step! hopefully they can be sealed someday and have an eternal family! Then in the night we had a really fun lesson! haha so there is a member family and everyone is a member except the husband. He has a ton of doubts about the church like polygamy and coffee and the book of Mormon, Joseph smith, Sabbath day, and he told us we could come teach him but he wanted us to only use the bible.. so we studies for him and had a really good lesson and helped take away a few of his doubts! he said we could come back again so thats good! Other missionaries have tried to teach him but he said he was never satisfied haha! Saturday we went back to Santa Rita and took a taxi in this time haha! taught the family of 6 and committed them to church! they came!! we had 8 investigators in church! it was awesome!!! but we had to walk all the way out of Santa Rita haha like 7 almost 8 miles!! super fun hhaha! at least the walk is beautiful! Sunday was normal, i had to teach in priestrhood though! it was last minute i had like 30 seconds to prepare haha but pulled it off! 

Thats all for this week! thanks for reading! 

Este semana fue super bien! tuvimos mucho éxito! Yo voy a compartir algo chiquito pero yo quiero testificar de la importancia de nuestro fe! Muchos veces las personas dicen no importa la iglesia porque yo tengo fe y la salvación es personal. Pero sabemos que nuestro fe es muerte sin nuestro obra! podemos tener todo la fe en el mundo pero para que? si no estamos dispuestos a actuar y hacer las cosas significa nada nuestro fe! Tenemos la oportunidad a hacer cualquier cosa que queremos pero muchos veces es mas fácil a escoger las cosas equivocados! Pero yo prometo si guardamos los mandamientos y tratar a mostrar a dios nuestro fe por medio de acción vamos a ver la diferencia en nuestras vidas" vamos a ver milagros, bendiciones! Por medio de nuestro fe podemos hacer cualquier cosa! yo puedo ver los bendiciones de mi fe en la misión! Gracias por leer y tenga fe! Espero que todos tienen semanas buenas! 

Adiós!

Love,

Elder Beck

We had to celebrate the 4th a little!!:)

 

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Week 16 in Reubicación

Week #21
6/27/16

Hey everyone! 

This week was a good week! So this week we explored our area a little more because we don't have a lot of investigators and don't have many baptismal dates, so we went to a place called Santa Rita and it was really far haha we didn't expect it to be so far but it was like a 6 mile walk in to the village but we found some really good people and did a little service! We went there two times! The service was helping someone cut their grass or weeds in the front yard and we got to use machetes it was pretty sweet haha! Then we realized we were there too late and there were no more moto taxis out so we had to walk again haha! The girl Kimberly this week gave the book of Mormon back and told us not to come anymore so that was kinda sucky! and her whole family too.. 6 investigators that we lost! such a bummer for us! Nut we have had some luck too! We found a new boy that is 12 who lives just outside our colony, his name is Giovani and is really positive! he went to church and has a baptism date! We also taught the son of a member that always talks to us in the park when we pass. He speaks English so we taught him in English it was sooo nice haha!! A lady named Yolanda also who is the daughter of the old lady we baptized Carmen, she has 2 attendances now and is committed to be baptized the 9th of July!! She is awesome and super super positive! We are really happy for her and her progress! Other than that the week was really basic! Tho i also have a funny experience to share! We were teaching a less active family, which we have been doing a lot more of lately! we have have reactivated 8 people these 2 changes! but we were teaching and while i was talking a lizard fell from the roof of their house and landed in my lap! it freaked me out haha! then i realized what it was and tried to get it off but it was like stuck to me and then i finally kicked it off! it was so funny! but sucked also haha they were all laughing! but so random! All worked out though because they went to church yesterday! Anyways that's my story haha! 

Thanks for reading!!

Este semana por fin tengo tiempo suficiente papa compartir mi testimonio en español! Va a ser corto pero yo quiero compartir mi testimonio a cerca de los mandamientos! Hemos enseñado mucho este semana a cerca de porque tenemos otros mandamientos y porque es importante a guardarlos! Es bien simple, dios nos ha dado mandamientos para ayudarnos. Tenemos reglas de nuestro padre celestial para que el puede ayudarnos saber las cosas que necesitamos hacer para ser digno ante el en el ultimo día! Si, a veces cuesta mucho! A veces no son fáciles para guardar porque siempre tenemos pruebas y desafíos para probar nuestro fe! Pero la cosa es, es que si guardamos los mandamientos El Señor va a bendecirnos mas que sacrificamos! Siempre! El nos prometió que si guardamos los mandamientos el va a proveer la manera a seguir adelante y conquistar nuestros desafíos! El va a bendecirnos en cada aspecto de nuestros vidas! Recibimos bendiciones diferentes por cada mandamiento y si siempre estamos dispuestos a guardarlos siempre vamos a acercarnos mas a el y tener mas su espíritu, su ayuda, y sus bendiciones!  to testifico y se que este es la verdad! Yo he visto los bendiciones de la obediencia en la misión. Aveces fallamos en algo como misioneros pero cuando tratamos a mejorar, siempre vemos los bendiciones y la diferencia en nuestros vidas, nuestros actitudes, nuestros investigadores y nuestro trabajo! Gracias por leer! Espero que todos pueden tener estes bendiciones en sus vidas! Tengan feliz semanas!   

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Love,

Elder Beck