Week 27 Cuidad Delgado

Week #31
9/12/16

Hey Everybody!! This week has been really good! But letters are going to continue short. We still spend the most part of the afternoon looking for new people to teach trying to improve this area haha! We have some investigators that are progressing now! but it has been hard to get them to church! but thats okay we are going to get them to go this week! Were teaching one family, Jose Ana and Miguel, husband wife and son that is 9! Right now they're our most positive investigators! They are really interested in the message and said they are for sure going to church this week! We have found lots of good people this week and we hope the best for all of them as they read and pray! We should have a baptism pretty soon! A partial member family! the daughter will be baptized! he already passed her interview! Were excited for her! Im not going to do a daily update like usual because the days are all the same right now.. usually we just spend the afternoon finding people and the night visiting the people that we have! And we enter earlier so there's less time to teach! But i love this area and we are having lots of success! Were having lots of fun along the way and were enjoying the little things that we have in this area!! opening and area is not easy but were doing all we can to improve the ward and the area! Its been a fun and great opportunity! This Sunday was stake conference which was really good! we enjoyed it but it was hard to get investigators to go because it was far and in another gang territory! I had to go in the car of a member because im not aloud to leave my area! It was really good! the temple president and mission president both spoke! They are really powerful people haha! They spoke about the mission work for members and i hope the members feel motivated to help us more and more!! we need there references! those are the best investigators.. the ones that the members prepare! Anyways this week has been really good, but were tired! haha we have worked really hard and done lots of walking!

I'm loving every step of my mission, im learning things i never thought id be able to do and i am closer to the spirit then i have ever been in my life! im almost done with the book of Mormon and have read it really thoroughly! I am developing attributes of Christ that are helping me become a better person and i have nobody to thank but him! Thanks for reading!! hope everyone is doing great!! I dont have enough time to write a testimony in Spanish but i will try next week!! Spanish is improving more and more and i get lots of compliments now! HAaha i can finally understand pretty much everything people say to me!

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The picture is a classic el salvador breakfast that i make pretty much every morning

Love,

Elder Beck

Week 26 Cuidad Delgado!

Week #30
9/5/16

HOLA! Ha Sido una semana excelente! 

This week has been really good! im really enjoying everything about this area and my companion! Its beautiful here and just keeps getting better! We have people to teach now and are still finding more but this week we havnt had as much success contacting but thats okay, some poeple are progressing! My companion and i are already really good friends and i love working with him! still going to be a relatively short letter because we still have to spend a lot of the day just contacting talking to people but i will try to make it good! Tuesday we spent all day contacting and trying to visit baptismal dates we had, but it was really good. A youth member whose preparing to serve left with us and worked with us all day! it was nice, he showed us around more and we found some good people! Days feel a lot shorter here because we enter the house at 8 because its more dangerous! Wedesday we pretty much did the same thing but we left with a different youth! and explored a different part of the area! Had some good lessons with ome of the people were teaching and also put some more baptismal dates!! Thats my favorite thing in the mission, when someone says si! when we invite them to baptism haha! Were getting pretty good at it too! most of the new people we teach say yes! Thursday we actually had a day filled with appointments! some of them fell but we got to visit a lot of the people we wanted to! We went to a part of the area thats dangerous haha nothing happened we just got asked for the time a few times so they could see if we had a good phone, and we went into this little alley neighborhood and there were a bunch of gangsters at the end haha they asked us quien busca? or who are you looking for and we just said were just trying to find people to teach and were missionaries and they said nobody lives here so we left haha! Friday we spent all day doing.. bet you cant guess.. contacting haha. then visited some baptismal dates in the evening! found 5 new pwople and put one more baptismal date! Saturday we taufght lots of l1 or the restoration! haha it was a good dsay, but pretty much the same al always! Sunday was good, like being in a ward again haha! more relaZING! AND THERES AIR CONDITIONING HAH! it was fast sunday so we were really tired and had no energy but we worked until it was time to go home! We were very excited to go to slep haha! but i didnt sleep hardly at all last night! dont know why! Good thiung ts pday!! We also had interviews with president! they were really good he taught good stuff!! And his wife gave us all a bag of candy haha! ]YUMMY. Anyways my times up but thanks for reading!!! Have a great week!! }

ADIOS 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 25, Cuidad Delgado!

Week #29
8/29/16


Hola everyone! this week has been really good! I have been adjusting ot all the change but ilove it here in my new area!! I am now in Cuidad Delgado with Elder Perez from guatemala! He and i are opening this area! were the first elders to be here in 11 years! There were sisters here for a while but then it closed! Also when i heard where i was going i was quite confused haha! i am in the city Soyapongo.. if you wanna know more about the city, google it lol! but im the first "gringo" to be in soyapongo in more than 2 years haha but here i am! im the test! but i love it here! everything here is super cool! MY house is super nice haha! because the hermanas lived here before us so its suoper clean and we have running water every day haha!! and its not cold! Its a pretty big house too! And my area is beautiful! im in the city now so pdays we can eat yummy food in centro and go to walmart! Pretty excited about that! Elder Perez is suuper cool! we have been working super well together! he has 5 months in the mission! We are already good friends! We have had to contact a lot because the sisters didnt leave us with anything haha but after three days of work together we have 20 investigators and 13 baptismal dates for the 1st of october! We have a huge chapel that is beautiful and sunday was amazing to sit in a normal meeting and not teach any classes haha! This letter will be pretty short because we have only spent the days contacting and meeting members but i love it here! its a little dangerous but its really really cool! How wverything is organized is crazy! but were starting to get to know the streets and stuff! Only lost ourselves a few times! haha all is well! if you want to see some crazy pictures of things that happen in the city soyapongo google it but if you dont like crazy stuff dont! Luckily im in a pretty relaxed area here! but its cool! i see lots of gangsters with tatoos all over and stuff its crazy!!

Este semana realmente ha sido bien especial! Yo he disfrutado mi tiempo aquí y hemos encontrado muchas personas bien positivas! No tengo mucho tiempo para seguir escribiendo pero yo espero que todo tengan una semana fantástico y especial! Yo se y testifico que todos los días el señor esta ayudándonos! No hay ningún manera que nosotros podríamos encontrar personas así sin su ayuda y por eso yo estoy muy agradecido! Gracias por Leer!!!

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 24 in reubicación!! CHANGES

Week #29
8/22/16

HEY EVERYONE! 

This week has been really good! WE have done a lot of service for the people in our colony and have seen a difference in the peope!! I love doing service projects in the mornings! its super fun and something different! But we have een able to help lots of people and for that i feel good! Tuesday we did a service project in the morning, and then headed to concepcion! we visited a member family and then spent some time looking for news, not to much luck but we had a good day there! Then we went tp reubicacion 2 and 3 and we found some really good people! THey accepted baptismal dates and a return appointment! Unfortunately i wont be there for it! I found out today in the morning that i have changes! I dont know to where or my new comp but i will find out this wednesday! on wednesday we went to santa rita and had a really good dy!! We found some really good people and they are pretty posative! i love the area but its hard to get to and far from church! so its also difficult for the people to get to church! Then when we went to the colony and visited our baptismal dates! Nights in the colny are usually pretty similar, just rotating the people that we visit! hursday we did more service in the morning and had some fun with machetes! i got to chop a tree haha i enjoyed it! Then we went to paraiso and vidited members menos actives and investigadores! We did divisions with members there so we got more lessons! then back to the colony haha! 

friday we went to a meeting in ilopango super far away bacause my companion is going to train! it took up like the whole day but i got to relax a bit so it was nice! Then We got to eat good food! haha we went to mcdonalds and then we got to go into WALMART! haha not a ig deal ut here it is haha my area is super poor and theres nothing there so i havnt seen stuff like that in forever! I bought some hair gel i ran out of! Saturday we had a really good activity in chalate with the other branch! we played soccer and other games outside and had a movie playing inside! it was a huge success! we had more investigators there than we did members! 12!! WE were very happy! then the next day we had 7 in church! after that it was a basic day! visited a fmily that went to the activity to commit them to church and they went!! sunday was a normal day but i enjoyed it! I can actually understand everything the people say noe so i learn and feel the spirit more! oh and sorry for all the errors! all the letters on this keyboard are erased.. but it was a great week and i am happy but sad to leave my area! and my companion! i have learned a lot from him and 2 weeks wasnt enough! but im excited to meet more people and see another part of the country!! 

Thanks for reading!! 

Sorry no pictures this week.. i forgot my adapter! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 23 en Reubicaciòn!!

Week #28
8/15/16

Hey everyone!! 

This week has been really good! I have learned a lot about myself, the mission, the culture here, and how i can be a better missionary and person! Tuesday, WE went to los amates and visited a member family that is starting to be active again, at their house they had a friend who likes the church and is interested in what we have to say! she accepted a baptismal date so we will work with her more this week! After that we did divisions with members, i stayed with our mission leader, I went back to our colony and my comp stayed in paraiso! We had a good day, and visited baptism dates that we have in te colony to help them progress! Wednesday was kinda lame, we had a zone conference in the morning but they are in apopa which is far away.. so we had to wake up early to be there at 8am and then the meeting was lie 3 hours and then we ate lunch at pizza hut!! that was good haha! but it took a long time and we didn't get back to our area until about 3. WE learned a lot about the first lesson that we have with people and how we can find their needs and make good impressions! It was a good meeting i learned a lot! When we got back to the are a we did divisions again, and had some good visits in the colony with the usual people! We had the interview with hermana Yolanda, but she didnt pass.. problems that she has with her partner.. We are sad and she is bummed. but we are going to help her get to baptism! she really wants it! Thursday was a good day, short but good! We did service in the morning in los amates and it was really good! we helped them clean up the community! We didnt get back to our house until like 1 thought! then we had to shower and get ready and go to chalate to start interchanges, but we hadnt eaten so we ate in chalate when we got there. We ate good food, but it took a while haha! We started the divisions and i went back to my area with our district leader! We worked in reubicacion 2 and 3 and found some new people and had some good visits! then we returned to the colony and went to teach with the resident of the branch. Had good lessons and then a good dinner at his house! Friday, was a good day also!! It was my birthday but in the mission it doesnt mean much lol! we worked hard! and that was what made me happy! then we had a nice dinner in the evening with a member! she made me a bunch of foods, and juices from el salvador and a lot of fruits that id never had! it was awesome!! great birthday and great meal! Saturday was another day of interchanges! this time i was with the comp of our district leader and he came to my area! it was a relaxed day and we did some good work but nothing crazy! Sunday was the same as usual! but weird because i was with another comp at church! haha! taught the class fo the youth and priesthood! it was interesting! We talked about family history! In the night is when i learned something very valuable that i will never forget! I Learned something about myself and about the mission that will forever help me be a better missionary and a better person! Thanks to my companion! he is a really good person and a fantastic missionary! Thanks for reading!! 

Este semana ha sido bien especial para mi! Yo he aprendido cosas que voy a recordar toda mi vida! Este semana quiero compartir mi testimonio a cerca de los atributos de cristo! Este es la tema que yo he estudiado mucho este semana y he aprendido cosas bien importantes! Yo se y testifico que tenemos un ejemplo perfecto que nos dejo todos las cosas que necesitamos hacer en este vida para encontrar la felicidad perfecto! para tener una vida mejor y ser mejores personas! Para regresar a vivir con la personas que nos dieron todo después de este vida! Para desarrollar atributos de cristo es algo difícil, pero si se puede va a cambiar su vida en maneras increíbles! Yo se que Dios nos ha dado desafíos, y cosas que faltamos, pero por medio de la expiación de Jesucristo y su ejemplo podemos fortalecernos en cada aspecto ! Gracias por leer y espero que todas tengan una semana buenísimo!    

video from my birthday confetti haha

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Love,

Elder Beck

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