Week 38 Ciudad Delgado

Week #40
11/28/16

Hola!

 This week has been a fun one! lots of laughter and lots or hard work! Were enjoying the fun little ways to make ourselves crack up laughing in the streets and it has been pretty fun! I also decided this week that im going to move to costa rica.. my companion has shown me pictures and stuff and its pretty much the coolest place on earth. Plus now i speak spanish! but anyways it was a really good week! 

Tuesday.. Tuesday is always the hardest day for me cause you gotta get yourself back in to the routine of working hard after a day of well not doing much! but it was an excellent day! we got to do divisions with the members and got to do lots more visits! its probably the most effective thing you can do in the misison! It allows us to go to the visits all day and have another companionship finding news all day so we end up with double work and double success! We were able to find 5 people to teach and put metas for baptism with 4 of them! 

Wednesday, we had interviews with the mission president! it was good, we talked a lto about how the mission is teaching the restoration and how we can improve it so that there is more evidence and testimony.. it has been going really well! We are still learning it but weve already seen the blessings! that took up a lot of the day but we were still able to work a lot! We had some really good lessons! right now were teaching this lady named Noemi and she has progressed a lot! she is really comfortable in her church and doesn't wanna leave it but is learning more and more about the importance of a few of the principles we teach like the authority! And She went to church!! She liked it a lot! We also had a correlation with the ward mission leader and were able to figure out some very important things!! I think we will have a lot more success with the members now!

Thursday, we had a  pretty normal day lots of visits fell and we didnt have mny lessons but we had time to find new ppl because nobody was home we wanted to teach! We put 3 baptismal dates!

Friday we had a really slow day but it ended pretty good we worked really har din the night time and taught some really powerful short lessons while contacting and put a few baptismal dates!! 

Saturday well if you have been reading my letters you already know that we invited everyone we possibly could to go to church! haha! Other than that we didnt do much! but we have had wonderful experiences and lots of fun! i have really loved my time with elder Artiaga! he is a great companion and we are working really hard together! 

Hope everyone has a wonderful week!!! thanks for reading! 

the pic is where we write every week! i didnt have any other pics so we took a selfie! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 37 in Cuidad Delgado!

Week #39
11/21/16HEY everyone!!

 this week has been incredible!! My new companion i insanely awesome! hes from Costa Rica and ha a whole 5 days in the mission!! He i such a good missionary already and we have tons in common! he surfs and it pretty crazy and ants to work hard! This i going to be a very productive 6 weeks and hopefully more!! 

fun fact: in one week i have had 3 companions! haha my companion left for his mission early Monday morning and i received the elder that is in the area close to us then i received my comp Wednesday! 

i don't have much time to write thi email but i ill try to make it good! 

We have had a week of lots and lot of work! im trying to be extra extra good with my new comp o he has the best experience coming into the mission! We are really tired but the lord is blessing us!

Tuesday we had a lot of visit to do after not working much Monday and Sunday and it a a good day we had lot of lesson and were pretty busy all day! i was ith elder pacaja the shorter one with the glasses. Hes a good friend of mine here! pretty funny guy! From Guatemala! Wednesday we had the trainers meeting and it was pretty good! i had to lead the music and realized i have no idea how to do it lol it was pretty great.. the president wife spoke about leading the muic and taught u all.. my fault but it as a good meeting! i received ELDER ARTIAGA from COSTA RICA!! Hes awesome and we are already great friends! he works really hard and has tons of excitement to be here!! Thursday was our first day together and we went crazy! we were running al around all ay nd between all the visits we were contacting and were able to find news at the same time!! We put 3 baptismal dates! 

Friday we had a tough day! lots of visits fell and we didnt have a whole lot of lessons but we found some news and talked ith lots of people! we had 4 baptismal dates too!

Saturday was the craziest day of the week! !i think were really tired from that day alone! WE were all over the place all day until really late too! we almost missed dinner for a lesson we had! But it was a very good lesson! All three of the young adults were teaching have been to church now! They will get baptized but im not sure they will reach the goal we have with them.. We will see!!

Sunday was a good day, but we didn't have enough people in sacrament meeting! only 4 and 2 were friends and family for the primary program.. but it was really awesome the primary program. only problem as an investigator left pretty confused lol.. it was his first time going to church!

Anyways a great week! thank for reading and i apologize for errors this keyboard doesn't work well and i dont speak English anymore.. 

Have a great week!!  

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Love,

Elder Beck

 Primry program gve us ribbons! 

 Best soda ever! colashanpan!

Week 36 Ciudad delgado!!

Week #38
11/14/16

HOLA!

This week has been super good! We have had so much success! found so many people and have had so much fun!! This letter will be short because i didn't realize what time it was and i have little time left! 

Tuesday was a good day for us! we were able to visit tons of people and find lots too! we put 2 more baptismal dates! 

Wednesday we did the same thing haha but we put two more baptism dates! This week we did a lot of the same thing but worked really hard to find news and work with those who we have! 

Thursday was a day of visits! we worked with a member and were able to get lots done. and put 2 more baptismal dates haha! 

Friday we were able to split up and work with members which helps us a ton! WE ended up visiting all the people we wanted and found tons of people too! We put 3 baptismal dates! 

Saturday, we spent all day inviting everyone to church but this time we were trying to tell everyone how special it was going be and well it worked we had 5 investigators in church! and we also put 5 baptismal dates!! Were pretty happy! we have more people to work with now! We have found 2 families this week that have never been baptized into any church and one of them came to church Sunday! I hope they keep going!! 

Sunday was a good day because our investigators came to church!! We had great classes and all of the people said they really liked it! Sorry that its so short this week but the week was amazing we had lots of great experiences and lots of success!! this week we will have changes and i received the call that this change i will be training! I'm pretty excited but kinda nervous too! Well see what happens!! Thanks for reading!! 

Have a great week!!! we got a cake for my comp because he left for his mission this week! and the other picture is us with the youth that always works with us! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 35 Ciudad Delgado!

Week #38

11/7/16

HOLA! 

This week was really good! until Sunday haha! well the whole week was good but we worked really hard this week to get people committed to go to church and nobody came! it was the first time in my whole mission that only one person came. i was a bit upset but im sure that we will have more next week!! 

Anyways Tuesday we had a good day, passion for all of the people that we have because Tuesdays we can fill the schedule after not working Mondays! we got lots of lessons and we got to work all day with a member so it was good success but pretty basic! 

Wednesday was the day of the dead here.. it was a very interesting day. almost impossible to contact people.. we even got yelled at one time from someone who told us it was a sentimental day and that we needed to go away.. but we went to the cemetery and talked to people about the plan god has fur us in t his life and met lots of people! we left with lots of references so that is good! hopefully we can visit them all this week and help them out! but we didn't get to do much.. everyone rejected us hah! 

Thursday, we were able to do the same thing as Tuesday so that was an easy day to report.. not much happened just a lot of visits but we did get to put a lot of baptismal dates too!! Saturday night before those who fell Sunday we had 31 people with a date to be baptized, now these arnt set dates like 31 will be baptized but they're goals we put with the people! It was cool! Friday we were able to do divisions with two members and have double lessons! it was the  best! we met tons of people caus eone group went to contact the other to the visits hat we had set! we ended up putting 6 more baptismal dates. 

Saturday we spent the whole day passing for every person we know and trying to invite them to church! by the end of the day we had 15 people committed to come but unfortunately they didnt come! but it was a long day of lots of walking! and.. you already know how Sunday was.. a little disappointing but i enjoyed church! ALL is well here i love this area and my companion and i will be here until Christmas! im getting fatter thats about the only thing i dont like so far about the mission! but its okay i have strong legs from all the walking! Thanks for reading everyone! hope you all have a great week! 

The picture is from today! We went paint balling!! SOO fun! (nobody shot me!) 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 33 Cuidad Delgado!!

Week #37
10-24-16

Hey everyone! this weeks email is gonna be short because we have had lots of reunions! but i have learned a lot about the importance of this church in the lives of ALL the people here on earth! 

Tuesday we had a multi zone meeting! it was practically all day and when we got back to our area we didn't have much time to teach. The reunion was pretty good i learned a few things that have helped me in lessons and teaching! Something i learned was how to help investigators identify the spirit when its present in lessons and the importance of him in the role of conversion! Its really helped us out with a few investigators!! Then when we got home we went to visit a family but they wernt home.. but outside of the house two young adults were sitting down and we talked to them and ended up putting baptismal dates with them! One has already been to church! We were very happy about that! Hopefully they can progress and learn more!! 

Wednesday we had a tough day! we were able to fill our schedule with visits but almost nobody was home! It was a lot of walking and a little disappointing but we ended up visiting important people! like marta! ( Who got baptized!!) 

Thursday we had interchanges! i was working with our district leader elder perez! good missionary. we had a really funny experience.. well i did cause i just got to laugh! WE were teaching this lady and she was watching a little girl, the girl turned on the hose and it exploded all over my comp.. well elder perez it was probably the greatest thing ever! but it was mostly a day of introducing him to all of the people were teaching so he knows were working haha! 

Friday we had another reunion.. zone meeting.. idk why but we did. it was long and spent a lot of our time but it was good! i did learn something really cool that i really liked! That this gospel blesses the lives of all those who accept it. We all know that but the way he explained it was cool. if you want blessing in work, obey the law of the tithe, if you want blessings in the family obey the lay of chastity, if you want blessings in health, obey the word of wisdom, and did that fir every blessing that we askas people! it was really cool and i have used it a few time already! 

Saturday we walked around EVERYWHERE inviting all of the people that we know and teach to go to church and to join us in the trip we had to hear elder Dallin H. Oaks! it was a long day haha! most people said they couldn't go which was hard cause i understand how cool and special it is to have an apostle here but they dont.Then we had the baptism of Marta And it was super good! the talks were excellent and she was super happy!  

Sunday, was super cool! Elder Oaks came to El Salvador and spoke to all of the members of the whole country! He gave an incredible message and i learned lots of cool things! it was fun to see all of the missionaries from all 3 missions here! He spoke about something i liked a lot! he spoke about the difference between this religion and others in the world, he said that all are great but pointed out the things that are especially in the church of Jesus Christ! it was pretty cool! i learned a lot! Coolest part was having marta there! I asked her what she had learned in the meeting and she said, well hermano, i learned that there is only one true church here on the earth and this is it! It was a pretty cool and exciting thing to hear! were very very happy for her! 

Ended up not being short but thanks for reading!! Hope everyone has a great week!! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 32 cuidad delgado!

Week #36
10-17-16

Hey everyone!! this week has been great! 2 days were a little slow and kinda cruddy but we worked really hard to find new people and commit people to get to church this week! WE had some ups and some downs but in the end all turned out well! We have found lots of people and put lots of baptism dates! Monday we played volleyball as a zone and it was interesting lol, latinos dont play volleyball! but it was pretty fun! lots of laughing at how bad we all were! then we got to eat subway! that as probably the best food in the world haha! sooo different than the food people eat here!! it was amazing though!! Tuesday we worked with a member, she brought us to a bunch of people that the sister missionaries were teaching, it was pretty helpful! lots of new people! They're all old haha! well see if any of them will progress!! wednesday we had interchanges and i worked with our district leader, it was a horrible day haha i felt soo bad that we had a bad day when he came! We hardl had lessons and nobody accepted us! but he came for the baptismal interview and we got it done! Marta passed and her baptism is this week!! Thursday we had a great day planned until they called us and told us we had to go the office of the mission and do stuff for the visa of my companion! got everything worked out and will leave for his mission next month! But it wasted all day so we didt get to work much! friday we had a good day! we did divisions with two members prepping to serve missions! We were able to put 5 baptismal dates and find lots of good people1! saturday we had a long day of a lot of inviting and committing people to go to church! WE ended up committing like 10 people and had 4 in church! it was a bit annoying but we were happy to have 4!! All is well, sunday was a good day, i had to teach the gospel principles class on service! they told me 30 seconds before the prayer! haha but it was pretty good! We had 3 investigators in the class! it has been a good week, im happy, learning, having great experiences every day! i love being able to see the miracles in the lives of the people that we teach! Teaching the gospel and being in the mission is truly the best two years! and i dont think its because the mission is fun or anything like that but because its so easy to just be happy! Always thinking about others and how you can help them really brings happiness! I love this church and i love my mission! hope everyone has a great week!! 

Este semana ha sido excelente! Todo ha sido divertido y he tenido muy buenas experiencias! Yo amo este misión y este iglesia y estoy muy agradecido por la oportunidad que tengo para servir a otros!  Quiero compartir mi testimonio a cerca de servicio! Este fue el tema de mi clase domingo! La importancia de servir es grande! Dios bendice a nosotros y a otros, cuando buscamos oportunidades a servir a otros sentimos mas feliz! Si quiere la felicidad, servir! Yo se que es cierto porque yo lo puedo sentir cada día acá en la misión! Gracias por leer! espero que todos tengan una semana excelente!!  

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 31 Cuidad delgado!

Week #35
10-10-16

Hey everyone!! 

This week was a long one! not sure why but it felt pretty long! It was all normal! nothing too interesting happened, but we have had a lot of luck finding new people! we were able to put a lot of baptismal goals with people but unfortunately not too many came to church! 

We have been doing something new that i have enjoyed a lot. We started leaving to work at 10am. normally we have more studies but we decided that it was a good time to be out working and it has been a success! its a little harder with the first person we talk to but after that its super good! haha were a little more tired after the day too but thats a good thing! it means were working hard!! we have had lots of success finding new people but We have been having trouble helping the people that we find get to church. Its hard when the people dont come to church on sunday because we work so hard the whole week and when sunday comes and theres not investigators it feels like all the work was useless. i know its not because i can still see the people changing their lives but its a bummer! this letter wil be pretty short becaus eit was a really basic week but we are still doing the same things haha! contacting lots of people and have visits in the night time! hermana marta is progressing a lot! she is the lady whoise mom is in the wheel chair and cant do basically anything! She is ready for baptism and has been to church every week and loves it! shes really thankful for the things we have done for her and will get baptismed the 22nd of this month! We are gonna see if we can baptise her mom.. not really sure but someone told us to find out if we can hah! woulld be cool but idk how! Anabell was confirmed this weekend and is now the newest and happiest member in the ward! i loved seeing her at church this week! She also went to an activity we had on saturday! it was pretty fun! we had a soccer tourament and all types off typical foods from el salvaodr! We didnt have too many investigators there so we didnt stay too long but it was really cool and fun! until it rained haha! Anyways thats all that i have really this week, i am sorry it is so short and not full of detail! Thanks for reasding hope everyone has a great week!! 

Este semana ha sido excelente pero muy largo! Ha sentido como un eternidad pero han pasado muy buenas cosas! Estamos encontrando muchos personas y tenemos personas  preparando por el bautismo! yo amo este obra y este evangelio! yo se que este es la obra del señor y que este es su iglesia! yo espero que cada una de ustedes pueden sentirlo! El señor realmente ha bendecido a nosotros por medio de estas cosas y quiero que cada persona en el mundo puede sentir la mismo felicidad que tengo por ser miembro de la iglesia de Jesucristo! ESPERO QUE TENGAN SEMANAS EXCELENTES! hasta la próxima semana!! 

ADIÓS!! 

sorry i dont have pictures this week..

Love,

Elder Beck