Semana 51 Las Américas 1

Week #51
2/27/17

Hola! 

This week was pretty good! we had our share of ups and downs! We were able to find some peopel that are incredible! We found a man named vlademir! hes 27 and hes supe rinterested! hes got tons of questoins but he came to church and really liked it! he lives next to the church! i cant believe hed never talked to the missionaries! he even came to play soccer with us today! it was awesome! but sadly and i am already tired of writing this... my toe got screwed up AGAIN! It got infected where the doctor operated like a month ago! i had to rest for 2 days! UGH! That was hard for us but it ended up being okay! We still were able to work enough! Still loving being a zone leader! its so much fun! i hav eenjoyed helping other missoinaries and being able to visit all of the areas! Oh and baptismal interviews! i LOVE hearing how everyone has come to know that this church is true! Its been pretty interesting to be in a trio.. i havnt decided if i like it or hate it. We are with a great missionary! But he is a little crazy sometimes! Anyways becasue we had to rest a bit this week i dont have tons to write about but i really enjoyed this week! Although it was dificult it was lots of fun! Thanks for reading everyone! sorry for writing so little but next week it will be better!! Love you all! Thanks for all of your letters and support! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 50, America 1

Week #50
2/20/17

Hola! 

Esta semana ha sido tan bueno! no im just kidding haha but i really did start typing in spanish before i realized that i need to write you all in english! This week has been really goof! full of lots of learnign and lots of working! I have never been a leader in the missoin before so its been really fnu to learn how it works! Im also really enjoying working so close to president! Hes sooo spiritual and so smart! i have learned so much from him in this little time that i have been here! We have been working reall yhard to try and balance all of the responsibilities that we have and still work hard with the time we have i nthe are! its been a little difficult but we have been doing well! We have really great people that were teaching that love the church and will get baptised! Lots of fun too! were in a trio so we do laugh a lot more! its pretty funny being with Elder Vazquez! Hes hilarious but he doesnt act like a missoinary.. thats why hes with us. Good friend but i think he has forgotten why he is here! so were trying to help him out! Also makes teaching more interesting! a bit harder too! he has more time in the missoin than me and my companion! All in all it was a really good week! We had interviews with president too! that was really good but really sucky! Good because wow everyone left so inspired to work and etc, sucks because we had to be there the whole time to make sure people were geing into their interviews at the right time and stuff.. and my zone is HUGE! theres 30 missionaries! So we were there for 11 hours! The good thing is president and his wife took my comp and i out to lunch! we went to subway and if you know me well i LOOOVE subway! haha! And they paid so that was cool! Sunday was cool! I forgot to tell you all but last week i had to give a talk! they told me saturday night! but it was one of the best talks ive ever given! the topic was Enter the temple! Weird topic for a missionary but it was cool! it was a miracle becaus eim not a good public speaker and normally i just write down everything i wanna say and read it, but this time i decided i wasnt going to do that! i just wrote down a few bullet points and i spoke for 15 minutes! it was crazy! i didnt read ANYTHING! Everyine said it was a really good talk too! i was pretty stoked! The missoin really does change lives haha! I didnt even feel nervous! I love it here! i absolutely love the mission! I love helping and serving otheres all day every day and i love this church! I know its true and you all can too! Thanks for all of your love and support! I hope you all have a great week!!! Hasta Luego!! 

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pictures are on top of a guys roof.. fun way to contact him.. hey were not from here and youve got a pretty cool view can we go on your roof and take pictures so we can send them to our families and show them how pretty el salvador is? We have an appointment with him tomorrow haha! Love the mission! and selfies:)

Love,

Elder Beck

Week 49 LAS AMERICAS 1

Week # 49
2/13/17

Hey everyone!! this week has been really interesting! this week we had changes so tuesday i was just sayijng goodbye to everyone that i knew in ciudad delgado!! wednesday we had changes and i got a call from president to be a new zone leader! im pretty nervouse but really excited! What i dont understand is that i was never a district leader so im learnign lots of new stuff! But im really excited to be able to work close with president and the assistants! I am now in my new area! its called Las Americas 1! I My zone in gigantic! theres 30 missionaries! and in my zone are the assistants, secrataries and sister leaders! I live with the assistants too! its pretty fun! one of them was inthe mtc with me!! Thursday i had my first leaders meeting! it was suuuper good! I am learning sooo much and im so excited! I was super nervous because you have to talk and i was new and didnt know what to say! but it was cool! Friday we had our zone conference! I was really nervous hah! but everyone said they couldnt tell so thats good! it turned out really good! we talked about the gospel of jesus christ, then how we can bring more people to church and put more baptismal dates! i liked it!! The next days have been pretty normal, ive been getting to know the area and the investigators and stuff! we have found some really good people together too! I also had to do a baptism interview! it was the first time and it was pretty cool! I learned a lot from the man i interviewed! he had a really strong testimony for an investigator! I am really thankful for these changes i am excited to do lots more and learn tons mre! I know that i can become a better missionary through this service! I hope that you all have a wonderful week! Thaks for reading!! 

pictures are the view from the misosin home and my comapnion and us with the assistants! that live with us! We all go home together too! haha! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Semana 48 Ciudad Delgado!

Week #47
2-6-17

Hola Everyone!! 

This week has been pretty fun! I pretty much knew from last week that this wednesday i will have changes so i have been packing my stuff and saying goodbye to people! Today our leaders coinfirmed it! I am leaving ciudad delgado! 6 months! I am pretty happy with the work i have been able to do here! I have mixed emotions about leaving! Im pretty happy buyt im also sad because i wont be able to see a few of the baptisms that i have worked pretty hard for! Buty i am pretty happy to not be a trainer! Excited to see whop my next companion will be and where i will go! The only thing that uis hard is that im sure i will go to an area that will be uch hotter than where i am right now.. tjhat will be tough! And i will probably start to go home at 9 again! That will have me pretty tired for a while but at least i wont be in a zone with just latinos! And i probably wont see tons of gangsters anymore! I had a fun week, had my first experience with the gangsters in this area! We were walking on the train tracks and a few of the guys stopped us and started asking us a buynch of questions! they thought i was a detective.. lol! They asked where were from and where we live and our names and stuff.. we told them we live in the church because we dont have money for a house and because we were in a contrary zone so if we told trhe where we lived they would have gotten mad haha! Thjey didnt believe us but they let us go! It was pretty funny! We had 3 more baptisms and i was suuper happy! The couple  are the people we helped get married and the other was a street contact that was suuper posative! were soo happy with the work here and i am sad to leave a few people buuut im also happy!! its been pretty fun saying goodbye to everyone! It has helped me see more what i am doing here and given me more motivatoin toi work harder in my nexst area! The members and the bishop all thanked me for my hard work and told e how greatful they all were for what i have done in this area so that made me feel pretty good! Still a little scared at how fast the mission is passing though! I will be home in 11 months! Thats way too fast!!! 

Anyways it has been a great week and im greatful for what i icould learn and see and the people i could teach in this area! Vamos a ver que tal la próxima!!! Thanks for reading!!!! Have a fantastic week!!! 

Hace mucho no comparto mi testimonio en español con ustedes entonces pensé que lo haría hoy! Va a ser breve pero yo quería compartir mis sentimientos y mi testimonio acerca de la expiación de Jesucristo! Acá en la misión he visto milagros en las vidas de las personas, cambios imposibles en los corazones de las personas porque pudieron sentir el amor del y poder del salvador! Yo se que el vive que su sacrificio es real, que por medio de lo que el hizo para nosotros podamos lograr lo imposible! Que cada uno de ustedes puedan ser mejores personas y tener mejores relaciones con su padre celestial! El Les ama tanto y quiere que todos lo puedan sentir! les invito a orar mas, leer las escrituras y arrepentirse! cambian sus vidas desde ya, no  hay tiempo para esperar! El señor les bendecirá! 

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Love,

Elder Beck

Week 47 Ciudad Delgado! 1 YEAR!!!!

Week #46
1/30/17

Hey everyone!! This week was pretty good! This is gonna be pretty fast because we wont have the full time to write because of our activity today! We went to the other mission and we went bowling it was pretty sweet!! But we had an amazing week! We had 4 baptisms, 12 people in sacrament meeting and confirmed that we will have 4 more baptisms this Sunday!! I know that i will be changed this next week because my comp got called to train sooo see ya later ciudad delgado!! I think i have done the work i was sent to do here! The attendance has improved and we have had lots of baptisms but im sad because i wont get to see some of them that i have been able to teach and see progress! I am gonna miss this area! I love the ward and the people and i will miss sooo much some of my converts! This week we were able to work really effectively, we had a crazy week of baptismal interviews interchanges and reunions! I dont have lots of time but i am so grateful for the time i have had here in this area and the things i could learn! i will be a better missionary in the next ward where im sent! I am exited to see what will come!! This week i officially finished a year in the mission! im pretty excited but pretty scared! The time has gone by sooo fast!! I don't feel like i have been here for a year and everyone has told me that the second half just goes by faster! But well see what happens! Thanks everyone for reading!! i promise that next weeks letter will be better!!!

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Love,

Elder Beck

Semana 46! Ciudad Delgado

Week  #45
1/30/17
Hey everyone!! This week was really good but a little bit hard! We finished the week really tired but we had lots of success! 8 people came to church and we will have 4 baptisms this week! We were gonna have them last week but they drank coffee.. but they are all good for this week and we will have lots more as well!! This area is super good and i am sad to think that i will soon be leaving! We have changes on the 8th and i will probably leave.. i have been here for almost 6 months! This week i officially have 1 year in the mission!! CRAZY! but i ill be home in less than a year! Im pretty sure the 10th of January next year! I don like how fast the time is going by but i know that if i keep working hard the lord is going to make it feel easier and faster for me! We have been having weeks really basic and im struggling to find interesting things to write you guys but were working really hard ith lots of people! We have found o many amazing investigators that are o prepared to receive our message! Ill tell you a little about them, the people getting baptized this Saturday are Selena, Marta, Gloria, and Rosa, they are all family and they absolutely love the church! Others are Marcela and Erick, the couple that got marries a few weeks ago! they have both told us that they are so grateful for hat we have taught them and are ready to get baptized! They just need to go to church a few more times! Others are branda and alicia, mother and daughter! They are soo good! the other day we were talking with them and they aid to us elders, i know that you guy come and go real quick but if you guy have to leave i want you to know that you have done something good in this house, were so grateful to have known the true church and we dont feel confused anymore! Another names Javier that went to church for the first time this week and told u he would ike to move forward his baptismal date becue he already knew that it was all true!!! We have a few others similar but they are all amazing and we have really focused on helping them progress and looking for lots of new people! Anyways this was a good week! today we played soccer with the whole zone and i scored 3 goals! Against all latinos!! im pretty stoked haha!! It was lots of fun tyo be able to play again! Finally dont have ingrown toenails! Thanks for reading!! Have a great week!!!  Hasta Luego!
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Love,

Elder Beck

waiting for the bus selfie! I didnt have other picture! im trying to take more but it kinda dangerous to take my camera with me.. p.s. the sun is really bright here lol! pretty coo view!! AMO EL SALVADOR!:) it was a lot cooler how we could see it i promise...

Week 45 Ciudad delgado!!

Week #44
1/16/17
Hey everyone!! This week has been really good! lots better with better health without ingrown toenails and with lots of success!! Baptisms lots of people prepared for baptism coming soon! And lots of people tht god has blessed us with! Hard work, fasting, prayer, and faith! I love This mission and i love el salvador! I love my area, my companion and i have almost been here for a year! Wow.. thats crazy!! Tuesday we had a multizone conference that took up pretty much the whole day.. but it was really good! our president is sooo good! super inspired! Learned a ton!! The rest of the week we has tons of success and finished off the week with 10 investigators in church!!!! Huge progress!! All is well my toe is better and we are killin it here!! Hope all of you have a great week!!! Thanks for reading!!

Love,

Elder Beck

Wedding of investigators that will get baptised soon and clarks shoes i found for $6.. Good week!