This week was really good! I got another new missionary! Elder Barnaby, he is from Massachusetts. Two white Elders serving together, and neither of them are from Utah... haha that is rare in the mission..
So my Trainer, Elder Leota, has finished his mission! I'm kind of sad about that. He is the man! I love that guy! I hope to see him again. Only problem is that he lives in Australia. Its making me feel like I'm getting old in the mission. That and I'm training again.
But we had a good week, unfortunately we didn't get to see like 4 of our investigators because they were all busy. There was a super big wedding in the main Koro we visit-Tavualevu. Apparently it was a chiefly wedding, so there were a lot of people from all over Fiji! But we did get to visit some less active families and try to help them come back. I've been learning a lot about the Spirit lately and the fruits of the Spirit. And I'm really grateful for the love that Heavenly Father has for us for giving us the Spirit to help us, not only in his work, but in our lives. Sorry I don't have much more time.
I love you all!
Love, Elder Beilman
Elder Beilman
Wednesday
Monday
January 11, 2015
Dear Everyone,
This week was really good. We had some really good lessons, one of our Members, Nancy, is wanting to serve a mission. She is so good. I asked her if she knew what Preach My Gospel was, but she said no. So I told her a little bit about it and I asked if she wanted one, and she said anything that will help her prepare for a mission. So I gave her one of mine (I had 2 at the time) and she is already reading through it. She is awesome!
My companion Elder Tuinamoala is getting transferred, he is going to Samabula(my last area). He is in a weird situation, he has been set apart as a missionary, but he is a 2 transfer missionary. Which means he is getting transferred to another companion then he will go to the MTC if he is able to serve a full time mission. Its weird. But he is the man. I'm going to be training again! I'm pretty excited! I like training, its fun to teach new missionaries. Its also good to share with them how to become a good, effective missionary. I know I'm not perfect and I have my weaknesses, but I try to help them as much as I can.
But I just skyped my dad and his wife, Kim. That was really nice, its been a while since I last skyped them(i guess its been like 8 months). They were really happy to see me, it was really nice to see them too. They are doing well.
Well, I got to go now. Thanks for everything!
Loloma levu,
Elder Beilman
This week was really good. We had some really good lessons, one of our Members, Nancy, is wanting to serve a mission. She is so good. I asked her if she knew what Preach My Gospel was, but she said no. So I told her a little bit about it and I asked if she wanted one, and she said anything that will help her prepare for a mission. So I gave her one of mine (I had 2 at the time) and she is already reading through it. She is awesome!
My companion Elder Tuinamoala is getting transferred, he is going to Samabula(my last area). He is in a weird situation, he has been set apart as a missionary, but he is a 2 transfer missionary. Which means he is getting transferred to another companion then he will go to the MTC if he is able to serve a full time mission. Its weird. But he is the man. I'm going to be training again! I'm pretty excited! I like training, its fun to teach new missionaries. Its also good to share with them how to become a good, effective missionary. I know I'm not perfect and I have my weaknesses, but I try to help them as much as I can.
But I just skyped my dad and his wife, Kim. That was really nice, its been a while since I last skyped them(i guess its been like 8 months). They were really happy to see me, it was really nice to see them too. They are doing well.
Well, I got to go now. Thanks for everything!
Loloma levu,
Elder Beilman
Wednesday
January 4, 2015
Hey Everyone!
This week was much better than last week! I wasn't sick and we were able to get about double the lessons we were getting in the previous weeks, so that was really nice. It was really good! We have this less active member, Nancy, and her step dad is a muslim and he wouldn't let her go to church while she lived with them for like 5 years. But now she is staying with her grandparents and we have been visiting her about 2 or 3 times per week. She has a way strong testimony! Every time we go and share with her, I feel like she is teaching us. She's been through a lot in her life and its so amazing to see how much she has changed! Before, when the elders came to the house, she would leave through the back door and hide at somebody else's house until they left. But now she invites us to come over all the time! Its just amazing! She now wants to serve a mission! She has her papers and she is trying to get all her health stuff figured out and wants to turn them in during February! It has been so great to see how much people change, when they are willing and when the Spirit touches them.
We went on exchanges with our Zone Leaders(Elder Tanoa'i-who by the way is going to play football for the Utes when he returns from his mission, and Elder Tenney) on Wednesday and my companion and Elder Tenney went to visit one of our new investigators and she was telling them how her uncle or someting is a member and always shared about Joseph Smith and gave her pamphlets and a Book of Mormon. So Elder Tenney invited her to baptism the very first lesson with her, and she accepted! It was such a miracle! We are going to see her on Thursday this week to start teaching the lessons to try to strengthen her testimony and make sure that she knows that the church is true and received that answer from the Spirit. Its been kind of a common thing for people here to get baptized and after a while fall away or start going back to the church that they were going to before. And the leaders, including the area 70 have been trying to emphasize retention with the converts and making sure that they are willing to endure to the end. Which is good. But anyway, I hope you all have a good week and had a good holiday season!
I love you all!
Elder Beilman
This week was much better than last week! I wasn't sick and we were able to get about double the lessons we were getting in the previous weeks, so that was really nice. It was really good! We have this less active member, Nancy, and her step dad is a muslim and he wouldn't let her go to church while she lived with them for like 5 years. But now she is staying with her grandparents and we have been visiting her about 2 or 3 times per week. She has a way strong testimony! Every time we go and share with her, I feel like she is teaching us. She's been through a lot in her life and its so amazing to see how much she has changed! Before, when the elders came to the house, she would leave through the back door and hide at somebody else's house until they left. But now she invites us to come over all the time! Its just amazing! She now wants to serve a mission! She has her papers and she is trying to get all her health stuff figured out and wants to turn them in during February! It has been so great to see how much people change, when they are willing and when the Spirit touches them.
We went on exchanges with our Zone Leaders(Elder Tanoa'i-who by the way is going to play football for the Utes when he returns from his mission, and Elder Tenney) on Wednesday and my companion and Elder Tenney went to visit one of our new investigators and she was telling them how her uncle or someting is a member and always shared about Joseph Smith and gave her pamphlets and a Book of Mormon. So Elder Tenney invited her to baptism the very first lesson with her, and she accepted! It was such a miracle! We are going to see her on Thursday this week to start teaching the lessons to try to strengthen her testimony and make sure that she knows that the church is true and received that answer from the Spirit. Its been kind of a common thing for people here to get baptized and after a while fall away or start going back to the church that they were going to before. And the leaders, including the area 70 have been trying to emphasize retention with the converts and making sure that they are willing to endure to the end. Which is good. But anyway, I hope you all have a good week and had a good holiday season!
I love you all!
Elder Beilman
December 28, 2014
Hey,
Sorry I don't have much time.
But I didn't get to skype on Christmas because I was sick on the 26th(Christmas day for you guys) which was when I was going to skype. But that is okay. I'm asking my Mission President if I can skype on Monday next week. Hopefully I can, but I'm not sure. He will be on an island called Tuvalu because he has some things he needs to do there, and he wont be able to email while on that island. So I'm not sure if I'll get to.
We had a really good week though. We did a lot of finding, and found 5 new investigators. That was really good. We were running low. Sorry again this is super short!
Thanks for everything! Merry Christmas(late) and Happy new year!
Love you guys!
Love, Elder Beilman
Sorry I don't have much time.
But I didn't get to skype on Christmas because I was sick on the 26th(Christmas day for you guys) which was when I was going to skype. But that is okay. I'm asking my Mission President if I can skype on Monday next week. Hopefully I can, but I'm not sure. He will be on an island called Tuvalu because he has some things he needs to do there, and he wont be able to email while on that island. So I'm not sure if I'll get to.
We had a really good week though. We did a lot of finding, and found 5 new investigators. That was really good. We were running low. Sorry again this is super short!
Thanks for everything! Merry Christmas(late) and Happy new year!
Love you guys!
Love, Elder Beilman
December 21, 2014
Hey everyone!
This week was really good! On Tuesday we had our Zone Conference in Nadi and it was one of the most spiritual days on my mission! President Layton shared about the sacrament and how we need to always remember Jesus Christ. I learned so much that day! About the Plan of Salvation and everything that people shared about Jesus Christ and the things he did, and it was just a phenomenal day! After which we had some amazing ham for lunch. Just an FYI, there isn't a ton of ham here in Fiji so it was great! We then played some games as a zone while President did interviews. We got to watch a movie after! It was Frozen. And let me tell you, that was a great movie!
We came back to Tavua on Wednesday morning. We got stuck in Ba when we were coming back from Nadi on Tuesday, so we just stayed with the Elders in Ba. But we had a pretty rough week. Didn't have many lessons. But it just drove us to find more people and we were able to talk to some members and they gave us 5 people to go visit. We also went through the former investigators and found like 3 people we plan on visiting. So we are excited to see where that goes. Hoping to have a better week this week, but not really sure with Christmas on Thursday. We are going to spend christmas with our bishop in the morning and for lunch(we are doing service with him, since our service day is thursdays). We are going to help him make a lovo(an earth oven). That will be cool! I'll be sure to take pictures.
Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
December 14, 2014
Hey everyone!
I'm sorry this one will be super short again. We don't have a ton of time. We are doing well here though. We had kind of a rough week. I got sick on Wednesday-had a small fever. But on Thursday I was good. We have Zone Conference tomorrow which should be really fun! Looking forward to it! Thanks for everything!
Love you guys!
Love, Elder Beilman
I'm sorry this one will be super short again. We don't have a ton of time. We are doing well here though. We had kind of a rough week. I got sick on Wednesday-had a small fever. But on Thursday I was good. We have Zone Conference tomorrow which should be really fun! Looking forward to it! Thanks for everything!
Love you guys!
Love, Elder Beilman
December 7, 2014
I don't have a ton of time right now, because we have to go to Lautoka today.
So this will probably be pretty short! Sorry!
This week has been pretty cool! I stayed with Elder Carter in Tavua on Tuesday night because his companion was getting transferred too. So we had a good time. He was in the same intake as me, so it was pretty cool. But I have my new companion. His name is Elder Tuinamoala. He is the man! I love him. He is Fijian, in particular from the Lau group. But he served as a ward missionary for 3 weeks about a year ago. So he has a pretty good understanding of the lessons and everything, which helps out a lot. But really though, I have nothing bad to say about him. He is fantastic. I'm really excited to be working with him and helping him to become the best missionary he can be.
Thanks for everything and the support!
I love you all!
Love, Elder Beilman
So this will probably be pretty short! Sorry!
This week has been pretty cool! I stayed with Elder Carter in Tavua on Tuesday night because his companion was getting transferred too. So we had a good time. He was in the same intake as me, so it was pretty cool. But I have my new companion. His name is Elder Tuinamoala. He is the man! I love him. He is Fijian, in particular from the Lau group. But he served as a ward missionary for 3 weeks about a year ago. So he has a pretty good understanding of the lessons and everything, which helps out a lot. But really though, I have nothing bad to say about him. He is fantastic. I'm really excited to be working with him and helping him to become the best missionary he can be.
Thanks for everything and the support!
I love you all!
Love, Elder Beilman
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