Hey Everyone!
I'm actually really happy that Curt is going to Independence, Missouri! I'll definitely give him lots of people to visit that are my friends from there. If he ever gets to go to Belton, I'll be sure to let him know.
But this week was way good! We decided to go and find a lot of people to start teaching. In our District Meeting, I said 20 new investigators, I don't know if we will hit 20, but its definitely pushing us to find as many as we can. But the best part about it is that the Lord is really blessing us with many opportunities to find people. We've been doing a lot of OYMing which I haven't done a whole lot on my mission. But we've been finding a lot of people to go visit because of it. We set up 2 appointments tonight for 4 potential investigators. So that is pretty exciting. On top of that, we were able to get 3 new investigators last week even though we didn't plan on getting that many. We kind of just planned on setting up a lot of lessons with them for this week. But Heavenly Father has been putting them in our path as we try to find them. One of our new investigators, Anasa, is 18 years old. His mom really wants him to be baptized! One of our members, Lusi, was talking to her about why she wanted to be baptized. I guess the mother said that she wants him to be baptized because of the example Lusi is. She saw that Lusi is a really good person and isn't going around doing a lot of the things that other young teens are doing around their koro and she wants her son to be like that. So it is just a really good example of how we can make a big difference by just being good disciples of Christ in all that we do. Setting an example to the world will show the people that we are followers of Christ and will make them wonder what it is that makes us who we are. Like it says in Matt 5:16 "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven."
Thanks for everything!
Love you guys!
Love, Elder Beilman
Elder Beilman
Monday
Friday
February 8, 2015
Au na vosa vaviti vei kemuni kece nikua!
E dredre valailai na macawa sa oti, ia e vinaka tale ga baleta e solia vei keirau na gauna me keirau plantaka vavinaka.
Au via wasea e dua na ka au a vuli nikua. Au a wilika na ivola i Momani mai na ivola i Alama wase tinikatolu tikina tolu, e tukuna "3 And this is the manner after which they were ordained—being called and prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such."
Au taleitaka sara na tikina oqo baleta e digitaki keda Na Kalou ni bera na noda sucu mai. E digitaki au me'u vunautaka na nona kosipeli vei ira na kai viti ko koya e na bula taumada. Kevaka ko na cross reference ki na Vunau kei na Veiyalayalati wase duanadrau tolusagavulu ka walu tikina limasagavulu ka ono "Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men."Au kila ni dina na tikina oqo. Sa digitaki au, Na Kalou, me'u lako mai ka'u vunautaka na dina vei ira na tamata oqo. Au kila ni sa kilai au Na Kalou. koya na sega ni biuti au se kemuni kece.
Au vakavinavinaka vua Na Kalou me talai au ki Viti.
Au lomani kemuni kece!
Vinaka sara valevu nomuni loloma.
Loloma Levu,
Elder Beilman
E dredre valailai na macawa sa oti, ia e vinaka tale ga baleta e solia vei keirau na gauna me keirau plantaka vavinaka.
Au via wasea e dua na ka au a vuli nikua. Au a wilika na ivola i Momani mai na ivola i Alama wase tinikatolu tikina tolu, e tukuna "3 And this is the manner after which they were ordained—being called and prepared from the foundation of the world according to the foreknowledge of God, on account of their exceeding faith and good works; in the first place being left to choose good or evil; therefore they having chosen good, and exercising exceedingly great faith, are called with a holy calling, yea, with that holy calling which was prepared with, and according to, a preparatory redemption for such."
Au taleitaka sara na tikina oqo baleta e digitaki keda Na Kalou ni bera na noda sucu mai. E digitaki au me'u vunautaka na nona kosipeli vei ira na kai viti ko koya e na bula taumada. Kevaka ko na cross reference ki na Vunau kei na Veiyalayalati wase duanadrau tolusagavulu ka walu tikina limasagavulu ka ono "Even before they were born, they, with many others, received their first lessons in the world of spirits and were prepared to come forth in the due time of the Lord to labor in his vineyard for the salvation of the souls of men."Au kila ni dina na tikina oqo. Sa digitaki au, Na Kalou, me'u lako mai ka'u vunautaka na dina vei ira na tamata oqo. Au kila ni sa kilai au Na Kalou. koya na sega ni biuti au se kemuni kece.
Au vakavinavinaka vua Na Kalou me talai au ki Viti.
Au lomani kemuni kece!
Vinaka sara valevu nomuni loloma.
Loloma Levu,
Elder Beilman
Sunday
February 1, 2015
Hey everyone!
Man, this week was just great!
We had Train the Trainers meeting in Nadi on Friday. Where we got to listen to President Layton.. President Layton is the man! You can just tell he is on a different level of Spirituality than most people. I feel like when he speaks, the Lord is telling us what we need to do. Its amazing!
But we took a member, Sister Vauvau, with us to a lesson to a family(Asinate, Sikeli, and their daughter-who is mute). But it was perfect. Because their daughter wasn't schooling because the school that she was going to go to is super far away and the parents didn't know of anywhere else she could school. so Sister Vauvau knew somebody that could get her enrolled to school in Tavua. So Sister Vauvau did everything for them and they took the girl into town to buy her a uniform and everything! it was perfect. The Family was so happy! It was such a blessing!
then Yesterday, after church we saw a less active member who wants to quit drinking kava(Polynesian drink that is not allowed). Yesterday at church, he said to himself that he will try so hard to not drink it for at least one month. so he went home after church and in the evening, he was eating at a friends/family's house and right after that was going to go to a function to drink kava. But we came to his house right at the right time. So somebody called over to him and straight a way he left and came over because he didn't want to go drink. It was a really cool experience! He was so grateful that we came over. And the amazing part about it is that we had a lesson scheduled with an investigator, but it fell through. So it was a really good reminder for me that whenever there is a fall through, I'm supposed to be somewhere else visiting or seeing somebody.
Love you guys! Thanks for everything!
Elder Beilman
Man, this week was just great!
We had Train the Trainers meeting in Nadi on Friday. Where we got to listen to President Layton.. President Layton is the man! You can just tell he is on a different level of Spirituality than most people. I feel like when he speaks, the Lord is telling us what we need to do. Its amazing!
But we took a member, Sister Vauvau, with us to a lesson to a family(Asinate, Sikeli, and their daughter-who is mute). But it was perfect. Because their daughter wasn't schooling because the school that she was going to go to is super far away and the parents didn't know of anywhere else she could school. so Sister Vauvau knew somebody that could get her enrolled to school in Tavua. So Sister Vauvau did everything for them and they took the girl into town to buy her a uniform and everything! it was perfect. The Family was so happy! It was such a blessing!
then Yesterday, after church we saw a less active member who wants to quit drinking kava(Polynesian drink that is not allowed). Yesterday at church, he said to himself that he will try so hard to not drink it for at least one month. so he went home after church and in the evening, he was eating at a friends/family's house and right after that was going to go to a function to drink kava. But we came to his house right at the right time. So somebody called over to him and straight a way he left and came over because he didn't want to go drink. It was a really cool experience! He was so grateful that we came over. And the amazing part about it is that we had a lesson scheduled with an investigator, but it fell through. So it was a really good reminder for me that whenever there is a fall through, I'm supposed to be somewhere else visiting or seeing somebody.
Love you guys! Thanks for everything!
Elder Beilman
Wednesday
January 18, 2015
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
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
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
November 30, 2014
Hey Everyone!
This week was pretty great! We had a lesson with a less active named George Wedlock on Tuesday. He has been a member his whole life pretty much and he is probably 24 or 25 right now. But he has been less active for quite a while now. We shared about the Plan of Salvation with him, only about the first 3 principles- Pre-Earth Life, The Creation, and The Fall of Adam and Eve. He is really smart, so he knew a lot of it already, so we pretty much planned on doing the whole thing. But we spent a good amount of time about families and God's plan for us, and I can tell you it was probably the most spiritual lessons I've had on my mission. The Spirit was so strong in that lesson and it was just amazing. We already had a pretty good day on Tuesday, then when we got out of that lesson, I was so happy! He told us that he would come to church on Sunday, so we offered to pick him up, because his house is on the way to the chapel, and he said yes. We came to his house Sunday morning, and he was sleeping. So he didn't come to church, we are planning on seeing him Tuesday again, but we might not because of transfers. I can't wait to sit down with him again though. I really feel that he will become active again soon.
We have another less active we are working with, Nancy. she is awesome. She wants to come back to church really badly! We sat down with her on Friday and we asked her to end the lesson with a prayer, but she is kind of shy about things like that because she lived with her mom and Step dad for 5 years and her step dad is muslim, so she had to do all the muslim stuff. and its been a while since she's prayed or shared her testimony or anything like that. But at the end of the lesson, she said she will share a scripture from the Book of Mormon, her testimony and pray the next lesson we see her! We are planning on seeing her tonight, so hopefully that works out!!
One more thing, my companion is getting transferred to be a Zone Leader in Nausori(close to Suva) so I'm getting a new companion. I'm pretty excited. I'll be training him, so that will be a new experience. Leading an area and training. Looking forward to it! Sad to see Elder Hancock go, he is the man! But Oh well, The Lord needs him in Nausori.
Thanks for everything!
Love you all!
Loloma Levu,
Elder Beilman
This week was pretty great! We had a lesson with a less active named George Wedlock on Tuesday. He has been a member his whole life pretty much and he is probably 24 or 25 right now. But he has been less active for quite a while now. We shared about the Plan of Salvation with him, only about the first 3 principles- Pre-Earth Life, The Creation, and The Fall of Adam and Eve. He is really smart, so he knew a lot of it already, so we pretty much planned on doing the whole thing. But we spent a good amount of time about families and God's plan for us, and I can tell you it was probably the most spiritual lessons I've had on my mission. The Spirit was so strong in that lesson and it was just amazing. We already had a pretty good day on Tuesday, then when we got out of that lesson, I was so happy! He told us that he would come to church on Sunday, so we offered to pick him up, because his house is on the way to the chapel, and he said yes. We came to his house Sunday morning, and he was sleeping. So he didn't come to church, we are planning on seeing him Tuesday again, but we might not because of transfers. I can't wait to sit down with him again though. I really feel that he will become active again soon.
We have another less active we are working with, Nancy. she is awesome. She wants to come back to church really badly! We sat down with her on Friday and we asked her to end the lesson with a prayer, but she is kind of shy about things like that because she lived with her mom and Step dad for 5 years and her step dad is muslim, so she had to do all the muslim stuff. and its been a while since she's prayed or shared her testimony or anything like that. But at the end of the lesson, she said she will share a scripture from the Book of Mormon, her testimony and pray the next lesson we see her! We are planning on seeing her tonight, so hopefully that works out!!
One more thing, my companion is getting transferred to be a Zone Leader in Nausori(close to Suva) so I'm getting a new companion. I'm pretty excited. I'll be training him, so that will be a new experience. Leading an area and training. Looking forward to it! Sad to see Elder Hancock go, he is the man! But Oh well, The Lord needs him in Nausori.
Thanks for everything!
Love you all!
Loloma Levu,
Elder Beilman
Sunday
November 23, 2014
Cola Vina! (Nadroga dialect for Bula Vinaka)
I've been learning a little bit of the Dialect here in Tavua, and man... Its not just a dialect, its a completely different language! If you want to say 'I want to eat'(which is the closest translation for I'm hungry) you would say "Au via Kana" in the Bau Dialect which is the dialect that everybody knows. In Nadroga you would say "Qi mata Kana" but you say the K's differently, its just ridiculous.
But! This week was crazy! Tuesday after our District meeting, I went on exchanges with Elder Carter(From Australia, in my intake) who is currently serving in Rakiraki! So I got to see a lot of people from Rakiraki again! It was one of the best days I've had on my mission. One of my Recent Converts, Buka, is taking people to church in a van that he is using to drive people to Suva. On Sundays, pretty much nobody works, except for some Taxi drivers, and Bus drivers. But he is off on Sunday so he picks up investigators and members on Sunday to take them to church! That was so good to hear! Its just amazing to see how the area is going after I left. I'm just super happy to see that he is still coming to church and helping others come to church as well! And they are planning on Baptizing a man named Ratu Luke who my first companion and I started teaching back in May! It was amazing!
We had a funeral for one of our members on Saturday morning, which was kind of sad. He had stepped on something and it got infected really bad, so they took him to the hospital in Lautoka and they said they would have to cut his leg off from the knee down or something, so they didn't want to do that. They came back and he didn't really do anything because he was getting sick and his diabetes didn't help either. He passed away on Monday last week. We are planning on visiting the daughter and mother and try to strengthen their testimonies of the Plan of Salvation and try to help them come back to church again. We had visited them about once a week since I've been here, so hopefully we can see them soon and more often.
Transfers are this week, we'll see what happens. I feel like my companion might train here soon. He finished in April. But we wont know till Saturday night. Hopefully we both stay!
Vinaka valevu na loloma kei ne ka kece!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
I've been learning a little bit of the Dialect here in Tavua, and man... Its not just a dialect, its a completely different language! If you want to say 'I want to eat'(which is the closest translation for I'm hungry) you would say "Au via Kana" in the Bau Dialect which is the dialect that everybody knows. In Nadroga you would say "Qi mata Kana" but you say the K's differently, its just ridiculous.
But! This week was crazy! Tuesday after our District meeting, I went on exchanges with Elder Carter(From Australia, in my intake) who is currently serving in Rakiraki! So I got to see a lot of people from Rakiraki again! It was one of the best days I've had on my mission. One of my Recent Converts, Buka, is taking people to church in a van that he is using to drive people to Suva. On Sundays, pretty much nobody works, except for some Taxi drivers, and Bus drivers. But he is off on Sunday so he picks up investigators and members on Sunday to take them to church! That was so good to hear! Its just amazing to see how the area is going after I left. I'm just super happy to see that he is still coming to church and helping others come to church as well! And they are planning on Baptizing a man named Ratu Luke who my first companion and I started teaching back in May! It was amazing!
We had a funeral for one of our members on Saturday morning, which was kind of sad. He had stepped on something and it got infected really bad, so they took him to the hospital in Lautoka and they said they would have to cut his leg off from the knee down or something, so they didn't want to do that. They came back and he didn't really do anything because he was getting sick and his diabetes didn't help either. He passed away on Monday last week. We are planning on visiting the daughter and mother and try to strengthen their testimonies of the Plan of Salvation and try to help them come back to church again. We had visited them about once a week since I've been here, so hopefully we can see them soon and more often.
Transfers are this week, we'll see what happens. I feel like my companion might train here soon. He finished in April. But we wont know till Saturday night. Hopefully we both stay!
Vinaka valevu na loloma kei ne ka kece!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
November 16, 2014
Hey everyone,
This week was the best! Elder Haleck from the Seventy came for our mission tour. We got to go to Nadi on Tuesday last week(which I might add has one of the only 3 McDonalds in Fiji, so we went to McDonalds right before it started and had some breakfast). But he gave a great talk/discussion on how this time as a missionary shapes you for the rest of your life. It was way good! He talked a lot about being exactly obedient and how it will help/bless us when we return from the mission field. It reminded me a lot of a talk that Jessica gave me called "The Fourth Missionary".
So because we had to be in Nadi on Tuesday, we weren't able to proselyte on Monday or Tuesday in our area. But that's okay. We have this one investigator named George(Joji is the Fijian name) but he is a Rotuman man in his 50's probably. He is awesome, he wants to be baptized but he needs to get something figured out with some court case that is in the beginning of December. But he has been coming to church every week for like 4 or 5 months. He isn't 100% there mentally, we have to make things really simple for him, but he is really good.
We have a lot of less actives we are working with right now. And we've been able to have a lot of success with getting them to church, which is really good! We don't have a lot of investigators, but we have 2 good ones we are planning on inviting to baptism soon! Praying for them!
Anyway, Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
This week was the best! Elder Haleck from the Seventy came for our mission tour. We got to go to Nadi on Tuesday last week(which I might add has one of the only 3 McDonalds in Fiji, so we went to McDonalds right before it started and had some breakfast). But he gave a great talk/discussion on how this time as a missionary shapes you for the rest of your life. It was way good! He talked a lot about being exactly obedient and how it will help/bless us when we return from the mission field. It reminded me a lot of a talk that Jessica gave me called "The Fourth Missionary".
So because we had to be in Nadi on Tuesday, we weren't able to proselyte on Monday or Tuesday in our area. But that's okay. We have this one investigator named George(Joji is the Fijian name) but he is a Rotuman man in his 50's probably. He is awesome, he wants to be baptized but he needs to get something figured out with some court case that is in the beginning of December. But he has been coming to church every week for like 4 or 5 months. He isn't 100% there mentally, we have to make things really simple for him, but he is really good.
We have a lot of less actives we are working with right now. And we've been able to have a lot of success with getting them to church, which is really good! We don't have a lot of investigators, but we have 2 good ones we are planning on inviting to baptism soon! Praying for them!
Anyway, Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
Monday
November 9, 2014
Hey Everyone!
The new area is great! I don't know if they are doing this everywhere, but we have been focusing on Less Active work just as much as we are baptisms. there are a lot of less actives here in the area, so we visit a lot of them! Anyway, we had about 16 or so less active members come to church this week! It was amazing! When my companion and I walked into the chapel, we had to try to find a find a seat, because it was almost completely full! The chapel isn't by any means the size of a chapel in Utah, but its not small either. We have a lot of work right now, which is really good. Its not very fun OYM'ing or tracting. I don't think I've done much tracting at all. So its just really nice to be able to have people to work with whether they be inactive members or investigators. I love going out and teaching. when I'm busy time just flies by, but when I was in my last area, it was kind of harder because we didn't have as much lessons as I had in Rakiraki or in my new area.
Before I was baptized, I never read anything from the Bible. And even after my baptism, I read pretty much only from the Book of Mormon and D&C. But I was able to continue reading the New Testament after we did the Gospel read starting in August? Well anyway, I was able to finish the New Testament the other day, and I loved the it! Hopefully I'll read it again before I finish my mission in 2016. But, to the point, I still haven't been able to finish/read much from the Old Testament. But we have this book that has stories from the Old Testament in it. And I read about Job and how he lost everything, but still worshipped and thanked God for everything he has been given. some things that have been happening back home just made me think about how God tests our faith sometimes, and if we put our trust in him, we will be given so much. Maybe not immediately or even in this earthly life, but for sure in the Celestial Kingdom, because he promises us everything he has. We just have to trust him and do what he asks. Just something I've been thinking about a lot lately.
Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
*Oh, and I'm pretty sure they don't celebrate thanksgiving here.. I haven't heard anything about it anyway.
And I'm learning how to play the piano! My companion is teaching me! I'm pretty excited about it.
If you send me another package, could you send a CD with the Piano Guys? I want some of their songs. Mainly the Waterfall one, and the other cool piano one.
Vinaka! (Thanks!)
The new area is great! I don't know if they are doing this everywhere, but we have been focusing on Less Active work just as much as we are baptisms. there are a lot of less actives here in the area, so we visit a lot of them! Anyway, we had about 16 or so less active members come to church this week! It was amazing! When my companion and I walked into the chapel, we had to try to find a find a seat, because it was almost completely full! The chapel isn't by any means the size of a chapel in Utah, but its not small either. We have a lot of work right now, which is really good. Its not very fun OYM'ing or tracting. I don't think I've done much tracting at all. So its just really nice to be able to have people to work with whether they be inactive members or investigators. I love going out and teaching. when I'm busy time just flies by, but when I was in my last area, it was kind of harder because we didn't have as much lessons as I had in Rakiraki or in my new area.
Before I was baptized, I never read anything from the Bible. And even after my baptism, I read pretty much only from the Book of Mormon and D&C. But I was able to continue reading the New Testament after we did the Gospel read starting in August? Well anyway, I was able to finish the New Testament the other day, and I loved the it! Hopefully I'll read it again before I finish my mission in 2016. But, to the point, I still haven't been able to finish/read much from the Old Testament. But we have this book that has stories from the Old Testament in it. And I read about Job and how he lost everything, but still worshipped and thanked God for everything he has been given. some things that have been happening back home just made me think about how God tests our faith sometimes, and if we put our trust in him, we will be given so much. Maybe not immediately or even in this earthly life, but for sure in the Celestial Kingdom, because he promises us everything he has. We just have to trust him and do what he asks. Just something I've been thinking about a lot lately.
Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
*Oh, and I'm pretty sure they don't celebrate thanksgiving here.. I haven't heard anything about it anyway.
And I'm learning how to play the piano! My companion is teaching me! I'm pretty excited about it.
If you send me another package, could you send a CD with the Piano Guys? I want some of their songs. Mainly the Waterfall one, and the other cool piano one.
Vinaka! (Thanks!)
Sunday
November 2, 2014
Hey Everyone!
Tavua is great! Even though it is really really close to my first area, I love it! During Sacrament meeting on Sunday, I went to bear my testimony but I wanted to introduce myself a little before that. So I told everybody that I served in Rakiraki before and I used to come to Tavua every Tuesday(for District Meeting) and said if any of the members from the ward ever saw me before that is why. And as I said that, I saw a couple of people looking over to the person next to them smiling and talking to the other. It was kind of funny. But its great in Tavua, we have been really busy! We were teaching this girl named Meredani(she has been taught since April) and she was supposed to be baptized on the 18th of Oct. But she missed the Baptismal Interview. Anyway, she has been going to church with her brother who used to be a bishop in Lautoka(2hours away) and when we saw her on the 25th of Oct. She said that the Zone Leaders were going to baptize her in Lautoka on the 1st of Nov. But we had no idea about it. So we called the ZL's in Lautoka and they said they didn't know anything about it. We called Meredani the next day and got it all figured out. But she was set on being baptized on Nov. 1st(her birthday) so we had about 5 days to plan a baptismal interview and everything else. Everything went smoothly and she was baptized. Her parents(nonmembers) came to the baptism. It was great! I'm really praying that her parents will soon want to take the lessons and her whole family can get baptized. But what ever happens is in the Lord's time.
Well, I don't have much time!
Love you guys! Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
Tavua is great! Even though it is really really close to my first area, I love it! During Sacrament meeting on Sunday, I went to bear my testimony but I wanted to introduce myself a little before that. So I told everybody that I served in Rakiraki before and I used to come to Tavua every Tuesday(for District Meeting) and said if any of the members from the ward ever saw me before that is why. And as I said that, I saw a couple of people looking over to the person next to them smiling and talking to the other. It was kind of funny. But its great in Tavua, we have been really busy! We were teaching this girl named Meredani(she has been taught since April) and she was supposed to be baptized on the 18th of Oct. But she missed the Baptismal Interview. Anyway, she has been going to church with her brother who used to be a bishop in Lautoka(2hours away) and when we saw her on the 25th of Oct. She said that the Zone Leaders were going to baptize her in Lautoka on the 1st of Nov. But we had no idea about it. So we called the ZL's in Lautoka and they said they didn't know anything about it. We called Meredani the next day and got it all figured out. But she was set on being baptized on Nov. 1st(her birthday) so we had about 5 days to plan a baptismal interview and everything else. Everything went smoothly and she was baptized. Her parents(nonmembers) came to the baptism. It was great! I'm really praying that her parents will soon want to take the lessons and her whole family can get baptized. But what ever happens is in the Lord's time.
Well, I don't have much time!
Love you guys! Thanks for everything!
Loloma Levu!
Elder Beilman
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