Happy 20th Bday!!

Hello, all!

It''s been quite the week! My birthday was fab...my FAVORITE family had me over for dinner! The family that either Claire or Jack will be related to by marriage. ;) Had some yummy soup, they wrote 'HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER BEESON' on their window, and then had some almond cake that was de-lish. Sooooo... that was that! I'll send some pics.

This week was a big 'growing' week for me. I really was able to pin point my weaknesses, and that definitely called me to repentance. I was able to experience the strengthening power of the Atonement quite a bit this week than ever before. I, just like many others I'm sure, sometimes put my pride in the way of this beautiful work. Sometimes I'm too afraid, too unbelieving in myself as a missionary to share my testimony with everyone...mainly on campus. My goal has been to LOVE campus. It is very difficult to confront my peers and talk about my beliefs when there is a wide variety of different beliefs. Sister Smith and I talked about this, and we decided to really put everything on the alter, which made campus fabulous this week! We really enjoyed it. We talked to everyone we saw! We felt good. We were able to meet so many people, and to hear about their beliefs and share ours with them. One in particular, we found a man sitting on a bench at a park with his dog (a little off campus) He had shaggy hair, not combed, glasses, a little scruff, and was wearing some sweat pants. We talked to him a little, and got to know him. He was SOOO nice, and he is big into music and was curious what type of music is played at our church. I said, "We can sing you a song we sing at church!" So, Sister Smith and I sang "I am a Child of God" to him. He LOVED it. We were able to walk and talk about the Restoration, and he found the Book of Mormon to be so interesting. We set a return appointment, and I didn't recognize him... he had a fresh haircut, shaved, and was wearing some nice clothes... to the Elders he goes!!! haha but were able to talk more about the Book of Mormon in depth. He really loved Moroni 10 and said he felt a special connection to a certain verse that talks about becoming like a child. He told us that the morning of our appointment, he wasn't sure if he wanted to meet, but he said that he felt like he needed to, and then expressed his thanks for answering the questions that he has needed answers to. It was wonderful!

Last story... so the P's. We haven't been able to get in contact with them forever, right? We've still been praying and praying and praying for their marriage though. We dropped in a couple of days ago, and they let us right in, and we see D with a full on cast! DD went in the back room for a sec, and while he was gone, D told us that she was putting something away in a high cupboard, and she somehow slipped off the counter, and she fell onto the tile floor and broke 4 of her toes! OWWWW. But she was just BEAMING. She looked SO happy... she said that DD has been right by her side the WHOLE time, and has been taking care of her!!! :D God answers prayers in crazy ways! "I hope you're not cursing our names since we've been praying our little hearts out for you, and this is what happens..." and in her cute Georgian accent "I'll take what I can get!!!" So, they're so happy, and they're coming to church FOR SURE THIS WEEK!!!! :D

P's baptism is this week, so exciting, and the elders are baptizing a family... it'll be a wonderful time at 11 am on Saturday. :)

I love you all! You make me laugh and smile and thank Heavenly Father each day. :)
xoxoxooxo

Sister BEESON

My Birthday TODAY!!

 NO MORE SNOW... PLEASE!!!!!!!

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Hello! 

What a gloomy April 7th! It's cloudy and cool outside. :) I woke up to two lovely packages! One from you guys:) I must say... all of your letters made me CRY. 

I really broke down at dad's 'Linda story' sheesh! 

You all said very kind things, and you all sound so mature! It's freaking me out... So, thank you! It really made my day. :)  My companion made me some breakfast, that was nice. :)

Oh myyyy... General Conference. SO good. Sister Smith and I were talking about how before our missions, General Conference would put us on this 'spiritual high' for a while, but now that this was my 2nd time watching conference on my mission, it doesn't seem to have the same effect, it still lifts me up, but I'm still lifted up day after day after day... and it doesn't go away! It's a wonderful feeling to be so close to the spirit every single day. Yeah, Elder Holland's was WONDERFUL. I know we're not supposed to have favorites... buttttt..... he does NOT mess around, does he? He'll cut straight to the chase. I love it. So bold.

Well, we enjoyed the warm week, wearing flats and light sweaters until.......... Thursday. When it snowed 9 inches.. haha this PLACE! It's ok, it's melted again for the most part and is the 50's again.

So, we haven't seen ANY of our investigators except P! These families we are working with are just getting further from us! It's breaking our hearts. We've been praying for them. We've stopped by both many times, and sometimes they are and aren't home, regardless, they don't have time for us 'right now'... ugh! It's really hard.

P is doing wonderfully though. She is LIVING THE WORD OF WISDOM STILL! It's amazing. She has her baptismal interview tomorrow, and so we're anxious to see how that goes. :) She is continuing to CHANGE. Her countenance is shining! It really is amazing what the Book of Mormon and keeping the commandments can to internally and externally to people.

I don't feel like I have much else to say... I really love you all and pray for you everyday. Heavenly Father is our Father. Jesus is our Brother and our Example. Following Him is the only way to happiness. Joseph Smith restored all truth back to the earth for us to make it back to where we started. I KNOW these things!

HIIIIIII! Sorry for emailing so late these days... the library is always full in the morning :(

 

I am sooooo so so glad to hear of the WONDERFUL missionary experiences you're having! That is so wonderful. Beesons, you are the ULTIMATE members. Way to be. That really means so so so so soooooo much to us, the ones with the name tags. You're wonderful. Thank you for offering your home, food, and testimonies to build up the kingdom. It makes all the difference.

 

It's been a great week. The General Relief Society Broadcast was LOVELY. So so so good. I really hope our investigators loved it as they watched it. This church is so true. AH!

 

Um... not much of an update,

We are speed emailing today, because we're short on time, but just know I'm thinking and praying for you all. Have a LOVELY April fools, (decorate my planners when you get them) and EVERYONE, remember its mom's favorite holiday, so no one wash their hands in the sink!!!

 

xoxox, SISTER B

Pday!!!

Me and Sister Smith

Happy St Patty's! I'm really in the spirit of the holiday because there is a jolly bearded man sitting at the stall next to me jamming out to some jiggy tunes.

I'm happy to hear everybody is doing wonderfully! I am too :)

Well, today we found out transfers.... annnnnnnd.... I'm....................... staying. AGAIN! Sister Smith is too. This will be my 5th transfer (6th month) here! I was here for October General Conference, and it looks like I'll be here for April's too! :) So, that is exciting.

We taught our WONDERFULLLLLLLLLLLL family, the P's!  They're adorable. Our first lesson, we had was on a Monday night, so we decided to do an FHE. We told them what FHE was, and started with singing "I am a Child of God" Sister Smith and I sang the first two verses, and then they joined in on the 3rd-- soooo cute.

We taught them the Restoration, and the Spirit was VERY strong. After we shared Joseph Smith's own words of his first vision, there was silence, and the Spirit was able to touch each of us. Brother P broke the silence by commenting how powerful that was. He then asked a question about Joseph Smith (I honestly can't remember what it was) but it was a question that led me to testify how I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet. I cried a little, everyone's eyes were glued on me, and then I looked over at Sister P, and she was crying! She said she's been looking for something more her whole life, and the Spirit definitely bore witness to her that evening. AH! :)

*PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE pray for this family! :)

So, it's been a good week. . Love love love you!!!! :) xoxoxoxox

<3 Sister Beeson

GOOD BEAUTIFUL MORNING! It is a LOVELY 47 degrees here in Eau Claire. Oh my GOSH. I did not realize how sun-deprived I was. I've been lacking some serious Vitamin D. I walked out the door with a light sweater, normal tights (not fleece lined) and FLATS!! Whaaaaaaat. It feels so so so good.

Oh, and for the record, this winter, Eau Claire was the COLDEST place in the entire United States. EAU CLAIRE! Of course.

 

CONGRATS STEVIE!!!!!!!!!!! HOW AWESOME!

 

This week was incredible in terms of member present lessons... we got 7! And the members here are so wonderful. They add so much to our lessons and are wonderful at befriending everybody. One that sticks out is... our bishops daughter, who is 17 is on the Cheerteam at her school, and there is a guy named  B on her team who is Catholic and has been going through a rough time recently and he came to her for guidance (knowing she was LDS) and so that talked about the gospel for a little while and finally she asked him if he just wanted to meet with the missionaries. "YES! I was wanting to ask you if that'd be ok, but I wasn't sure if your missionaries talk to people who aren't a part of your church!" HA... soooooo... we met B. He told us about how he is struggling with the death of one of his best friends that happened recently and how he feels like he shouldn't be mourning over her death as much as he still is. We taught him the Plan of Salvation, and of course (him being Catholic), this really touched his heart. We introduced the Book of Mormon to him, and he committed to read Alma 40. At the end of the lesson he said that we answered all his questions and that everything "just made sense" and "seems so hopeful."

We got a text from our Bishop's daughter a couple of days later that said "Hey! B LOVES the bom, he keeps sending me pictures and verses to read, he read half of Alma and is now starting over to read it from the beginning :D"

MIRACLE!

 

Then we had some wonderful lessons/conversations with the two families we are teaching! Heavenly Father is blessing us so much. It is AMAZING to teach these wonderful people, who are honest truth seekers.

Small and simple things, yes! I read a talk about that today, actually. It was by Richard G. Scott called "Peace at Home" ? I think. But he talked a lot about having a Christ-centered home and how important it is to do the daily simple things that will build a Christ-centered home:

 

Daily personal and family prayer.

Daily personal and family scripture study.

Weekly family home evening.

 

I love love love love love love love love love love love love and love you.

-Sister Beeson