Just another day in Paradise (Or in other words- CELAYA)

Dear Family,

First things first, on Sunday I gave my first talk in Spanish. I was pretty nervous all week what I should say to our ward, but in the end all turned out well. Along with speaking in Sacrament Meeting, we started a new program or activity with our ward. Its called Ayuno de 40 Días or Fast for 40 Days. With this program the members have signed up on our calendar a day to fast for our investigadors. We remind them before it´s there turn and in that day they can fast for whatever they want and also for our investigadors. We will see how things turn out these 40 days :)

With Victor, we have ran into a problem. He has MILLIONS of questions about deep doctrine and random things that make it really hard to focus on the basic principles that we would like to teach him. He has lossed a little bit of the excitment that he had the past week but we are working on helping him towards making a covenant with God. If he doesn´t accept a baptismal date we have to let him aside for a while so that he can begin to live and choose the things for himself.

On a more positive note, we found an old investigator named Karla and she really wants to be baptized. She only has one hour free in the entire day so we work really hard to visit her everyday at this time. Her gma who is practically her mom (oh btw she has 14 years) doesn´t want to get baptized but Karla si. She is a bright girl who I would say is member for the light she has and gets along so well with the members and the young women in our ward. We are going to help her prepare for a baptism for not this saturday but the next! We will see how it goes!

We also recieved a reference of elders in our zone of a family really special. Familia Cruz Bolaños lost their daughter two months ago and it has been really hard for their family. We began to teach them the Plan of Salvation and we can see very clearly how our message as missionaries brings hope and blessings to families of every circumstance. They are very intentive to listen and want the blessings of the gospel, blessings of hope and comfort in these their hard times.

I invite you to accompany the missionaries if you can because it is a beautiful experience that strengthens your testimony- to see the gospel beginning to work in the lives of these people is something that you can't describe with words. 

WELP have a wonderful week and PLEASE BE SAFE.

I love you to pieces but I don't want you in pieces, eh? :)

Read your scriptures.

Keep a study Journal.

LIVE and ENJOY the gospel and the testimony that each of you have.

You all are spiritual giants for me and even more so here in the mission. 

Les amamos mucho (yo y mi compa)!!

Hermana Beardall

1. Meeting and interviews with President :)

2. The magic hole in the wall that takes us to where Karla lives :) I feel like I am entering a secret world every time we pass :)

3. Maybe we aren't that tall but our spiritual shadows, si :)

4. Halloween or Day of the Dead her in Mexico. Here we go.

Greetings from San Miguel de Allende

Hello.

We spent our Pday in SM and so I am writing here in SM. 

So here's the details of this week:

1. I gave away one of the LDMs that you sent me with your testimony to an investigador named V. He sells Pan Dulce Monday-Friday in the night and Hna V (member in our ward) introduced him to us about a week ago. He is VERY Catholic and when Hna V gave him a LDM he didn't want very much to do with the church. We began to visit him in the night (occasionally buying pan dulce) and trying to answer all of his dudas- HE HAS A TON!!!

One day, we had a lesson in Hna V´s house where we shared our testimonies and WOW was the spirit sooo strong! It was clear that every one of us felt the spirit!! I gave him the book and explained with a few tears how important this book is to me and to my family. It touched him that you wanted to share your testimony with him.

The next day when we passed to go home in the night, we caught him intently reading the Book of Mormon, to the point where he didn't even know we came up to greet him. 

He doesn´t want to accept a Baptism right now but he is reading into the church through the LDM looking for his answers. 

THANKS for sharing such a beautiful moment with me this week!!

2. We worked in SM this week because SM is part of our zone. I saw a member that had recently gone inactive (since I was here) and we shared a small moment with her. She has her trials and she said that the lesson we shared was just what she needed to hear.

The missionaries in the area told us that she went to church and went for all three hours- something she hasn't done in a long time.

Welp. time for me to go.

Love ya bunches!!

Hermana Beardall

PHOTOS:

1.My companion, Hna Gimenez gets really cold when we are studying :)

2. The two of us :)

3. Celebration of 50 years of marriage (The Hermana in purple is his wife)- Familia Guzman!!

1. Beautiful skies of Celaya

2. Vicky and Victor (the Vickys) after their casamiento (sorry I don't remember the word in english)

3. RS- EMPENADAS!!!

1.RS- EMPENADAS (don't worry I have the recepie... in spanish :) )

2. Our adopted daughter :) (I gave her a HLJ ring and she LOVED it)

3. Working in San Miguel de Allende

1. Member of Barrio Aldea in San Miguel de Allende Yoanna- VERY SPECIAL PERSON

2. Pday in San Miguel de Allende

1. Crickets. To eat.

2. Cricket number one

3. Cricket number two.

 WANNSUM? (In the words of baby Reagan)

1. Streets of SM

Historia Familiar

Hello familia,
We couldn't find a server with enough computers today so I don't have a full hour to write :( But I do want to write a few things and hopefully send pictures (if not I have TONS for the next week)

1. My companion got sick again :( But now she is feeling so much better :) One night when she was feeling really sick, we left our house only to buy medicine. We found three people and taught them a basic lesson in the street- now three new investigadors. It was amazing to see the miracles that God gives us every day (your prayers are being answered).
2. We had a workshop for FAMILY HISTORY!!! It was sooo cool to see the different family trees of other people and  one that went all the way back to ADAM!!! They had investigadors members and people for their first time in contact with the church there at the activity and the Spirit of Elijah was very strong inviting all of us to do our family history.
3. Our investigador V is getting married this Thursday which means..... SHE CAN GET BAPTIZED!!! This Saturday we are hoping to have her baptismal service. Prayers that all goes well!!

Ok. I will try to send some pics.

Les amo mucho!!
Hermana Beardall

CELAYA

Dear Family,

This week has been very interesting.

MY COMPANION: Hermana Gimenez from Argentina. She has 11 months in the mission and 

1. Before I came to Celaya, my companion had some problems with her hip. She had to stay in bed for four days straight. When I came to Celaya, she was still recovering from hip (and now back) pains and also a sick stomach from the food they ate at a consejo with Presidente. Because of this, I haven't really had the chance to know the area or our investigadors.

2. Speaking of not knowing the area and consejo with presidente- My companion is a Sister Training Leader with another Hermana in our Zone and they had a meeting with presidente Thursday. Hermana Montoya (comp of the Hermana Rodriguez (STL)) and I are both new to our new areas and we had to work together while our companions went to Querètaro. WOW. Talk about being absolutely lost BUT HEY- LO HICIMOS!!! (I finally understand what Dora sings at the end of each episode. Muchas Gracias.)

3. CONFERENCIA!!!!!! Oh wow didn't you just love conference? I watched conference in Spanish this time and I was surprised at how much I understood.  Also, I LOVED that the brethren spoke in their native language and YES I understood the talks in spanish :) I was amazed to hear that Elder Richard G. Scott recorded his own talk in Spanish- he has amazing spanish!!

Something that stood out to me this conference was the talk(s) (sorry I don't have my notes with me today so I can't be specific... :))  About obedience with exactness and not justifying anything but doing everything the Lord's way. I have been really reflecting on the importance of being obedient and being obedient with exactness. The mission has been putting a special emphasis on this concept for a while and I am starting to understand why. Excito viene por medio de la obediencia. We can't justify our choices with the voices of the world but live the words of the prophets in the scriptures and in our day and time. We will see a major difference in our lives when we remember the Lord in everything and do His will. I PROMISE!!!!

OOPS. So I received your package- and opened it. Haha sooooo here I am saying thank you to all for remembering me in my journey here in Mexico on the Lord's errand. Your words (y dulces :)) came in the moment when I needed them the most! THANK YOU A BUNCH!!

Ok. Times Up. I hope y'all enjoyed conference and that you take the time this week to reflect on what you heard in the conference and makes some goals. Start living what you loved from conference!!!

Les amo mucho!!

Hermana Beardall

 Last Photo of our Trio :)

 

Part of my zone

 

Pues, soy yo

 Kung Fu Panda anyone? Ya we are the furious 5 mas Po (our Ward Mission Leader) :)

Investigador/Mom of Ward Mission Leader/ A. M.- I am going to miss this special lady!!