December 4, 2017

Tuesday was a little hard for me because of certain things like we didn't have much success and I'm always beating myself up over the language but ill be fine right?

Wednesday we had a multi zone training with Pres Rios and that was amazing about being obedient and how we should have no less than 1 baptism a month which is really cool to think about!. but yeah i was stressing so much after that because all that new info and other things. but we actually had a lot of success that night!

Thursday was another stressful day. he wanted me to direct the area today and he scheduled people that we rarely visit so I didn't know what i was doing and he didn't help me at all. the most stressful thing i have ever done in my life! I felt like such a failure but after dinner I got pumped up again and went back to it. Elder Gunn told me that the difference between a good and a bad missionary is that when a bad missionary makes mistakes he gives up. so that pumped me up! the rest of the day was really good.

Friday morning we did 3 hours of service and we got super worn out and i got burnt so bad. but it was all good! After that we had 0 success with anything and we basically just walked forever! 

Saturday we had baptism interviews for out baptisms and Stanik was perfect as always and came early and it was great! but Ivonne didn't even show up so we think that she doesn't really want to get baptized which was super frustrating but its gonna be all good i think! 

Sunday was another good fast Sunday! we had a great first lesson with this guy named Santo! he really has a good relationship with God and Christ and when we were talking about the Book of Mormon he was super unsure because he's been with the bible his whole life and adding another book is weird for him but he promised that he would read 3 Nephi 11 and pray about it so that's super cool! every time i get to say the first vision its super powerful and I can feel the spirit so strong!

but other that its been a slow week but just need to have patience and its gonna be good!

love you guys and sorry for the rushed letter! i never have enough time to write anyone! but I really love getting letters  and there are a lot of people that i still want to know how they are doing! so write me please!

November 27, 2017 - Peru!

Elder Beck again about to tell you how my week went!!! another good week and its really important for me to keep busy because i really really miss my family which is really bad as a missionary on the other side of the world. But we have kept pretty busy which is good!

So on tuesday it was a pretty rough day with certain things and we haven't been working as hard as i have wanted so ive been beating myself for that but just gotta keep working and everything will be fine! Again just need that patience with the language and other things!

Wednesday most of out appointments fell through but we worked really hard and walked a lot so i was happy =) I also studied the attributes of Christ today and learned a lot of how we should be when on the mission with diligence, patience and humility. they all link together perfectly with faith. its so important to have faith because its the first thing we need before we can go forth with out life!

Thursday was thanksgiving and they don't celebrate it down here so for lunch i had rice beans and chicken and for dinner we had breaded chicken and french fries so not much but we tried lol. but today was super fast day because we had so many good appointments with teaching a lot. 

Friday was super fast also and we had another lesson with the barrios family and ivonne is for sure going to get baptized we think but she asked me to baptize her so me and elder luna will both baptize someone on the 9th of December! So super exciting! but another good day!

Saturday was super slow day for me because most of our appointments fell and we did a lot of walking but what can ya do! i'm in Peru!

Sunday we had 8 investigators in church and that was super good! out investigator class was full with a lot of people in there! they rest of the day we went on visits with a member that really has the desire to find new people that would be interested int he gospel! but super fun and good lessons with her! well anyways just remember that i love all you guys and i'm doing fine down here! also this morning we played ping pong and me and elder gunn dominated everyone lol. but yeah just remember to pray and read everyday! its super important for our salvation! 

Peru Culture!

_all the construction down here is super fast but also super sketchy, you can see it in the houses also

_also fruitcake is super huge down here for navidad, they call it panaton and its the worst thing ever! but everyone loves it down here!

our thanksgiving =) they don't celebrate it down here so that fun!  I ate chicken and french fries for my dinner. 

making cookies at our pension's house

Tanner said through emails - I can understand almost everything its just the talking that is a little hard but its so much better than i thought it would ever be lol.    

November 20, 2017

Love you all and just know that i'm doing just fine down here!

On tuesday apparently it hit elder gunn again with the sickness which isnt good and we had district meeting and he was feeling really bad through the whole thing lol. didnt have much success this day tho.

Wednesday morning i wasn't feeling the best again but we walked to new parts of our areas today and just walked basically through more dirt and sand which was super fun! So we have this family (barrios family) that missionaries have been trying to get baptized and married for a while now and we actually have fechas for their kids but after a week they weren't sure anymore which is super frustrating but we got them to come to church which is good and we have hopes for the oldest!!! 

Thursday basically just had weekly planning which i basically just did by myself because we didn't have much to plan. but also my pension asked for my moms recipe for out pancakes and i gave it to her and she uses it for so many things now which is super funny! we had tacos today with our tortillas being our pancakes lol! Also Peru beat New Zealand the other day and they are now in the world cup!!! its been 36 years since this has happened so that was super huge for Peru!!! i love it here! 

Friday most of our appointments fell through again but its fine cause the sun was shining that day and i was in a good mood! 

Saturday we had intercambios and i was with elder gunn this week in my area so i was directing! well both of us have the same experience with spanish and its still a little choppy so i was super nervous! but everything went perfect! (almost) haha, i directed every lesson and i actually didnt know i knew very well Spanish until this point so we did awesome! we only really had one choppy lesson but that was about tithing and the word of wisdom. the 2 lessons that we never teach so we didnt know how to very well but it was all good in the end!! but it was an awesome day and we found 2 new investigators when we only had 3 for the week and that was a super good lesson too!!! 

Sunday I was super tired today because of all the walking with elder gunn! but church was good and we got 2 of the barrios there to church and that's one of the main things we have to do for investigators that want to get baptized. Also we got to go to the face to face last night and that was super cool! we brought Stanik and a recent convert Luisin and that was cool! it was with president oaks and ballard and it was way cool! well other than that i love this gospel and everything is going great down here! the Spanish is coming along and i learn so much every day! i know that the book of mormon is super important for us and that's one of the main things we want our investigators to do! 

Peruvian Culture

_There lunch here is the biggest meal of the day so its super hard for me to eat it cause i would never eat breakfast or lunch at home lol

_there are also so many dogs on the roofs that will just bark at you when you walk past, its like they get banished up there because they are never not up there

Elder Beck

me and Elder Gunn went on intercambios on Saturday and we found this sweet door in our area!

me and elder luna just after our haircuts

my mom wanted pics of what our food looks like and other things so here are some pics of that

November 13, 2017

So Tuesday was a perfect day! we actually had all of our studies and actually proselyted the whole day like we are supposed to. We actually didn't have very much success but i don't care as long as we tried! I read in Ether 12 today and it says faith in there i think 34 times! i love it so much and encourage everyone to read that! so many good things come from faith!

Wednesday i was really sick of my comp always bugging me and other things but other than that i cant remember what happened this day!

Thursday we had a lot of success! we had really good lessons and we also took over a family that the other missionaries have been teaching, they just wont get married so we decided to just focus on the kids so we talked to them and they actually want to be baptized so we have fechas for them which is awesome! we just hope that we can get the parents married so they can get baptized as a family! Also the language is coming slowly i feel like but everyone just tells me to have patience so that's what i'm going to do. 

Friday we had a service project in the morning so we moved so many bricks for them and the brother for his job has a juice cart so we all got really good juice after and he had us try this one that tastes like literally just a garden. well that was a mistake cause we all got sick after that. i thankfully didn't throw up but that night i was feeling really awful! and elder gunn got hit the day after that and he was throwing up that night! so i stayed with him while our comps went out proselyting. 

Saturday i had no energy from being a little sick but the sun was out so i was happy :)

Sunday was the primary program in our ward and it was super cool, i didnt know they did those here also. it was way cool to hear from all the little kids. Elder gunn today was feeling super bad also so i again stayed with him while our comps went out. but we also had a great lesson with a member family that night! I haven't really had an appetite these past couple of days so that has been super fun!!!

this morning we went to play soccer again and we invited 2 of our investigators today including stanik so that was super fun also! and now i'm here! 

Well i love it down here no matter the oposition we face! I love you all so much and just remember to always pray and read the book of mormon every day! President monsons last words were about the importance of this book and its so important for us to read it!

Peru Culture!

_When you meet someone the custom with the girls is to kiss them on the cheek and its really funny when we tell them that we cant and they think its so weird haha

_ apparently the chicken down here isn't woman or male, its really weird and they were explaining it to me yesterday

_I feel like im going crazy down here, the things we do are so weird as missionaries. I don't even know what else they do down here cause its just like normal to me now. 

Love all of you so much and so glad that you are all doing well!

Elder Beck

there are so many churches its crazy!

they have so many garbage piles in the middle of the streets

this is where we write! 

sorry not much to take pics of here!