Transfer #2

Hey all!  

Transfers is tomorrow and as fate would have it, Sister Beckstrand is staying in YSA and her new companion is Sister Schiers. I know absolutely nothing about her so more details will come next week! 

 

Last Tuesday was Halloween! We had a lunch with our Sisterhood (the sisters that our STL's are over) and then went out finding and had to be home by 7. We came home and got the party started! We had a few kids stop by for some candy but we mostly had the nights to ourselves. We made carmeled apples, carved pineapples, and painted faces. I will let the pictures speak for themselves.

 

Wednesday we had a really cool experience where we taught one of our members cousins. He doesn't want to learn anymore but it was cool to see the love that our member has for his cousin and see that love grow while talking about the Gospel.

 

Thursday I hit my 100 day mark! It was weird to think I have already been out that long. It feels like just yesterday I was getting dropped off. We had a lemonade stand at FIU today and I made some pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. For some reason no one here has ever had those so they were all so amazed by them. Good way to start a conversation to eventually lead to the Gospel. 

 

Friday we didn't do a ton. Sister Bingham taught me how to do Family History Work and a lot more goes into it than I thought did. It is very important to do it so if you don't know how, go find out and start working. 

 

Saturday was a great day. We started off the day by having breakfast with Mary in President Beesly's home with his family. I forgot what it feels like to be in a home with the Spirit. That's the first time I've been in a real home like that since I left. It was such an awesome experience to have them bear their testimonies to Mary. We went knocking after that and met an awesome guy named Mark. He had been wondering why there were so many churches just earlier this week so we were an answer to his prayers. Mary wanted to meet with us again that afternoon so we were finally able to teach her the Plan of Salvation. I love teaching that because it is familiar to everyone because we have all heard it before. 

 

Sunday was fast Sunday. Those days are always good. Just a whole lot of finding that day.

Yesterday was full of weird emotions. We found a super awesome girl named Aysha. We shared the "Because of Him" video and she loved it. She can't wait to come to church on Sunday and we can't wait to keep helping her grow. Then we had dinner with our members Derek and Michael. They are so awesome and always provide us with great food. I found out that they read my blog so shout out to them! :) Then that night we had transfer calls. It is the weirdest thing because you have no idea what is going to happen. I am staying and I am so excited to help the branch continue to grow. 

 

That's about all I have for this week! Lots of pictures to come! I hope you all enjoy! Keep being awesome! Keep going to the temple! I love you all and appreciate the love!

 

All my love,

Sister Beckstrand

Florida Sunshine: Trains! Everywhere! I can hear them while doing studies. It reminds me of Lehi. I finally got a picture of one so here you go!

Halloween fun thanks to the face paint kit mom sent.

 
Our awesome costumes. Don't mind the bad group photo

Cool Shirt mum sent me

our zone

Michael and Derek (members)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Branch Relief Society and President Beesly, our branch pres.

MARY! 

My cute trainer

 

 

 

 NOTE FROM PENNY -

 We got this picture from Gary Carter on Monday.  He rushed it right over to us.  His daughter and her family were in Florida on vacation and just happened to run into her I guess.  I really don't know the whole story and forgot to ask her in her little time today.  But an amazing thing to get.  I love surprise pictures!