The Road to El Dorado...9/01/2014

HOLA FAMILIA Y AMIGOS!

This week we had.... TRANSFERS!!!!!

And.... I am no longer in San Luis! I am now in... TIJUANA! Florido Stake, El Dorado ward. (Hence today's title.) My companion is... Hermana Rockwood! But wait a minute... that's not a Spanish last name! What craziness is this!? My companion is from... UTAH. That's right! Two American sisters here in Mexico. What ever will we do!? Pues, enseñar! Haha Yep! Actually, we arrived together from the MTC. :D

This week, my last week with Hermana Bautista, we taught investigators and did stuff. Honestly, I don't remember things very well under pressure ("Pressin down on me, pressin down on you...") but I will try.

On Thursday we ate... SUSHI! The family that was going to feed us had to go to Tijuana early in the morning, so they gave us money to buy food. we decided that Sushi was a good idea. XD (It was actually really good!) Not only that, but we didn't have to pay. A man came and asked us, "Is it alright if i pay for your food? I just feel like I should." and we were like "Okay!" and he paid. It was really cool. XD

What else?.... honestly I don't remember very well.

PICTURES!

1) Me and my companion yesterday.

2) SUSHI!

3) Tamales de afuera (I thought you would like to know what a tamale looks like. There are some people that don't know. On the outside it's corn husk, on the inside PURE DELICIOUS. I still don't know how to make them, but I will learn and let you know.)

4) Tamales de adentro (The orangey one had meat and stuff and the yellowy one was sweet with corn. they were both delicious.)

5) Me and my new companion!

I will have more about Florido in the coming week. Que tengan una buenísima semana!

♥Hermana Beaumont

HERMANA BEAUMONT
    Misión México Tijuana

English be difícil 8/25/2014

HELLO EVERYONE! How are you? I am fine.

This week, I had an experience that made me realize that returning home in 8 1/2 months isn't going to be very easy. Why? ENGLISH. The other day, we had exchanges and I went with another sister from the US. In the beginning, we only spoke Spanish, afterward, Spanglish, and then broken English. Really broken. How broken, you ask? I was telling her a story and I was trying to tell her "she didn't go", but in Spanish it would be "ella no fue", so my messed up brain translated it into, "she no went". You all have my permission to laugh. (We pretty much died laughing at that one.) My English in writing is normal only because I have more time to think about what I want to say.

Sometimes it still shocks me that I speak Spanish. Honestly.

Other things that happened this week... um... OH! We had an awesome ward activity! I already told you a little bit but I would rather not reveal it because I'm going to tell the missionaries when I get back so that they do it and I don't want to ruin it for you. Haha.

What else...?

Um... El Presidente is going to come to do interviews this week... I'm not worried. I actually really like interviews with El Presidente. (Usually. This will be the first one with Presidente García.) I'll let you know how that goes.

PICTURES!
1.) Awesome picture of me riding off into the not-yet-setting sun.

2.) We learned how to make flour tortillas! Apparently, we're in the part of Mexico where they have the best flour tortillas. (Pay no attention to my giant pajamas.)

3.) Apparently, there's a saying here in Mexico that if it inflates, the woman that makes it is really for marriage... Me falta 9 meses, gracias.

4.) The day of the activity it rained really hard and it was actually cold enough for a sweater!

5.) INTERCAMBIOS! (With Hna Loveland. This was at the end of the day.)

Well, I don't have a lot of time left. I hope you're enjoying my adventures in Mexico. :)

LES QUIERO MUCHO!!!!

HERMANA BEAUMONT
    Misión México Tijuana

11/18/2014:D :D :D

Sorry for not having a normal title. I couldn't think of anything to say. XD

This week was... normal. Kind of. Our mission president came for a conference and I got a wonderful package and letters from friends. And an elder got hit by a car. Kind of. He's okay, but he broke his hand and had to have surgery. If you could all keep him in your prayers his name is Elder Molina.

This week we are going to have a really cool ward activity that's called "Viaje a Hawaii". It's going to be awesome. I'll tell you more about it afterward when we're had success. There's something that I really like that they say here, "las actividades son para los investigadores y menos activos, los miembros solo están invitados." Ward activities are for investigators and less active members. The active members are the ones invited... This means... when you go to a ward activity, BRING A FRIEND! And introduce them to the missionaries!

I only have a few pictures to send you, so here they are:
1.) My "amiguita" Dayann (Diane).

2.) My companion bought me a piece of cake! (It's coconut!)

3.) Me and my companion! (A member of the ward made me a dress! I just had to buy the fabric!)

4:) My package!

I LOVE YOU ALL!

HERMANA BEAUMONT
    Misión México Tijuana

IT'S MAH BIRFDAY

HOLA A TODOS!

Well today is my birthday! Tengo 20 años. XD

I have a bunch of pictures. XD The members here are great! At the end of this day, I will have had 3 parties. XD (I only have pictures of two of them. One from a week ago and one from yesterday.)

Pictures: one from each "party" and two from this morning. (My companion didn't even give me time to shower.)

This week went well, I think. We lost two days of work because my companion had to go to Tijuana, but it's all good. :) We still worked hard. I am finding that I LOVE missionary work. We found an investigator bien suave. At first he didn't want anything, but one of the youth was accompanying us and began to talk about the priesthood and it sparked his interest and so we got the chance to talk about lesson 1 (the restoration) and at the end he commited to read the book of mormon and even told us that in his church he feels like he's missing something AND WE HAVE IT AND WE GET TO SHARE IT WITH HIM and it's super awesome. His name is Sergio. :)

I don't have a lot of time! I love you all and I will write again next week!

HERMANA BEAUMONT
    Misión México Tijuana

IT'S HOTTER THAN I THOUGHT 08/04/14

I now know why I felt like my face was melting off. One hermano told us that that day it was 58 degrees celsius. Or, to translate, A WHOPPING 136 DEGREES FARHENHEIT. YES. I AM NOT LYING NOR AM I EXAGGERATING. I honestly thought he was joking, but many other members have confirmed the temperature. And that same hermano told us that that day, we were the HOTTEST PLACE ON EARTH. ON EARTH. I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE IT MYSELF. BUT IT'S TRUE.

(I'm super feliz because in this papeleria, they're playing Beatle's songs. XD)

OKAY! What do I have to say today?

We had a very sad and difficult experience this week. We were teaching a family that owns a fish food stand (puesto de mariscos) and we were teaching about the Book of Mormon. They told us straight up that for them, it's just a book and it has no significance whatsoever. We tried and did all we could, but they flat out rejected us.  The señora told us, almost angrily and almost crying, that she wanted absolutely nothing to do with "ese libro" (that book). That it says in the bible that we shouldn't take away or add to the bible and that it would be blasphemy to accept any other book. And I was filled with a profound sadness. Not because they rejected us, and not because of what they said about the BoM. No, I was sad because when they rejected us and the BoM, they rejected their salvation. After our experience with them, we had a lesson with an investigator and I was so... animated by our experience, that that was literally one of the best lessons I have taught in my entire mission. I NEVER want to experience that again. I NEVER want to see another person reject their salvation so coldly. I know that I can't control the agency of others, but I CAN control how I am. How I teach and how I act. I want to be the best missionary that I can, because even if they don't want to change, I will be able to help the people here that are waiting and ready.

Now, after that spiritual thought: PICTURES!

1.) I finally have a decent picture of me and my companion.

2.) We had EXCHANGES! This is Hermana Camacho. She has been on her mission for a little less than a month. XD

3.) Sometimes when it's really hot during the day, when we get home at night, we water the lawn . (and ourselves.)

4.) My companion went to Tijuana today for a meeting, so I am staying here in TRIO! :D

5.) I have discovered that in August it rains a lot in San Luis. It POURED yesterday and these are the clouds from afterward.

I LOVE YOU ALL AND I HOPE I DIDN'T FORGET ANYTHING!

OH! THIS WEEK SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT WILL HAPPEN.... HUMP DAY!!!!! (and my birthday is next week. Don't forget. haha)

HERMANA BEAUMONT
    Misión México Tijuana

SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO ES C A L I E N T E.

SERIOUSLY. The hottest day this past week was Wednesday and I felt like my face was melting off.

This week was my first week with Hermana Bautista. She's pretty great (kind of crazy) and teaches really well. I hope that I can learn a lot from her. :)

I don't have a lot of time now! So I will put pictures!
(I know you're wondering about my signature. Don't question it. It was the idea of one of my companions.)

1.) YEsterday

2.) IT RAINED. IT NEVER RAINS HERE!

I LOVE YOU ALL BUNCHES!

HERMANA BEAUMONT
    Misión México Tijuana

INVESTIGADORES ESCOGIDOS 07/21/14

HELLO EVERYONE!!!!

Today, I would like to tell you about two investigators that we have found recently.

One is named Meche (short for Mercedes). He is 80 years old and super adorable. (picture attached) We found him on our way to an appointment. He waved and greeted us, so we decided to contact him. We taught him all of lesson 1 (the restoration) and he accepted a baptismal date. Not only that, but he told us that he had seen us pass by multiple times, but was afraid to say something, so the night before we found him, he said a prayer to have the courage to say something to us. The next day, there we were. WOW, huh!?

The other investigator is named Rosa Isela. She's as we like to say here "ESCOGIDISSIMA". How we met her? She showed up at church on Sunday in the search of the true church of Jesus Christ. We set up an appointment with her at the end of meetings and met with her that day. When we visited her, she AND her husband AND her 8 year old daughter all accepted a baptismal date. Not only that, when we returned the Tuesday afterward, she had already read what she thought was "un poquito". She read, the introduction, the testimonies of the 3 witnesses, 8 witnesses, and Joseph Smith, and the first chapter of 1 Nephi. :O It took all of my energy not to allow my jaw to drop. She even knew everything that happened. "Laman and Lemuel are the ones that were rebellious and thought that there dad was crazy... etc" We were SHOCKED. We visited her again on Friday, and she had already read the pamphlet for lesson 2 (Plan of Salvation). In the back there are questions that, normally, no one pays attention to AND SHE WAS ANSWERING THEM. She understands the doctrine super well it's amazing. We have an appointment with her today and I literally CAN'T WAIT.

In other news, we had.... TRANSFERS!!!!!!

I am with Hermana Bautista! She was trained by my previous companion, Hermana Chavarría. And she trained the trainer of Hermana Reyna. SO, I basically have a bunch of companions from the same family. haha Of course, I'm still here in San Luis, and August is THE HOTTEST MONTH OF THE YEAR. They say that it gets up to between 120 and 130 degrees fahrenheit(sp?) so PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. (Extra. I know you're all praying for me out there.)

What else do I say? Um... OOH! PICTURES!
1.) Me with Meche.

2.) My zone before transfers. (One of the sisters bought a cake.)

3.) We had exchanges twice this past week. One with Hermana Ramírez and the other...

4.) with Hermana Utrera.

5.) All six of us together for the last time.

Okay, my time is almost up... So... ADIÓS!!!!! LES QUIERO MUCHO!!!!!

♥Hermana Beaumont