SePtEmBeR 20! TRANSFERS!!

Wasup fam? (Quote from E. Phelps ;) I got like 5 letters from you all on Monday! It was way cool. Thanks so much I loved every single one of them! I also will be putting the BYU stuff to good use! Although I heard the game didn't go so well... :s

Alright... so guess what? I have been transferred. How crazy! We definitely weren't expecting a phone call on transfer calls day (the Saturday before transfer week), but the phone rang that morning during personal study. President Hall asked to speak to me first and told me I was being transferred to the Sumterville Branch! I am going to be in a branch ha ha AWESOME! My new companion is Elder Rice from California. There are about 30-40 active members there so this will be quite the experience. I am really excited. Here's the other cool part - I'm still in the same district! Sumterville is right next door to Leesburg and so I will still be way close! I've actually been to Sumterville on a couple exchanges and Elder Rice has come here as well so we already know each other. This district has been a blast though so I'm excited to still be with some of the same Elders. Elder Creer will be training this coming transfer, as well as the new district leader (Elder Bennett). Elder Bennett is just hilarious :) His trainee is in for a treat.

I am, however, sad to be leaving Leesburg and Elder Creer. He is an awesome companion and I've enjoyed serving with him a lot. Kind of a bummer... right as we were starting to see a bunch of success I get transferred lol. S and A B are coming to church every week now, and we've been teaching them more and more and they are going to get married and be a forever family someday! C has been coming to church, we have another investigator with a baptismal date, and another really great single mom living with her parents and her two children. Ah well. Such is mission life I suppose... I am also extremely sad to leave our ward! Man this is really a great ward, and I have met and learned to love a ton of the members! Sure there are weird people lol but it keeps things interesting.

Alright, so here is the weird thing (ha, THE weird thing... I mean one of the MANY weird things) about my mission so far - I have had a new companion every transfer so far, and that will likely happen again next transfer. Elder Rice has been in Sumterville for 2 transfers already, and President doesn't usually keeps missionaries in Sumterville for 3 transfers max. Apparently it does weird things to missionaries who stay there too long is what I've heard ha ha. Bring it on =] But yeah, that doesn't mean for sure he's gone, but there's a good chance that could happen. Oh, and Sumterville is pretty out in the boonies. It's more a bunch of small towns spread out over an area. I'll let you know more what it's like when I get there! Oh, and here is my mailing address for my new area:

Elder Andrew Beckett
6777 CR 609A
Bushnell, FL 33513

There you have it. This past week was good, we had some great lessons. We also had some great lessons planned and then the investigators bailed. It's always disappointing when that happens... You really start to learn how important it is to keep your commitments to people! If you say you're going to do something then do it!

So how has Mindy been doing at college? Pulling through that calc class? Keep it up, it feels WAY good at the end of the semester :) How is running Allie? Is your back better? I've been keeping you in my prayers. Hopefully you have been having fun! Have you ran your first race yet? Nate? Seth? Owning your schools? You two are awesome :) I love you both tons! I don't know if I'll be able to get back on or not... Satan is closing down the library. I love you all! HAve a great week. The church is true!



Hey fam, sorry I was in such a negative mood earlier. I think the devil was working hard on me to get frustrated with EVERYTHING. It was ridiculous - the tiniest things were really setting me off. Anyway, I decided I needed to humble myself big time, and went to a nice quiet spot of the house and just knelt down and prayed and told Heavenly Father what I was feeling like, how frustrated and stressed out I was with lots of different things, and asked for His help. I immediately felt better, and have continued to feel better. Prayer works, it really does. I know that when we are having a hard time with anything (big or small), we can kneel down and talk to our Father, no matter where we are at. What a blessing that is! I also know that when we do ask Him for help, He is there and WILL help us. I love Him and am so thankful for that.

I'm sending some pictures - one is of me with L H, the landlord of Leesburg. The next is me with my district; Elders Condie, Rice, Bennett, Creer, and me. Elder Wilson is the one sitting down; he has completed his mission and will be heading home in 2 days. I threw in another random one of a rainstorm while we were driving (pics probably can't do justice though), and then one of me with a pretty sky. I love the sky here!

Well, my time is about up but here you go! I love you all so SO much! Thanks for all of the love and support, it really keeps me going through the hard times. Remember Jesus Christ is there to lift us up, as well as our Father in Heaven. Just turn to them and they will be there. I love you!

-Elder Beckett the coolest (almost as cool as the other Elder Beckett aka Josh :P)