Elder Jensen is here!

Hey fam! I love you =]

Elder Jensen from Las Vegas, NV is my new comp. He is the man! We are having so much fun together and working great already. We get along really well, teach well together, and are on the same page. He has 2 brothers and 2 sisters, but he is the youngest. He is a great guy, and loves BYU as well =] He reminds me a lot of Uncle Darin (I forget how he spells it.. :/) with his smile, laugh, voice, and positive attitude! I am really excited to be working with him and see what the Lord has in store. Plus, we should be together for a while which is nice. This area is getting going and it's great to see!

We had a good week, we saw some miracles for sure. One night the Lord led us to stop by and visit a member. They are a less active family, and she is a single mom with 2 sons (18 & 15). The 15 year old was the only one home when we stopped by about 8:15 or so, and so we talked to him for a minute. He told us about what has been going on, and it sounded like he had had a hard day, breaking his mom's computer and all. Well, he invited us in to get a drink and so we could share a short message with him. We sat down and were watching the Mormon Message "Hope Ya Know, I'm Having a Hard Time." Well, his mom walks in right at the end and we introduce ourselves and ask her how she is doing. She looks really stressed and like she just has a big burden and says, "To be honest, I've had a terrible day." Well, we invited her to watch this message with us. As we watched it again with her there this time, the Spirit really touched her. She had tears running down her face and just was sobbing while we watched it. She knew, and I knew, that the Lord had specifically sent us there to show His love for His daughter and her family; to reach out and help them come back. She pretty much bore her testimony after it was over, letting us know that it wasn't by chance that we stopped by that night, at that time, and she said she knew that the Lord's way is the only way to happiness. It was a huge testimony-builder for me to know that this IS the Lord's work, and He is truly guiding it. It was also wonderful to see just how in our greatest times of need, the Lord sends us help to strengthen and lift us.

We also were able to have a great lesson with the C family! Please continue to pray for them; especially that they will be able to make it to church as a family this coming week. J and his dad came yesterday which was great. The Mom and daughter had a Colombian celebration thing they went to, but they will be there this coming week. They are amazing =] We are going to invite them to be baptized this week on a specific date, so please pray that they will accept!

It is pretty crazy trying to keep everything straight with all of the missionaries in the zone. Call-ins take up like the whole night. Numbers are even crazier now; not to mention that on the 31st is "the perfect storm" as they call it lol. That's where we collect the weekly numbers, plus the stake correlations. Crazy. We are loving it.

Please pray for Elder Jensen and I to be able to give the training the Lord would have us give at Leadership Conference this week. All of the zone leaders, district leaders, trainers, and trainees are going to be there. It will be huge. I am excited though! Sister Allen and Elder McClatchy will be there so it will be great to see them! Hopefully we can get a picture or something. I still haven't met Sister Allen yet, but I will this week.

Well, I sure love my family! I am thankful for your love and support. You are all in my prayers. Until next week,

Elder Andrew Beckett

p.s. Apparently the H's (the bishop & his family in Lake Reams, our ward, know the Browns (Lancaster's family). Cool ha ha!) Love ya!