Thanksgiving was great, but now it is time to #LIGHTTHEWORLD

Jesus Christ visits the Americas and teaches them quite a bit, see 3 Nephi 9 for more detail.

 I am writing this at 6 in the morning so I can't think of a question, so what is my favorite color?

I don't think i introduced Elder W my new companion. He is from Provo Utah, he just graduated from high school, and loves sports, especially golf. He has been in the area for one transfer. He also is fairly tall. He has a pair of brothers, and his Dad works at BYU.

As for Light the World, the church is putting out this sweet thing that EVERYONE can do. It is basically doing 25 acts of service over the 25 days until Christmas. So you get to do what Christ did, instead of just talk about it. Visit mormon.org for more information. 

As for my week, what fun! I bought a box of cereal, just to get the color changing star wars spoon that came with it. And i got the one I wanted, R2-D2. With that start, there was no way the week could go bad.

Also while I was shopping, i saw the S Zuroff who is in hallmark [Evan's old area], and so we chatted about how things are going back there, she was so awesome, she helped us missionaries so much.

We went through the commandments with a lady we are teaching, and she was telling us why it was important to follow each one and we are so excited for her, she plans on getting baptized this weekend! It is an interesting thing those commandments, aka ways to succeed in life. Also if it is easy then it isn't worth it. Follow the commandments, they are good.

We stopped by a members house and they have a snake so I held it, it was pretty fun, it was like a rubber tube, that was alive. We are stopping by again for dinner this week and they said they have tarantulas!

Tuesday we found out that our designated ride for shopping and stuff, is also now on bikes so we went bike shopping, and we got some pretty sweet bikes, that fit us alot better, and work properly, life is a lot easier now, especially now that my legs are catching up, the huge hills aren't so bad, and also that is why I wanted the pants a size larger, I am getting pretty beefy legs.

They also had an electric bike at the bike shop, it was pretty sweet, it didn't do all of the work but as you pedal, it assist you so you push a little bit and and it gives it more oomph.

We also learned about diligence, which is working hard no matter, it is being consistently excited to be a missionary. I am still excited to be out here, and teach and preach and work like missionaries do. It's fun serving others which is why I am so excited for the Christmas initiative.

 Thanksgiving was awesome, we were given permission to have a 2 hour dinner, and the bride's had us, some family and some friends, it was nuts. They had so much food. They also had like 8 pies, I had the pecan pie, which was pretty good but nowhere near as good as Tausha's.

I am thankful for my family, for the church family that supports the missionaries any way they can, the atonement, the Book of Mormon, and ice cream. 

Biking is going great, I am starting to get used to it and in fact when I went in a car for exchanges I didn't like the car at all. Also we learned that we would be singing on Sunday for a mansion open house, so we got to practice for three days. We did pretty well at the event but it was such a great time, especially when we hit them with "he sent his son" from the children's handbook. That is a super spiritual song. 

We were practicing on Saturday morning and the Dixon's popped in and complimented us, the Dixon's are the best, they are so positive and work so hard. I compliment them all the time because they are just so great. I also learned that someone I taught in Hallmark has decided to be baptized this week and I am so glad. She is so awesome, she knew it was true, she just was mulling over the fact that Joseph Smith was a prophet and how the Book of Mormon doesn't replace the bible but helps it.

Sunday I got my first ward mission leader of my mission only 2.5 transfers in to my mission. And he is a beast, he is so excited for the Christmas initiative, he had us over for dinner and he talked about what's up with  missionary work and how he can help.

I am so thankful for the oppurtunity the mission gives me to grow and help others grow, service is just so great, and that's what the church is all about, helping others come closer to Christ. Have a wonderful week

Elder Bearman

ready to #LIGHTTHEWORLD
Saturday is going to be a highlight
Elder W is a hoot

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