This last week has been a really really good week! My companion and I have been struggling to find new people. But this last week we found somebody!!!!! We found a guy that is adventist.  He has been so so prepared by the Lord to hear the gospel. I was on an exchange with another elder and we decided to go to a street just to knock doors ? So we go over to the street and we contacted a guy that was walking in the street who was really receptive and he told us that we can pass by and that his house was just down the street... so we went down the street to write down the address of the contact we had just made, and we decided to knock on the door of the house next to it... so we did that, and some guy answered and said... "What do you guys want?"  We said  'We are missionaries from the church of Jesus Christ.  and he said "Oh the Mormons... come on in.  I want to know what you guys have got to say."  So we went in and shared a brief message about the apostasy and the restored church and everything, and he was really, really interested.  Then he told us... "I was just about to go to bed and go out and lock up my gate and my door and everything when I just had the thought that someone was going to come and knock on my door. So I decided to wait just a little bit and that's when you guys knocked on my door!"  How sweet is that! But it doesn't end there!!!  Yesterday we had another appointment with him. After we shared a message with him. he explained to us how he has been going through depression, becuase he is 52, never has been married, never has had kids, lives alone and just has a boring life.  He said that a neice of his asked him if he was part of any religion.  He said "Yeah, but I'm done with religion and don't really want anything more to do with it." and she said,  "Well, you should to look up about the Mormons.  Because if you do you will find some amazing things that will change your life." He had agreed and everything, but he thought, "I'm never going to look them up..." He explained to us that he thought "If it really is from God and if it really is as great as she says, they will come to me, but I'm not going to go and look for them!" Hahaha, and so we came!!!! So he has been reading the Book of Mormon.   He LOVES everything that we share with him! He is now preparing for baptism in December!!! So this week has been a really good one!  Today we have an appointment with the guy we contacted in the street who lives next door! So hopefully we will get another investigator there as well! Man the work is just great!!!! And everything is starting to go really, really, well here!!!! Anyways, I don't have much time for more stories but I love the work! I love the Lord! I love the gospel! and I love all you family and friends! see you all soooooooon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This last week was just another great week! We had the opportunity to be able to meet with Elder Viñas and Elder nelson and it was super, super wonderful! They are such inspired men! And their wives are just as inspired! I learned so, so, so much from them! From the mission work, to choosing my wife! Hahaha.  They talked about a lot of good stuff, that really got everyone excited! Also this week we had a conference with our mission president, so that just made it all the better!  So it was a really wonderful week! I've really grown a lot closer to Christ this last week.  And so, as expected, Satan has thrown a mix into everything! Everything leading up to the coming of Elder Nelson was absolutely crazy! The mission, our zone and our sector was just crazy! But now we are just going to keep pushing forward!" Anyways, I don't have a whole lot of time to write, like always.  But I love you all! I am so greatful for this wonderful gospel and the wonderful blessings I have recieved to be a member of Christ's church! Everyday I think of how big of a blessing the mission is for me! The Lord is so loving! And so smart! 

Alright y'all I got my new slogan CTTE (commited to the end) I'm gonna make sure that I give it my everything these last five months of my mission.  So that I can stand before the Lord one day and tell him that I gave my all to the work of salvation! 

We have an investigator that we are working with that is super, super awesome! She is so, so, so, so ready to be baptized.  But the problem is that she is living with somebody and has been for like the past four years. They had a baby together and she has been wanting to marry him for a while. The problem is that he is already married to someone else. So, legally, they wouldn't be able to get married, making her unqualified for baptism! And to make it worse, this man is a drunk so he doesn't want anything to do with us.  And, he's not even willing to get a divorement from his old wife...but she is BY FAR!!!! thee best investigator I have EVER SEEN or HEARD ABOUT in the mission! It breaks my heart! 

Anyways these last couple of weeks have been kind of hard! We are trying to find new investigators. But things aren't coming together as well as we thought they would... So that is kind of hard.  But like I said I am going to give it my all everyday so that things do work out!

This Wednesday, we are going to be going down to Osorno to have a conference with Elder Nelson of the Quorum of the twelve apostles and Elder Viñas of the 70, again! I am super excited and I hope we get some new ways to do the work and to be better missionaries!  So I am super excited for that opportunity!!!!!

The mission is just absolutely wonderful and amazing!  Everyday my understanding of the gospel and of my Savior Jesus Christ just grows so much!  Yesterday, I think I got my first glace of a real understanding of the sacrament as I was passing it.  I just got overwhelmed to realize what the sacrament really means!  Such a confirming experience!  I loved every moment!  I love the work!  I love all of you!  And, I love my Savior Jesus Christ!  Thank you so much for all that you guys do for me!  For you prayers and everything!

Alright I don't have a whole lot of time like always so I've got to be quick. This last week was super super slow.... I have had a cold for about three weeks now and it isn't getting any better at all.  So the nurse sent me to the clinic and I've been in the house for the last couple days because the doctor said I'm not getting any better because I work to hard and don't rest enough.  Hahahah fair enough. But now I've got a really bad cough like my companion had It doesn't really look like I'm getting any better.
This last Sunday our convert blessed the sacrament and I blessed it with him.  It was a super, and wonderful experience. I was super nervous for him become he gets a little nervous.  Which made me  kind of nervous. But he did a great job! He didn't mess up or anything.  So it was just wonderful!  It was just a wonderful experience for him and also the branch that we are in.  
This morning my companion and I have been running all over the north part of the mission looking for a missionary that ran away last night in our zone.  So right now I am absolutely tired to death. 

Anyways, besides that, everything here is going well!  The work is progressing. Thank you so much family and friends for all your love and support! I love you all! Thank you so so so very much! 

Monday October 27, 2014

Well y'all my comp got transferred. Super sad. We were working super hard together.  But it's all good! I got a new companion from Washington.  This is his last cambio in the mission.  So you can all imagine how that might end. Nah, He's a good companion and I am excited to learn from him, and to get some new ideas! Every thing here is going wonderful! Our convert who got baptized last week just recieved the priesthood this last Sunday. It was an experience that was very, very special for me to see! I feel like he is one of my younger brothers here in the mission!  Today he is going to come out with us to work!  That is what is so great about the work of the Lord.  That a person can go from the point of the missionaries passing by to teach them the gospel one week, and then the next week that same person going out at teaching others the gospel, and helping them come unto our savior Jesus Christ! It just makes me love the work so much more!  Anyways, the time here has just been flying super fast. I can't even believe that Chris is now finishing up his mission!  I feel like just yesterday was his farewell! I remember how little time it was from when he went out, to when I went out.  But the time in the mission travels a whole lot faster.  I'm a little nervous. Hahaha.  Everything here in the mission is going really good! I have really been enjoying just about every moment!  Oh, and I've got some good news... on the 12th of November, Elder Viñas is going to come back to our mission!!!!!!   I'm super excited because he is coming with Elder Nelson!!!!  So that is super cool!  Anyways, everything is going great here! I love the people. I love the work. I love everything here! It's just wondeful! ....... 

Love you all, Thank you so much for all that you guys do and your prayers and you support! 

Monday October 20, 2014

Well this last week was Great! my companion and have have been sick all week but its only becuase satan was trying to stop the work from progressing. But he failed! So this last Saturday we had a baptism! He is a young man  that we have been teaching since I got here. It was absoutly wonderful.  The baptism was very, very powerful!  The spirit was super strong during the service. The family of the boy we baptized all attended his baptism, which was a miracle itself!  But they are all evangilists so it was wonderful to see them there and hopefully we can start to teach them the gospel, as well!  In total, we had 11 people attend the baptism that weren't members! That's another miracle! So the baptism was great! 

However, satan fought hard with us that day! Let me explain. First off, we got a phone call the night before from elders from a different sector asking us to come and do interviews for a convert.  But we had already had plans to go to a different sector, in the opposite direction, to do inspections on a house, that had to be done that day. And, in the afternoon we had an activity planned with a bunch of youth that we found that weren't members. So we had no possible way to do all the things we had to do, with the time we had for the day.  So we ended up having to do splits with other missionaries, to get everything we had to do accomplished.  Then when we went to lunch, there was an atheist waiting for us, who wanted to talk with us.  That stole a ton of time and so we got to the activity late.  Then, just our luck, when we went to start the water to fill up the baptismal font, the water heater was broken.  So I was tried to fix it for like 2 hours.  But, I couldn't do it.  So we had to fill the thing up with FREEZING COLD water!  Then nobody showed up on time.  So it started and hour late.  But in the end..... it was a wonderful baptism! And when I left the water, I'm not even joking.... I didnt feel any of the coldness. I felt so, so, so warm! It was amazing!  But it was a good fight for that baptism! 

Anyways, everything is going good here! Today we are going to find out cambios! I looks like my companion is probably going to get transferred!  I hope not!  Because we work so hard together.  But, whatever the Lord wants! 

Love you all thank you so much for your prayers!" 

-Elder Beals-

Monday October 13, 2014

This last week was great!!!! Saturday we have an baptismal interview for one of our investigators, so this Saturday we are going to have a baptism!!! My companion and I are super excited! He is a great kid and he is 18 years old! So a future missionary for sure! My companion and I created a sick program here in the mission and we are putting it to practice in our zone to see how it works.  Then we are going to send it to higher authority! All I can say though, is that I have to doubt it was inspired 100% by the Lord! Our sector is doing absolutely great! We have amazing investigators that are progressing so well! I've never seen so much success in my mission! I wouldn't really mind if I had to end the mission here! Last Friday we found a FAMILY!!!! And Saturday we had an appointment with them, which went really, really well! We found out that the grandma who lives in a different part of the mission is an active member of the church. Then we found out that the DAD is a member, but inactive obviously.  They are super receptive and the spirit was so strong!  I have never really had a family with kids and parents to teach in the mission and niether has my companion.  So we are so, so, so excited to teach them! Anyways, everything here is going absolutly wonderful! I love the work and the time I have to serve the lord everyday! I am learning so, so much!  The scriptures have never been so real to me in my life!  Everything is just wonderful!  I love the work! 

Thank you so much everybody for everything! I love you all!