Ethan's Mission to Nicaragua

  Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 1:57 PM To: Jim And Sandy Bever Subject: I should think of a more creative subject heading So it sounds like everyone had a good week, I did to. We baptized again this last Saturday, no families but three kids. They ' re really cool and although the baptizmal service wasn't very heavily attended, it was nice. Here's a picture. So last Monday after writing home, we went over to the house of the branch president and they threw me a suprise birthday party. It was really nice of them and it helped me to remember that I'm loved from Central and North America. Elder Paz bought me a cake and apparently the tradition here is to egg you on your birthday (it feels kind of like confetti eggs but more runny and colder), in this case a picture speaks a thousand words . So that was fun. I'm doing well though, Granada is a little farther away from Managua than my last area, so the mail will probably take a little longer to get here, but patienc...

 Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 1:22 PM To: Jim And Sandy Bever Subject: Happy Monday! Hello! Thank you for the birthday emails, they made my day ... and possibly week. No Hore porque soy hombre. (the little 6 year old son of our branch president says that) But I had a very fulfilling birthday weekend, and the pictures should explain why. Saturday we baptized a mother and father named Francisco and Carla, another father to complete a family named Francisco, a man named Julio, a mother named Blanca and her son named Julio. It was the best gift I could have asked for and an evidence ofmy Heavenly Father's love for me as he remembered my birthday. The baptismal service was nice and I felt the spirit as we reaped the fruits of our labors. Francisco and Carla received a miracle as they were waiting for the divorce papers to come through. They left the courthouse here in Granada after hearing that it would be in May that their papers would come through and they were really dissappointed ea...

  Subj : Re: Happy BD Date : 3/4/2013 2 : 25 : 18 P . M . Pacific Daylight Time From : ethan . bever@m ldsma i l.net To : WLBeve r @aol.com Thank.you so much for all that you do . I love you very much and hope you can feel that from all the way down here in Nicaragua . Don't worry about the tai l, it was from an Iguana not a rat : ) On Mon, Mar 4 , 2013 at 12 : 17 AM , < WLBever@aol.com > wrote: Hi Ethan, Elder Bever- Today is March 3rd and it is your birthday! So Happy, Happy Birthday Ethan Dear!!! as the song goes . .. .... . ..... . ..... . We just wanted you to know that we are thinking about you especially on this the anniversary of the day you joined us in this life. And what a blessings you have been from that day to this. We love you so much and are as proud of you as we can possibly be. It is so good to hear that you are happy • in your service and loving and enjoying the people . What could be better? Today was a good day for us . We had a nice turno...