May 29th 2012

Hey dad,

Hows everything going? how's the new work schedule treating you? it sounds pretty rough,..... that is true though...a jobs a job, it could always get worse. Thats pretty intense about the lumber truck, it sounds pretty dangerous, hopefully nobody got hurt, there's no telling what could happen when driving a huge truck. And about the thunderstorm, thats crazy, the weather seems to be getting pretty bad up there....thats cool tha oscar was able to be in the news, no he's a celebrity. Has he had the missionaries over yet?

Hey mom,

Thats great that you were able to have an enjoyable time at church on sunday, hopefully my blogs semi interesting for those who are redirected to it...thats cool that people are asking though, everythings going great. And the principles being taught are defintely true, it doesn't take going to church to be converted to the gospel.. its a whole lot more..

For mom and dad,

This week was very successful, we were able to get a lot accomplished. my companion and I are starting to get along a bit better so its been a lot less stressful lately. I've had an enjoyable time visiting families and sharing the gospel with them, it never gets old, there's always something to improve on, so i'm grateful for that, I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow each week and to just keep pressing forward regardless of whatever gets in the way or starts to cause discouargement....in the end it will all work itself out anyway. For example, there were multiple times within the week that it seemed like everything we tried just wouldn't work, but after pressing forward and continuing to endure, things got better and we were able to find the miracles awaiting us, its very rewarding and I'm thankful for that. But yeah, now i've gotta go...thats just a sneak peek at how my week was, it was nice to hear from the two of you as well, thank you! Love, Elder Farnsworth

May 22nd 2012

Dear mom,
Im glad you were able to speak with taylor, I sure hope he's doing well, I can't wait to hear from him again!
Thats also greatr that you guys were able to attend the temple, thats awesome, it sounds like you've been giong practically every week. Hows does it feel to be empty nesters?? i'm sure its nice being to go out pretty often. Are the missionaries cool?
Dear Dad,
I just now saw in the paper at the library that there was a solar eclipse!!! dang, I wish I would have known that was going on, i mustve just missed it. Too bad you guys missed it too, it looked pretty cool in the paper with the words "ring of fire" beneath it. Thats pretty intense with your schedule, thats gotta be rough...especially waking up at 3 am! how do you do that? Thats great that you were able to seethe  thackeray's, davis's, and sis thompson. How are they all doing? Thats great that you were able to help sis. thompson, thats gotta be hard, being old.:( Tell the thackeray's I say hi.
Dear mom and dad,
This week went pretty well, we had multi zones on thursday and they gave us more training on how to be a better missionary, mainly focusing on the way we present the information and the planning we need to take each night to magnify our day. its been helpful, I really enjoy learning and growing as a missionary, Ive got so much to improve on, but I'm getting there. This week has been very busy, with meetings taking up a big chunk of our time we've had to budget our time even moreso than normal. Luckily we had a mini missionary from redlands come to help us out for a day, his names rodney, and we had a good time, with him we were able to find another person and split up to see more people. Church was great as well, two of our investgators for moreno valley were able to attend, I love seeing how people begin to make chagnes as the come to church and get involved with the gospel.  We also had a youth fireside for the stake put together by our zone. That was a great experience, I didn't have to prepare a talk but it was nice to see what some of the other missionaries came up with to help promote the topic of member missionary work. I sure hope it will help boost the attitude of the stake and help them be more excited to reach out to their friends. Anyway thats about it for me this week....I hope you both  have a great week. Love, Elder Farnsworth

May 14th 2012

Hey mom and Dad,

It was nice to see you guys too!!! I just wish It couldve been a little longer....but oh well, it was still cool. I'm glad things are going pretty well...

Well Dad, it sounds like you guys had a fun week, how far away is centralia?? Thats cool that you were both able to get some new clothes too, i bet that was fun...and the pizza, thats gotta be rough haha, I had some spicy chicken the other day, and boy did that burn too. Thats too bad about the lawn mower, hopefully it'll get fixed soon. And with the temple, thats sweet that you're able to go to the temple so often, thats gotta be nice. How's my room doing?? is it changed a lot? or is it still in good shape? I kinda miss having my blue, green, and yellow wall...

Mom...

Thats great that you had a good mothers day and that megan texted you...How's she doing? have you heard anything about nate? Is that situation a little better now? I hope so. Hows grandma brown doing?? I was thinking about them a while ago, Its weird to think they're still only a couple hours away. And it sounds like you guys had a great dinner, yum...

My dinner wasn't too bad either..I ate with the moe family, they;re one of my favorites from the samoan ward. Elder Alo and I used to go over there pretty often for dinner and family home evening, so that was always great. Oh...so here's a story...saturday night a family we taught gave us a pizza after our lesson but we didn't want to eat it cause we had just finished our dinner. So yeah, we took home a pizza, and then yesterday after skyping with everyone we got two more pizzas from charsita and tony, at night, I was with Elder Sommers (one of the Zone Leaders) talking to people in a park, and we came across a guy who was homeless and didn't have anything, so we offered him one of the pizzas we had. It felt good to help him out. That was one of the great things about the week though. Anyway, I should probably get going now....Thanks for everything!!!!

Love, Elder Farnsworth

messages to a few friends

Taylor- I just sent you a Letter last week, hopefully you got it!!! I miss you sooo much, I hope everythings going alright, just keep me posted, I can't wait to hear from you again soon.

chelsea, bailey, sherry, sasha- If any of you guys see this, I really miss all of you as well!!!!! i'm loving it out here and just love learning new things about people and how to help them be happier, its soo fun. But yeah, if you see this, I hope to hear from you guys....With whatevers going on I hope you're having a great time and I really appreciate all that you do. Have an amazing week.

Oliver-Dude....!!!! If you see this, whats up?? hows life?? I can't go on facebook, but i'd sure like to talk...Last time I heard you said you're at UW, Hows that treating you?

Josh/courtney- sorry it took me so long to reply to you guys...I hope you got my letter, but regardless of all that, i hope your time in your new place is fun, just keep it up, keep working hard, I can't wait to see you guys and catch up....just 1 more year...time flies.