July 30th 2012

hey mom and Dad,

Thats really awesome that you guys were able to go on your trip and see keith and shelina, that sounds like it was pretty fun. Hows keith doing? is everything going well with him at school? Did you go to the salt lake temple? or just kinda taking pictures and stuff? did you guys end up doing anything for pioneer day? What else do you guy have going on for the summer?

and thanks for going to byui to get things figured out!

As for me and the work, this past week wasn't too bad. We were excited about the new transfer and it helped in staying more positive. We weren't able to teach tanya this week but she did come to church for the first time, so that was pretty cool. She only stayed for sacrament so hopefully next week she'll be able to make it to all three. I had some bike problems throughout the week, but now its all fixed and it's good as new. My crank shaft, i think thats what its called, its all the technical stuff with the pedal, but yeah, that was warn out, so I got that replaced and now my bikes so much better, its the best its been my whole mission and now i can just glide right up the hills, no big deal. haha. Aside from that it was a pretty average week, but i'm excited for this next week, i just want to do better and make some improvements, so thats what i'll do. But yeah, i should probably get going....HAve a great week!!! Love, Elder Farnsworth

July 9th 2012

Hey mom and dad,

tell everyone i say hi!!!!

this week was great we had lots of good experiences, its great because we're finally starting to teach some lessons. before i got here in the area they weren't teaching hardly anyone. between 8-12 lessons a week, which isn't that great. well, these past two weeks we taught 19 lessons. its still not as good as we want, but we're making progress so thats cool. In the morning of the 4th I got to run a 5k with the ward!! it was nice to race again, I feel soo out of shape, but hey I got 2nd place running a 19:50. So....i mean thats not very good, but considering I hardly ever get to run, i'm not too disappointed with it. And the guy who beat me is a marathon runner who runs every day, i was at a slight disadvantage. At the race, i met a lady named tania faulkner, well, she's not a member and we started teaching her this week. now she's on date to be baptized on Aug. 4th, so that was pretty cool, i'm excited about that one. As for you guys, thats great that you're going biking now, keep it up!!! Oh, and tell josh and courtney I say Hi, if you see them. I'm so excited for them to have the missionaries over. woo hoo!! BUt yeah, I've gotta get going now...Thanks for everything!!! have a good week, Love, Elder Farnsworth

July 2nd 2012

Hey mom and dad,

The baptism went really well, He was super prepared and it was cool to be a part of it. regardless of the amount i taught him, its still cool. Oh, and Elder Hall a missionary from Moreno Valley came for the baptism as well so it was nice to see him again.

Thats great to hear about the youth conference they had at the school, thats a great turn out!!! It must've a been a real heart warming event, I wish I could've made it. But thats great that the youth had a good time and felt that they should bear their testimonies, thats what church needs, a firm foundation of fresh testimonies.

As for the question about investigators...hmm, its hard to say. Some that I've hear are: i've already been baptized, Do you believe any form of killing is acceptable? including war? (they were opposed to it) Should't bad people go to hell? What if i don't want to live with my family forever? If I go to the celestial kingdom how could I be happy without my family if they aren't baptized? So yeah, those are a few things I've heard.

As for kendall and his family, thats crazy!!!! that must be really hard, to have one family member pass away, let alone 3. I hope Everything is okay with them and I'll be sure to include them in my prayers.

The work is moving forward a little bit in this area, so i'm pretty excited about that, we're trying to stay optomistic and I think its helping quite a bit. We found 2 new investigators this week and a couple others who could also become investigators shortly so i'm excited about that.

BUt yeah, thats about for me. Thanks for the message!!! both from victor and jodi, and ofcourse the one you wrote, its great to see how everyones doing. Have a great week!! and Happy 4th. Love, Elder Farnsworth