November 27th 2012

Hey mom and dad,

Sorry I don't have much time to write...We just had transfers...my companion elder figueroa was sent to redlands and now my new comps elder Austin. (we were mtc companions).

I've just been writing typing out my essays for school so i'm over on time. But yeah, I think everythings good to go with that. I guess I'll have to inform you a little more next week on how everythings going.

I did get your package, thank you!!! The gift cards are great!! and I'm glad taylor gave a good talk, i got both his letters and they were great. Now that i'm done worrying about my essays I'll be able to reply to my letters :)

And yes, I did get to play football!!! not as good as home....but it was still pretty fun. Thanks for everything...and have a great week.

Love Elder Farnsworth

November 19th 2012

Hey mom and dad,

Things are going great...we had a good week. We've been teaching a guy named fernando, he's 22 and we're planning on having a baptism for him this coming sunday. Its exciting!! I hope everything works out with him. We just started teaching his mother as well, it was kinda cool, I taught the lesson in english and had my team-up translate into spanish. We'll be handing her over to the spanish missionaries now.

As for the gift certificate to target...thank you! its Awsome!

And with the letters, I don't know if I'm getting letters or not. As I said in the last letter, they don't forward letters to my area. So its only when they have mission meetings that we get mail.

I've been working on my essays at home whenever I can find time, so hopefully i'll be able to get them submitted on time.

And yeah, teaching was cool...i'm pretty used to it by now, but it was a little different for elders quorum. The ward isn't huge, (at least the active ones)but the list is pretty big. our buildings about the same size as the one back home, and its just across the street from our apartment complex. And I know you were asking about palm springs...and no, its not in my area. Its nearby though.

I'm having a great time with my companion and the area, like I said before...he's really cool. He doesn't seem like a greenie, he's catches on to things really quick. The works starting to pick up and its been way fun!!

But yeah, thats about it for me!!! I'm glad you had fun with talent show thing and everything else, I wish the best for keith as he visits heidi and I hope you and dad have a great week. Thanks for everything!

Love, Elder Farnsworth

November 13th 2012

Hey mom and dad,

Things are going great...we had a good week. We've been teaching a guy named fernando, he's 22 and we're planning on having a baptism for him this coming sunday. Its exciting!! I hope everything works out with him. We just started teaching his mother as well, it was kinda cool, I taught the lesson in english and had my team-up translate into spanish. We'll be handing her over to the spanish missionaries now.

As for the gift certificate to target...thank you! its Awsome!

And with the letters, I don't know if I'm getting letters or not. As I said in the last letter, they don't forward letters to my area. So its only when they have mission meetings that we get mail.

I've been working on my essays at home whenever I can find time, so hopefully i'll be able to get them submitted on time.

And yeah, teaching was cool...i'm pretty used to it by now, but it was a little different for elders quorum. The ward isn't huge, (at least the active ones)but the list is pretty big. our buildings about the same size as the one back home, and its just across the street from our apartment complex. And I know you were asking about palm springs...and no, its not in my area. Its nearby though.

I'm having a great time with my companion and the area, like I said before...he's really cool. He doesn't seem like a greenie, he's catches on to things really quick. The works starting to pick up and its been way fun!!

But yeah, thats about it for me!!! I'm glad you had fun with talent show thing and everything else, I wish the best for keith as he visits heidi and I hope you and dad have a great week. Thanks for everything!

Love, Elder Farnsworth

November 6th 2012

Dear mom and Dad,

In palm desert, the mail doesn't get forwarded from the office to me. For some reason it doesn't work for apartments or something like that, i'm not really sure. So what happens is every month the zone leaders go to riverside for a meeting and they can pick up our mail. Luckily this thursday the zl's returned home with mail for me! what a surprise!!!

Its kinda hard to explain how I felt...enough to shed a few tears. It means so much to get a letter. Thank you, I really needed it. And I'm thankful to taylor and andrew as well, they also wrote me.

I'm sorry for not responding last week, I didn't know what to say, i just felt a little overwhelmed with all the college apllications and stuff...I'm not supposed to go on any other website besides this and lds.org/mormon.org and I wasn't sure what to do...And then after doing that for a while I had already run out of time to write. So I called president smart for permission and he said yes, but i'm still working on the essays.

but yeah, when it comes to the past couple weeks, Things have been doing really well. I'm still learning the area and the ward members...but hey I had a chance to give a talk last week and everybody liked it. Plus, this week my companion and I both bore our testimonies. So through all of that the wards getting to know me a bit more. On sunday I also had the opportunity to ordain one of our recent converts daniel to the office of a priest. Then I taught elders quorum. Its pretty cool!

We had a zone meeting this week and the focus of this month is going to be finding new investigators...One of the actions plans we have for that is inviting at least one person to be baptized each day. Its been fun trying to incorporate that into our everyday oyms. The other night I had a great experience at a park, the day was hard i wasn't feeling very motivated, but I talked with my companion and it came down to the faith I had in the savior, it wasn't very strong....and it hasn't been for a while. But I said a really meaningful prayer and felt much better...It prepared me for the remainder of the day/night. Well, while we were walking around the park we met this guy working out and we started to talk to him. His names jose, and as we started talking we went over our purpose and we taught him parts of the restoration, the plan of salvation, and the gospel of jesus christ...we answered every question he had in a manner that was directed by the spirit and it felt good. We then invited him to be baptized. He's catholic and thats what his family is, so he couldn't commit to anything. But I don't care...the point is, we acted like representatives of jesus christ, and we did what we could, relying on the lord and upon his spirit. Thats the feeling I enjoy most and I want every oym to be like that. One of these days....

We're finding new people to teach everyday, and many of them are still at the beginning, but there's a lot in store, so i'm excited.

Anyway, I hope all is well and that everythings going great with school and work and bowling. But I've gotta go now..Love, Elder Farnsworth