August 13th 2012

dear mom and dad,

The week was pretty good, we've been able to get a lot done lately so i'm excited about that. Not much new going on around here, just surviving the heat. lol. The mansion I was talking about is bigger than the church. they have, not only a basketball court, but an indoor pool, raquet ball, a couple ping pong tables, a pool table, and a few other things inside, in their game house. Outside they have a man made lake with kayaks and other floaties, they have a zipline going across the lake, and many other things. I didn't get to see the main house, at least not the inside, but it was big. The baptism in elsinore isn't until the 25th or something, i should get more info as its gets closer to that time. Thats crazy about all the weddings happening, in the past two weeks i've been to two wedding receptions as well for different people in the ward, I guess its just that time of year. I heard about chelsea, thats crazy...so soon. but i guess it was inevitable. Thats a bummer for rianne :(, hopefully she'll find someone better. And thats great for keith, I'm glad he's doing well. As for the work, We got a couple more investigators this week, its going great, now its time for them to continue to have us over so they can get baptized, thats always the dilemma, making appointments.

BUt yeah, thats about it for this week. take care. Love Elder Farnsworth :)
ps. i haven't met bro adams yet, but i do know some people who have served there in yucaipa, maybe they would know him

August 6th 2012

Hey mom and dad,

 

Thats great that your still managing to go bike around and stuff even with work. Hopefully it stays fun. BUt yeah, with all that you guys are doing, i hope its enjoyable. Its sounds great, but yeah.

So for me this week was pretty cool. We Got 6 new investigators! i'm excited about that, hopefully it will all work out. I also helped 2 people clean out their garages and just tried to find out new ways to help people. So no complaints. Today for P-Day we went to a mansion to play basketball and many other things, it was really fun. The place is insane its by far the biggest house i've seen/been too. It was also nice because we were able to meet up with a couple other zones nearby and I got to see some familiar faces. I sure love that!! Oh, and there was a family that I met and started teaching in lake elsinore, I just found out they're getting baptized this month!!! and they're inviting me to come, I'm so excited!!!! Aside from that, there's not much else stand out ish things that happened. I know that i'm making improvements and the area i'm in is really progressing, I'm excited to teach these new people that we've found. This next weeks gonna be awesome, too I just know there's another miracle waiting for us.

But yeah, I've gotta get going now....Have a good week!! Elder Farnsworth

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

June 25th 2012

Hey mom and dad,

Thanks for the message!!! thats all really cool.

So far things are going great. I really enjoy it. We're having a baptism this weekend so thats pretty sweet, i'm excited.

Thats way cool that keith is doing well, keep it up!

would it be alright if you would continue to send victors letters? and jodi? if i don't respond to reading their letters, i still read them, I love to see how they're doing. but yeah, things are going well, i hope you guys have a great week!!!

Love, Elder Farnsworth

sorry its not very long, but i've gotta cut it short today.

June 4th 2012

Hey mom,

Its god to hear about everything thats been happening lately, it sounds like you guys have been having loads of fun exploring the nearby sites, thats really cool. And Nathan becks married, wow, thats cool, congratulations to him. Thats crazy to hear about rosarah, she's married!!!thats just weird. but good for her, i hope all works out well for her.

To dad,

Thanks, we definitely all have our set backs...but thats good i'm glad we're able to grow. And dang!!!! Jameson won state???!! thats awesome. what did he vault?? Now I'm tempted to break rules and check out athletic.net

Both....

Well, this week wasn't too bad, I mean, nothing too spectacular happened, it was just a usual week talking to everyone and teaching as many people as possible. Sometimes its hard to see that many of the people we teach fail to progress or make changes, we've had to begin dropping different investigators because were just not going anywhere. But hopefully because we drop them we'll find others who are more prepared. I really hope that thats the case. Luckily, we just got a mini missionary this weekend, his names fiafia, he's samoan and is from corona. He's gonna be with us for the next two weeks and he seems really cool. I can feel it already, he's definitely giving me more motivation and hope. He's gonna go on his mission to puerto rico in august so hopefully we can help prep him a little bit. Thats about it for the week. this next week is bound to be good so i'm excited. Have a good Week!! Love, Elder Farnsworth