DAAAANG Thats awesome! Thats soo cool(that Jodi got her mission call). I wish I was there to see her open it. Just a couple more months...wow.
And yes, I do have Jesus the Christ. Ive read a little bit of it and I really like it, but sometimes it gets hard to focus on that. There are so many things I want to study, and eventually i want to focus my study on Jesus the Christ, but I think I'm gonna wait till Ive mastered the basic principles in PMG. There are so many little things that I can touch up on, so i'm gonna take it one step at a time.
Yeah, pictures would be nice to have, cuz like you said people like to see. plus, ive got some pictures of friends, that ive gotten in letters. but none from family so nobody knows what my family looks like.
Sorry I haven't been sending many pictures. I need to take some more. So, i'll send some next week.
Well, Thanks for the letter!!!
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Monday, July 25, 2011
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
July 19th 2011
I wasn't in the choir at the Mtc. But we did sing a lot. And I don't sing too often, mainly just at meetings and church. It must be a little different then ecuador, but that would be cool if we did. I kinda just wish I knew how to sing.
That sounds like us. We try and offer service to people whenever we can. WOW now he's in Helaman, thats awesome!! yeah, Nephi and Lehi were studs, Their story is just so awesome. Lets see...what did I learn? I learned more about the parables of jesus, particularly the one about planting seeds. I think its called the parable of the sower, it was nice to gain a stronger understanding of it. For most of my studying, i'm not necessarily learning a new thing, but ive been trying to gain a stronger knowledge of the things I already know, like scripture masteries, one thing I've been trying to do is study each of the scripture masteries to understand why they are soo important, then my plan is to find ways to incorporate scripture masteries in the lessons we teach. For companion study most of the time we just discuss what we learned in personal study and then we make plans for people we are going to visit during the day and study for them. But when we have enough time we try to read through the scriptures and discuss them, just like you said you did in Ecuador.
Thanks for the letter and Im excited to hear from you again.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
That sounds like us. We try and offer service to people whenever we can. WOW now he's in Helaman, thats awesome!! yeah, Nephi and Lehi were studs, Their story is just so awesome. Lets see...what did I learn? I learned more about the parables of jesus, particularly the one about planting seeds. I think its called the parable of the sower, it was nice to gain a stronger understanding of it. For most of my studying, i'm not necessarily learning a new thing, but ive been trying to gain a stronger knowledge of the things I already know, like scripture masteries, one thing I've been trying to do is study each of the scripture masteries to understand why they are soo important, then my plan is to find ways to incorporate scripture masteries in the lessons we teach. For companion study most of the time we just discuss what we learned in personal study and then we make plans for people we are going to visit during the day and study for them. But when we have enough time we try to read through the scriptures and discuss them, just like you said you did in Ecuador.
Thanks for the letter and Im excited to hear from you again.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Monday, July 11, 2011
July 11th 2011
I'm glad you liked the pictures. I'll try and get some more to you soon.
Yeah, the fourth was fun, and with the fruit I got I made some freshly squeezed lemonade for the first time. It was pretty cool. I Remember the house from Arizona, but these guys had a lot more trees and stuff. Yeah, the fireworks are much better with music, for us we didn't have any. It would've been a bit more exciting. BUt it was just nice to get the day off, so im not complaining.
For tracting we just go door to door for the most part. we also get to talk to quite a few people on the streets since we're on bikes. We get referrals as well, but most of the time we have a hard time making contact because they won't answer their phone or they're not home. Its definitley exciting to teach the first lesson, just the fact that its really happening and they want to know more. The trick is being able to get a second lesson. Lately we haven't been having much success though, not many people want to hear anything, but there's always that one thats waiting, we just need to find them.
Yeah, I've heard mom's conversion story, its pretty cool. I guess things just clicked.
Anyways, I should probably go..
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Yeah, the fourth was fun, and with the fruit I got I made some freshly squeezed lemonade for the first time. It was pretty cool. I Remember the house from Arizona, but these guys had a lot more trees and stuff. Yeah, the fireworks are much better with music, for us we didn't have any. It would've been a bit more exciting. BUt it was just nice to get the day off, so im not complaining.
For tracting we just go door to door for the most part. we also get to talk to quite a few people on the streets since we're on bikes. We get referrals as well, but most of the time we have a hard time making contact because they won't answer their phone or they're not home. Its definitley exciting to teach the first lesson, just the fact that its really happening and they want to know more. The trick is being able to get a second lesson. Lately we haven't been having much success though, not many people want to hear anything, but there's always that one thats waiting, we just need to find them.
Yeah, I've heard mom's conversion story, its pretty cool. I guess things just clicked.
Anyways, I should probably go..
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
July 6th 2011
Pictures from the MTC
The fourth was good. we had an extremely laxed day and at te end of he day got to see some fireworks its was crazy, we had a dinner appointment a 5 and then another dinner appointment at 8, i was stuffed by the end of the day. For fireworks we went to a members home who lives on on a hill in our area, their house is pretty big and they had lots of citrus trees so we got to pick tons of fruit and bring it home. the fireworks kindve reminded me of the time i went to utah and watched fireworks with you on the mountain. we were really high up and could see everything that was going on around time. The Fireworks weren't all that exciting but it was still fun. My companion got a few really nice pictures too. How was the fourth for you?
Tim with trainer
Yeah its crazy how fast time passes by, it'll be christmas in no time.
yeah, we get to go to the temple. I haven't been yet but i'm sure we'll go sometime soon. And its not the LA temple we go to. There's one in our area and thats the Redlands temple so we'll go there. I think its about the same distance away as the san diego temple, but thats out of our mission boundaries.
Redlands temple
Nope we don't have any set service days. We're allowed to have 4 hours of service a week, but normally we don't because people normally reject our offer to help out. Sometimes we get opportunities though, sometimes members need help with things and then just recently a non-member who we tracted into said we could come by this weekend to help out with yard work, so thats pretty cool that she's letting us do that, it doesn't happen very often.
Tim with mission president and wife
Anyway, things are going good around here, thanks for the email!
I'll talk to you next week.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
The fourth was good. we had an extremely laxed day and at te end of he day got to see some fireworks its was crazy, we had a dinner appointment a 5 and then another dinner appointment at 8, i was stuffed by the end of the day. For fireworks we went to a members home who lives on on a hill in our area, their house is pretty big and they had lots of citrus trees so we got to pick tons of fruit and bring it home. the fireworks kindve reminded me of the time i went to utah and watched fireworks with you on the mountain. we were really high up and could see everything that was going on around time. The Fireworks weren't all that exciting but it was still fun. My companion got a few really nice pictures too. How was the fourth for you?
Tim with trainer
Yeah its crazy how fast time passes by, it'll be christmas in no time.
yeah, we get to go to the temple. I haven't been yet but i'm sure we'll go sometime soon. And its not the LA temple we go to. There's one in our area and thats the Redlands temple so we'll go there. I think its about the same distance away as the san diego temple, but thats out of our mission boundaries.
Redlands temple
Nope we don't have any set service days. We're allowed to have 4 hours of service a week, but normally we don't because people normally reject our offer to help out. Sometimes we get opportunities though, sometimes members need help with things and then just recently a non-member who we tracted into said we could come by this weekend to help out with yard work, so thats pretty cool that she's letting us do that, it doesn't happen very often.
Tim with mission president and wife
Anyway, things are going good around here, thanks for the email!
I'll talk to you next week.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Monday, June 27, 2011
June 27th 2011
my week was long and hot...haha. but it was still pretty fun, I met some interesting people and some great things happened at the end of the week. Idk, Lately sundays have already been feeling good, but its still does. Its definitely more relaxing because we don't have to bike to church and the majority of the day I'm dry. Its also the best feeling to see people we've been teaching come to church. There's a guy, he's been a member of the church for quite some time now, but hasn't been attending for over a year. He has a big drinking problem and has been continuing to make excuses as to why he can't come to church. Well, he promised us that he'd come A few weeks ago, and yesterday to my surprise I saw him, he was all cleaned up and sitting in the chapel, early, with one of the ward missionaries, they're good friends. I was so happy to see him there, its kinda to describe. Plus earlier that same day we had a lesson with a young investigator who we had just recently been referred to and contacted. her names courtney and She's 20. Her boyfriend was a less active member and told her about the church/the book of mormon, and now he's in the middle east for the military. So we met with her last week and she was extremely open to the gospel. So yesterday I invited her to be baptized and she accepted right away, she is now in line to be baptized on the 31 of july. It would be sooner but because of her schedule, we can only teach on sundays, so it takes a bit longer. But that was super exciting and I can't wait for that. She will probably switch over to the singles ward soon, but even if we don't get to baptize her, its still exciting.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure thats what it was called, the psalm of Nephi. Yeah, you're right, we don't have memorized discussions anymore, we use preach my gospel. Its nice because we get to teach according to the needs of the person. The order of the pmg lessons is: The restoration, the plan of salvation, the gospel of jesus christ, the commandments, and then the laws and ordinances of the gospel. However we don't necessarily go in that order, we can switch everything around depending on the impressions we get. But generally we don't deviate from the lessons, we just change the style in which we teach them. Its kinda fun though, because you don't have to stick to a memorized script.
I'm not sure what we're doing for the fourth, we might be having a get together but idk. I'm curious to see what its gonna be like on the fourth, probably pretty crazy with all the people getting drunk and stuff. Hopefully there will be a good firework show.
Well, I should probably get going now. Thanks for writing, and I'll talk to you again next week.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Yeah, I'm pretty sure thats what it was called, the psalm of Nephi. Yeah, you're right, we don't have memorized discussions anymore, we use preach my gospel. Its nice because we get to teach according to the needs of the person. The order of the pmg lessons is: The restoration, the plan of salvation, the gospel of jesus christ, the commandments, and then the laws and ordinances of the gospel. However we don't necessarily go in that order, we can switch everything around depending on the impressions we get. But generally we don't deviate from the lessons, we just change the style in which we teach them. Its kinda fun though, because you don't have to stick to a memorized script.
I'm not sure what we're doing for the fourth, we might be having a get together but idk. I'm curious to see what its gonna be like on the fourth, probably pretty crazy with all the people getting drunk and stuff. Hopefully there will be a good firework show.
Well, I should probably get going now. Thanks for writing, and I'll talk to you again next week.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Monday, June 20, 2011
June 20th 2011
So far so good on the weight. Ive been about the same all the way through, and hopefully that will continue throughout my mission. I guess we'll see. but at least i can exercise in the morning. We get fed every night for dinner, unless someone cancels, so thats pretty nice, and for lunch I normally have chow mein noodles. Its pretty good, its cheap, and easy to make.
I'm starting to get better at talking to strangers, although sometimes i tend to say the same thing to people, so i'm working to mix it up a bit. Another thing ive been trying to do is memorize more scriptures, thats always been hard for me, but i know i can do it and i'm excited to get started.
Thats a great scripture, I love mosiah 4! its so good because it gives such a good explanation as to the joy that you can receive by obeying christ and making efforts to change and improve. But you're definitely right, all the joy comes from god, so its always important to keep him in mind and be thankful.
Lets see, its hard to pin point my favorite scriptures in the book of mormon, but one of them is 2 Nephi 4: 26-35. Its one of my favorites, because its helped me in hard times. But there are so many more that are just as good. I finally understand what it means to feast upon the scriptures. There are some days i just wish I could study all day, there's so much i want to know and understand. Because I know if i have a better understanding of the scriptures my teaching will improve and i'll be able to help people more effectively. Sometimes its frustrating when people won't listen, but I knew it would happen and when somebody actually does take the time to hear us, it makes up for everything else, i'm so thankful for that.
Right now i'm in 3 Nephi. Sometimes its hard to do my personal study cause i'm studying for other people, but ive been trying to keep it up, and slowly but surely I'll finish it. sometimes its hard to believe people who say they've read the book of mormon and don't believe it. It just doesn't make sense Because everytime I read it I get that much more convinced of its truth and it makes me want to read more. Who knows though, I guess some people just aren't ready.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
I'm starting to get better at talking to strangers, although sometimes i tend to say the same thing to people, so i'm working to mix it up a bit. Another thing ive been trying to do is memorize more scriptures, thats always been hard for me, but i know i can do it and i'm excited to get started.
Thats a great scripture, I love mosiah 4! its so good because it gives such a good explanation as to the joy that you can receive by obeying christ and making efforts to change and improve. But you're definitely right, all the joy comes from god, so its always important to keep him in mind and be thankful.
Lets see, its hard to pin point my favorite scriptures in the book of mormon, but one of them is 2 Nephi 4: 26-35. Its one of my favorites, because its helped me in hard times. But there are so many more that are just as good. I finally understand what it means to feast upon the scriptures. There are some days i just wish I could study all day, there's so much i want to know and understand. Because I know if i have a better understanding of the scriptures my teaching will improve and i'll be able to help people more effectively. Sometimes its frustrating when people won't listen, but I knew it would happen and when somebody actually does take the time to hear us, it makes up for everything else, i'm so thankful for that.
Right now i'm in 3 Nephi. Sometimes its hard to do my personal study cause i'm studying for other people, but ive been trying to keep it up, and slowly but surely I'll finish it. sometimes its hard to believe people who say they've read the book of mormon and don't believe it. It just doesn't make sense Because everytime I read it I get that much more convinced of its truth and it makes me want to read more. Who knows though, I guess some people just aren't ready.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Monday, June 13, 2011
June 13th 2010
I finally understand what people say about their missions, that a day feels like a week and a week feels like a day. Its so true! The MTC was jammed packed with things but like you said, it almost feels like a dream. It all just happened so quick. Sometimes I have to remind myself I'm In california on a mission. Its hard to believe even for me. haha. Even though I feel like a missionary, i guess its just that i'm still so new at everything. There was already a bike for me, so that was pretty nice, its a blue mountain bike and has been working well so far. Sometimes it kinda stinks having a bike cuz i get a sore butt all the time but on the other hand its really rewarding because I get to reap all the blessing that come from teaching people on the street that I normally wouldn't had I been in a car. My people skills still need a lot of work, but I'm getting better, talking to strangers is hard but im slowly and surely beginning to feel more normal. Every minute counts, sometimes I feel like I could have better used my time in some situations but Im trying to do better, so hopefully I'll be an expert at Missionary life in no time. That's great that d's been reading the Book of Mormon, If only more people out here could be doing that. Haha. But the people are great, they just need a little convincing, or at least the invitation. I haven't quite figured out how to do pictures yet, thats why I haven't sent anything. But I'll try and figure it out so I can send some stuff in the weeks to come. Thanks for writing, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Love, Elder Farnsworth
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