December 20th 2011

It's all good, my past few weeks in moreno valley have been hectic anyway, its like I never have time anymore, especially on pday, but I guess thats good cause i'm just getting more work done. We've been getting a lot of work done though, everyday is pretty packed and since we have a car its not really a big problem getting to appointments and stuff, the only problem with that is the fact that we have to watch how many miles we travel and sometimes that can get a little stressful considering the fact that i'm not sure where all the members as a whole live in relationship to each other, if I knew all of that information we could be visting everybody who lives in a certain area, that way we could get referrals, teach more lessons, good views from the ward, better communication with the ward, and we could save miles. All of this if I just knew where everyone was. Aside from that christmas is coming up...holy cow, I can't believe it, i feel as though i'm in a different dimension or something, time just keeps moving forward and I'm sittting back watching, trying to stop the time so I can more work done, its intense. I'm not too sure what exactly i'm gonna do for christmas yet, or who's house i'll be at, I just haven't given it enough thought. I'll get on that though. That picture you just sent looks very nice, a very good impression of the saviors birth, We've had so many different christams activities going on throughout both wards its really interesting, plus the people in the ironwood/samoan ward can really sing, I mention that because we just went to a christmas fireside last night and they sounded amazing. I hope everythings going well with you and hope you have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! :)
I wish you all the best...but now Ive gotta run. love You!!!
Elder Farnsworth

October 24th 2011

Hmm..about being sick, lets see...I've had a sre throat and a minor cough over the time that ive been out, but thats about it, nothing serious. My companions have been sick a few times though. I'm sure missionaries do give blessings to the sisters, I haven't though. I haven't really been around many sister missionaries since I've been out.

Yeah, We've got a trunk or treat coming up this saturday, so it looks like we're both kinda on the same page with that. We're also gonna have a baptism this saturday, I can't wait! She asked me to baptize her, so I'm a little nervous but excited at the same time :)

I'm not sure what we do for the holidays...for the fourth of july we mainly just stayed at home, so i'm sure thats the same thing we'll do for halloween. We kinda want to dress up as something..not sure what though.

Love, Elder Farnsworth

October 17th 2011

I have'nt had the chance to Baptize yet. But its all good, I'm sure it"ll come soon, as long as my companion and I continue to work hard. We have a couple potential baptisms coming up shortly, but I don't want to talk about it, in case things happen to fall through. I'll let ya know when it comes.\

Recently we've found multiple new people to teach, and so far so good...I guess only time will tell how serious they all are though. And For lessons...I'm not sure what I like to teach best. If the spirits there and touches their hearts, thats the kind of lesson I enjoy the most. Because regardles of what I say or how good I teach, it doesn't mean much unless the spirits there.

And for visuals.. I don't use visuals all that often, but sometimes I like to use a rubics cube in teaching about the restoration, it helps to keep them focused. Anyway, I should probably go now.

Love, Elder Farnsworth

October 10th 2011

General Conference was awesome, I'm glad they talked so much about missionary work, I hope it will be a good boost for the ward I'm serving in. As for my favorite talks I'm not really sure...i don't have my notes with me.. I do remember something President Eyring said though, He mentioned the importance of hard work and going above and beyond the expectation. I really enjoyed that and it stuck out to me cuz I feel that I needed some motivation, not that I wasn't working hard, but it help me want to do even better and not worry about what people say. This week I talked to every person I possibly could, it didn't matter what they were doing or how awkward it would seem, i talked to them anyway and it felt good. Our mission goal is to talk to 140 people about the gospel every week. In the past few months we haven't met that goal and its been frustrating but this week we talked to 164 people!! it was awesome.
Love, Elder Farnsworth

A Poem by Elder Farnsworth

The missions going pretty good, Ive met lots of people, and done lots of things. there's just a lot to do. a lot, i mean a LOT. But I like it a LoT, there's just a lot of fun that comes with it, and A lot of experiences too. And a Lot of Love from a lot of people. And a Lot of mexicans too. :) A Lot of scriptures, A Lot of Prayer, A lot of church, and a Lot of Food. Well, anways, ive got a lot to do, and I spent a lot of time writing, but i miss you! I miss you a lot, and thats true!

Love Elder Farnsworth

September 26th 2011

I can't believe its already conference time, its crazy...But i'm excited. Don't worry, lol...i'm a missionary. I'll be taking notes. And yeah, we'll be going to a broadcast at our church building, so it should be loads of fun. I just can't wait!

Yeah, I heard the womens broadcast was pretty good...thats about all I've heard though. And about the computers, I probably could go on different church sites and read talks, but normally there's not enough time, so I don't get around to that very often.

Thanks for wishing me a good week! I wish the same for you! Hopefully lots of good things can happen. And don't worry, I'm sure I'll have loads to tell you about conference :)

Until next time...

Love, Elder Farnsworth

Septenber 21st 2011

I'm glad you liked the pictures, thats just a little taste of what its like here. The place is really nice, ive definitely been blessed for the time being. And yeah, ive been out a little while now, it doesn't really seem like it, i wouldn't say I'm completely seasoned. haha. but i can take care of things. lol. Teaching really isn't much of a problem anymore, there's still so much to improve on though. The month's been good, i don't know where the time went, but we've been doing our best to keep busy. I'd say i'm staying pretty healthy, I think ive gained a pound or two since ive been out, but thats about it. i usually run three times a week and in between do some kind of work out. Plus we bike around 20 miles everyday on average. So i'm not too worried. At least for now. Sometimes i'd like to make meals but don't have a cookbook.

the works been going good, sometimes its a little frustrating when all of our appointments cancel, but i guess that just comes with the work. When we do teach, it normally goes well though. We listened to pres. christensen of the 70 on monday, so that was lots of fun. he talked about ways to recognize the spirit and how to use it on a daily basis so thats one of our companionships goals, to find ways to have the spirit with us and just making sure to be obedient with all the little things. I really enjoy the teaching environment, there's so many little things I want to improve on, but the growing experience is well worth it. I just want to be a better, more effective missionary.

I should probably get going now though, my time has been running short. Thanks for the news though, and keeping in touch. Until next time....

Love, Elder Farnsworth