HEy mom and dad,
thats cool that people are already starting to come back from there missions!!! I can't believe the times already passed, it goes by pretty fast.
As for the pictures, I'm still trying to get some good ones and then I can try to get some sent out...
the works all been going really well lately, I mean, we had our ups and downs, so in somne aspects we fell short....but this week were gonna do good, so i'm excited about that.
Okay, thanks for letting them know, i'm still gonnan try my best to reply to everyone though..It may just take some time. i got a letter from and andrew a little while ago, so maybe if you could tell sis. palmer I got it and am going to be replying soon that would be cool...
Thanks for helping out with so many things, It really helps in just being able to talk to everyone and get things taken care of... I'm excited to get someting warm!! its not really even that cold out, in comparison to home, but a short sleeve shirt and a windbreaker just doesn't cut it sometimes.
Hmmm...for baptisms...we're planning on having a baptism this weekend for the Ironwood Ward, so that should be good...I interviewed a girl for baptism the other day, she passed and was just baptized yesterday. And there are two others, from the MoVal ward that should be getting baptized within the coming weeks, its still hard to pinpoint how serious they are about it though. Its been lts of fun though, just improving on teaching and talking to people, I'd say i'm starting to get pretty good at it by now, but there's still so much more that I can improve on, so i'm excited about that, I just want to do better.
Oh yeah, I heard about the bad weather in washington, thats crazy!! but for you guys it was just rain?? hmm, that sounds about right.
BUt yeah...thats kinda how things have been going, but now i should probably get going...HAve a great week!
Love, Elder Farnsworth
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
January 18th 2012
HEy mom and dad, everythings going great.
thats cool that you both were able to go and visit everyone in arizona, tell them I say hi, if you still can. I can't believe lilys baptized already!!
Everythings working out, I've been trying to work on finding time to do everything and so far so good. I'm really enjoying my new camera, its actually fun. I also just bought a pull up bar, so i'm excited about that. I still have the same companion and am still District leader, transfers don't happen again till the beginning of february.
Victors doing pretty good, he said the area he's in right now is kinda rough, but he's pulling through. Though, The mission president just recently came out and told us that we can't do direct emails to friends anymore, that it would need to be forwarded from someone else, so I was gonna ask if you'd be able to do that. as for things I need, I'd still like to have some information about school, if you could find that..but i guess right now thats not what I should be worried about. Its just something I want to get taken care of. MAybe if you could send me another sweatshirt or put some money on my card for a sweatshirt cuz i accidently spilt bleach all over it.....and now it looks ugly.... aside from that I think i'm okay.
now ive gotta go...
Love you, Elder Farnsworth
thats cool that you both were able to go and visit everyone in arizona, tell them I say hi, if you still can. I can't believe lilys baptized already!!
Everythings working out, I've been trying to work on finding time to do everything and so far so good. I'm really enjoying my new camera, its actually fun. I also just bought a pull up bar, so i'm excited about that. I still have the same companion and am still District leader, transfers don't happen again till the beginning of february.
Victors doing pretty good, he said the area he's in right now is kinda rough, but he's pulling through. Though, The mission president just recently came out and told us that we can't do direct emails to friends anymore, that it would need to be forwarded from someone else, so I was gonna ask if you'd be able to do that. as for things I need, I'd still like to have some information about school, if you could find that..but i guess right now thats not what I should be worried about. Its just something I want to get taken care of. MAybe if you could send me another sweatshirt or put some money on my card for a sweatshirt cuz i accidently spilt bleach all over it.....and now it looks ugly.... aside from that I think i'm okay.
now ive gotta go...
Love you, Elder Farnsworth
january 3rd 2012
Sorry its taken a little while to reply to thigns, this is the first time ive seen a computer since christmas, the library was closed and stuff. I did end up having a pretty good christmas, the meal was great, although I just wasn't feeling well so I couldn't eat much, We got sooooo much samoan food and left overs.
I did end up getting a camera, its a canon and so far I really like it. It was a little over $200.00, but now i like taking pictures more.
Everythings going great with my companion and my district. Its kinda weird though, I'm the district leader over the sisters and the zone leaders..BUt then the zone leaders are a leader over me...its interesting. haha.
NEw Years was good, nothing too extraordinary, but still good. The baptism of Jessica was great...there were lots of problems leading up to it...we were supposed to have it in one building but the bpatismal font wasn't suitable for the a baptism, there was mold and flies all over the ground because of a plumming problem, I cleaned it all out too!! but then it came back :( so last minunte we had to schedule the baptism for a diifferent building..that was pretty stressful, but in the end it all worked out, and she was baptized! then on sunday I was able to confirm her a member of the church, that was a pretty cool feeling, I just felt so happy for her. That was probably the highlight of the week/new year. Oh yeah, and the wards meeting times changed so this past week we had more time with the samoan ward...which gave me more time to study/read from the scriptures cuz I couldn't understand what they were saying in class.
I still haven't replied to any letters. Recently Ive just been on a letter shut down, I've been too stressed to have to think about what to write to everyone. I feel bad that its been taking so long for me to write to everyone but I've been busy. My schedule is normally 100% packed and on mondays i'm usually too exhausted to write, but i'm gonna try to continue towards finishing writing all the letters.
I'm glad jodi's doing well, I just got a letter from her and I saw the emails you forwarded to me, and i wish her the best of luck, to just keep working hard and enduring. i wish I could take lots of time to just talk to everyone, but thats a priveledge I haven't been permitted to have. Maybe sometime shortly I will have figured out a way to manage my time better so I can still talk to everyone more frequently. BUt thats why I may not be talking to people. Its not that I don't want to talk or hear from them, because just like jodi was saying, every letter is great and its like christmas getting one, but I can't reply right away, thats what makes it hard. especially since i could get 2-3 in a week and then have maybe an hour or so to reply on monday for all 3 and if I don't have time for that it just adds up each week until I get overwhelmed and shut down at the thought of trying to reply to everyone. Because I want so badly to be sincere and loving in my letters, which can't be as evident in letters that are only written in a short period of time because that gives the impression that i'm not caring and then i'm afraid that if I don't appear caring in the letter than whoever is writing won't reply back. Thats a fear that I have, that i will lose the control of a loved one talking to me, at least if i don't reply than its my fault and its not them quitting on me. But everyone who writes me, i'm thankful for the letters, I'm thankful for the time they put into talking to me. Plus another thing that makes it hard is the fact that I want to leave a good impression on those who are around me, and whenever i suggest staying home to write letters instead of going to P-Day activity(playing basketball or something) that makes it look like i'm not showing enough love for them and I need do whats better for the whole group rather than, in their eyes, being the "party pooper". So yeah, thats me rambling on and on and on...to let you know of the mental stress i'm actually going through and the dilemma I face each week when trying to figure who and when to write to people. BUt it is in no means my lack of love for them. My problem is, I want to make everyone happy and its hard. I'm not sure how, especially when sometimes I'm not even happy with myself, because in a lot of ways i'm kindve a perfectionist when it comes to missionary work and when I make mistakes i take it out on myself. I just want to do better, not that I feel I'm bad but my vision for excellence is on a much higher plane of thought than what I'm actually living. but yeah, now that I've used up most all of my time telling you a littlw bit about what i've been thinking i'll let you go, and maybe try to reply to heidi's email. if I have time.
As for other investigators we're still looking, we have some, but they're not as solid as I would hope, so hopefully soon more will come as we increase our efforts in finding.
Okay gotta go now...Love You!!
Elder Farnsworth
I did end up getting a camera, its a canon and so far I really like it. It was a little over $200.00, but now i like taking pictures more.
Everythings going great with my companion and my district. Its kinda weird though, I'm the district leader over the sisters and the zone leaders..BUt then the zone leaders are a leader over me...its interesting. haha.
NEw Years was good, nothing too extraordinary, but still good. The baptism of Jessica was great...there were lots of problems leading up to it...we were supposed to have it in one building but the bpatismal font wasn't suitable for the a baptism, there was mold and flies all over the ground because of a plumming problem, I cleaned it all out too!! but then it came back :( so last minunte we had to schedule the baptism for a diifferent building..that was pretty stressful, but in the end it all worked out, and she was baptized! then on sunday I was able to confirm her a member of the church, that was a pretty cool feeling, I just felt so happy for her. That was probably the highlight of the week/new year. Oh yeah, and the wards meeting times changed so this past week we had more time with the samoan ward...which gave me more time to study/read from the scriptures cuz I couldn't understand what they were saying in class.
I still haven't replied to any letters. Recently Ive just been on a letter shut down, I've been too stressed to have to think about what to write to everyone. I feel bad that its been taking so long for me to write to everyone but I've been busy. My schedule is normally 100% packed and on mondays i'm usually too exhausted to write, but i'm gonna try to continue towards finishing writing all the letters.
I'm glad jodi's doing well, I just got a letter from her and I saw the emails you forwarded to me, and i wish her the best of luck, to just keep working hard and enduring. i wish I could take lots of time to just talk to everyone, but thats a priveledge I haven't been permitted to have. Maybe sometime shortly I will have figured out a way to manage my time better so I can still talk to everyone more frequently. BUt thats why I may not be talking to people. Its not that I don't want to talk or hear from them, because just like jodi was saying, every letter is great and its like christmas getting one, but I can't reply right away, thats what makes it hard. especially since i could get 2-3 in a week and then have maybe an hour or so to reply on monday for all 3 and if I don't have time for that it just adds up each week until I get overwhelmed and shut down at the thought of trying to reply to everyone. Because I want so badly to be sincere and loving in my letters, which can't be as evident in letters that are only written in a short period of time because that gives the impression that i'm not caring and then i'm afraid that if I don't appear caring in the letter than whoever is writing won't reply back. Thats a fear that I have, that i will lose the control of a loved one talking to me, at least if i don't reply than its my fault and its not them quitting on me. But everyone who writes me, i'm thankful for the letters, I'm thankful for the time they put into talking to me. Plus another thing that makes it hard is the fact that I want to leave a good impression on those who are around me, and whenever i suggest staying home to write letters instead of going to P-Day activity(playing basketball or something) that makes it look like i'm not showing enough love for them and I need do whats better for the whole group rather than, in their eyes, being the "party pooper". So yeah, thats me rambling on and on and on...to let you know of the mental stress i'm actually going through and the dilemma I face each week when trying to figure who and when to write to people. BUt it is in no means my lack of love for them. My problem is, I want to make everyone happy and its hard. I'm not sure how, especially when sometimes I'm not even happy with myself, because in a lot of ways i'm kindve a perfectionist when it comes to missionary work and when I make mistakes i take it out on myself. I just want to do better, not that I feel I'm bad but my vision for excellence is on a much higher plane of thought than what I'm actually living. but yeah, now that I've used up most all of my time telling you a littlw bit about what i've been thinking i'll let you go, and maybe try to reply to heidi's email. if I have time.
As for other investigators we're still looking, we have some, but they're not as solid as I would hope, so hopefully soon more will come as we increase our efforts in finding.
Okay gotta go now...Love You!!
Elder Farnsworth
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
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
I wish you all the best...but now Ive gotta run. love You!!!
Elder Farnsworth
Monday, October 24, 2011
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
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
Monday, October 17, 2011
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
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
Sunday, October 16, 2011
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
Love, Elder Farnsworth
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