May 29th 2012

Hey dad,

Hows everything going? how's the new work schedule treating you? it sounds pretty rough,..... that is true though...a jobs a job, it could always get worse. Thats pretty intense about the lumber truck, it sounds pretty dangerous, hopefully nobody got hurt, there's no telling what could happen when driving a huge truck. And about the thunderstorm, thats crazy, the weather seems to be getting pretty bad up there....thats cool tha oscar was able to be in the news, no he's a celebrity. Has he had the missionaries over yet?

Hey mom,

Thats great that you were able to have an enjoyable time at church on sunday, hopefully my blogs semi interesting for those who are redirected to it...thats cool that people are asking though, everythings going great. And the principles being taught are defintely true, it doesn't take going to church to be converted to the gospel.. its a whole lot more..

For mom and dad,

This week was very successful, we were able to get a lot accomplished. my companion and I are starting to get along a bit better so its been a lot less stressful lately. I've had an enjoyable time visiting families and sharing the gospel with them, it never gets old, there's always something to improve on, so i'm grateful for that, I'm grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow each week and to just keep pressing forward regardless of whatever gets in the way or starts to cause discouargement....in the end it will all work itself out anyway. For example, there were multiple times within the week that it seemed like everything we tried just wouldn't work, but after pressing forward and continuing to endure, things got better and we were able to find the miracles awaiting us, its very rewarding and I'm thankful for that. But yeah, now i've gotta go...thats just a sneak peek at how my week was, it was nice to hear from the two of you as well, thank you! Love, Elder Farnsworth

May 22nd 2012

Dear mom,
Im glad you were able to speak with taylor, I sure hope he's doing well, I can't wait to hear from him again!
Thats also greatr that you guys were able to attend the temple, thats awesome, it sounds like you've been giong practically every week. Hows does it feel to be empty nesters?? i'm sure its nice being to go out pretty often. Are the missionaries cool?
Dear Dad,
I just now saw in the paper at the library that there was a solar eclipse!!! dang, I wish I would have known that was going on, i mustve just missed it. Too bad you guys missed it too, it looked pretty cool in the paper with the words "ring of fire" beneath it. Thats pretty intense with your schedule, thats gotta be rough...especially waking up at 3 am! how do you do that? Thats great that you were able to seethe  thackeray's, davis's, and sis thompson. How are they all doing? Thats great that you were able to help sis. thompson, thats gotta be hard, being old.:( Tell the thackeray's I say hi.
Dear mom and dad,
This week went pretty well, we had multi zones on thursday and they gave us more training on how to be a better missionary, mainly focusing on the way we present the information and the planning we need to take each night to magnify our day. its been helpful, I really enjoy learning and growing as a missionary, Ive got so much to improve on, but I'm getting there. This week has been very busy, with meetings taking up a big chunk of our time we've had to budget our time even moreso than normal. Luckily we had a mini missionary from redlands come to help us out for a day, his names rodney, and we had a good time, with him we were able to find another person and split up to see more people. Church was great as well, two of our investgators for moreno valley were able to attend, I love seeing how people begin to make chagnes as the come to church and get involved with the gospel.  We also had a youth fireside for the stake put together by our zone. That was a great experience, I didn't have to prepare a talk but it was nice to see what some of the other missionaries came up with to help promote the topic of member missionary work. I sure hope it will help boost the attitude of the stake and help them be more excited to reach out to their friends. Anyway thats about it for me this week....I hope you both  have a great week. Love, Elder Farnsworth

May 14th 2012

Hey mom and Dad,

It was nice to see you guys too!!! I just wish It couldve been a little longer....but oh well, it was still cool. I'm glad things are going pretty well...

Well Dad, it sounds like you guys had a fun week, how far away is centralia?? Thats cool that you were both able to get some new clothes too, i bet that was fun...and the pizza, thats gotta be rough haha, I had some spicy chicken the other day, and boy did that burn too. Thats too bad about the lawn mower, hopefully it'll get fixed soon. And with the temple, thats sweet that you're able to go to the temple so often, thats gotta be nice. How's my room doing?? is it changed a lot? or is it still in good shape? I kinda miss having my blue, green, and yellow wall...

Mom...

Thats great that you had a good mothers day and that megan texted you...How's she doing? have you heard anything about nate? Is that situation a little better now? I hope so. Hows grandma brown doing?? I was thinking about them a while ago, Its weird to think they're still only a couple hours away. And it sounds like you guys had a great dinner, yum...

My dinner wasn't too bad either..I ate with the moe family, they;re one of my favorites from the samoan ward. Elder Alo and I used to go over there pretty often for dinner and family home evening, so that was always great. Oh...so here's a story...saturday night a family we taught gave us a pizza after our lesson but we didn't want to eat it cause we had just finished our dinner. So yeah, we took home a pizza, and then yesterday after skyping with everyone we got two more pizzas from charsita and tony, at night, I was with Elder Sommers (one of the Zone Leaders) talking to people in a park, and we came across a guy who was homeless and didn't have anything, so we offered him one of the pizzas we had. It felt good to help him out. That was one of the great things about the week though. Anyway, I should probably get going now....Thanks for everything!!!!

Love, Elder Farnsworth

messages to a few friends

Taylor- I just sent you a Letter last week, hopefully you got it!!! I miss you sooo much, I hope everythings going alright, just keep me posted, I can't wait to hear from you again soon.

chelsea, bailey, sherry, sasha- If any of you guys see this, I really miss all of you as well!!!!! i'm loving it out here and just love learning new things about people and how to help them be happier, its soo fun. But yeah, if you see this, I hope to hear from you guys....With whatevers going on I hope you're having a great time and I really appreciate all that you do. Have an amazing week.

Oliver-Dude....!!!! If you see this, whats up?? hows life?? I can't go on facebook, but i'd sure like to talk...Last time I heard you said you're at UW, Hows that treating you?

Josh/courtney- sorry it took me so long to reply to you guys...I hope you got my letter, but regardless of all that, i hope your time in your new place is fun, just keep it up, keep working hard, I can't wait to see you guys and catch up....just 1 more year...time flies.

April 9th 2012

HEy mom and dad...

HOws everything going? Sounds like you guys had a pretty good easter sunday and also a super fun trip..i'm jealous.lol. Figures..goin from vancouver to....Vancouver. haha. I'm glad you guys had an enjoyable time though, I got the package you guys sent...THANK YOU :) it was great. Aside from that, things have been really slow for me and my companion....Easter was alright, but kinda sad, elder Alo is going home today. The past couple weeks we've hardly been able to do anything, his pains have just been getting worse, i feel really bad and we talked about it a lot and came to the conclusion that that was the best thing to do, So I'll meet my new companion today after I drop Alo off at the mission office. :(. I'm excited for this week though, I feel like I've been stuck in a hole the past few weeks and now I should be able to get out, I just hope my companions cool like elder alo. And I pray that he can get things resolved at home, and then maybe once he's figured out how to cope with the pain he can come back out again. Thats about it for me though, I've really learned a lot out here...but yeah, its about that time again....Bye. Love, Elder Farnsworth

April 2nd 2012

Hey mom and Dad,

Thats pretty cool that you guys got a smart car...wow, thats gotta be fun you'll have to tell me how the trip goes. Thanks for the happy easter too, right back at you!! It should be fun, its crazy I haven't even really thought much about the holidays but its gonna be great.

As for me, i've been pretty stressed. lol. Buts its all good, this weeks gonna be great. Last week was rough because my companions still been struggling a lot, and we stayed in for the majority of the week, I just want to get back to work!! but i can't blame him, its just the situation. We were able to go to the temple this week, so that was great, I just felt really good, and then for conference, there were defintely a lot of great talks, like you I loved the talks given by president Uchtdorf. I plan to utilize what I've learned in conference and apply it in the things i'm doing in the missionary work. I just want to go out again and find more people to teach, our teaching pool is constantly fluctuating so we just have to keep moving forward finding new people. This week has a lot in store, the world better watch out....haha. Something goods gonna happen.

BUt yeah, now i've gotta get going, thanks for everything, I look forward to getting a package!! thats gonna be great. And have fun in canada!! Bye...love, Elder Farnsworth

March 26th 2012

I'm defintiely excited for conference, i just wanna hear some good new and more direction on how we can do a better job out here. I see myself and my companinos all making steady progress as the days weeks and months go on, but everytime we improve its just like a holiday, I'm thankful for it, just all the help from god in carrying out his righteous purposes, Things are going great with the ward, my companions been going through some rough times but we're both pushing forward and looks towards this week, its gonna be great. I just know we're gonna find someone ready to be baptized soon. Those are great pictures of oyur family, tell everyone I say hi. And if this goes on the blog or something like that, I would like everyone to know that I love them and miss everyone very much, I'm doing great out here in moval and i'm pretty focused on working and stuff, so yeah, I can't wait to hear from people!!! and i'm gonna try my best to reply to everyone soon. its Been anywhere between 6 and 3 months since ive repliled to letters.



Hey mom and dad,

Hows everything going? SOunds great that you guys will be able to go to canada, this next week, have Fun!! My Week was okay, the luau was great, we had lots of fun and I got another lava lava, the new zone seems pretty good too, the districts got changed up too so now I'm the DL over some other elders. The Valley view and Lasselle ward elders. Its gonna be great. The rest of the week has been a bit of a struggle though, my companion elder alo has been going through a rough time, his whole mission he's had back problems and this week we went to the doctor out in hemet and they determined that he has fibro maialgea(my-al-ja), its been really hard for him and the majority of the week we sat in cuz his new pills threw off his sleeping schedule and he needed the energy. He contemplated going home and talked to president smart. After all of that he decided he wants to keep pushing forward, so i'm thankful for that, this next weeks gonna be great, He seems to be doing better already. Thats crazy that you guys are still getting snow, I just don't even think about it out here cuz its not very cold, we have been getting a large portion of rain though. Well, anyway, thats how the weeks been, thanks for everything and have an amazing trip. Love Elder Farnsworth!