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

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