What a week! It’s been crazy to leave the MTC and to get to
Canada, the flights and all of that were pretty good, we got to Canada at about
11:30 but then we had to go through customs, which was horrible, I don’t think
they wanted us to come into the country haha! But we made it! The first night we got to see a baptism which
was amazing, I felt the spirit so strong, it was a great experience. After that we went to the mission home and
stayed the night. I really love President and Sister Thomas, they are so loving
and caring, I definitely felt like they cared about me which was really nice
haha! On Thursday we got our first
areas... that was so intense, I was so nervous to find out where I was going
and who my companion was but it all worked out. I am serving in the Melfort area. It’s in the Saskatchewan province. It’s a really
small town, it’s just a little branch here but the people are really nice. my
companions name is Elder Brown, he is from Surprise Arizona and has been
serving for 7 months, he is a great missionary. I have already learned a lot
from him, and we get along really good so that’s a plus!
Friday was awful... we had to travel to our areas, and that
is no easy task... it took about 12 hours of driving to get to Melfort. What a day...
they have this thing called the transfer train were there’s a whole bunch of
missionaries on buses and in cars that drive to all there areas, but it’s
crazy... the logistics that go into just one transfer are crazy. the good news
though is that I got a tour of the whole entire mission haha! It’s really
really flat here, there’s only a few hills and there’s trees but the landscape
is pretty boring haha! I still love it though, there’s so much water and
everything is green! It’s not too cold yet, the evenings are a little cold, but
not too bad. I’m definitely not looking forward to winter, I’ve heard some
pretty crazy stories about how bad it is... we will see I guess haha!
I have been able to teach a few lessons, it was pretty nerve
wracking, but thank goodness for the spirit and my companion! we teach a lot of
recent converts and less actives here, so they already know what we’re
teaching, we just go over it again. we also do a lot of service here, we get to
serve in a fair this weekend, and we help a lot of people on their farms. but
life is good, I’m starting to get used to things, and I’m starting to rely more
on spirit as I teach, that is no easy task, but it is an amazing feeling to
know that what your saying is all the spirit!
Thank you all for all your love and support, I loved all the
emails that I got, they were great, I’m sure your all wondering about my
facebook... we are a facebook mission so I get to go on for an hour everyday
but I can only talk about church related things and missionary things, so I can’t
just sit and chat haha! also if you send me mail and packages just send it all
to the mission home and then they deliver it. so if I don’t write back its
because it can take up to 6 weeks to get things. but I would still love to hear
from you all! love you all and again thanks for the support! I’m so
grateful for this opportunity, I have learned so much and my testimony has
grown!!! I love the gospel!!!!!
Love Elder Farnsworth
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