December 28th 2011

Hey!

Thanks so much for doing that for me! You're the best! Ah! Thats so cool tim got a dress!! I want one haha. Thats so cool that you got to skype with him also!!

Yes I can bear my testimony in Bulgarian! However, I cant exactly type it out because you need different letters and what not. But I will write you a letter with that in there! Except.... I am not sure if you will be able to read it right.

Ok so I have taken lots and lots of pictures that i want to send, but they dont have a way to share pictures over email for the MTC so I am going to print some out and send them!

Lets see...Yeah I like my companion she is pretty cool and we get along great. As for the new girls in our room.... well I think I will describe a little bit more in detail in a letter! But as for now it just reminds me how I work much better with guys... just because girls can be whats the word... haha i dont know but they are nice just different from what I am used to.

Everyday is great but I really like gym time! I usually pay basketball with a bunch of Elders. It is great because they are so shocked that a girl or "sister" can play. I love it! the other day a jammed my finger pretty bad and it was really funny how everyone is so concerned. Almost to the point where its over the top. I mean I try to tell them that its not a big idea and its not foreign to me to get hurt haha.

Class is also going well. I feel as though I dont know anything but when I look back to two weeks ago... I know a lot! I have already taught 4 lessons all in bulgarian! Not saying that they were the best and that the people we taught understood us... but we did it! We have two more appointments tomorrow!

Oh and to answer your question, I am not starving. I just eat early. Thanks for the fruit snacks! They will hold me over for a bit! Oh and I miss our mexican food so much already! And my bean and cheese burritos!! yum!

Anywho.. things are going great! I started re-reading the Book of Mormon last week. Its crazy how fast you can read it when you have about 2 hours or more to read it everyday! I am so happy to be here serving the Lord!

Keep praying for me and all the other missionaries! I love you all so so much!

Love, Jodi

Christmas 2011

Hey!! So i didn't know this before but they are letting us all email today!!!! So... MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! Thank you so so much for all the gifts you got for me!!! Each gift was perfect!!! Last night and today have been really great! We watched the Christmas carol and had popcorn last night! Oh it was great because I ran into my good friend Caitlin Richardson! That was so great seeing someone from home! We sat next to eachother for the movie. This morning I had breakfast with my companion and then we opened presents together. then we went to sacrament. It was crazy we had a huge sacrament with everyone! Guess who were the speakers?! David A. Bednar and his wife!! It was incredible! We sang lots of christmas songs! The spirit was so strong!

Oh and thank you for all the letters!!! I hadn't been recieving much letters and then on christams eve I got 4 from the family! It made my day! So thank you! Things have been going well here. My brain feels like it is going to explode every night because of Bulgarian but I know that its good! I can now say a prayer, my terstimony and have a short conversation with someone in Bulgarian. I have to think about that when I feel like I know nothing! My companion is still great! We got 3 new girls in our room a few days ago....haha they are nice sweet spirits. But it was nice just having me and my companion in the room. Oh and we didn't go to L.A like we were supposed to. We found out that day that they would postpone it until after the holidays! So i will keep you uypdated on that! Oh and I will be writing letters to everyone who wrote! (By the way dearelder.com is great) I don't have much time today and since everyone is emailing the computers are extra super slow!!! But i will be writing on tuesday on my p-day.

tell everyone that I love them and keep doing great things!!

oh just another thing i thought of.... so I never realized how much I smile when I talk until I found out....you don't do that when you speak bulgarian. everytime i try to adjust i laugh... it feels so un natural. I guess I will be much more serious when I come home haha


LOVE YOU!!!

Jodi, Cectpa Farnsworth

December 21st 2011

My trip down to Provo was great!! I loved being able to see my good friends that I havent seen in awhile! However I was still super nervous about actually going to the MTC! I did get to see Shelina! That was pretty cool since it has been so long since I have seen her and I met her husband. They are very cute together! The first day was quite an emotional rollercoaster! I sat in the parking lot right across the street from the MTC for about an hour with my friends. Finally we made a countdown to when they would actually drop me off! I got dropped off and immeadiately had all these things to do and was swarmed by thousands of missionaries! My first class was crazy!! My teachers only spoke Bulgarian the WHOLE time!!! I was just thinking to myself, "how am I going to do this!!!" Well, since then it has been much better. There are only 4 of us in the wole MTC going to Bulgaria! My companion is sister Campbell. She is really cool and nice! I am glad that I have a companion. I don't know how I would do if I was a solo sister! My room is good and warm! It has just been the two of us for the past week but tomorrow we will be getting 4 new girls in our room... I'm excited and not so excited at the same time. Yes I have met tons of people here! Are you surprised? haha. I am making friends easy! Especially at gym time! I love being at gym, its my way to relieve stress and have fun! I usually am playing basketball with the Elders and my companion does yoga.
I havent been to the temple yet because it is closed for the next couple weeks but i will definitley have my own fair share of the Provo temple since I will be here for 9 weeks! YAY!! I am so happy that you sent me a package!!! I am so glad that I waited for you to send it to me instead of taking it with me! Mail is EVERYTHING here!!! people are just dying left and right to get a letter or a package from anyone. Dearelder.com is great and I recommend it. If you could pass that along to my friends that would be great and kelly and keith...anyone really. It's so nice to get a letter. I sent you a letter a couple days ago! Hopefully you got that! Send me pictures of you and dad and keith. I look at my pictures every night before I go to bed and wish I had more!
So my p-days are every tuesday. Today my district (the 4 of us going to Bulgaria) are flying to L.A. to sign papers at the Bulgarian console there. Then we are flying right back. We are the only group that has to do that for our Visa's. So that will be an adventure!
tell everyone I am doing great but would love letters!

I love you all so much and wish you a Merry Christmas!!
Since I won't be able to call home on Christmas just know I will be thinking about being there all day. But will be focused on Christ and all that he has done for us! You guys are the best!!! MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! I love you!!!!
I heard i get to call you when I fly to Bulgaria which is roughly around Feb. 14th...

Cant wait to hear from you!!!
Love, Jodi (sister farnsworth)