Dear Mom and Dad,
Glad to hear things are going well back home. Sounds as though you had a very relaxing Thanksgiving. That's good that Tim was able to play football (I haven't heard from him for a long time!) To answer a few questions... yeah it will be different teaching discussions for English class, but it will be really good! Yeah, we will still probably be explaining some things in Bulgarian, but mostly English.
Thanksgiving here was great. We had an extra hour for dinner and made a big dinner with the Elders. We tried to make it as traditional as possible. Sister Meyers and I made homemade pumpkin and apple pie. They tasted very delicious!
Our investigators are doing well. We actually met a girl last week who is a student at a University here studying law. She is great. We tried calling her a week ago but she didn't answer. We were getting a little nervous... and then on Thanksgiving day we got a call from her and she wanted to meet in 45 mins! We were so excited and met with her. We found out that recently her mother passed away a few days before we met her on the street. She kept saying that it was no coincidence that we met eachother. We taught her about the plan of salvation. She loved every bit of it and the spirit was very strong. Before we could even ask her to come to church, she asked us what time we had church. She promised us she would come, and she did! Before church started I had a good conversation with her about how she has been feeling and what she thinks about The Book of Mormon. She explained how she has felt more at peace since we met and started reading The Book of Mormon. She thinks the story about Joseph Smith is incredible and can't wait to learn more.
The rest of Sunday went well. We taught relief society about the plan of salvation. The lesson went really well.
We did not have Young Women's this week because we went to Sofia on Saturday! A woman that Sister Meyers taught was getting baptized and we were able to attend. It was a great experience.
The knowledge that we have is amazing and true! I feel so blessed to be a missionary right now to teach people about Christ's restored church on the earth today. We have a knowledge that is priceless!
I hope you have a great week! I love hearing about everything going on in your lives! Keep up the good work with bowling! I am glad Dad got the letter I sent! I love you so much!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Monday, November 26, 2012
Monday, November 19, 2012
November 19th 2012
Hey Mom and Dad,
I am glad all is well back home. That's cool that you got that video from Sister Larson. When she took it, I didn't know she was going to send it to you or I would have said some more things.
This week has been good for us. We were able to go to Sofia for a zone leader training conference. It was fun seeing everyone in the zone and discussing new changes with our English program. Instead of teaching English we will be having English discussions. It is going to be a big change. We used to have 3 levels, but now we will only have 2 levels. I am excited because all of our lesson plans are already planned out for each week. It will be the same for all the English discussion groups around Bulgaria. This way we can find more people who can practice their English and learn more about our church. Which is better than having eternal English students. Anyway, I am pretty happy about the change. We will be starting the program in January.
We had some lessons this week with the man from the Evangelist church. Things are going well with him. We hope to keep meeting with him. Also we had a meeting with the Russian girl. She is so sweet and knows that what we are saying is true. However, she is getting a hard time from her relatives who are Muslim. We hope to keep meeting with her.
We had Young Women's this week! I love young women's! The young girls her are so sweet. They taught us how to make bonitsa! So now I know how to make one of Bulgaria's traditional dishes! The young people here are so strong. I just wish they could see and be with more youth who have their same standards. I was so blessed growing up with so many youth in the church where we live. I remember thinking when I was younger that there weren't very many members/youth. However, compared to Bulgaria... there are so many!
Things are going well. I can't believe Thanksgiving is this week. It doesn't really feel like it. I think we will just be having a normal work day, but that's ok! I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and eat lots and lots of pumpkin pie!! MMMmmmm.... pumpkin pie sounds so yummy. Well have a great week! I love you all so much!!!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
I am glad all is well back home. That's cool that you got that video from Sister Larson. When she took it, I didn't know she was going to send it to you or I would have said some more things.
This week has been good for us. We were able to go to Sofia for a zone leader training conference. It was fun seeing everyone in the zone and discussing new changes with our English program. Instead of teaching English we will be having English discussions. It is going to be a big change. We used to have 3 levels, but now we will only have 2 levels. I am excited because all of our lesson plans are already planned out for each week. It will be the same for all the English discussion groups around Bulgaria. This way we can find more people who can practice their English and learn more about our church. Which is better than having eternal English students. Anyway, I am pretty happy about the change. We will be starting the program in January.
We had some lessons this week with the man from the Evangelist church. Things are going well with him. We hope to keep meeting with him. Also we had a meeting with the Russian girl. She is so sweet and knows that what we are saying is true. However, she is getting a hard time from her relatives who are Muslim. We hope to keep meeting with her.
We had Young Women's this week! I love young women's! The young girls her are so sweet. They taught us how to make bonitsa! So now I know how to make one of Bulgaria's traditional dishes! The young people here are so strong. I just wish they could see and be with more youth who have their same standards. I was so blessed growing up with so many youth in the church where we live. I remember thinking when I was younger that there weren't very many members/youth. However, compared to Bulgaria... there are so many!
Things are going well. I can't believe Thanksgiving is this week. It doesn't really feel like it. I think we will just be having a normal work day, but that's ok! I hope you have a great Thanksgiving and eat lots and lots of pumpkin pie!! MMMmmmm.... pumpkin pie sounds so yummy. Well have a great week! I love you all so much!!!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Monday, November 12, 2012
November 12th 2012
Hey Mom and Dad,
Glad to hear you had fun at your ward talent show! I am happy that things are going well back home. That is really cool that Keith will be going to Indiana this week! I remember when I went to visit and it was fun. Thanks for sending packages! That's really nice.
I don't really know where to start today. This week has been fantastic! We had the opportunity of meeting with some great people who are truly looking for the gospel in their lives.
We met with a man this week and to be honest I wasn't all that excited to meet with him. I thought that our whole meeting would be a challenge/argument between beliefs. He is a member of the evangelist church. He brought up the fact that in the book of Revelation in the Bible, John writes that no one should add to his words (we get this a lot). However we discussed it with him and showed him that Moses said the same thing in Deuteronomy. He agreed and stated that in his church they focus on the John scripture too much. He confessed that he knew that John was only stating that for his scripture. We went on and had a lesson with him and it went very well. The spirit was very strong and everything went smoothly.
Also, about two months or so ago I was talking to people on the street (which we do a lot) and I met a lady from Russia. She said she was here to visit her daughter who was attending the American University here. A few weeks ago I ran into the same lady on the street and we had another good chat. Unfortunately she was not interested in The Book of Mormon, but she told us she has great respect for us.
Well... yesterday we ran into her daughter. When I first started talking to her I thought she looked familiar. Then she said she was from Russia. (I wanted to tell her that I thought I had met her mother, but I didn't want to be weird.) Shortly after finding a little bit more she said that we had talked to her mother. It was great. She wanted to meet with us and so we got her number. About an hour later she asked if we could meet with her that night. We agreed and had a meeting. During the meeting she expressed her feeling about God. She knows that there is someone out there, but doesn't know much else. We were able to bear testimony that there is a God and He is our Heavenly Father and He loves us. She started to cry and told us that she is very grateful that we met each other. We taught her about prayer and gave her The Book of Mormon. We will be meeting with her more and I am very excited. Oh and did I mention... she speaks perfect English.
I have such a strong testimony that if we are prepared and doing things we are supposed to be doing, the Lord will lead us to people. We need to make sure that we are always qualified for the companionship of the Holy Ghost. It is getting closer to Thanksgiving and I can't stop thinking of all the things I am grateful for. We shouldn't wait to be thankful on Thanksgiving, but live in thanksgiving daily. Thank you for being such great parents and raising me with love and the gospel. I am also grateful for all the wonderful friends I've had who have been great examples to me. I am so happy to be able to share the joy I have had all my life with those "who are kept from the truth because they know not where to find it." Thank you for all of your support. I love you.
I hope you have a great week!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Monday, November 5, 2012
November 5th 2012
Dear Mom and Dad,
Glad to hear things are going well back home. I'm sorry to hear about your arm though. That's too bad. I hope that your arm heals fast! Oh yeah I got a letter from the YSA there and Keith wrote me a letter. In the letter he said he would try and write me an email before I got it... well, still waiting for that email. Pretty funny, but nice that I got a letter from all of them.
This week has been crazy! Sister Meyers have been working so hard. We are working really well together as a team. We hope that we can find someone soon who will be interested in the gospel. We had some good lessons this week with some people and they have a lot of potential, so that's exciting.
Also, we met with this lady thinking she had a lot of potential... later we found out what she really wanted. She only wanted to meet with us because we are Americans. She went off on how she wanted us to be a part of this special "project". She is a member of this crazy group "mystique" and she wants to join nations. Then she said how she is not allowed in the US and the FBI has movies of her... then she said how last time she met with missionaries they threw her out of the church. So at this point of time we decided we needed her to leave and she did not want to learn about the gospel. We eventually got her out of the church... it was interesting.
Other than that one we had some good lessons and helped others gain a greater understanding of Jesus Christ.
Things are going well and we will be working hard this week. It's so good to hear how everyone is doing. I hope you all have a great week! I love you.
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Glad to hear things are going well back home. I'm sorry to hear about your arm though. That's too bad. I hope that your arm heals fast! Oh yeah I got a letter from the YSA there and Keith wrote me a letter. In the letter he said he would try and write me an email before I got it... well, still waiting for that email. Pretty funny, but nice that I got a letter from all of them.
This week has been crazy! Sister Meyers have been working so hard. We are working really well together as a team. We hope that we can find someone soon who will be interested in the gospel. We had some good lessons this week with some people and they have a lot of potential, so that's exciting.
Also, we met with this lady thinking she had a lot of potential... later we found out what she really wanted. She only wanted to meet with us because we are Americans. She went off on how she wanted us to be a part of this special "project". She is a member of this crazy group "mystique" and she wants to join nations. Then she said how she is not allowed in the US and the FBI has movies of her... then she said how last time she met with missionaries they threw her out of the church. So at this point of time we decided we needed her to leave and she did not want to learn about the gospel. We eventually got her out of the church... it was interesting.
Other than that one we had some good lessons and helped others gain a greater understanding of Jesus Christ.
Things are going well and we will be working hard this week. It's so good to hear how everyone is doing. I hope you all have a great week! I love you.
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
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