Hey Mom and Dad,
Thanks for all the updates! It's great to hear about all those going on missions and coming home from missions! Everyone should serve a mission!
Well, it was another great week in Plovdiv! Zone Leader Training was amazing! It was a bit different not having to travel at all. It was great seeing everyone in my zone. We learned a lot about planning our time wisely because after all, this isn't our time, it's the Lord's time. We were able to have personal interviews with President Wilstead. It was really nice being able to talk with him. There are so many great missionaries here. i feel incredibly blessed to be serving with all of them. Sister Wild and I were the last ones to have our interviews on Wednesday. President and Sister Wilstead were so nice and took us out for dinner. It was great getting to know them on a more personal level.
The environment is so great here. We are all working as a team to try and get goals accomplished. President, Sister Wilstead, Sister Wild and I had a great conversation about Senior Missionary couples. We talked about how great of a need it is to have more couples out here on a mission. I really want to serve a mission when I have a husband and am a bit older. I would be willing to go anywhere...but I would request Bulgaria.
We have been working on getting the YSA bigger here in Plovdiv. We have many YSA but they are either not active, or just have a hard time getting to know people. We have been preparing for a big fireside this Thursday for them. We will be having guests from Moscow (they are the area coordinators or something for YSA). We hope all will go well. It's been pretty difficult trying to get it all organized and ready... but we know it's worth it. The youth are the future of the church and they need to be strong.
Tomorrow I will be going into Sofia for passport work... it's hard to believe that it's time for me to do that again.
Oh yeah, last Friday we got special permission to go to Pazerjik! It is a city about 40 minutes away. They have many women there and no visiting teachers. So Sister Wild and I spent our day visiting many Sisters and getting to know them. It was great seeing how excited these Sisters were to see us there! It was a great and successful day. Visiting and Home teaching are very important! Everyone needs to do it!
That's about it for this week. I hope you all have a great week! Remember that you can always be a missionary even if you don't have a tag! I love you very much.
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Monday, March 25, 2013
Monday, March 18, 2013
March 18th 2013
Dear Mom and Dad,
Thanks so much for sending a package and a letter!! I am so excited. I will let you know when I get it! Sister Haddock sent me a letter! It was so nice. She is an amazing woman.
This week was very busy and great! We had many lessons with people who have great potential. It is exciting to meet all these new people and teach them the gospel of Jesus Christ. However, everything led up to the baptism on Saturday!
Our investigator, Valentina got baptized this Saturday. It was such a great experience. Leading up to her baptism she was ready in every way, but was still having trouble with coffee. She had reduced her intake but still needed help stopping. She asked one of the Elders for a blessing. After the blessing she didn't even crave coffee. She would always tell us how good she felt! It's amazing seeing so many blessings all around us. When Saturday came she was prepared and ready to follow Jesus Christ and to be baptized.
Not only Valentina got baptized on Saturday! There were 3 others as well. Two of them were from Pazerjik (a city about 30 mins away) and one of the Elder's investigators! It was a big day!
Sister Frame and Christensen came from Blagoevgrad because Sister Christensen helped teach Valentina. Then I had a great surprise... Vili and Irina from Blagoevgrad came along with them!!! I was so happy and surprised to see them. The church was so full that day. There was such a strong spirit.
What can I say? There is so much work for us to do. I love being a missionary and helping these people change their lives!
I am doing well. Everything is going great. We have Zone Leader training in Plovdiv on Wednesday. That should be exciting. It is always great seeing everyone in the zone together and growing and learning how to be better missionaries.
I love you all so much. Thank you for all your support! I feel the love :) I want you to know how special you are to me. I hope you have a great week! Look for blessings all around you. They are everywhere.
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Thanks so much for sending a package and a letter!! I am so excited. I will let you know when I get it! Sister Haddock sent me a letter! It was so nice. She is an amazing woman.
This week was very busy and great! We had many lessons with people who have great potential. It is exciting to meet all these new people and teach them the gospel of Jesus Christ. However, everything led up to the baptism on Saturday!
Our investigator, Valentina got baptized this Saturday. It was such a great experience. Leading up to her baptism she was ready in every way, but was still having trouble with coffee. She had reduced her intake but still needed help stopping. She asked one of the Elders for a blessing. After the blessing she didn't even crave coffee. She would always tell us how good she felt! It's amazing seeing so many blessings all around us. When Saturday came she was prepared and ready to follow Jesus Christ and to be baptized.
Not only Valentina got baptized on Saturday! There were 3 others as well. Two of them were from Pazerjik (a city about 30 mins away) and one of the Elder's investigators! It was a big day!
Sister Frame and Christensen came from Blagoevgrad because Sister Christensen helped teach Valentina. Then I had a great surprise... Vili and Irina from Blagoevgrad came along with them!!! I was so happy and surprised to see them. The church was so full that day. There was such a strong spirit.
What can I say? There is so much work for us to do. I love being a missionary and helping these people change their lives!
I am doing well. Everything is going great. We have Zone Leader training in Plovdiv on Wednesday. That should be exciting. It is always great seeing everyone in the zone together and growing and learning how to be better missionaries.
I love you all so much. Thank you for all your support! I feel the love :) I want you to know how special you are to me. I hope you have a great week! Look for blessings all around you. They are everywhere.
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Monday, March 11, 2013
March 11th 2013
Hey Mom and Dad,
Well, I am very happy that you received the letter! I am glad you like the pictures. Sorry if you got confused with the name on the back of the picture. I am pretty sure I wrote her name in Bulgarian.
Thanks for your effort to write me an actual letter through the mail. It means a lot to get "real" mail. Speaking of which, I got a big letter from the young men and young women in the ward. That was a nice surprise!
Things here in Plovdiv are great! The work is amazing.I love being in an actual church building. It still isn't quite like the buildings back home, but it is very nice. I am still in the process of meeting everyone and getting situated. I still get confused with where I am and what not. It is actually pretty refreshing to not know exactly where I am all the time. Plovdiv is a beautiful city. It is a very old city as well.There are many tourist places here. Remember last year when we had our mission conference and I sent you pictures of the old amphitheater and other things? Well that is where I am. We even have a medium-size mall here. I also really enjoy being companions with Sister Wild. She is really cool. I sometimes find myself saying "British" words and sayings every now and then.
This week we had quite a few lessons. The majority of the lessons were with young people. Our goal is to try and get a strong Young Single Adult program started here. We have Young Single Adults but they do not socialize with each other. So we are going to help with getting that in order. That way when we bring in our young investigators there will be other young people there.
We have an investigator named Valentina. She is so sweet. She will be getting baptized soon! She is 31 years old and is amazing in every way. I think it is amazing the people that I have the opportunity to meet while being a missionary.
Let's see... other than that... I am doing well. Thank you for all of your prayers. I love all of you very much. I hope you have a great week!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Well, I am very happy that you received the letter! I am glad you like the pictures. Sorry if you got confused with the name on the back of the picture. I am pretty sure I wrote her name in Bulgarian.
Thanks for your effort to write me an actual letter through the mail. It means a lot to get "real" mail. Speaking of which, I got a big letter from the young men and young women in the ward. That was a nice surprise!
Things here in Plovdiv are great! The work is amazing.I love being in an actual church building. It still isn't quite like the buildings back home, but it is very nice. I am still in the process of meeting everyone and getting situated. I still get confused with where I am and what not. It is actually pretty refreshing to not know exactly where I am all the time. Plovdiv is a beautiful city. It is a very old city as well.There are many tourist places here. Remember last year when we had our mission conference and I sent you pictures of the old amphitheater and other things? Well that is where I am. We even have a medium-size mall here. I also really enjoy being companions with Sister Wild. She is really cool. I sometimes find myself saying "British" words and sayings every now and then.
This week we had quite a few lessons. The majority of the lessons were with young people. Our goal is to try and get a strong Young Single Adult program started here. We have Young Single Adults but they do not socialize with each other. So we are going to help with getting that in order. That way when we bring in our young investigators there will be other young people there.
We have an investigator named Valentina. She is so sweet. She will be getting baptized soon! She is 31 years old and is amazing in every way. I think it is amazing the people that I have the opportunity to meet while being a missionary.
Let's see... other than that... I am doing well. Thank you for all of your prayers. I love all of you very much. I hope you have a great week!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
Monday, March 4, 2013
March 4th 2013
Hey Mom and Dad,
So I don't really know why you didn't get the email until Wednesday... I did write you on Monday. I got a few messages though that said there was something wrong with the connection... weird.
Things are great here in Plovdiv! It's really weird not being in Blagoevgrad anymore. I got so used to everything there. However, it is very nice to be able to have something new and much more places to go since it is a bigger city. I like being with Sister Wild. She is from Chorley, England. I am trying to get use to all the funny words she says, it's really fun though. The apartment is nice. It is the perfect size for two people. The best part is that we are literally 30 seconds away from the church. Oh and here in Plovdiv we have an actual church house! It was so crazy to have church on Sunday in a big building! I am really excited for all the great experiences I will have here in Plovdiv.
So far I have just been trying to get to know everyone here in the branch and our investigators. There is a lot of potential here and I am excited to keep up the great work.
Yesterday we were out contacting and ran into a man who lives in Washington. I asked him where and he said Vancouver! I told him I was from there also! His last name is Naydenov (he is the owner of the gymnastics place by the mall). Anyway, we had a great conversation with him. Apparently he is here for buisness. He said he could send something to you for me. So I am gonna write a letter and then he will either send it, or drop it off... it's so crazy that I met someone from there. Well.. he told me that he actually lives in Camas right now. So just so you know.. be expecting something.
March 1st was Grandma March Day! Just like last year everyone had there red and white bracelets to hand out to everyone! It was great seeing everyone so happy. On Saturday we had a branch activity. It was a folk night and we learned how to do some traditional Bulgarian dances. I loved it!
Things are going well and I am safe, no worries. I am really happy that spring is here and the sun is starting to come out. I still have a hard time understanding how time goes by so fast and things change so quickly. It reminds me that I need to always be striving to do the right thing, right now.
I hope you all have a great week. I love you all very much. Keep up all the hard work!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
So I don't really know why you didn't get the email until Wednesday... I did write you on Monday. I got a few messages though that said there was something wrong with the connection... weird.
Things are great here in Plovdiv! It's really weird not being in Blagoevgrad anymore. I got so used to everything there. However, it is very nice to be able to have something new and much more places to go since it is a bigger city. I like being with Sister Wild. She is from Chorley, England. I am trying to get use to all the funny words she says, it's really fun though. The apartment is nice. It is the perfect size for two people. The best part is that we are literally 30 seconds away from the church. Oh and here in Plovdiv we have an actual church house! It was so crazy to have church on Sunday in a big building! I am really excited for all the great experiences I will have here in Plovdiv.
So far I have just been trying to get to know everyone here in the branch and our investigators. There is a lot of potential here and I am excited to keep up the great work.
Yesterday we were out contacting and ran into a man who lives in Washington. I asked him where and he said Vancouver! I told him I was from there also! His last name is Naydenov (he is the owner of the gymnastics place by the mall). Anyway, we had a great conversation with him. Apparently he is here for buisness. He said he could send something to you for me. So I am gonna write a letter and then he will either send it, or drop it off... it's so crazy that I met someone from there. Well.. he told me that he actually lives in Camas right now. So just so you know.. be expecting something.
March 1st was Grandma March Day! Just like last year everyone had there red and white bracelets to hand out to everyone! It was great seeing everyone so happy. On Saturday we had a branch activity. It was a folk night and we learned how to do some traditional Bulgarian dances. I loved it!
Things are going well and I am safe, no worries. I am really happy that spring is here and the sun is starting to come out. I still have a hard time understanding how time goes by so fast and things change so quickly. It reminds me that I need to always be striving to do the right thing, right now.
I hope you all have a great week. I love you all very much. Keep up all the hard work!
Love,
Sister Farnsworth
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