Elmer's baptism! May 28, 2012

WHAT IT IS!!! So this week family was really super awesome.. haha we started it off with one person with a baptismal date and it was for this week,, so after we started the week we realized that we needed to put more people with baptismal dates because it is just not good when you dont have anyone with baptismal dates.. haha so we were able to put two peolpe with baptismal dates for the month of june, hopefully we are able to put a few more for next month but it was another solid week.. And yes i know you are all wondering... Elmer was baptized.. and well i dont even know what i have written to you guys about elmer but he is awesome he is 19 and he had a ton of questions for us since day one, every visit was just question after question but at the same time we were controlling his questions to fit with what we wanted him to learn so that was AWESOME, so last week we got to his last doubt and question answered and so he was like ya i am ready to get baptized so that was rewarding.. haha i love that we were able to help him.. i know that this gospel really does answer all questions when we know how to study and search the scriptures.. and now thanks to all the work with him we are going to start teaching his mom and his sister and his brother.. haha he wanted to know it was true before we started teaching them.. it is awesome.. so that was my week we are really trying to push ourselves but this is the bomb... hope you all have a super awesome week and time playing and traveling!!! sorry this letter is shorter but hey... i cant write a ton some times.. oh and if i am not mistaken Daniel Farah should be rolling out here shortly right??? I love you bro hope you have an awesome time and not lying to you brother the mission is the best!! you get to know our savior and see his hand in you everyday life when you are obedient and doing the things that you are called to do.. always read your calling and you would be surprised to see some of the promises that jump out at you.. love you tons and we will be talking one of these years right bro? Love Elder Farr+Moore+Orth+Waite+Whitehead+Future Farah+Whitehead=AWESOME

3 Baptisms

Well howdy hoe, So today sure was fun.. haha we got to go to Lima and enjoy a trip all the way up there so that my companion could go to a doctors appointment, with a psychologist so that was kinda fun all i got to do was sit outside and read for an hour and a half but it was cool because after that we got to go to the office and i got to see elder stanfield who is one of the new assitants.. which was no surprise for me.. i love that guy he is awesome and a great missionary.. so that was my day today... Yesterday was also a pretty awesome day because we had a reunion thing in canete with all of the recent converts and well canete is about one hour from mala so we werent planning on much success if you ask me but we went out and invited all the people that are converts from one year ago up until today and just so you know about 90 percent are less active..... so we werent waiting for too much.. but sunday came and we had 30 people on a bus going to canete with us.. and it was pretty unbelievable but we had about two times more people from mala than any other branch.. and they all live close.. haha so that was awesome.. And now the week... well let us remember we could have had three baptisms this week right... but last sunday the hna susana was like ummm not so sure about that.. i just dont know that it is true yet and so i dont think so.. so that was not good seeing how she is the mom and the family wouldnt be getting baptized without her so on monday we went and visited her just thinking of how we were going to help her with her doubts so that she would feel good enough to get baptized.. well we started the lesson and i was sitting there and a scripture came to my head.. but not the verse so much... just the place on the page and the color that i had colored it...and I opened my book of mormon and skimmed one time and i saw it and opened it.. it was something i had marked over a year ago so it wasnt like i had just read it or anything and it was alma 34;38.. but when i opened to it i also looked and read 31.. and 33 ... and 38... and then i asked hna susana what she was waiting for.. and then she was like well looks like im getting baptized this week.. haha it was one of the coolest experiences of my life!! and so the rest of the week was pretty normal.. i got to do 4 baptismal interviews for the other companionship in my district so it was really cool because this week district awesome baptized 7 people.. haha we are awesome.. and then changes came and went .. and me and my companion are going to be here another change together which is alright by me.. we are getting along well and i aint worried.. haha but i love the scriptures and i will continue saying that.. i love them they are the best and we can learn all that we want to from them.. so that was my week and this letter is really long.. love you all so much and hope you continue having great weeks... thank you so much for your prayers and support your all the best.. Love Elder Farr+Moore+Orth+Waith+ Whitehead+Future Farah+Whitehead=AWESOME

Day after Mother's Day Call

Well it sure was awesome to talk to all of you guys yesterday!! And how awesome is the news that Brinly and Amy are pregnant that is super awesome and i was really happy to see and hear all that is going on.. So this week as i told you we were able to have 4 people in church and we had 12 lessons so not a crazy ammount but at the same time it seems like we are improving in the area we are really trying to work with the branch down here because in the last year there have been 37 baptisms and 3 of them are active.. So the branch doenst seem to understand their job and what they need to do.. Also to be honest i actually feel like i am doing the best job i can as a dl It isnt as bad as i had made it out to be.. It is really fun to just try and help and make the missionaries in my district work and it sure seems like it is working because the missionaries in my district who didnt have anyone to baptize and they were going to close the area where they are, now have 6 people with baptismal dates and 4 of them are for this week.. So it has actually been really cool to help them progress and put more people with baptismal dates.. My job normally consists of just calling to see how they are all doing and asking if i can help them and keep them animated in what they are doing.. It is actually really cool.. and with the call from yesterday no they werent bothering me to get off but i didnt want to take too much time because sister prices´ kids had to call her still and so it would have been sad if they couldnt have talked to their kids on her day... haha but no it was just really cool to see you all and hear all of you talk and it was just awesome.. and well i knew i had the coolest family sister in laws included it is awesome to see that you are all doing well and working hard... And ya that was my week and what my job is as a district leader.. hope you have a great week and i know i will.. and now it is just work work work and then all of it will come to an end one of these days and that will be sad.. i love this work and i know that it is the work of the lord and i love the book of mormon i would recommend reading it, but not just reading it but searching it.. It is incredible. I love you all so much Love Elder Farr+Moore+Orth+Waite+Future Farah+Whitehead Squared=Awesome this reminds me.. Steven,,, you arent going to be on the future side after this week and i just want to tell you that this will be the best two years of your life.. Ya some times will be tuff and will make you think but the good times far outway the bad and you will grow as a person as you dedicate your life to the lord.. it all starts now and i love you brother give your all and just enjoy the time that you have to learn and share the gospel, and salvation to all... Work hard..

May 7, 2012

Well Family... This week was a lot better than last week.. not gonna lie haha my companion and i had 0 problems but it was pretty hilarious because we had made everything better and then the zone leaders called us and were like hey you guys never seemed like you had problems so why did we receive a message from president saying this.. haha and so we were like well we didnt write very nice about the other one on monday but really we had no problems we just turned into writers for one day.. haha so that was pretty hilarious and then well this week was solid we were able to have 2 people come to church hno Elmer and Hna Susana which are two of the 4 baptisms we have planned for this month so it is working pretty well ... haha and well the area is progressing little by little.. and well we really are working hard here in mala.. and i love it here and making it work with my companion. I love you all and cant wait to talk to you guys on sunday. Hope you have an awesome week and sorry this is a short letter.. i love you all so much.. your the best. Elder Farr

April 30, 2012

Well Family there goes another week!! and wow another month goes right with it.. So this week was interesting... haha i dont know what to write, we started to put a new ward mission plan into play and well it was kinda hilarious because my companion told me that i am not pulling my load but i know that is false, because i am here working my rear off and trying to find people because their are not very many investigators from before i got here, and most of them arent investigators that cant progress. so we are really putting forth more of an effort to find and teach the people in the moment and we were able to have some real success and find 4 new people to teach, and well i really feel like we have improved our teaching methods a whole bunch together.. and so it is interesting. We have some good investigators but none of them that have come out of the wood work to really shine and show a ton of progress so we are seeing what we can do. We are really trying to work more with the branch because last year they had 37 baptisms.. any guesses on how many of them are active??? 2..... so ya that is kinda sad, so before we go into attack mode we want to know that the branch is willing to help us out.. so that was my week i am trying to not fight with my companion but that is getting more and more difficult.. but i am going to keep working hard and putting forth my best efforts. Love you all so much and hope you have an awesome week Love Elder Farr+Moore+Orth+Waite+Future Farah+Whitehead squared=Awesome!!

April 23, 2012

So family another one bites the dust.. I swear not kidding, the time really does just fly and that makes it really hard to have an awesome week. This week we had 11 lessons and well we were also able to find a few new people but it would be a little bit better if we could find some more. It really is tough because almost all of the people in my area now are just living with each other so they arent married... that makes life difficult because that means that they have to get married first and that is just ridiculously tough!! And so i am trying to get my companion into more of a mood to search for the people that need us.. We were able to find a nice lady and her family named marlene... she is awesome and just wants the best for her two teenage kids and they just want to be a happy family so we know that this message will help them a ton. Also this week we were able to work a little bit better with the little branch that we have, and well it is kinda tough to receive references but hey we are progressing slowly.. and nextly we also get to use some of our time as you remember to teach the prices´ spanish, and they are hilarious elder price makes jokes like dad and it is pretty funny i get to laugh and eat really good desserts for the first time in a long time... haha so that makes me happy. and well we need to find more people that really is the concern here in mala.. but no worries i know that we can do it.. we just need to talk to the right people. haha thats easy.... and well I have been able to use my agenda this week and this month a whole bunch i have one of the quotes from elder holland and another quote from elder bednar, and i love them it is awesome!! i love it because it helps me know that everything happens for a reason and these quotes that i put have really helped me... and sorry i dont want to write them on here because i have them in spanish and i dont want to translate them.. But i love conferance and the talks and i love the spirit and how it CAN work with each and everyone of us, we just need to listen and put forth an effort. I love you all and hope you have an awesome week. Love your favorite Elder Farr+Moore+Orth+Waite+Future Farah+Future Whitehead Squared.. Equals Awesome!!!!

April 16, 2012

Wowsers Family!!! So family this week was interesting and fun.. not gonna lie my new area is way better than the name makes it seem.. as it is literally called.. bad... but this week was not bad at all we were able to put a kid with 22 years old with a baptismal date for the 13th of may.. so that was awesome. My companion,, well not gonna lie is a little strange but thus far we have made it work. Let me explain... My companions name is Elder Lopez from Guatamala, he is really cool as a person, He is a clean freak and so that is one point that i already lose because i am clean normally but i am in no way a clean freak.... Second Point and this is the one that keeps me happy is that we dont fight and he isnt super prideful like some of my other companions have been.. and third point is the one that scares me a little bit is that he likes and knows fashion and clothes and designers and models male and female better than and i am not getting better than i know sports!! All he does is talk about fashion how to walk and wierd things like that so that is a little bit strange.. and well ya its kinda funny cause he washes his face about 5 times a day without fail, and he cannot wear anything that is even close to dirty.. and it is hilarious... So this week in the area which i am loving haha my new area isnt super close to the ocean but i can see it from my house on the third floor.. it is an awesome view not gonna lie...and the branch is small but there are people who want to work and help us out on a normal basis. Also this week i came to know that in my district and better yet in my branch i have a companionship of couple missionaries.. they are the Price's and well they are awesome, They are from Idaho and they speak almost no spanish.... so we get to devote 6 hours of the week to helping them learn spanish so now i am the teacher.. how crazy is that!! and in return they give us real desserts that sister price makes this week i had snickerdoodles, brownies, apple pie, banana cream pie, and also they give us one lunch and this week it was vegetable soup... haha but it is awesome and they are super cool and work hard, and Elder Price is just like papa smurf making some funny jokes so it is awesome.. The area is pretty sweet it is basically a mountain sometimes we get to go down and the rest of the time we are going up... haha but it is cool we will see what this week brings.. who knows we have a baptism planned for saturday.. could it be, could it be, could it possible be... name that musical.../show.. Love your favorite