One Amazing Week

Well i got a lot of news to share with you all! it truly has been one of those amazing weeks and who knows where the time goes! ill tell you where the time goes, its all devoted to the lord and he blesses me and my companion as we try our hardest to keep everything going and get everything oraganized! he is such a great companion and i dont know what i am going to do with out him,.......since 9 weeks have past and it is now time for new changes to occur! well ill get this out of the way first and guess where i am heading next....yea thats right MOSS im staying in Moss! which is totally fine there is so much todo here and i just hope i can keep up with all my companions goals and what not and be a great missionary like he is! well he is going to Stavanger! what an amazing place and they have a sweet dialect! Anyway my new companion i get on wednesday! his name is elder lillywhite! he is in hamar right now so he is in the stake and he is only one transfer ahead of me! i wont lie i am a little worried about the language since we are both pretty close but he is super smart and i know the lord will bless us and boost us with crazy spirit no matter the situation! there are so many here that will miss my comp since he has been here for 6 months and they know him so very well but dont worrie everyone that knows me and gettting know people just like at our own ward at home knows i get along with grown ups and kids like they aare my best friends! i am so excited for all the things that are coming up!
    well anyway celebrated halloween this past monday and lets just say its not the same here when it comes to halloween! for one pumpkins are pretty scarce here in not easy to find and to mention that fact me and the comp carved mellons:) i carved a cantolope and he carved some other type of mellon! also went trick or treating with 6 of the 14 kids and that was lots of fun running around to the houses that would actually answer! when they do give you candy its not like "oh here take a hand full.... its more like here is a jelly been savor it...! the kids were so happy anyway and didnt want to go home! and good thing that we had fredriksted elders with us to or we would have never rounded up all the kids!
   well this week to no suprise was busy as alwasy and filled with awesome experiances to help me grow! learned how more about the spirit world while teaching a guy from seventh day in venice or what ever its called! sat at his house and argued for an hour and we couldnt even put a breath in he wouldnt even let us speak! when we finally could we just said ok listen we are not here to argue but simply to ask you to read this book! all these questions you have and arguements that you try to argue can be answered and we want to answer them but you need to just calm down and listen! he was freaking out! but all went well and havent really taught him yet but he came to church! also invited us over to play gutair and record music and talk a little! learned some chords on the gutiar and my comp made some musik with him! we are teaching him this week but is still way timid on the fact of the bible says this is my gospel nothing else....ok man take a step back reread the bible and read this as well and you will see how they are used in comparison! he is a stuborn man but very fun to be around!
  well we had a ton of teaches this week and referrals and just were so busy so with everything but we did a great job this week! havent gone contacting or knocking in like three weeks basically besides on splits but thats because i was in fredriksted and the work in moss is just incredibly different and i love the work in moss! i am getting better with using members and they are such a great help in learning and helping investigators! what a great testimony they can always add and help me when i dont understand alot of what is said when i am getting yelled at and thats when it gets hard to understand! '
  so i have a great story for you that people always here about and always say to themselfs "i wish that would happen to me"! its that kind of story and its incredible! well so we usually have district meeting on fridays but had to switch it to thursday since the fredriksted elders were going to oslo on friday! so we had it at 19:30 and it went well of course and we walked out and there was a kid in the church talking to an older guy. we went up to him and were saying good bye and the man said "hey heres the missionaries!" then told us that this kid read our news paper article a couple weeks ago and wanted to find out and wandered into the chuch and say a man and yelled to him and asked if there were any mormons here? oh boy did he find out fast that he was in the right place! we taught him on saturday and talked to him about being baptized and he was like thats so cool that i can do that! came to church and loved it and i was talking tohim and he said his mom toook away his book of mormon and asked if he could have another one! me and him walked to the car real fast and he told me and he is going to go to utah and go to the salt lake temple and go inside! i simplly said well if you want to go in you have to be a member and he said HOW DO I DO THAT? are you kidding let me just hit you with some knowledge and baptize you now! ha! well he had taken some leohona`s from the church and read all about temple marriage and loved it! we are meeting him later today hopefully and he is just a dream investigator!
  well we have the other member referral we got who is straight on track for baptism and he is so awesome! he is also a dream investigator he askes some amazing questions and has put me in to study more on the millenium since he has been coming to church for about six months he has a lot of questions! no other investigator would ask about the millenium and i found out how little i iknew about it and even harder to explain in norwegian! he is trying for friday and we pray and fast for him all the time and he is getting those good feelings and now is just trying to figure out what they are! he is such a cool kid and is very smart! he reminds me of a friend back at home and looks just like him! he is a man that the lord has truly prepared to receive the gospel and is ready to be a member! whether its this friday or not this kid was inspired to know about the gospel!
   well studies this week have been in mosiah! i love mosiah and there is so much to learn from that book! everything is going so well here in norway and i love it here! i could not have asked for a better place to go on my mission....oh wait i didnt ask...I WAS CALLED! the lord knows what we need best and this is where i know i need to be! the people here are so great! some are a little pridefull but thats everywhere around the world! well my weekly challenge is to find out more on the millenium! there is some absolutly incredible things to learn! i know that as you try to do this you will learn so much and see even more how true this church is and how much knowledge we are able to receive from this wonderful gospel! i want my learning and understanding to go more and more and thats why i study everyday and try my best! may not be the brightest bulb but the lord will bless me as i try and i know the lord will bless you as well! well i hope all is well and thanks for all the emails! its so great to hear how everyone is doing! keep up the good work!!
ELDER FARNSWORTH