i have really lost words to put on the subject part! i think i have put almost everything haha! well this week has been super good and we have seen a lot of success and have met some awesome people this week! it has helped alot to plan splitts and being able to do it more often wit the sisters and with the elders in trondheim since i can schedule them when ever! we even had the APs here and we went out withthem for a while! found a lot of potentials that told us to call this week and a bunch of referrals from members! we have some incredible people here in Trondheim! it hasnt been super cold! it was even 5c the other day and the ice is melting slowly but its still everywhere and have to walk slowly or else you will fall while talking to people! well i dont have a lot of time because we went to ikea for pday and did customer reviews and got free food and gift cards which was totally worth it!:) my companion and i got to have the great priviledge of holding church in a small area in a place called Kristiansund! we called up the members that live there which is about 3 1/2 to 4 hours away depending if you leave and catch the ferry at the right time! it was super awesome to see the crowd of non norwegian members ahaha! but there was one norwegian member! we even got to drive the atlantic highway which you will all see the pictures of! it was so beautiful! it was like being in Mo I Rana agian and teaching all 5 of them!;) it was a rehumbling experiance! so we spent almost 8 hours on sunday traveling but it was worth it! we might be driving out again to help a member that lives in a place called Molde! we will find out though! well this week has gone by so fast and i am loving it! we talk with so many awesome people and you just love them right away even when they say no at the end! well sorry its so short i just dont know what to write anymore haha! i love you all so much!! have a great week!
Monday, February 25, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
From the Land Up North
WHATS UP EVERYONE!!??
well yet again another week gone by! its to crazy to understand how time flies! this week has been a good week and we have taught some super elect people....even though they still said no! We have had some great experiances and my companion is becoming a better teacher by each and everyday! Even though our mission has a new standard of getting 3-2-1 which is 3 new investigators a week, 2 in church and 1 with a baptismal date and we havent been making it i know know personaly that the lord is preparing us to find awesome norwegians! we dropped the people we were working with and decided to rely on the lord and give up our little proggression to find the elect! We are on our way to more success i can just feel that there is something here waiting! Trondheim is such a great place....horrible dialect but its ok! The mission is getting more intense as the days grow fewer and i see the end coming i start freaking out and i start saying.....Ok its time to dig or its time to get dirty! there is no time to play around when it comes to finding WE NEED PEOPLE!! of course we still need to enjoy and have fun but keep our focus is what im meaning! those that have been on a mission most likely know the feeling! the end kinda creeps up on you! i love being here and i know the lord is giving me strength day by day and following his own promise....line upon line and precept upon precept here alittle and there a little! i love knowing that someone is watching out for me and that i have people praying for me! I have fallen in love with norway and this culture even though i feel that i know so little about it! i love the people even when they reject us! i could never ask for a better place to serve a mission! thanks for everything you all do for me! i hope you all have an incedible week!
ELDSTE FARNSWORTH!!
well yet again another week gone by! its to crazy to understand how time flies! this week has been a good week and we have taught some super elect people....even though they still said no! We have had some great experiances and my companion is becoming a better teacher by each and everyday! Even though our mission has a new standard of getting 3-2-1 which is 3 new investigators a week, 2 in church and 1 with a baptismal date and we havent been making it i know know personaly that the lord is preparing us to find awesome norwegians! we dropped the people we were working with and decided to rely on the lord and give up our little proggression to find the elect! We are on our way to more success i can just feel that there is something here waiting! Trondheim is such a great place....horrible dialect but its ok! The mission is getting more intense as the days grow fewer and i see the end coming i start freaking out and i start saying.....Ok its time to dig or its time to get dirty! there is no time to play around when it comes to finding WE NEED PEOPLE!! of course we still need to enjoy and have fun but keep our focus is what im meaning! those that have been on a mission most likely know the feeling! the end kinda creeps up on you! i love being here and i know the lord is giving me strength day by day and following his own promise....line upon line and precept upon precept here alittle and there a little! i love knowing that someone is watching out for me and that i have people praying for me! I have fallen in love with norway and this culture even though i feel that i know so little about it! i love the people even when they reject us! i could never ask for a better place to serve a mission! thanks for everything you all do for me! i hope you all have an incedible week!
ELDSTE FARNSWORTH!!
Monday, February 11, 2013
It Has Been Cold in Trondheim -12c
HEY!!!!
Well what more to say than we need to enjoy the time we live in! Trondheim is a great place! i am loving it here even though we have seen little success! the fact that its so big just makes me love it more everyday! the other fact that there is so many people to talk to makes me happy! after serving in small almost some of the smallest cities in norway its just a change to "city life" and taking busses and walking everywhere which i really do enjoy! this week has been a constant -12c and it has had this killer breeze all week which doesnt make working any easier but we have talked to some awesome people in the past couple of days...not meaing they are interested but i just love talking to people! i could probably do a better job with talking to more but i am trying my best!:) after a hard week we finaly got a couple potentials after being fed up we seriously challenged the lord yesterday in our last 30 minutes out on the street and talked to some really awesome people! we have had investigators that we have found from the area book and some that have never been contacted after the first meeting on the street so it was kinda akward calling 2 years later and asking if they remember but most people were very respectfull and we actually got some appointments from people from 2 years ago!! so that was a testimony builder of not leaving anyone behind! I will say that the baptizm went super well for the guy i interveiwed and he is going to be a solid member for the rest of his life! and so saturday and sunday were some of the strongest days of the spirit i have had in awhile! its was such a great experiance! i thank the lord for the blessings i have received! now looking back at being here for over 18 months i just smile and say "WOW i have had an incredible time" and not to much else to say.....:):) i love you guys so much and i want you to know that i am so happy right now because i am on a mission! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!
Eldste Farnsworth
Well what more to say than we need to enjoy the time we live in! Trondheim is a great place! i am loving it here even though we have seen little success! the fact that its so big just makes me love it more everyday! the other fact that there is so many people to talk to makes me happy! after serving in small almost some of the smallest cities in norway its just a change to "city life" and taking busses and walking everywhere which i really do enjoy! this week has been a constant -12c and it has had this killer breeze all week which doesnt make working any easier but we have talked to some awesome people in the past couple of days...not meaing they are interested but i just love talking to people! i could probably do a better job with talking to more but i am trying my best!:) after a hard week we finaly got a couple potentials after being fed up we seriously challenged the lord yesterday in our last 30 minutes out on the street and talked to some really awesome people! we have had investigators that we have found from the area book and some that have never been contacted after the first meeting on the street so it was kinda akward calling 2 years later and asking if they remember but most people were very respectfull and we actually got some appointments from people from 2 years ago!! so that was a testimony builder of not leaving anyone behind! I will say that the baptizm went super well for the guy i interveiwed and he is going to be a solid member for the rest of his life! and so saturday and sunday were some of the strongest days of the spirit i have had in awhile! its was such a great experiance! i thank the lord for the blessings i have received! now looking back at being here for over 18 months i just smile and say "WOW i have had an incredible time" and not to much else to say.....:):) i love you guys so much and i want you to know that i am so happy right now because i am on a mission! I LOVE YOU GUYS!!
Eldste Farnsworth
Monday, February 4, 2013
My First Week in Trondheim
HEY GUYS!!
this week has been epic! we have met alot of cool people yet havent got so many new investigators! we had a great expirence with having our ward mission leader out with us and he just wrecked house! he is like i said before a fireball! we have weekly appointments for him to go out with us! he is such a help and has great love for missionary work! Trondheim is an incredible area and i have loved every second of it! i love having elder gilreath and teaching him and guiding him! trying to be an example and showing how to approuch people and start talking and helping him just makes me happy! I still cant believe how fast everyday goes by! its like no time at all and my comp is seeing how fast it goes by already! he still has a year and a half! we had a great meeting yesterday in church and had one of our new converts stand up and bear his testimony and it was so powerful! i got to give my first interview this week to a guy getting baptized on saturday who is a serious stud! we talked for 30 minutes and just had a great time! he told me how he loved learning all these things and how right it felt when learning and i love asking whats the difference after being in the normal state church in norway and hearing his testimony of the restored gospel! he even loved the part of paying tithing! he said he has wanted to pay to a more organized system and he is super excited to start paying tithing! it is just a small testimony of what i have expirenced on my mission so far which is that people are being prepared! i am a personal witness to that! well all i can really say is that i am loving it here in norway and it has been so fun! i hope you all have a great week! love you!!
this week has been epic! we have met alot of cool people yet havent got so many new investigators! we had a great expirence with having our ward mission leader out with us and he just wrecked house! he is like i said before a fireball! we have weekly appointments for him to go out with us! he is such a help and has great love for missionary work! Trondheim is an incredible area and i have loved every second of it! i love having elder gilreath and teaching him and guiding him! trying to be an example and showing how to approuch people and start talking and helping him just makes me happy! I still cant believe how fast everyday goes by! its like no time at all and my comp is seeing how fast it goes by already! he still has a year and a half! we had a great meeting yesterday in church and had one of our new converts stand up and bear his testimony and it was so powerful! i got to give my first interview this week to a guy getting baptized on saturday who is a serious stud! we talked for 30 minutes and just had a great time! he told me how he loved learning all these things and how right it felt when learning and i love asking whats the difference after being in the normal state church in norway and hearing his testimony of the restored gospel! he even loved the part of paying tithing! he said he has wanted to pay to a more organized system and he is super excited to start paying tithing! it is just a small testimony of what i have expirenced on my mission so far which is that people are being prepared! i am a personal witness to that! well all i can really say is that i am loving it here in norway and it has been so fun! i hope you all have a great week! love you!!
Monday, January 28, 2013
A New Place On Fire!
HEY EVERYONE!!!
well i cant even begin to tell you how much greater it is to be her in trondheim! i loved fredrikstad but sometimes we just need a change of senery! i am loving it here already! i feel the love and fire of missionary work coming back into my life as amissionary! on the day i got here we had MMC and the new mission leader is a fireball! he was so ready to throw everyone in the water! he is so straight up and i love it! my last mission leader was less active so it made it a little hard! he even said he would go contacting with us! a norwegian out on the streets with you!? that is something i have never had! they were never interested! i would say the way its set up her in trondheim there is no better place to be! we just got a new bishop who is young and a new missionleader who is young and a new relief society pres who is 23!! its filled with young members in the leader positions who are ready to rock the world! since its a student city here there are a lot of 20-30 years olds in the ward and even though they go to school its easy to get teaches with them!:) I am ready to tear it up and we are already seeing little miracles day by day! My comp is a new missionary and his last comp who he had for the past 4 months didnt teach him to much and we all know me that i am willing to help everyone! he told me he has learned more about being a missionary than he had thusfar.....i was way proud to hear that! its great because i can teach him the ways that i have always wanted to share with new companions but this is my first one and he has been her for 4 months in trondheim so he is fresh! he takes advice and listens and wants help! so its a change up from the past 4 months! he is way cool! he is a southern boy from virginia and loves flying and was in ROTC at byu! we get along super well and he loves the way i work and he is just trying to keep up! i feel like a ball of fire just ready to burst being in a new area! although trondheim is the most atheiest city in norway there are so many people that have been found lately and are getting baptized soon! not by us but we have already found some pretty good potentials! i came here with no investigators so its a work in progress!! i dont know what else to say other than i am so happy right now! I hope you all have a great week! i love you guys!
eldste farnsworth
well i cant even begin to tell you how much greater it is to be her in trondheim! i loved fredrikstad but sometimes we just need a change of senery! i am loving it here already! i feel the love and fire of missionary work coming back into my life as amissionary! on the day i got here we had MMC and the new mission leader is a fireball! he was so ready to throw everyone in the water! he is so straight up and i love it! my last mission leader was less active so it made it a little hard! he even said he would go contacting with us! a norwegian out on the streets with you!? that is something i have never had! they were never interested! i would say the way its set up her in trondheim there is no better place to be! we just got a new bishop who is young and a new missionleader who is young and a new relief society pres who is 23!! its filled with young members in the leader positions who are ready to rock the world! since its a student city here there are a lot of 20-30 years olds in the ward and even though they go to school its easy to get teaches with them!:) I am ready to tear it up and we are already seeing little miracles day by day! My comp is a new missionary and his last comp who he had for the past 4 months didnt teach him to much and we all know me that i am willing to help everyone! he told me he has learned more about being a missionary than he had thusfar.....i was way proud to hear that! its great because i can teach him the ways that i have always wanted to share with new companions but this is my first one and he has been her for 4 months in trondheim so he is fresh! he takes advice and listens and wants help! so its a change up from the past 4 months! he is way cool! he is a southern boy from virginia and loves flying and was in ROTC at byu! we get along super well and he loves the way i work and he is just trying to keep up! i feel like a ball of fire just ready to burst being in a new area! although trondheim is the most atheiest city in norway there are so many people that have been found lately and are getting baptized soon! not by us but we have already found some pretty good potentials! i came here with no investigators so its a work in progress!! i dont know what else to say other than i am so happy right now! I hope you all have a great week! i love you guys!
eldste farnsworth
Monday, January 21, 2013
Transfers to Trondheim
TIMES ARE A CHANGING!!!
well i will say sorry for no letter last week it was just such a hard week and i didnt want to give the details to everyone haha! but i dont have to much time today either so i will be short and hopefully enlighten someones day!:) well the rumors tell to be true that i am moving to trondheim! i have been there many times and i am so happy to be there! i have had that feeling for so long and that is where i have felt that i needed to go since i left Mo i Rana! there is some people that i know i need to retake contact with and some that i have been really close to have now moved there! i hope it will all fall in to place! i got put in to leadership.....haha i was hoping to slip leadership for the rest of the mission but looks like the lord has other plans now! i am ready to face trondheim. to be honest i feel like i have written this letter before or i have dreamed it! its crazy to think about how the lord can show us these things before! i also wanted to thank everyone in the 37th ward for the awesome christmas letter i got or the little binder! it was awesome and to my suprise so many girls are going on missions! i got one to day of another girl i know who is waiting for their papers to come! its incredible! i thank the lord for new opportunities and i am so happy to start again in another place! it is never easy leaving an area! When i told everyone yestereday it was like they never thought i would leave and they all said.....Wait you cant leave....we havent had such a great missionary in so long and now your leaving? the most felt like i had been there for almost a year with all the progress we had made in the ward! sometimes i myself look past the stuff i have done and look at the stuff i havent done! remember dont look past the mark! one of my favorite scriptures is in jacob4.14...read it! it can be devistating or change yourself for the wrong reasons because we havent done everything! well i am not perfect and i know that for a fact but i know that i have put some serious effort into the ward here in Fredrikstad and i will miss them SOOO much! its always hard when they sing God Be With You Til We Meet Again..... I love you all so much and thanks for the encouragement! love you!!
eldste Farnsworth
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Not a Good Week Transfers are coming! YAY
HEY MOM!!
well i dont think ill write a weekly email because ther is just not that much to write! we have been working with less aktives and we had one come to church! it was so great! it was almost unexpected! he came and i was so happy! i gave him a hug and didnt leave his side until i got asked to translate during sacrement! wow that was tireing! especially when they speak fast! well it was good in the end and then i found out afterwards that its hard for her to understand if i speak fast! i spoke fast the whole time! and we have been working on the member book a lot so i can finish it will all the stuff i know about fredrikstad which is a lot! so much crazy stuff here! that way other missionaries can know what this ward has been through! and all the info on the members is always nice to have! well this week has been rough and to be honest i blew up at my comp on friday and told him i am done working with him! i just cant do it any more mom! he wont listen he wont take advice! when ever i state my opinions he has to say something else to disprove what i said! i give him advice in norwegian and he wont listen! that is the top of the line when people dont listen to norwegian advice! i dont brag about my language skills but i have fooled many norwegians! i do not speak perfectly but when it comes to pronounciation i know that i say it right! so yea.... i am doing member work still but i cant do anything else or else ill just end up blowing up again! i have tried for 4 months and its been more of just going around the problem and when he wont listen it just hasnt made so much progress! i know i am moving this next wednesday or thursday but i am not sure where! i am pretty sure i am going to trondheim and i will be district leader. and thats the most likely place and i am super excited about that! he said i am going to a big city and that is something i have never had! i have been in farming places my whole mission so this will be a great experiance for me! its what i need to get pumped up again! i hope i get a comp that i can just hit it off right from the get go and we can wreck house! i want it to be like elder johson where we never stopped working! i was happy and loved it! i still love the work but i am ready to leave this place! i loved the quotes you put up and they were such a comfort! thanks mom!! i love you!!
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