Elder Jacob Farnworth: Protests, protests, and more protests (9/5/16)

This week was pretty crazy, which I guess means it was just an average week. The Government has been talking about giving some land to Montenegro and people are NOT happy about it at all. It is pretty interesting. But there was a protest every day last week about it. It was funny because we were on the boulevard walking with one of our investigators and like a peaceful protest came walking down, and we are suppose to stay away from protests, so me and my comp just awkwardly like started walking away from it. Our investigator was like uh what are you doing. It was a funny awkward missionary moment :) But on Friday there was actually a pretty big protest! We were instructed to stay inside like all day because it was going to be pretty intense I guess. But there were just a bunch of people gathering around the parliament not doing anything. The SWAT team was there with their riot shields but nothing happened. I was actually kind of disappointed. I was just on the sidelines of it all yelling "throw something!" (Just kidding Mom)

Also another cool thing about this week; there was is this guy that works for EULEX that lives in Kosovo, and he always comes and hangs out at the church. He isn't really interested in the church but he likes being with us and stuff so we just hang out with him sometimes! He is pretty cool. He tells us all the "Insider info" about Kosovo. It is INSANE!! The whole government is ran by the Mafia and there are so many controlled crimes that go on and there is nothing that EULEX can do to help them. It is insane. So for all you that think that the American government is corrupt just do some research on the Kosovo government and you will think that America is just fine!! Haha sorry didn't mean to get all political or anything. #Kanye2020

Saying goodbye to Islam :(

Also this week our really good Friend Islam moved to Switzerland :( We were able to hang out with him a ton before he left and he even came to a zone conference and talked! It was amazing. But it was so hard to say goodbye to him. We went to the Prishtina Airport with him and it was just really really sad! I hate saying goodbye to people. But I know that he is going to be doing great things in his life. Love that guy so much!!

Gonna miss this guy!!!

On the more Spiritual side of it we were able to go to Bondsteel (the American Base) this week and teach a lesson there. We had such a great lesson! There is this new member from the states that just got deployed and he is so cool! He reminds me of Bishop Gardner, just a happy, nice guy! Love him. But we had such a great lesson about repentance! The Spirit was so strong. I was just like receiving revelation for myself about repentance as I was teaching it. A story came to my head about when I was younger, I used to always be nervous to invite my family to my basketball games because I never thought I was good enough and I was embarrassed. And when I told my dad that he was so sad! Because he loves and WANTS to support me no matter what! And it is the same with God. Sometimes we don't invite him in our lives because we don't think we are good enough or we are embarrassed but this is no excuse for us to not invite God into our lives. He WANTS to help us and support us. That is why he sent his Son to Atone for our sins! Let us all use that amazing blessing and invite God into our lives!!

Man, I am such a missionary.. Go me! ;)

Elder Farnworth