This
week was really really good! My goal for the week was to just work as hard as I
can, at the end of the day I just feel warn out which is such a good feeling I
love it. So hopefully I can keep that up. Sometimes it is hard because I will
sometimes wake up and just be like "I hate everything!" So days like
those it is hard to be motivated to work hard and stuff. But I am trying to
keep a positive attitude:)
Also,
its crazy because after Monday we will be the oldest district in my zone so
that is just nuts! I feel like I just got here haha. But we got new zone
leaders and district and we decided we are going to start a revolution and overthrow them so, I will
keep you posted on that!
On a
more spiritual note, yesterday I had the most amazing experience ever. So every
Wednesday we Skype with real Albanian members, and my comp had practice for
this MTC Christmas choir thing so he couldn't come, so I had to teach ALONE.
Which like, no one does. I was the first to do it and it was so scary! Then
they like gave me like the meanest girl to teach, we have taught her before and
all she does is correct your grammar and tell you that you suck at speaking
Albanian and stuff. So I just said a prayer and hoped for the best. And right
when she answered I just felt so much peace, and such a clear mind and I
totally knew what to say. I asked her what the Gospel of Jesus Christ means to
her, and she gave me such an amazing answer. She told me that she was only a
convert of 2 years, and that she can tell such a huge difference from her life
now than what her life used to be. But she told me that it was hard because she
loves her family so much but no one in her family is LDS so at first they
didn't like her going to church and stuff so that is hard. And she told me how
she has to work 10 hours a day and how she has 3 callings in her branch and it
is super stressful.
So I shared with her some personal experiences, and how I
didn't always have the strongest testimony and how much better it is to be
close with the Lord. I also told her how my family has been blessed, even
though I am on a mission they have had blessings from it. And that I know as
she serves the Lord and has faith that she and her family will be blessed, even
though they aren't members. And I told her how happy God is with her for her
faithfulness and willingness to serve and the spirit was so strong. Then I was about
to end it but I got an impression to read to her Helaman 5:12, so I did. And I
was scared because last time I tried to read a scripture with her she just
laughed at me because I didn't have that good of Albanian and it kind of ruined
the spirit. But this time, I was reading it and she didn't laugh, or say
anything to correct my Albanian or anything, and when I was done reading and I
looked up she had tears in her eyes and she just said thank you so much I
needed this you are such a good missionary. The Spirit was so strong I was
holding back tears. It was amazing!!! I am so excited to go to Albania, I am
dying here.
Anyway
I love you all, Hope you have a fantastic week!!
-Elder
Farnworth
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| The Christmas lights are so amazing!! |
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| Got this cute Pez dispenser in a package from Abby, love it! |
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| An Elder fell asleep during class so I had to have some fun with him. |
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| This guy tried to draw us...spot on right? |
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