Palos

God has never threw me so many palos before in my life. This mornings personal study was not a fun one. I was almost laughing about how directly I was reading what I needed to do. It also didn't help that it was in Doctrine and Covenants where everything suena mas fuerte.

But anyway. Starting week 5 of this last change in El Monte. Got two baptisms planned for this next week. They are Sa.'s daughters. SO GREAT. It will be a lovely service. I hope that you all will be able to pray for them. Ba. is 20 and is literally one of my best friends in this world. I am so happy she is doing this because her family is VERY prepared.

 

Love you,

Hermana Farner

Elder Nelson

We got to meet with Elder Nelson from the 12. Great experience. Got to shake his hand WHAT. His wife talked about our premortal checklist. The things we promised God we would do when we came here. Crazy stuff. Made me think a lot. I hope I am completing that checklist.

Had a baptism yesterday of my dear friend Sa. Literally love that woman. Her family will be baptized soon as well. 3 more weeks in El Monte and I hope I get sent to the coast. PRAY FOR ME.  I want to lift a sector from the dust.

 

Love you,

 

Hermana Farner

"Wow I could have really used this today!"

I learned a lot about the Spirit this week. I feel like sometimes as members of the church, we feel the Spirit so often that we don't take the time to recognize it and meditate on what is happening.

 

Hermana H and I have been trying our hardest to buscar experiencias espirituales instead of just hoping they happen. We are trying to create a specific environment when we are with the people here in Chile where they can really feel God`s love for them. And man is it working wonders. We went from 3 fechas to about 8 in a couple days.

 

I am also going to stress the importance of studying in the morning from your scriptures. We are going into a literal battle with Satan every day, and when we don't read and study our scriptures in the morning, it is like we are walking out and fighting without weapons. And then we come home and we look at our weapons and shine them up and say, "wow I could have really used this today!". Imagine if we had had it before right? We could have been much more prepared to face all the things that the devil is planning to deceive us with. Even if it means getting up really early in the morning, I exhort you to change the habit of scripture study to the morning and really search for those experiences. I promise that it will change your life.

 

As always, miss you and love you. 

 

Love you lots!

Hermana Farner

Live has been very good

Dear Mom,

Life has been very good and God has blessed me with an awesome companion that is really, really, ready to go and to learn. She is very, very sweet  and just like me so we get along really well. Her name is Hermana H and is from San Antonio Texas. Seriously already my best friend. Just love it.

The weather is hot, the food is great, the people are loving and someone should get baptized real soon. So I can't complain really. :)

Time is moving just as it should in my opinion. Made a decision to not think about time until I hit January soooo I haven't thought of it haha :) But life is going good.

 

Say hi to all!

 

Love,

Hermana Farner

4 cakes

I am going to train again. Gonna get a maquina so I am not worried. These two weeks got me prepared to get going with the mission and not to worry about anything. My mini Missionary was legit. I ate a ton of cake.... 4 to be exact.... all from different people. You could say that I am very loved by those here in El Monte. I will be starting my fifth change in the same area. I will complete a year in the mission with only two areas. ;) God wants me in El Monte for some reason!

 

 

Looovvee you more than I love all the cake I ate!

 

Love,

Hermana Farner

Where are We Facing?

Well I am with Hermana R. a little mini missionary here in El Monte. One week with her and then I will get a new companion! Fighting and fighting and fighting like always to understand and grasp the person I really am.

 

We found a whole lot of new people to teach. Actually there is this one lady named Sa. that should get baptized pretty soon. She is legit. Her family will get baptized soon as well. Very, very prepared spiritually. And the Lord still blesses us even when we are whiny complainers like me. ;)

 

I read that talk by Elder Uchtdorf from the woman's conference and then I read it again and again and again and again. And I am starting to get what this life is really about. I still am very far from providing an educated answer obviously, but I really really love what it says. That eternal life is knowing Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ personally. What a challenge. We can say we know they live and list off the facts of their personalities and what attributes that they have but to know them, to walk with them, that requires a type and level of obedience that I still cannot comprehend nor achieve in this part of my life. However I know that there is only a few ways that we can achieve this type of obedience and that is if it stems from pure love of God. No solo por cumplir (don't know that in English) the requirements nor because we are scared of a punishment but because we LOVE God more than we love the world. Someone in general conference talked about deciding where we face. That is true. :) WHERE ARE WE FACING? Even in the mission we have re-evaluate ourselves everyday :)

 

Love you! Miss you a lot! I am almost 20! Weird right!

Hermana Farner

Read and understand

I loved conference. Not sure exactly what I learned, so I am pumped to get the Ensign so I can get reading and studying. I think that is one of the important things that I have learned on the mission, to read and understand the talks after they have been given. To really study and apply them a little more in my life. I love the fact that we have such wonderful technology to listen and read and see again and again the words of a living prophet and his apostles.

Not much to tell! Lots of thanks to a wonderful sister Kristofferson who sent a lovely letter to me that brightened my day. Thank you :)

 

Love, 

Hermana Farner