Transfer Week!

IM STAYING! GALVARINO FOR LIFE haha but im staying with elder pinilla! Elder Swan that was in Galvarino 2 this

 change with us is going to the Easter Island! But there werent many changes in my district so thats cool! and yes

 the box came! it was the coolest!! i love you guys everyone that sent something. And thanks to the Beecrofts!! That

 shirt is so awesome, where did you get it? It says my mission with a map of Chile! And thats soooo sweet about

 Malik! how is he? is he going to play with Red mountain this season? wow thats crazy. im gonna visit him when i

 finish my mission hahaha he will be there close. Hows the team, have they played yet? 

Well with those lessons that i told to dad that was with less actives or converts. But we need to find more people

 to teach...our old friend went to the church with his inactive wife! But we found out that they arent married....ugh. 

So they need to figure that out and set a date with the court to get married but we will see..But last monday was 

Elder Pinilla´s birthday so lots of people gave us cake and stuff so thats legit. And we got permission to watch 

Ephraims Rescue with people in the Church for a activity and thats a really good movie! Wow the things that the

 pioneers went through. Crazy. Oh, the cultural celebration video came and that was cool to remember and think

 about how it was! 

This week in church there was a lot of people that havent gone for a long time! But at the same time, a lot of people

 on vaccation. In summer here they dont go because they are on vaccation in the south or at the beach the WHOLE 

SUMMER. And in winter they say they dont go because its cold and they didnt want to get out of bed...but after

 March when they all come back from summer, it should be a ton of people until it gets cold in May. Crazy, i stay.

 Im going to have more than 7 months in my first sector with 2 companions. But the ward is sweet and we will find

 the people that i dont already know. They arent many tho! haha i know everyone. 

We had a CCM-M or basically a MTC for the Members. We taught  how to teach basically haha and how to do the 

visits better and go to lessons with us and stuff like that. Its really important to know this because we need to be 

visiting the people in the ward. Whether it be home teaching or visiting teaching or helping a friend. We are all

 brothers and sisters. If my sisters were lost physically, i would go to look for them. Our brothers and sisters are 

lost spiritually. We can go help them. The picture is from the activity! and the other picture is the district but we 

all stayed so its all good haha. I love you guys! Keep up the good work there at home! 

Love Elder Farnsworth

 Show message history

Hola familia! como estan en gringolandia? 

The week sounds calm but a bit hectic like every week there haha! How are the missionaries there? How much time

 do they have in the mission? Haha i felt the same way with the bishops son here, they always talked about him 

then he actually came home and i know him now. This week was pretty good, with some funny stories! First, Paola 

and Nuvia are going back to Brasil but we said that we are waiting for news of her baptism! Then that night, we just

 decided to order pizza which is really expensive but oh well! Im trying to send pictures for like the first time and it 

isnt working...we had another intercambio with our district leader but i went with his companion who is really new in

 the mission. It was fun but nothing really happened that was too funny. Supposedly there was a earthquake but i 

was sleeping. 

The other day we were walking to a house and we saw the gangsters that i know. They started to talk with us and 

were asking about what we do and if we thought marijuana was bad haha. But they respected what we do and

 thought it was really cool. Then all of a sudden, one takes out his phone and says ``selfie!´´ and took a selfie with us.

 Then the others wanted a photo so we took a picture with grafitti of Colo colo a soccer team here and they converted

 me. haha im going to try and get the picture from them. We contacted a reference and they had weed and two huge

 plants of marijuana too....and they said we had to smoke if we came in so we just left haha. These people...

Side note that has nothing to do with anything, i made crepes yesterday and they were really good and i dont know

 how i did it. thats all.

My companion and I are reading a talk that i think in English is called Nothing Shall Offend Them by Bednar and we 

are going to apply this with the people here. Basically it talkes about how nothing can offend us. We choose to be 

offended. And if we are not going to church and renewing our convanants with God for someone else or because

 someone ``offended us´´ we are losing out on blessing and the ward is losing out on a person that could strengthn 

the ward. Every person is needed and wanted. We need to extend our hand and time to the people who are 

struggling. We are continuing with our goal of reading the book of mormon in 5 months. We are giving people the 

quote from Marion G Romney about the book of mormon from 1980. Its really cool! I hope we can all complete with 

out part and receive the blessings of the Book! Love you guys and only want the best for everyone back home and 

the ward!

Elder Farnsworth

 Show message history

A Challenge!

Hola familia como estamos?

Well about Paola and her mom, they havent gone to church yet here,,,the boyfriend of the mom is kinda against

 the church i guess and he always wants to go places on sunday. the mom is less active but says she wants to 

. But still she is super prepared and gonna get baptised so fast in brazil probably! To answer the question, yes

 we had intercambios or exchanges i believe they are called in english. But ill tell more about this in a second.

Tuesday we had a activity with the other 2 missionaries in the ward and like 35 people went! It was sweet. It was 

about the Atonement. We taught a little bit and then the other 2 missionaries did an activity that im sure most of you

 are familiar with. They had candy and Elder Swan offered a piece of candy to every person there, one by one. But

 his companion Elder Brady had to do 5 push up for every candy. About the 5th person refused the candy, and he

 still had to do the push ups. The people started to yell at Elder Swan and say it wasnt fair. One person offered to 

do it themself. Elder Brady really started to struggle but he never stopped or complained. The Savior did the same.

 He paid our debt, even if we dont want it or accept it. We cant do it ourselves, but he willingly did it without

 stopping or complaining. Let us accept this gift. The atonement is really and repentance is too. We can change our

 life style and make us better people. A cool talk that dad showed me is His Grace is Sufficient by Brad Wilcox.

 Read it!

Wednesday we had Zone Conference and they challenged us to read the Book of Mormon in 5 months before

 May 31st. I challenge you guys to do it with us! Sorry you are a week and a half behind but you can do it! We also 

got to watch Meet the Mormons in Spanish in Zone Conference!!! It was sweet. We are gonna get a copy soon i

 think. Oh other thing, i got letters from August this week.....they got lost or something so ya..it was a little dumb

 but oh well..

Thursday i think, we had a exchange or whatever that thing is called and i went to other Sector with my Zone

 Leader and Elder Lund came to our sector. He was with elder Sovero before i came so he got to see people that 

he already knew. It was really fun to go to other area. We taught a crazy guy that said i was from France and that 

he wanted to get baptised but only if there was soap to clean him. Guess he didnt get the whole ´´spiritually clean´´ 

part. Oh well. 

The family of our Bishop is going to move soon and they released him Sunday. The new Bishop was the Bishop of

 the other ward, but they joined the wards. It would be like Pleasant 1 ward and 2 ward got put together. That

 happened like 9 months ago and now he is bishop again!

We went to visit some Less active men in the ward and we talked with 2 that are really awesome and have strong

 testimonies. One was a missionary and the other had a lot of callings in the church. I testify to you all that there are 

people just waiting for a friend. There are people wanting to come back and they are just waiting for the Bishop or

 the Elders quorum president or even a deacon to pass by and help. Be their friends. We are children of the same

 Heavenly Father. Reach out a hand to some one that might be a little lost and just needs a friend. I love each

 person i meet here, and it helps me love the people more at home. Every thing i do here, i hope people are doing 

in Pleasant 2nd ward and all around the world. Its a ward family. Let us magnify our callings and responsibilties as

 members or Christs church.

I love you guys and miss you, keep up the good work!

Elder Farnsworth 

 Show message history

6 Months!

Wow well i hit 6 months in Chile this week. Its crazy, it passed like nothing and i dont even wanna think about how

 the rest is going to pass. But with New years, we had p day the 31st because of all that stuff we changed and

 then we had free time like Christmas Eve until 11 oclock. We watched fireworks from the house and they did some

 from a Hill close to the house that wants to be Hollywood with its sign but its not haha it says Renca La Lleva. It 

was pretty cool! Not much happened in this week but 2 missionaries from our ward here came home and one is the

 Bishops son! It kinda sucked because it made us actually realize that the mission ends..oh well, a year and a half 

more!! Heck ya. So that was pretty cool to see them come home and talk with them. 

This week i have been thinking a lot about a subject. Christ and God know what we are doing. They have done it.

 Its like a piano teacher teaching a student or someone helping with math. Or the best example is a parent helping 

a child. They understand. They know how to do all of this, and that is why they give commandments. A piano 

teacher gives practice and tips and things to do, the same with a math tutor. Why would we rebel against 

commandments. They are guiding us through a dark time in our existance so that we have more light and

 understanding. God knows. Trust him. I love you guys, and want the best for all of you. I hope we can all do this.

The pictures of fireworks and the district bowling!

Elder Farnsworth