Hello sweet family and friends!
This past week was FAST, wow I can hardly remember what happened, but we worked
hard and had some pretty interesting experiences;) Oh the mission... Thank you
so much for all of the nice emails, your support means everything to me! As for
this past week, here are the highlights:
Elder Patterson and I were able to
meet with some of the new investigators that we have found that are really
progressing. Right now we are trying to find out which investigators are progressing
and others who are not quite ready. We were able to meet with the new family we
have found and taught them about the Restoration of the Gospel. The lesson went
well. Right now our struggle is meeting
with them and getting our investigators to church. A lot of our investigators
work in the campo picking fruit and right now is the season for that, so we
have a hard time meeting with them as a family, but we are excited to see their
progress; they really have a lot of potential.
We also focused on some Menos Activos
in our area. They are a young married couple who just had their first son a few
months ago. This past week we were able to visit with them a few times and invite
them to church. Their son is so dang cute! He is honestly one of the happiest
little boys that I have ever seen and is always happy when the Elders come
over. I knew the first time that I met them that they were a very special
family. I am excited to work with them and help them to enjoy the blessing that
come from the gospel. I don´t know what it is, but the father reminds me of
Uncle Matt, just the way he talks, laughs, and everything! They really are so
awesome!
Thursday and Friday I went on
Intercambios with the other Elders while Elder Patterson went to Malaga to work
on his residency. We had such a great intercambio, and I decided that trios are
where it is at. Hahah.. so much fun. While I was with them, I experienced a lot
of firsts, 1) As we were meeting with one of the other Elders’ investigators,
they brought out some tapas (snack food) to snack on. They didn´t have quite a
great selection, olives and octopus... so I had to eat it. Wow octopus has the
texture of chicken, but the density of gum... haha good experience. 2) While we
were meeting with that same investigator, he was telling us about his religious
background. They seem like a very spiritual family, but maybe just a little
different. He told us that he had dreamed of building his own church and knew
that is what he had to do. The way that we saw it is that when they build the capilla
(chapel) here he will be a member and have a leadership position;) 3) I was
also able to visit with THE Roger. I have heard so much about this man from
Elder Ellsworth, and finally had the opportunity to visit with him and meet
him. Roger is a 60-year-old member who LOVES the missionaries almost as much as
he LOVES his coke. I think the first words he said to me were, "Elder
Farrell, when are you going to come visit with me so I can share coke with
you" Hahah he is such an incredible man. I imagine he is my "Old
Fogie". (a reference to a man on Adam’s mission)
Other than that, this week was a
blur. I am really excited for this upcoming week of consecration, and to see
all of the miracles the Lord has in store for the Spain Malaga mission. I
invite all of you to do the same. Be obedient to the things you should and
strive to find someone who needs your help. I love you all and am so grateful
for you.
Have the best week,
Elder Dallin Farrell
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