Monday, July 28, 2014

July 21, 2014 - One Year

Well family and friends, just like all of you, I cannot believe that I have been here for a year. It is a crazy thing how quickly time goes, especially when you only have two years. I am so grateful for all of the opportunities I have been given this past year. I have seen some of the best times, some of the hardest times and a little bit of everything in between! I have learned so much about myself, others and especially how perfect this plan, which we have been blessed with, really is. I will forever be grateful for this incredible year, a year I will never forget. That being said, next year here we come! I am so excited for this next year and what it holds. I am obviously still learning so much everyday, but now it is time to go. Years go quick, I am excited to see what this one brings for all of us.

As for this past week:
This past week for Elder Webb and I was a pretty good week. We had a tough time getting hold of multiple of our progressing investigators, but those that we were able to meet with really went well. This week we were able to meet with O on Wednesday and have a great cita with him. I had a neat experience regarding prayer this week. Wednesday, things were looking tough, and I really felt like we needed to meet with O at least one time during the week to help with his progression towards baptism. Right there I offered a prayer in my heart that we would have the faith to help O progress towards that point. Not even 5 minutes later that same morning I heard my phone ringing, and of course, it was O. He called and asked if we could come over that night to visit with him. I love the daily miracles that we have out here on the mission. The Lord works in mysterious ways! We met with him at 5 00 and had a wonderful cita with him. This man is incredible and is taking the steps he needs to progress towards baptism. He was able to come to church this Sunday; he is really starting to look like a member;) We asked him how his reading was going, he replied, "Ok I guess... I am to Helaman". Beast. 


This past week, we also had some success working with some of the MA in our ward. This week we had some great citas with them and they are progressing so well! 
CG: Right now we are really focused on reactivating them. They are so incredible and have set some great goals before they move.  He wants to receive the Melchizedek Priesthood and she wants to receive her Patriarchal blessing. We have invited them to read the Book of Mormon as a family everyday and so far they are doing perfect. It is so fun going over there and visiting with them and reading with them. I have already seen such a big change in their lives! They are doing so well. Yesterday we had a neat experience. Right as we were getting ready to leave to head back to Molina, they saw us and stopped us in the road. Their baby had come down with a fever and so they asked us to come over and give him a Priesthood blessing. We were able to go over and give him a blessing of health. Right as we said amen he was so calm and stopped crying. He hopped off of his mom´s lap and started kicking the soccer ball around. It was such a neat experience, and so awesome that his dad was able to see the power of the Priesthood.
AR: This past week we had planned on making doughnuts with them for NdH(FHE). It turns out that we weren´t able to do it on Friday due to a change of plans on their part, but we were able to go over Thursday night and practice. It was so good being with them. Right as we were leaving, he said, "Tomorrow we cook for the Lord" haha it was kind of funny with the context of doughnuts, but I loved it! The doughnuts were great!!



We are still enjoying being in the new capilla. It is such a blessing to have. Things are looking good this week. Once again, thank you for all that you do and for you continuous support. I love you all so so much!
One year.
Elder Farrell

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