Well my dear family and friends,
thank you thank you thank you for all of the sweet birthday wishes that you
sent my way! It meant so much to me, and reminded me... wow, it is already that
time again?! Ha it sure snuck up on me this time. I am grateful to see what
this upcoming year holds. I feel very blessed.
Well, from the last time that I
have sent a good email home, until now, A LOT has happened! Here is what I can
remember.
This past Thursday we were in fact
able to spend our Thanksgiving evening with Mike and his family. He ended up
calling us just the day before saying, "Elders, I am here with an apple
pie, mashed potatoes, stuffing, and gravy, what else do we need?" We ended
up heading over at 8 30 in the evening (Spanish status) to a very enjoyable
thanksgiving dinner with he and his wife and their children. Elder Bates and I felt very
grateful to be there with them, and what made it even better was that after
Mike asked me to offer the prayer, his wife just started shooting questions our
way. There is nothing better than teaching a lesson over a Thanksgiving meal. I
wish we could do that more often;) We enjoyed chicken, mashed potatoes,
stuffing and gravy. Yum. It was memorable for sure.
Right now as a mission we are
focused on the Church’s new video "He is the Gift" and really using
it to our advantage. The church truly is incredible. Él es la Dádiva. I am so
grateful for this time of year and for the opportunity we have to think of our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Truly the ultimate gift.
On Sunday I had the opportunity to
speak here again in our Rama. They asked if I would speak and gave me an open
theme. After much prayer and study I chose to share the message that President
Uchtdorf shared in the Priesthood session this past General Conference,
"Lord, Is It I?" I invite each of you to read it. Wow, it is an
inspired message that we can all apply more in our lives.
As many of you know, I am in the
coolest mission in the world and with that comes REALLY fun Pdays! Yesterday we
were able to go to Gibraltar and spend the day on the rock with the monkeys. We
were able to take an incredible tour and see everything, but with the remaining
time I have I’ll share a very funny story. Hardest I have laughed in a while!
So as our tour guide was driving us up, we approached the patch of monkeys. As
we pulled up they started jumping all over the car. We ended up getting out and
the tour guide would set them on us to take a pic and then take them off. My
comp was a little nervous to do so, but finally decided it would be worth it.
The guide set the monkey on his arm. As he was there with the monkey on his
arm, he felt a little tug on his pant leg. Before he knew it, another baby
monkey had made its way up to his arm as well. Now more nervous than before he
looked a bit uncomfortable and that is when the third monkey jumped off of the car
onto his head. hahaha I died. As if that weren´t enough, the first monkey
started peeing on him. Haha bless Elder Bates. It was dang funny. Almost
as scary as when the monkey jumped off the wall onto my back... haha that is
another story. Enjoyable day in Gibraltar to say the least.
This morning we had the opportunity
to meet with J again. During his prayer, I realized that no matter how fun our
Pdays are, I am sure grateful for this work. I love it. We continue to be
blessed here.
Have a wonderful week!
I love you all.
Elder
Farrell
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