This weeks letter!

Dear Mom,

I heard that the Texas BYU game was great! And the People are awesome! I haven't seen a single BBQ joint up here in Spearman (I am about 20-30 minutes from Oklahoma) But they sure do love their country gravy! We are actually thinking of doing that in our ward, we only have around 35 members in our branch so it is a little difficult. The work needs to progress and I see that as an opportunity. I got the package and I am intrigued by the Italian Ice flavors, and I need to write the Boys, Girls, Jesse Hancock, Sadie Thompson, and Hyrum! I will write you guys a letter as well but it is hard writing you when I already tell you everything! Maybe I will write it in Spanish?

I have been praying for you guys to be able to open up the new location and have it run smoothly, who of the original workers since I have been there are left? I got the suitcase so that is good. With V the only problem is that his family is not letting him go to church and they don't want to sit down with us, so it is hard to progress with him. M and her family are doing good. They still are a little catholic but I think the blessing with her sister opened them up more. They just have a hard time understanding that their baptism is not with authority. D and J are awesome, they are cutting down more and more and D fasted! He got a job after that and his kidney stones passed. He always wants to come to church and is a contributing person in lessons, he just had an asthma attack this Sunday so he couldn't attend but he called us and told us to come over right after church so he could still have a lesson. He is a really funny guy and understands the doctrine and principles. Like when he was talking about his blessings he said that he didn't believe that everything would happen to him if he didn't do anything, He said " I doubt that Jesus Christ is going to come down to Earth, unleash the second coming and the rest of the plan of Salvation, just so he can fix my pickup truck..." So I am glad he understands his part in receiving blessings!

Elder Barona and I also noticed something! We are living in the War Chapters of the Book of Mormon right now!

We are in a war for righteousness against evil. We rely on God and as long as we are obedient, the Lord will help us in all that we do. We have been blessed to bring his purpose to all men. The odds seem against us, but that doesn't mean we will give up. We have strong leaders and they are guided by God to help us in this great mission.

Apparently there is also something here called Lamanitis, where missionaries get nervous or tense up when talking to beautiful Hispanic girls. I noticed it first-hand with Elder Barona talking to this 20 year old girl named Lupita. Granted she was pretty cute, but I didn't know that was a problem haha. I also saw this dog at an investigators house that no-joke could have been a werewolf. I kept my distance from it when talking to the person haha. We also did this service project at the food bank and that was fun, moving watermelons and bread. We also had this great moment happen to us where we prayed specifically to find a middle-aged man who was carrying something heavy that was going to accept our message. First person we met was a 40 year old man carrying a Jackhammer. He accepted our message and became an investigator.

Our branch does something awesome on Fast Sunday called Break the Fast, where the branch cooks food and eats together after church! Got to eat a lot. There is also this girl named C who utterly impresses me! She is active although the rest of her family is addicted to drugs. She sees Sister P as her mother in the branch and is very nice. So instead of her own mother taking her to Mother Daughter night, Sister P took her. This lady named E also told us that whenever we come over, her blood pressure would rise and she would become enthusiastic when we read. We told her that this was the Holy Ghost. So hopefully everyone is progressing! I also ran into a guy an hour ago who came up to me while I was alone in the store grabbing an Onion for Sour Cream Lasagna from the Missionary Meals cookbook (thank you by the way) And he invited us to dinner because he lives with a Mormon family who just barely moved in! It was awesome

Anyways, I love you guys and at least tell everyone I have previously mentioned to at least E-Mail me! Love you guys so much! Wish me luck!

Elder Farley