Elder Austin Farley

Dear Mother,

I know you hate being called that but I feel as if it respects you more. Things are going great in Texas. A lot of miracles! 1st miracle was during exchanges with Elder Heaps, I forgot to mention we needed gas so we noticed out of the city that we were on the E for empty and needed gas. We ended up making the 60 mile trip on the E! God obviously wanted us proselyting instead of stuck on the side of the road! We got a few more baptism commitments so hopefully that turns into something. The ...... family is slowly moving, they listen to us but still don't see baptism as necessary for them. Another lesson got disrupted by Walker Texas Ranger... And this other man we taught said he had extreme respect for mormons because of a man in his troop of soldiers in Vietnam was Mormon and he said he was one of the best soldiers in his troop. However he was very learned and thus did not accept our message on flaws that he viewed himself. We also met a member randomly because I decided to go to the bathroom in a gas station. He is from Dallas and talked to us. Very non-coincedental in my opinion.

Lessons are going well. J and D are progressing slowly, and this other man named A... finally let us talk to him because he asked us to send missionaries to his dying sister in Amarillo and was very grateful for it. So now he is listening with his wife and daughter to our lessons. I also found a scripture in Micah Chapter 3 that only talks about how bad paid ministry is as a sin. Strange how the men who claim to know the bible "miss" that scripture. I also met a man who had a really great backstory about how God helped him get a really high paying job when he was homeless so he was humbled. I also realized that I miss hunting as Dove and Deer season is commencing and our male investigators want to talk about that a lot. I also see pronghorns nearly everyday! Big Pronghorns! How was Labor Day? How is School? How is the Restaurant? We also got a baptism commitment within 10 minutes of meeting someone! so Super Legit!

Feel free to tell me everything!

President Heaps made it ok to visit the Temple once every transfer! He wants us to bring recent converts to the temple as often as that! The work is hastening!

Love,

Elder Farley