Week of Nov. 2nd

Dear Mom,

My week was good, I am getting transferred to Pampa, Texas with Elder Barnett. Pampa is the city I always went on exchanges with when I was with Elder Williams (the black elder). I already know a lot of the Less actives there so I think it will be a good opportunity. I went to Jacqueline's funeral this week as well to show support to Dalton.(these were investigators, she died because of a car accident where she fell asleep at the wheel) I can't believe I went to a Baby Blessing, a Wedding and a Funeral all within my training! The mission really is a cataclysm of life. Halloween was great! We spent it in Lubbock listening to Elder Pino of the 70 and having our mission tour! It was a great day! Elder Pino was talking about "Getting out of the Boat" like Peter and told us stories about when Thomas S. Monson was a mission president. It was really inspiring!

I also finished the entire Bible! From Genesis 1 to Revelations 22, I am finished with the book! Now I am studying some gospel topics and then on to the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, Preach my Gospel, Jesus the Christ, Our Heritage, Our search for happiness, True to the Faith, and then start over again! It has definitely taught me a lot and if anything, the Bible supports our beliefs just as much as the Book of Mormon does, the only reason that Baptists, Catholics, First Christians, Church of Christ, and other denominations say Paul the Apostle contradicts Jesus is because Paul contradicts their creeds and doctrines which they believe to be Christ's doctrine so it makes all the sense in the world as Paul truly spoke on behalf of Christ and never contradicted him once!  Estella and Dennis are like freight trains when it comes to keeping commitments for baptism!

Well I tried that Jalapeno Pecan Brittle and honestly it is really good! I also had prickly pears (cactus fruit) which is honestly a very tasty fruit! The only problem is that they are full of hard seeds that you need to swallow whole. So I am obviously getting strange food on my mission still.

Anyways, I have reached the level of fluency that people will ask me if I am from Portugal, Brazil, Spain, or France because I guess I have a really European accent which carries on to my Spanish which makes it look like I speak Portugeuese as my first language or French is my first language! Haha I told them that I learned French before my mission so I am still working on my accent.

Rebecca is doing great and she finally came to church in the 7 months she has been taking missionaries and she said she loved it! Dalton is doing good, He is really letting God work in his life and he is feeling a lot more peace than he said he would if we weren't in his life. I haven't taught Guillermo yet and sadly I won't as I am leaving Spearman.

I am honestly shutting down pastors left and right but they still won't stop. Hopefully it will get better in Pampa. Did I inherit the guns? Tell everyone that I said Hi! The questions that I need you to answer next week are:

1. Did I inherit the Guns?

2. Did you get the letter to Sadie

3. Did Brie get my letter?

4. Does anybody else want me to write them?

5. Will you have Luna in front of the computer so I can freak her out from Skype?

I feel great! I don't feel homesick and I don't feel any regret! I just feel as if the mission is just part of my life! Don't worry, I haven't resorted to Ramen yet, I mainly eat staples like bread, eggs, milk, salad, beef, chicken, and every week I make a big meal like Meatloaf, Sloppy Joes, etc. Next week for example, I am making Taco Salad for my companion and I. I find the fact that none of the other missionaries will contact an attractive college girl pretty hilarious, because I just go up and get to know them and then see how interested they are in the gospel and so far 2 college girls have been interested and are progressing so there you go. I just love sharing the gospel to all these wonderful people that will listen! PASTORS... Pastors are the things that frustrate me the most, It is a miracle that I haven't pinched that nerve that knocks a full grown adult unconscious yet. My goal is to become fluent at Spanish, get at least 5 people to church every transfer, have 1 progressing and or baptized every transfer, and finish the entire standard works by the end of my mission. I want you to pray for Dalton for comfort, Dennis for protection from evil, and Elder Barnett for enthusiasm.

Anyways I love you and wish you all the best!

Love Elder Farley