Week of November 15th

Dear Mom,

Sarae's baptism was amazing! She loved it and she told me afterwards that after she got out she was shivering but she felt a presence right next to her and she felt peace! She was a little late to her confirmation yesterday but that is ok haha! She is now a member of the true church and she was so excited! I know that she will grow up to be an awesome member! Her direct family aren't members except her older sister and her aunt and uncle so they bring her to church. Her parents aren't in the picture, she has a catholic grandmother who loves mormons so it is all good :)

I had a headache and the cold but I have gotten over it along with the sty. I am getting transferred to Carlsbad East to be with Elder Whitesides so it doesn't really matter anymore about who I am teaching here! I will send you my new address next week! Brie and I will have a blast doing that together! We had a really funny moment where I was sleeping and my companion sat-up and looked at me and pointed at the floor next to the bed and said with a "stoner" voice, "Is this my side of the room?" after 5 seconds of silence he laid back down saying "Sweeet" and then did a Chaaaaa laugh and then went back to sleep. I started laughing so hard! That is a bummer that everybody is disappearing but that is the classic life of a missionary! We had a regional conference where everything is going to be changing in our area of the world. With this project, we can go up from 40 baptisms a month to 400! That is going to bless this land a ton!

It is getting super cold here! I am not anticipating it! But I am stoked to go visit the Carlsbad Caverns! That has been my mission dream so I get to have it come true! I was super worried about my friends in Europe when I heard about that! I don't understand why America just doesn't destroy ISIS, we can do it if we really cared! I realized that they are the hardest people to develop charity for and I realized that having charity for them and knowing that they will not go to the celestial kingdom don't have to conflict with eachother. I learned that you can still show love for them even though you know the end for some of them. I am glad that Jesse is doing alright! If you could apply to Dixie, Utah State, or University of Mexico City or Guatemala City University that would be cool :)

Oh yeah, Funny story, while I was teaching Sarae the Word of Wisdom I started to say "So Sarae, we shouldn't put bad things in our body, which means we shouldn't drink tea or coffee, smoke alcohol or drink tobacco..." I just hope you find solace knowing that your son could be mentally challenged :) My favorite scripture right now could be the 7th Chapter of Moses when Enoch is called by God to be his prophet! I love you guys and wish the best and I do have a bunch of pictures!

Your son,

Austin Farley