Elder Austin Farley: Week of Thanksgiving!

Dear Mom,

So my new address is 1404 W. Church St apartment D, Carlsbad, New Mexico 88220

That is really odd, but President should get it all fixed in no time. Assistants tend to drive me a little nuts and I certainly hope I am never asked to be one. Sorry for the trouble. I am excited because now we have a new baptismal date for Ramon and Ashley, they are awesome and are so serious about learning and making changes in their life. I just think Elder Lund is hilarious and I am going to miss him a ton! I still make that weird noise in my sleep sometimes so It is a blessing that all of my companions don't give me too much grief over that! This is going to be my first time to the Caverns and I am excited! I am going to the zoo today and I will send pictures next week! Elder Whitesides is from Idaho, LOVES trucks, and is a little querky but he is a great guy who wants to do good, I am super old in the mission as 75 percent of the mission is younger than 6 months out, meaning that I am an ancient of days in the mission haha. Elder Whitesides is a year out on his mission.

Thanks for looking at the colleges for me, I just want to get a business degree so people will take me more seriously in my business. I can't wait for the Christmas call! I have so much to tell you guys! That is a really good message and it can be applied to missionary work, usually the people we think will receive our message usually won't and the people we think will be stuck up and not interested are the ones who end up converting to the gospel. Very nice thing to remember throughout life! Brie told me about the football game and she said it was hilarious, I miss being with you guys but it has been nice to spend 2 years away to see how much I can grow. That is a great goal, I have read the entire missionary library so now I am branching out to reading verses line upon line and precept upon precept and I have learned tons more from doing that! The gospel is a wonderful and really cool thing! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

So a summary of my week would be, I got a Permian High School hoodie on my way out of Odessa because it is a very famous high school. We got told a funny story during my last dinner by the member about playing where's Waldo on his mission where they find a woman with Alzheimers that they knew and they would tally up the board. Carlsbad is super beautiful in my opinion, desert mountains and a river! We do a lot of service at a Senior Citizens center. We are putting up Christmas lights for members already and helping people prepare for the season! Love you so much and hope you guys have a great week!

Love,

Elder Farley