THREE MORE WEEKS (AT LEAST) AND WE ARE STILL SMILING - 04/20/2020

My favorite humans in these pictures!!

HELLO PEOPLE THAT I LOVE SO MUCH. Well, another week indoors and we found out we will be here for three more weeks which is honestly just wild!!!! BUT that is okay! We are not too mad about it because we are staying safe and still working hard so it is good!! I do LOVE emails of positivity so feel free to keep them coming!!!

Still Smiling!!

We had such a great week spiritually! I LOVE THE GOSPEL. I feel like we have seen so many miracles since being in lockdown and the Spirit has just been thriving!! SO LET ME JUST TELL YOU SOME OF THESE INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES. FIRST, we have a friend who is just incredible! He is a little bit older and just about my best friend!!!! I love him! ANYWHO so we first met with him when we first got here two months ago and he basically said he wants to know why the Book of Mormon is not true!!! SO we were like hmm okay BUT we do not give up! SO we have continued to meet with him and this week he said that the Book of Mormon is about Jesus Christ and that is enough for him!!!! I WAS SO HAPPY. HE IS MAKING PROGRESS PEOPLE. IT IS AMAZING. SO that was such a happy day and I am so happy! AH, I love the gospel! SECOND, we have been finding over Facebook and it has been successful which is good!!! People's hearts are truly being softened!!! AND THIRD, Sister Lundkvist and I are still buds! Hahahaha I don't know about all of you but being in a flat with the same person nonstop can be a struggle but we are happy and that is a blessing for sure!

Some fun pics with my comp!

THEN we had some amazing devotionals with the mission and members and lessons! I have learned so much! For one of the devotionals, I studied the talk "the Great Commandment" and IT IS SO GOOD. It is all about love and I LOVE LOVE SO YOU KNOW I LOVE IT. AH there was one quote that I loved especially and it is when he said...

"True love lasts forever. It is eternally patient and forgiving. It believes, hopes, and endures all things. That is the love of our Heavenly Father bears for us."

AH, I LOVE THAT. Our Heavenly Father is the BEST. His love is so amazing and SO there. Something I have quickly learned in lockdown is that it is not easy! Some days are going to be harder than others and some days my best is definitely not the same as others! BUT that is okay!!! God still loves us and is so patient with us. AH, I LOVE IT. I LOVE HIM. I LOVE THE GOSPEL!!! I LOVE YOU ALL AND HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST WEEK.

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth

DAY 30 IN QUARANTINE - 04/13/2020

Our mission singing!

Food video call with sisters!

WELLLLLLL MY FRIENDS. It has officially been one month of quarantine for us here in the good old Shrewsbury!!! It has been quite the adjustment but we are THRIVING. We have Facebook so we have been able to do a lot of finding through that AND we just keep on teaching people! I feel like the biggest question we get from everyone in the whole planet is: "What do you do all day?" WELLLLL my friends do I have a big shocker for you, we do missionary work!! I KNOW, call me crazy!!! It is almost like we are... still missionaries???? Hahahaha no but on the real we do it all! We just do it all in a very different and unique way!!

Adventures on our walks!

IT IS SO FUN!!! The work is still just as exciting but we definitely have our moments where we gotta do things for fun! Hahahaha most of the time Sister Lundkvist and I are just pulling pranks on each other so we don't go crazy (or maybe because we already have???) BUT it is fun! We like it!!! We have seen a lot of miracles and we have just been talking to random humans on Facebook and they are (mostly) all so nice! THE WORLDS HEARTS ARE BEING softened IT IS INCREDIBLE, I LOVE IT. So that has been nice! ALSO, Sister Lundkvist has become an A1 cheerleader since being in quarantine so we are happy for her and her big accomplishments ;) she is going to the pros when she gets home!!!

HMMM, WHAT ELSE. OH YES. I HIT ONE YEAR. WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH MY LIFE. I legit feel like I left yesterday so that is kind of wild and I don't know where that came from BUT YES. I am so grateful to still be here and basically, I never want to leave so I guess I willl see you all never ;) JUST KIDDING but time is going too fast for me and I am not a fan! I can't believe I have been a missionary for one whole year! I am so grateful, I love this work so much!!!

In honor of my ONE YEAR, I just thought I would share a sweet and simple testimony for you! BUT I know that this is the true and most pure gospel of Jesus Christ and I LOVE it. I know that Heavenly Father is truly what we call Him, our Father in Heaven. He loves us, knows us by name, and is SO aware of us! He just needs us to open the door to let Him in! I know that Jesus Christ is my Saviour and Best Friend! He has been through it all, FOR US. He is the PERFECT empathizer and is there for us no matter what we think! I am SO grateful for Him!!! I love Him!!! I know that the Holy Ghost is real and that is how we can communicate with our Heavenly Father and Saviour. I LOVE IT ALL. I know that the Book of Mormon is true and I know that it is truly how we can know our Saviour the best.  I love it SO much!!!!! IT IS SO INCREDIBLE. I say this in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. I LOVE YOU ALL. I HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST WEEK.

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth

Our Easter Basket from a member!!

HAPPY DAYS IN LOCKDOWN - 04/06/2020

HELLO SWEET FRIENDS!!! Well, this week was one for the books and a week I will truly never forget because of the Spirit that has just been nonstop AMAZING. ALSO, we had some funny moments with making fun little lockdown vlogs (purely for our entertainment, so none of you will see it. SORRY LOVE YOU) AND we have our little moments for our sanity! AND we found the best little spot for our walks which is nice, I miss the mountains so it is the closest thing to that right now!!! SO WE ARE BLESSED but yes let me tell you about my week!!!

OKAY FOR STARTERS, we had a mission zoom call which was AMAAAZING!!! As a mission, we read the talk called "Lessons from Liberty Jail" by Elder Holland and it is so so incredible! THEN we talked about how we prepared for general conference which was really good! AHHH we loved it! THEN WE HAD THE BLESSING OF GENERAL CONFERENCE AND OH MY GOODNESS! I LOVE GENERAL CONFERENCE! I mean I definitely took that for granted when I was home, there are so many amazing things!!!! I was your classic sister missionary and shed a few tears SO LOVE THAT FOR US. But it was so good!!! THEN another part of our happy days was that we dated our friend for BAPTISM!!! AH MIRACLES. The Spirit was so strong!!! He is so good and has been able to have so many spiritual experiences which is so good!! AH WE LOVE IT. He will be baptized on June 6th and so we are JUST PRAYING that the corona will be over till then because the Lord's work will not stop!!!

WE LOVE IT SO MUCH!!!! I love this work TOO MUCH. There were so many spiritual moments this week and one, in particular, was when my favorite hymn was sung at general conference! It is hymn number 136 and two lines that I love are....

Oh, sweet the joy this sentence gives:
“I know that my Redeemer lives!”

IT IS TRULY SWEET JOY. I LOVE THIS GOSPEL. I love my Saviour and I know He lives and loves all of you, He is there to help you! I PROMISE. I LOVE YOU, HAVE A GOOD WEEK!!!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth