"LET ME PAY FOR THOSE" - 06/29/2020

CELEBRATING HALFWAY TO CHRISTMAS WITH SISTER BIGGS!!

AH, FRIENDS GUESS WHAT. MIRACLES ARE REAL. So today we were just getting our groceries as one does and we met one of the members in our ward! THEN as we were scanning our groceries she stops by us and says let me pay for them! AH, we were so shook then she just stood there while we were scanning. It was the nicest thing that has ever happened and a moment I will definitely not forget because HUMANS ARE SO GOOD. I love her and it was just such a blessing!!!! AH, we are grateful!

BUT yes okay hello!!!! This week was a good week and we saw a lot of little miracles! We had splits or joined the weekly planning with the Sisters and I just love them so much! I swear I learn something new every time I talk to them and it is just incredible. They are the best!!! I got to chat more with Sister Watene from New Zealand, Sister Wetzker from Cali, Sister Bouwhuis from Utah and we joined the weekly planning with Sister LeBlanc and Sister Lundkvist!!! It was a bumpin good time especially since Sister Biggs and I both served in Shrewsbury for a little bit so we just new the people, it was nice!! AH, I love them!!!!

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Splits with Sister Watene, Sister Wetzker, and Sister Bouwhuis! Study w Sister Buck, Sister Gremillion, and Sister Cairns! AND weekly planning with Sister Lundkvist and Sister LeBlanc :)

We also made two new friends this week which was SO HAPPY, if we are being real it has been a struggle to make time for everything we have to do but the Lord is providing so we are grateful!! AH God is truly aware of us my friends!!! It was so incredible and basically, we feel blessed over here in the good old Newcastle. AH, but I can't think of anything else that is big that happened this week! IT WAS JUST GOOD.

I LOVE THE GOSPEL FRIENDS. I don't know if you could tell but it's amazing!!! I am just living my best life! We had a lot of spiritual experiences but one that really stood out to me was from Romans 5:3-5 and it says:

"And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; And patience, experience; and experience, hope: And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."

I just love that we should GLORY in tribulation because it teaches us and it helps us know the love of God through the Holy Ghost. AH, I am grateful for my trials and for this trial of my faith to be in lockdown. GOD IS GOOD MY FRIENDS!!!!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth

Funny pic of us remaking a fun video!!! 

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? HEHEHE" - 06/22/2020

Tea appointments!!

Strawberry picking and they gave us a rose!!

OKAY, FUNNY STORY FRIENDS. SO we were just reading the Book of Mormon with our returning member who speaks Spanish and is learning English AND I had a lil tickle in my throat and I started to cough and he just stops reading and says "what is wrong with you?" And then starts laughing hahahaha I was so shook!!! It was one of the funniest moments of my life I love him! Then we were in a devotional with members and we told them that we would lead it (since the elders lead this one) and a member goes "OH? that will be interesting!" SO basically this Sunday was a big roast sesh and it was so funny. I LOVE BRITS!!!!

Weekly planning!!

BUT yes it has been good! We went to a member to go strawberry picking (YUM) and to a recent converts home for tea (SO YUM)!!!! We also got to make an ad for the Newcastle area on Facebook which was SO FUN!!! It isn't my best work but it made me giggle! SO that was fun!!! We also hosted a lil devotional on our Facebook page which was fun!!! We had a huge miracle with it! This person I have been messaging (but she didn't respond for a minute) messaged me after and asked for a Book of  Mormon!!!! It was INCREDIBLE. I LOVE THE GOSPEL!!! AH what else happened??? We joined some Sisters planning then had splits and I was with my old companion Sister Lundkvist and wow!!!! SHE IS AMAZING. I miss her so much and I just love her with my whole heart!!! It was amazing!!! SO FUN.

Splits w Sister Lundkvist!!!

This week was just such a good week! I feel so grateful to be alive and just grateful for the gospel!!! I love being a missionary and all I get to learn while being here! I love my Saviour and the blessing He is in my life!!! I was reading a quote my friend sent to me and it is from Neal A Maxwell and it says:

"One's life cannot be both faith-filled and stress-free. How can you and I really expect to glide naively through life, as if to say, "Lord, give me experience, but not grief, not sorrow, not pain, not opposition, not betrayal, and certainly not to be forsaken. Keep from me, Lord, all those experiences which made thee what thou art! Then let me come and dwell with thee and fully share thy joy."

We cannot have the good if we do not have the bad! I am so grateful for every trial I have experienced on the mission and off the mission! I know they have helped me become the person God wants me to be and I feel so blessed. I love you ALL and I am grateful for you!!!! KEEP BEING YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE AMAZING.

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth

"IS SHE OKAY?!???" - 06/15/2020

Bye to Sister Buck!!

OKAY FRIENDS funny story!!! SO we were just chillin our couch (that is sitting in front of the window because gotta stay comfy) and A BIRD HITS OUR WINDOW. So we just look at each other and open the window and there is just a sad little bird outside laying on the ground :( AH we could not believe what was happening it was so wild!!! My heart just about broke but we went on with our next lesson then we looked out again AND IT WAS GONE. SO we felt very grateful that she came to life and got to live on with her life!!! HAPPY DAYS.

The bird!!

BUT this week was good!!!! BIG SAD that Sister Buck left :(( I miss her tons but Sister Biggs is great and I know we are going to have a lot of fun together so I am excited for the good things that are coming our way!!! It will be happy!!! We already have seen so many miracles and we have had so many friends and returning members at church which was INCREDIBLE and we feel so blessed! AH God is so good!! I love Him!!! HE IS SO AWARE. We also had our Mission Leadership Council which was so fun! I love it, we talked about Facebook and Social Media finding which is always exciting! BUT yeah those were the highlights of the week, it was just so wild!

Our sister's devotional!!

I feel like so much has been happening but honestly, this week is a blur hahahaa BUT I love the gospel so we can just talk about that ;) BUT lately, I have been studying a lot about the Saviour's grace and it is incredible!!! I love the scripture in 1 Peter 5:10 where it says:

10 But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Sister Biggs attempts to make pizza dough!!

AHHHH I LOVE IT. I have just truly come to be so grateful that because of the grace of God is what we will help us to become the greatest version of ourselves!!! I just love it and I love my Saviour SO MUCH. AHHH WE ARE SO BLESSED. I hope you can all remember the love and trust our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ have for each and every one of you!!!!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth

Got to say hi to Sister Gremillion and Sister Buck for Sister Gremillion's birthday!!!!

A TEA APPOINTMENT?!???? - 06/09/2020

tea appointment!!!!

WELL FOLKS, you read it right! We were able to have our first tea appointment in the last three months BECAUSE England has made it so that six people can be in someone's backyard at once SO we had a lil tea appointment and it was incredible. We had to bring our own silverware which was funny but it was just so nice to be around humans! Then the member told us to smell their flowers so we did and they took a picture for our moms SO these are for you momma ;) SO GOOD.

We also saw lots of miracles this week as well! We were able to meet with a few returning members and our friends just seem to be doing so so good!!! SO it was incredible. We got a referral from a returning member and we set a lesson with a miracle friend and it is all just going so good, I LOVE THIS WORK. it is amazing!!!!

Some calls with the sisters!!

We also had some good splits and we did some studies with the sisters and we had weekly planning and it was all just amazing!!! I am so grateful, we heard some sad news that Sister Buck is leaving! TALK ABOUT HEARTBREAK. We are sad but it will be okay because we have some good mems planned during university so it will be fun! AND I am excited for my new companion called Sister Biggs from Arizona so it will be fun!!! I will learn a lot and it will be good so we are happy!!!

our funny set-up for a video we made!

WELL I LOVE THE GOSPEL MY FRIENDS. It is such an incredible blessing!!! I was studying a talk called 'the Caregiver' by Henry B. Eyring and it was INCREDIBLE. I definitely shed a few tears!!! There was one quote that said "As you keep the faith, you will find yourself invited by the Lord often to serve someone in need when it will not seem convenient." SO the Lord will help us to know when we can serve and He will help us in all circumstances!!! I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO READ THAT TALK, IT IS AMAZING.

BUT YES I LOVE YOU ALL AND HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST WEEK!!!!!!!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth

"IT'S A FIRETRUCK!!!!" - 06/01/2020

Fire Adventures at 11:15pm

HI FRIENDS! WELL let me tell ya this fun adventure!!! SO we had just said our night prayers and we were laying in bed trying to fall asleep and all of the sudden we see these blue flashes lights through our windows and I didn't know if Sister Buck was awake so I am just chillin like "oh no" but then she sits up so that was the cue to get up! SO we go out to our main room and stick our heads out the window and there was A FIRE IN A BUSH BY OUR FLAT. We were so shook but there were lights flashing all over the place and at one point I looked above us and made eye contact with our upstairs neighbors (hehe) BUT it was fun!! Enjoy these funny pictures of us at 11:15 at night because it was so wild! It definitely reminded us how wild being a missionary is hahahaha LOVE THAT FOR US.

just your average walk! I love the warm weather!!!

We found fry sauce!

OTHER THAN THAT it was a solid week! We had some really good lessons with returning members and our friends! We talked about the Spirit and how we feel it and how the Lord helps us when we are confused! AH I love it so much! We also had some of the best splits ever!!!! I love these sisters so SO much so I am beyond grateful for them! I just feel like I am learning so much and I just feel so blessed y'all don't even understand!! BUT YEAH that was happy and it was just a good week!!

saying bye to sister smith, I love this woman SO SO much!!
SHE IS AMAZING!!

video call with the sisters:)

SPLITS!!

splits!!

AH also I love THE GOSPEL. As a mission we were studying the Christlike attribute: KNOWLEDGE!! It was so amazing and I just didn't realize how much I love knowledge! AH but I was reading in the doctrine and covenants and found a scripture that I am obsessed with and it talks about knowing what the Lord's will is and how that truly makes us rich with JOY! SO it is in d&c 38:39 and it says:

"And if ye seek the riches which it is the will of the Father to give unto you, ye shall be the richest of all people, for ye shall have the riches of eternity.."

AH I love this so much! When we know what the Lord has planned for us and we trust it and we do it, then WE WILL BE THE RICHEST OF ALL PEOPLE. AND not like money rich but that joyful richness we all desire, the gospel brings that!!! Isn't that amazing??!? I love the gospel so much!!! BUT YES SO HAPPY. I LOVE THIS WORK! and I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GOOD WEEK!

LOVE YOU ALWAYS,
sister farnworth