Allô mes amis!
It's been yet another chilly week her in Sanford, Maine. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't excited to get back into the hot places of the world. Only a week and a half until I can escape the frigid winter!
This week we had some more exchanges with the Somersworth Elders. Elder Sears and I went off to a bunch of places he loves around Sanford because he served in this area a year ago. It was really fun to find all of these cool shops that Elder Greene and I haven't been able to discover.
Then on Friday we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders. They showed us some awesome ways to make the most of our finding through Facebook. Since we're not allowed to talk to people on the streets or in stores about the Gospel (unless they ask us), we tend to feel pretty limited in what we're able to do. But with those Elder's guidance, Elder Greene and I were able to find quite a few new people to teach in those three hours!
On Saturday we had another lesson with our friend Mike who we put on date for baptism last week! We had Colby, who was just called as a ward missionary, join in on the call. We talked a bit more about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Towards the end, completely unprompted by us (but totally prompted by the spirit), Colby asked if he could share something with Mike. He shared the story about the reservation he had with baptism just a short month ago. He talked about how hard Satan worked against him to get him to reject baptism and, ultimately, how the joy and peace of the Spirit rushed over him when he did get baptized. He also talked about how much better his life and attitude towards life have been in the last month since his baptism. It was exactly the thing that Mike needed to hear. While saying the closing prayer, Mike thanked Heavenly Father for putting Colby in his life. I've hardly felt the spirit more strongly during a lesson than I did in that one.
We have this lady in our ward, Sister Minks, who we meet with every Monday and talk with here in there other times throughout the week. She calls us "her boys" and we've really become her emotional support. Yesterday she was having an extraordinarily bad day. So we gave her a call and talked for about an hour until she was feeling better. She thanked us incessantly for everything we do for her. This morning we found out that her daughter had a close to fatal accident. So we went and dropped off a gift for her to do whatever we could to help her out. We've since found out that all is well which we're super happy about! But it feels great to be able to help her and serve her.
For those of you who haven't yet, I implore you to read the two volumes of Saints books the church has released so far. I've been reading them over the last few weeks and I've found a love and passion for church history that I couldn't have had otherwise. Reading about the people and events that have shaped the church over these last two centuries has been invaluable to my testimony and I know that it will strengthen yours just the same. There's my invitation for the week. If possible, get reading!
I hope you all have a fantastic, spirit-led week!
Avec amour,
Elder Farr
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