Hey Y'all,
Well what a week! It has been a roller
coaster! Everything has been emotional and just amazing! A lot of you know my
family and my Home ward lost a great husband, dad, brother, son and friend.
However, if I have learned anything this week it is that God is mindful of all of
his Children and does His work through his other Children!
This week we didn't get as much done as we
wanted to get done but we had wonderful lessons and amazing visits. We had a
great dinner with a Family this week! We had a really hard time with deciding on
what to share. I hate taking so long in planning every night. My companion has
been very patient with me this week. I just am so crazy I just want to go, go,
go! I just starting to throw out any scripture and she always asks
after each one is that what you think they need! It is always in a calm nice
tone and I sometimes what to scream! I then finally am able to really think and
for this family after five minute of quiet we came to the same
conclusion.....Family History! We found out that the family has already been
doing it. The husband is the only member in his family and so he feels like he
has so much to do! He shared his testimony of doing it. He feels like he is at
a stand still point, but we said have you added stories to the website and he is
like...No? We told him maybe telling stories of them can help get you excited
again! We read him the scripture of the Spirit of Elijah and he started to get
teary eyed. The sister wanted to start again and boy I knew the Spirit of
Elijah was there pushing them! It was great! We spent the rest of the night
talking about different stories from each of our families and of course I talked
about Loren Farr and how he knew Joseph Smith and was basically a body guard to
him and that I was named after an ancestor. It was so nice and it even got me
more excited to do some more!
This week we finally got together with
one of our investigators and we taught the Restoration again. She has survived
two aneurysms and it is hard for her to remember. She said that if we read
and talk to her she will get it! I have never seen someone learn so quickly and
so easily than she has. She was ready for each thing and she loved each part.
She loved the Joseph Smith Vision and she remembers it the most. We are
meeting her tomorrow to help her start reading the scriptures on the computer.
She is so excited as long as she doesn't forget! She says "she knows
who is in charge and if he wants me to I will" I just love the testimonies
of the people here in North Carolina. It is just so amazing!
On Thursday night we had to cancel a
lesson with a Less active sister who is in a wheelchair because of bugs she
found. We instead did it over the phone. It was a great lesson even if it was
over the phone! We talked about death and Resurrection. She asked us about if
Christ, Heavenly Father, and the Spirit are three different beings then why are
they said to be as one in the scriptures! Really at first I didn't know what to
say! I don't think I have given much thought to it myself, but after a thought we turned to 3 Nephi 11:35-36 and it talks about the unity between each
of them. I thought then it is that they are as one because they are a team that
works together. God is the delegator and the master of the work. Christ is the
minister and leader, and the Holy Ghost is the teacher. They all have a
big part but are all on the same team in helping us come home and become our best
selves. We then gave her more scriptures and came across Alma 40! We instead
talked about it and read it together. Alma 40 talks a lot about the Plan of
Salvation and I was surprised at how much I was sharing and helping her and
even my companion understand! I really didn't know I knew this and that I
understood it! We all asked questioned and we discussed it! I knew we felt the
spirit in our apartment and she said she felt it even in her home. I don't know
exactly what I knew that I shared but I know that I witnessed the Spirit
testifying and teaching through me! I learned so much.
The next day after that lesson is
when I found out about the family from home. I know it was not on accident that
I learned and we talked about this the night before. I was able to then share a
post that I had learned so much and how my testimony had been strengthened on
the Plan of Salvation. The next day I saw a post from my mom saying it was
exactly what she needed to hear! Again that was no accident!
The same kind of thing happened on
Saturday night! We got to together with a less-active and her daughter and we
were about to give a scripture when her non-member boyfriend asked us what we
have learned and what have we experienced what we weren't expecting to experience on
our missions. It was amazing to feel the spirit come into their home as we both
shared our testimonies. I was ready to read the scripture that we took
forever on deciding and it just didn't feel right and so I pulled out my Book
of Mormon. I flipped and flipped and Mosiah 4:9 came to my head and so I opened
to it and started to read! It talks about how God is mindful of us and we
can't fully comprehend all that he does. After I finished the Sister
quickly said I love it! We both Shared our testimonies again. We invited her to
read Alma 32 on faith! Then she took us home! We started to talk again and then
she finally told us why she loved it! She told us about her ex husband who was
abusive to her and her three children. They lived in California and their
marriage was just getting worse. She said that they finally came to North Carolina
once he allowed it! After they moved there he left! Her family is all here in
North Carolina and she told us that she knew Heavenly Father soften his heart
to move here so that she could be able to make ends meet and have her parents
there when she needed it! She was grateful for the scripture again.
On Sunday we were asked to teach the Gospel
Principles class again and of course the lesson was on Family History. It was
great and at first not so good but once we talked about the temple and our
ancestors and how we have to help them. Everyone wanted to share stories and
their testimonies.
It has been a week of doubt, miracles, sadness
and never ending happiness! I don't know how all of this was possible. This
week I have been so worried about my family, the family who lost their family
members and my ward. I know that God knows what is best and He will make it
happen. He may use one of his other children to do it, but he will do it. He
won't always wait until we are in need of it, He will do it when he wants us to
receive it and when we are humble enough or when we may want it. God is so
loving he wants his Children to be happy and will do all He can. He even will give
us trials because he knows we can handle them and that can give us a chance in the
future to help others. However, sometimes we have to work for it and he will
lead us to it! I have been studying a lot about the plan of salvation this week
and wasn't sure why until everything that happened this week. He knew that I needed
to be reminded of the wonderful plan and that I could share what I do know and
even learn more and then apply it by sharing with others. I have seen the
Lord's hand so much this week and am so glad that I am able to see it so close
and personal! This has been an emotional roller coaster and I feel like coming
home to try to help but I am reminded by my parents that those I love will be
blessed for the time that I am serving! Things at home are changing so much and
it will be so different. Some people missing and some people changed also, but
I will be different too! I have had a great boost to my testimony this week
and am so grateful for the knowledge I continue to receive and I hope you all
will do a little something for yours as well. God Bless! Love you all!
--
Sister Tayler Farr
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