Hey Y'all,
Well as you can see from my title this week it
was amazing but also very interesting! We are finally starting to see some
progress in our investigators and I just continue to be surprised and amazed
and so grateful for all the thing I get to witness and be a part of. I just
heard today that the little girl I started teaching in Hillsborough was
baptized on the 17th and as I witnessed in the picture she was so happy and
looked beautiful in white! I wish I could have been their but I know that I was
there in spirit!
This week we had exchanges with the
Sisters and I went to Sanford. It was a big change from Pembroke but it was
great too. We didn't get to do much but I loved getting to know Sister Barney!
She is a great missionary and is going home next transfer and so I made sure to
prick her brain of anything from advice to questions to all kind of things that
I can try to make sure I am using my time I have left to truly be converted and
dedicated to the Lord.
One thing I love about this area is that
we visit the Elders Investigators just as they will ares and we got to visit
one of theirs. she is sweet lady has some Word of Wisdom she is working on but
she is an amazing women has so much love and so much potential. she wants to
learn and is so amazed at the church's organization and all that the gospel has
to offer.
Friday we had a lesson with one of our
investigators who are really dedicated and cannot wait to be baptized. We were
teaching her (Mary) about Eternal Marriage and she wasn't really paying
attention but we let her talk and she bore her testimony. She said how much she
loves the church and is so excited to come to church on Sunday. She has even
said that she has stopped cold turkey with smoking and feels so good.
Sunday was again my favorite day of the week
like it always is! It just must be something about it being the Sabbath! :) We
had two of our investigators come. We were asked to teach the Gospel Principles
class on Eternal Marriage! Ironic right.... not so much actually. Our
investigator Mary came and brought her daughter. It was an experience of a
lifetime. I really enjoyed being there with her. She came late and so we didn't
see her coming in so Sister Olive sat with our other investigator and I went
and sat with her.She was just amazing. While the Sacrament she kept leaning
over her daughter to tell me that she could feel it, she could feel Christ
helping her and feel of his love for her. When we were done and the young men
were going to sit with there families she looked at me and was like wait what's
happening. I just told her nothing there just going to it with there families.
She asked me. If I was going to sit with mine. At first I was kind of confused
but I couldn't remember if e ever explained it to her before. She was amazed by
what we do and I even told her of the Elders who were sitting behind us. She
kept looking at them and I knew the Elders were probably thinking "Sister
Farr what do you tel them?" We had great talks to. One sister talked about
the Temple and Mary would look at me with so much desire and happiness and
excitement! " I want to go to the temple." The other speaker was from
the High Council and he was talking about his conversion story and Mary would
look at me and say " He talking to me, this message is for me." I
sometimes couldn't help but giggle but I am so glad that she felt the spirit
and knew that this is where she belong and that she was humble enough to be
able top notice that God is trying to tell her something. Our Gospel Principles
class went well and Mary and our other investigator I think enjoyed it too. It
was o great to see that they are stating to really learn and grow and
understand. I am so excited for them. Mary started asking questions and talking
about what other members said and it ended with her bearing her testimony to
the whole class and lots of them telling her that she is here because God knew
she was ready. It was great to hear that and it rang true to me. We found her
and started teaching her because she was ready! Relief Society was great too ad
they both enjoyed it. They like that they could share there comments freely and
enjoyed being with all the women. They are both planning to come to the Trunk
or Treat and Mary's daughter wants to come so bad that she is willing to walk
over.
After church we had lunch with members
and then went to a funeral for Sister in the ward's husband. It was in a
Methodist church and I have to say it was an experience! I experienced some
screaming and I didn't like the way the reverend shared his message. I couldn't
understand him very well and what I did hear confused me. I loved being able to
be there with the family to support them. There was a lot of people but we had
an entire row of Mormons and I am glad that we were able to be with them. A lot
of the members came. It showed me love even though her husband wasn't a
member.
This week has taught me a lot
about how things happen for the right reasons ans they can happen with our
without us. I was not expecting Mary to enjoy her time so much or bring her daughter.
I wasn't expecting to see that our other investigator enjoyed it to much and
for both of them to be progressing so quick. we have been very busy with all of
the people we are teaching but I continue to be reminded that with everything
we have to do and everything that we have to prepare for and sometimes we can't
make something happen a certain way or help someone know we are just the
messenger and we can be that guide but eventually we have to stand back and let
God do his work on them. I have been so amazed an she excited to see all these
people I have come to love so much changed so easily and so willingly to follow
the teaching and work toward the gospel and baptism. They are all trying to be
better and it is hard but they all say I know its hard but I know Christ and
you will help me and I can do this! I am so grateful to be able to be here to
meet theses people and be along there path with them. I knew one of my talents
from God is loving people but I see me fully why. Because when I love them and
I am close to the spirit I can see to an extent how much Heavenly Father and
Jesus Christ love them. They are teaching me love to hoe to love God we can't
just say we believe and love him we have to proof we do by action and deed. To
me this is what I am grateful for learning this week. I hope that I can
remember this so when ever I may doubt I can remember! I hope you all can too
and I love you and hope your week goes well and you can see many
miracles!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Thursday, October 29, 2015
Monday, October 19, 2015
The Temple, Zone Conference, and a little bit of everything!
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| Sister Farr, Sister Olive and Mama Ang |
As from my title you can probably guess it was a busy week. However, more than just busy there was a lot of sitting and driving in the car. We had a lot of things to do. We even were going to have exchanges but we had to cancel that.... one of the Sisters got sick. As much as we had to do we still accomplished a lot and I am not always sure how that was possible.
We have been going through our Area Book and looking for some people who may need a visit. It just so happens that they have all wanted one and miss us coming. On Tuesday we saw a lady who had been investigating for a while and then the Sisters just stopped coming by. She was so excited to see us. Weird though she said she recognized me!.... It wasn't the first time! It has happened a couple of times now. I must have a familiar face or am just so meant to be here everyone knew I was coming! :) Just kidding!!! We taught about mothers and shared one of my favorite scriptures in Alma 56:47. Her mom has Alzheimer and she is having a hard time with her and is starting to get exhausted. We came back Wednesday and taught the Restoration to her and she is excited to have us come back. I feel though that she is converted to the missionaries and not to the things she is learning, but we will see how it goes.
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| Sister Farr and Sister Olive at the Temple |
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| Sister Farr's District at the Temple |
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| Sister Olive and Sister Farr in front of the Temple |
One of the miracles this week was we had a girl call us asking for us to get to together for us to start teaching her. We didn't know who she was just knew that her mom had just joined and she wanted to learn too. She told us that she had downloaded the Gospel app and wanted to know what we would be talking about in our lesson about two days before we had scheduled to see her. she keep texting us and trying to find a time that we could come earlier to see her. She is so amazing and so elect. This kind of thing of having them find us never ever happens. But I can see that God knows she is ready and she is so ready to except it. she wants to meet every day this week if we can!!!! Wait What? I was so shocked!!!! It is amazing at how this Gospel influence people. we had two other former investigators who called us to come see them and they want to be baptized. They ironically know one another and want to take the lessons together.
Sunday we had a great day at church and I can see the Lords hand in helping this ward in the work. They had great talks, and lessons that went so well together and I felt the spirit so well. It was my favorite Sunday here in Pembroke. There is a lot to be done and so much that we can help to improve but the Lord is already making it happen. I can see the amazing fruit of our labors starting to come and past missionaries efforts. The ward is starting to flourish.
I am so grateful for the chance I have to serve here and see the new side of Heaven. The time I had at the Temple was like a recharge and I could see the difference in me. I was in the house of the Lord and have been given revelation and my mind open to the possibilities of my work. I have noticed that don't remember who I was when I first came out! That Sister Tayler Farr and gone and the new Sister Tayler Amanda Farr is in the field that is white all ready to harvest! I am so grateful for the amazing opportunity I have to continue in this amazing work. My time is running shorter by the day and even smaller by the month. One thing I know is that for sure I am different because I am doing the Will of He who sent me here to North Carolina and I am where I need to be, meeting who I need to meet and helping and teaching who needs me for who I am and who I am now at this very second. I know that I am doing what I have been sent here to North Carolina and in Pembroke. It is been hard but it is so worth it! I can see the hard day are truly the best. The past 9 months has been worth every minute of every second and I have truly changed to what I can see that I want to become even in the moment of the hard times. The hard days are what makes me change. I love my Savior and I love all of you and I hope you have a great week. Especially to my parents for the time they get to spend in Hawaii celebrating 25 years of marriage. I hope you too have a great time! You both deserve some fun and time to relax. You only got 4 crazy kids out of these last 25 years. Love you! Love you all and till next week! :)
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Monday, October 12, 2015
Another Great Week!
Hey Y'all,
Another great week and so much to be grateful for! This week we have done what we can tell the whole world seems to be doing to. We took the Ponderizing Challenge to ponder a scripture and have it up where we will see often. I put one by my study area, on the frige and in the car my scriptures was Doctrine and Covenants 88: 118. My new scripture this week is going to be Ephesians 6:11-12. I have loved what Elder Durrant has started. I can tell what he means that such an amazing way to have the spirit and have great thoughts in our minds. I have loved thinking about what this scripture really means. I didn't memorize it completely but I know love what it says about learning. We need to study and work for learning but we won't learn without faith. This week we have focused on sharing it will all of the members and Less actives we are working with and some of our investigators.
This week on Tuesday was probably the best day of the whole week. WE had a lesson with one of our Investigators who ha had a hard time with understanding all that we are sharing she is however very open and wants to understand. we taught he Restoration with the Restoration Cups. It you don't know what that is its just teaching the restoration with plastic little cups. With cups with the apostles, levels of the priesthood, Gospel of Jesus Christ (faith,repentance....), modern revelation of commandments to follow and our prophet and Jesus Christ at the top showing who is the lead of our church. we then brake it done when we have the great apostasy and then rebuild it with random cups about how other churches were made. Then we rebuilt it the again completely showing that Joseph Smith Restored it all fully and completely. Well as we were teaching we got to the rebuilding of the church and just said that modern day Apostles names and she wouldn't let me go any further. She kept repeating I get it, I get it, I get it now. She says why is it that some church or the churches I go to don't share these things with me or help me understand it better or allow me to know and learn for myself. You girls have been sharing all of this with me and it is finally starting to make since. With that we invited her to be Baptized and she, without hesitation, said YES! It was amazing. When we closed I was going to give the prayer and I answered her if there was anything I could pray for her and she said that I can quit smoking. She had never before told us or ever brought it up before. We did explain the word of wisdom to her as we were teaching and she briefly said it but never has she gave us something to pray for you her either. She normal says just my health and family. I can see her changing. She is so amazing and I know she is happy with what she is learning and will soon be able to do. Later we saw a less active sister who has been wanting a blessing from the Elders we just could never get it to work out. It was amazing and so great to see her smiling and knowing that she already felt uplifted. We had a lesson with another one of our Investigators who has been having a hard time wit her feet. She was born without ankles and she is going in on Tuesday to schedule surgery. She was great and it was a great day. She isn't supposed to be walking but she was up doing stuff. the lesson went really well. We talked about praying often and Scripture study. She said she knows each are important and basically she was teaching us.
We had two great lessons with one of our young investigators who has ADHD and they both went great. We used visuals and that seems to help a lot. We decided at the pace we are going we didn't think she would be ready for the end of the month to be baptized so we moved to December.
Sunday we had one of investigators who hasn't come to church at all finally came and she really enjoyed it and lots of h members came and said hi to her. We looked through our former investigator and visited some and now have two new investigators with an appointment and a potential new one with a lesson this week.
Great week and so much work to do. I feel like we are always moving. We have the greatest people to teach and all starting to progress or close to it.
Another great week and so much fun. Missionary work is the greatest and the most rewarding. I love the people and I love getting to ask about there History! Pembroke is full of amazing stories and amazing people. The Lumbee people are just the best. I love it here! Well, I hope your week is great!
Love Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Another great week and so much to be grateful for! This week we have done what we can tell the whole world seems to be doing to. We took the Ponderizing Challenge to ponder a scripture and have it up where we will see often. I put one by my study area, on the frige and in the car my scriptures was Doctrine and Covenants 88: 118. My new scripture this week is going to be Ephesians 6:11-12. I have loved what Elder Durrant has started. I can tell what he means that such an amazing way to have the spirit and have great thoughts in our minds. I have loved thinking about what this scripture really means. I didn't memorize it completely but I know love what it says about learning. We need to study and work for learning but we won't learn without faith. This week we have focused on sharing it will all of the members and Less actives we are working with and some of our investigators.
This week on Tuesday was probably the best day of the whole week. WE had a lesson with one of our Investigators who ha had a hard time with understanding all that we are sharing she is however very open and wants to understand. we taught he Restoration with the Restoration Cups. It you don't know what that is its just teaching the restoration with plastic little cups. With cups with the apostles, levels of the priesthood, Gospel of Jesus Christ (faith,repentance....), modern revelation of commandments to follow and our prophet and Jesus Christ at the top showing who is the lead of our church. we then brake it done when we have the great apostasy and then rebuild it with random cups about how other churches were made. Then we rebuilt it the again completely showing that Joseph Smith Restored it all fully and completely. Well as we were teaching we got to the rebuilding of the church and just said that modern day Apostles names and she wouldn't let me go any further. She kept repeating I get it, I get it, I get it now. She says why is it that some church or the churches I go to don't share these things with me or help me understand it better or allow me to know and learn for myself. You girls have been sharing all of this with me and it is finally starting to make since. With that we invited her to be Baptized and she, without hesitation, said YES! It was amazing. When we closed I was going to give the prayer and I answered her if there was anything I could pray for her and she said that I can quit smoking. She had never before told us or ever brought it up before. We did explain the word of wisdom to her as we were teaching and she briefly said it but never has she gave us something to pray for you her either. She normal says just my health and family. I can see her changing. She is so amazing and I know she is happy with what she is learning and will soon be able to do. Later we saw a less active sister who has been wanting a blessing from the Elders we just could never get it to work out. It was amazing and so great to see her smiling and knowing that she already felt uplifted. We had a lesson with another one of our Investigators who has been having a hard time wit her feet. She was born without ankles and she is going in on Tuesday to schedule surgery. She was great and it was a great day. She isn't supposed to be walking but she was up doing stuff. the lesson went really well. We talked about praying often and Scripture study. She said she knows each are important and basically she was teaching us.
We had two great lessons with one of our young investigators who has ADHD and they both went great. We used visuals and that seems to help a lot. We decided at the pace we are going we didn't think she would be ready for the end of the month to be baptized so we moved to December.
Sunday we had one of investigators who hasn't come to church at all finally came and she really enjoyed it and lots of h members came and said hi to her. We looked through our former investigator and visited some and now have two new investigators with an appointment and a potential new one with a lesson this week.
Great week and so much work to do. I feel like we are always moving. We have the greatest people to teach and all starting to progress or close to it.
Another great week and so much fun. Missionary work is the greatest and the most rewarding. I love the people and I love getting to ask about there History! Pembroke is full of amazing stories and amazing people. The Lumbee people are just the best. I love it here! Well, I hope your week is great!
Love Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Pembroke Loves The Book of Mormon
Hey Y'all,
So again can't believe it is another start of a week and that I can now say that I am halfway and boy that is so weird! It was a great week! We had great lessons and found new investigators with lots of potential and a great General Conference to finish the week!
My favorite Talks are...... I am happy to say that I don't have one! I loved it all and I had lots of my questions answered that I had written down. I really liked on Saturday Elder Holland's talk. He is such a great example of lovingly Bold and so loving and very very sincere. Loved it and I thought of my family through the whole talk. President Uchtdorf's was very powerful I thought and I felt kind of like he was giving me a slap in the face. I probably am making the gospel to hard and that makes it hard for me to ten teach it. I am going to commit to focusing on being more simple in my teaching and in my studies. I loved Sister Marriott's and am definitely a strong believer that "It will all work out" I see myself saying that a lot as a missionary and know that I have to trust God in everything. Sunday I loved President Monson's although I could see he had a hard time and I felt like he might fall or faint but I know he felt the spirit and knew that God would help him give us his message and love! I felt the spirit so strongly and love the prophet so very much and have made a new motto for myself " Be an example of Faith, Trusting in God and Christ, by showing them you love them with an anchor in your faith!" I absolutely loved President Nelson's especially as he called his talk saying that he testifies of these things as our brother.
This week I felt like we had a lesson all day long every day this week. It was great but I loved it when 10:30 came around! I especially love that Sister Olive is such a great missionary and wants to work. We get stuff done! This week we found two new investigator one from a referral from the primary president. She was a friend from High School and we taught her the Restoration. We are coming back tomorrow to teach the Plan of Salvation and so excited. She has great potential. She has a hard time understanding and so we are going to use visuals. A lot of the people here haven't had a really good education and so using visuals are so needed. We got with a less active we haven't been able to get to see and no has seen her in years. She was so glad when we asked her if she would like a Priesthood Blessing. On Thursday was my first time to our Book of Mormon class where us and the Elders lead a discussion as we all read the Book of Mormon together. We had a couple of people come and we read in 1 Nephi 14. It was amazing and I absolutely loved it. I had more questions than comments that I wanted answered for me and it was great to feel the spirit there. On Saturday we finally got with our two young investigators who are brothers and are 10 and 9. They are great and one was glad to hear that we had something in common. He liked that the fact that I have had seizures and that I have brothers who have ADD and ADHD. When we left he gave me a big hug! They are the greatest and so glad to have finally meet them. We taught them about Missionary work and Service. Yesterday we had another lesson with one of our younger investigators too. She also has ADHD and she hadn't taken her medicine that morning and so she has had a really hard time. Amazingly when we pulled out my whiteboard she was able to focus and we finished teaching her the Plan of Salvation. I love her and she is getting so close to baptism. She is going through the lessons again but she is starting to really learn everything so quickly. It's amazing how just a little child can learn so much.
I love it here in Pembroke! It was quite and adjustment, but I really am starting to see why In was sent here. Every time I feel inadequate I hear in my head "trust me and you will be fine. Remember this is my work and I use the weak and simple. I sent you here because these people need you for who you are. Get working" Just this weekend we heard that the spirit will tell us things we don't expect but sometime he tells us the obvious. Love it here and love Pembroke and all the Lumbee people. Although I am so tired of all this Rain! If anyone is praying for rain can you please pretty please stop! Love you all and have another great week!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
So again can't believe it is another start of a week and that I can now say that I am halfway and boy that is so weird! It was a great week! We had great lessons and found new investigators with lots of potential and a great General Conference to finish the week!
My favorite Talks are...... I am happy to say that I don't have one! I loved it all and I had lots of my questions answered that I had written down. I really liked on Saturday Elder Holland's talk. He is such a great example of lovingly Bold and so loving and very very sincere. Loved it and I thought of my family through the whole talk. President Uchtdorf's was very powerful I thought and I felt kind of like he was giving me a slap in the face. I probably am making the gospel to hard and that makes it hard for me to ten teach it. I am going to commit to focusing on being more simple in my teaching and in my studies. I loved Sister Marriott's and am definitely a strong believer that "It will all work out" I see myself saying that a lot as a missionary and know that I have to trust God in everything. Sunday I loved President Monson's although I could see he had a hard time and I felt like he might fall or faint but I know he felt the spirit and knew that God would help him give us his message and love! I felt the spirit so strongly and love the prophet so very much and have made a new motto for myself " Be an example of Faith, Trusting in God and Christ, by showing them you love them with an anchor in your faith!" I absolutely loved President Nelson's especially as he called his talk saying that he testifies of these things as our brother.
This week I felt like we had a lesson all day long every day this week. It was great but I loved it when 10:30 came around! I especially love that Sister Olive is such a great missionary and wants to work. We get stuff done! This week we found two new investigator one from a referral from the primary president. She was a friend from High School and we taught her the Restoration. We are coming back tomorrow to teach the Plan of Salvation and so excited. She has great potential. She has a hard time understanding and so we are going to use visuals. A lot of the people here haven't had a really good education and so using visuals are so needed. We got with a less active we haven't been able to get to see and no has seen her in years. She was so glad when we asked her if she would like a Priesthood Blessing. On Thursday was my first time to our Book of Mormon class where us and the Elders lead a discussion as we all read the Book of Mormon together. We had a couple of people come and we read in 1 Nephi 14. It was amazing and I absolutely loved it. I had more questions than comments that I wanted answered for me and it was great to feel the spirit there. On Saturday we finally got with our two young investigators who are brothers and are 10 and 9. They are great and one was glad to hear that we had something in common. He liked that the fact that I have had seizures and that I have brothers who have ADD and ADHD. When we left he gave me a big hug! They are the greatest and so glad to have finally meet them. We taught them about Missionary work and Service. Yesterday we had another lesson with one of our younger investigators too. She also has ADHD and she hadn't taken her medicine that morning and so she has had a really hard time. Amazingly when we pulled out my whiteboard she was able to focus and we finished teaching her the Plan of Salvation. I love her and she is getting so close to baptism. She is going through the lessons again but she is starting to really learn everything so quickly. It's amazing how just a little child can learn so much.
I love it here in Pembroke! It was quite and adjustment, but I really am starting to see why In was sent here. Every time I feel inadequate I hear in my head "trust me and you will be fine. Remember this is my work and I use the weak and simple. I sent you here because these people need you for who you are. Get working" Just this weekend we heard that the spirit will tell us things we don't expect but sometime he tells us the obvious. Love it here and love Pembroke and all the Lumbee people. Although I am so tired of all this Rain! If anyone is praying for rain can you please pretty please stop! Love you all and have another great week!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Monday, September 28, 2015
Pembroke... I am finally serving in the South!
Hey Y'all,
SO this week has been quite interesting and crazy! Transfers like always was torture waiting to find out where I was going and of course my name was one of the last one to be called! My new Companion is Sister Olive and She is from California. she is Polynesian and such an amazing missionary and love being able to serve with her! She has helped me transition pretty well and am so amazed at how well she teaches! I love the way we are going! We had a great week with teaching together and I love all the people here! The population is mostly all Lumbe Indians and so I feel out of place sometimes and I love sharing the Book of Mormon with them because they want to know about their ancestors. I can see so much work we can do and I love those we are teaching! I have never seen so many Investigators that any companionship can teach so I am a little overwhelmed but I can see great lessons in the future and great opportunity to grow in my teaching! I am so blessed! We are working with a great ward! It is small but we call everyone by there first names since everyone is related and everyone is family someway.
We work a lot with the youth which I am excited for. On Wednesday was my first time with them and all they did was sit in chairs and have a discussion and I was told this was there normal activity or they just play sports. The Young W omens President is looking for some ideas to make it more fun! I am reminded of my young women years and how much fun it was and so I definitely am ready to help.
I am definitely in a place with strong southern accents and I love it! hahaha! I may finally get an accent! :) The people are so friendly and so nice! We are busy all the time!
If anything I can see that Pembroke has great Potential and an amazing place to help it grow! I can see amazing things happening and lots to do, but I know that I am sent here for a reason! I am just so enthusiastic for this new journey and I hope that my excitement will help me learn and continue to serve faithfully! This is definitely going to be a big change but I know that I am doing the work of my Savior and he is the Master!
I am excited that General Conference is this week and that we get to hear from the Prophet and Apostles! Love you all and Congrats to Katie for her mission Call! You will love it and will never regret it! I know I will never! Love you all!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
SO this week has been quite interesting and crazy! Transfers like always was torture waiting to find out where I was going and of course my name was one of the last one to be called! My new Companion is Sister Olive and She is from California. she is Polynesian and such an amazing missionary and love being able to serve with her! She has helped me transition pretty well and am so amazed at how well she teaches! I love the way we are going! We had a great week with teaching together and I love all the people here! The population is mostly all Lumbe Indians and so I feel out of place sometimes and I love sharing the Book of Mormon with them because they want to know about their ancestors. I can see so much work we can do and I love those we are teaching! I have never seen so many Investigators that any companionship can teach so I am a little overwhelmed but I can see great lessons in the future and great opportunity to grow in my teaching! I am so blessed! We are working with a great ward! It is small but we call everyone by there first names since everyone is related and everyone is family someway.
We work a lot with the youth which I am excited for. On Wednesday was my first time with them and all they did was sit in chairs and have a discussion and I was told this was there normal activity or they just play sports. The Young W omens President is looking for some ideas to make it more fun! I am reminded of my young women years and how much fun it was and so I definitely am ready to help.
I am definitely in a place with strong southern accents and I love it! hahaha! I may finally get an accent! :) The people are so friendly and so nice! We are busy all the time!
If anything I can see that Pembroke has great Potential and an amazing place to help it grow! I can see amazing things happening and lots to do, but I know that I am sent here for a reason! I am just so enthusiastic for this new journey and I hope that my excitement will help me learn and continue to serve faithfully! This is definitely going to be a big change but I know that I am doing the work of my Savior and he is the Master!
I am excited that General Conference is this week and that we get to hear from the Prophet and Apostles! Love you all and Congrats to Katie for her mission Call! You will love it and will never regret it! I know I will never! Love you all!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
I'm getting Transferred.....already!
Hey Y'all,
As you tell I am getting Transferred! I totally thought I would be here for 6 months like in my first area, but it seems like I am needed somewhere else at this time. Also Sister Galloway is getting transferred so two new sisters will replace us and the term is called "white washing." We are trying really hard to make it easier for the new Sisters to have an easy time with taking over the area and not being completely lost. Trying to pack, write to the new sisters, find a ride to transfers all in just a couple of days is stressful but I am still functioning so I guess I am golden... for now. I will let you all know next week where I end up.
So this week was a great week and lots of Tender Mercies and great experiences. First, on Tuesday we had a great lesson with our 11 year old investigator and taught the Law of Chasity. She is so mature and we had a great discussion. Not sure how it happened but we led into talking about how amazing she is and all things she wants in life and if she wants it she can get it! She cried and was emotional but was so very sweet and loving.
Wednesday, we had Zone Training and received new rules from President James. not quite sure if I understand them completely, but it was a great experience where I got to sustain the Missionary Handbook. We had a lesson with our other Investigator and watched "Finding Faith in Christ." We talked about it for awhile and I told her how amazing it is how one of the main characters who doesn't have a faith in Christ at the beginning but as they talked about Christ he gained that Faith. She then told me that he was so angry with God with him losing his wife. Having Thomas testify of him seeing Christ risen and resurrected that we too will. He felt that hope and then his heart was soften. I honestly never noticed that or made the connection but when she told me that I felt a bigger love for the Plan of Salvation and why we are always told to teach people the Plan of Salvation because we believe in Eternal families. I think this investigator is teaching me more than I am teaching her.
On Friday, we got to spend a coupe of hours with a sister in the ward who was celebrating 40 years of being a member. We talked about what she has learned so far in being a member. She asked us to and what we have learned the most on our missions. well, I noticed that that list is not complete and not fully where I want it to be but that it is getting filled quickly as I continue to serve. I told her that I see the impact the Gospel has on our life's and the day to day endeavors. Including the need for the Atonement even in the good days. We need to be happy and grateful and when we need help and are struggling we hold to what we know. It was such a great time. She felt bad to tell us that she has finally finished reading the Book of Mormon all the way through and I told her that I wasn't a missionary till I did. Everything takes time and we need to be in a place where we have the desire. Everything is in god's time and she needed to finished it now. I have learned so completely that Everything Happens for a reason and if that happens you can know God id in every second and every moment. I can't wait to be where she is and celebrating my 40th year of a member of this Church. In only about 32 years or so! :)
We found out about Transfer new Friday night and lets just say I was so mad and not sure if I felt it was the right thing. I was praying and praying and hoping that President would call and tell us that it was a mistake and that I would be staying! I don't want to leave I feel that the work here is just now really going and that I need more time to get to know the members and to be here for my 11 year old investigators baptism. But I came across a Scripture in Alma 22 today and I felt that God was humbling me in a rebuke. With knowing that everything Happens for a reason I know now that I am meant to serve here for the time that I have and now its someone else turn to bless those here and how dare I question Christ's will. It's his work and he will have it go the way it is meant to and if someone else not in Hillsborough needs me for what I have and am then I need to be thinking of that and not dwelling on what is not meant to be. I feel much better knowing that it will all work out and what happens will and is supposed to happen. I can try to control it but God has more power and love and is going to have it his way. His way is the best way because he knows who I am and what my service can mean to some one and who I can truly become. What a humbling experience!
Sunday was the Primary Program and I missed seeing kid I have seen grow up and babysit, but they did a great job. It was so great to hear those Primary Songs and glad to hear I haven't forgotten them all. We had a great lesson in Relief Society on Pride and I remembered a talk that I read back while I was in training from President Benson. "Beware of Pride" and it just so happened that the lesson quoted from that very talk. After church we went over to a members home where we had another lesson with our investigator teaching Tithing and Fast Offerings. It went well the member gave a beautiful testimony. I was able to testify of when I could remember when my parents showed me the importance on paying tithing when the business we had for 5 years wasn't going well anymore. Even with that I could see that my parents still paid tithing. From that I see that we are where we are financially because of what my parents have shown to me and they taught me through example that paying tithing is a commandment but also a way for our Heavenly Father to bless us. It was great and we were able to get pictures!
Well another week gone and another transfer ended and now starting another. I will let you all know where I end up and also want to congratulate Katie for her Mission Call she should be getting this week! Love you all!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
As you tell I am getting Transferred! I totally thought I would be here for 6 months like in my first area, but it seems like I am needed somewhere else at this time. Also Sister Galloway is getting transferred so two new sisters will replace us and the term is called "white washing." We are trying really hard to make it easier for the new Sisters to have an easy time with taking over the area and not being completely lost. Trying to pack, write to the new sisters, find a ride to transfers all in just a couple of days is stressful but I am still functioning so I guess I am golden... for now. I will let you all know next week where I end up.
So this week was a great week and lots of Tender Mercies and great experiences. First, on Tuesday we had a great lesson with our 11 year old investigator and taught the Law of Chasity. She is so mature and we had a great discussion. Not sure how it happened but we led into talking about how amazing she is and all things she wants in life and if she wants it she can get it! She cried and was emotional but was so very sweet and loving.
Wednesday, we had Zone Training and received new rules from President James. not quite sure if I understand them completely, but it was a great experience where I got to sustain the Missionary Handbook. We had a lesson with our other Investigator and watched "Finding Faith in Christ." We talked about it for awhile and I told her how amazing it is how one of the main characters who doesn't have a faith in Christ at the beginning but as they talked about Christ he gained that Faith. She then told me that he was so angry with God with him losing his wife. Having Thomas testify of him seeing Christ risen and resurrected that we too will. He felt that hope and then his heart was soften. I honestly never noticed that or made the connection but when she told me that I felt a bigger love for the Plan of Salvation and why we are always told to teach people the Plan of Salvation because we believe in Eternal families. I think this investigator is teaching me more than I am teaching her.
On Friday, we got to spend a coupe of hours with a sister in the ward who was celebrating 40 years of being a member. We talked about what she has learned so far in being a member. She asked us to and what we have learned the most on our missions. well, I noticed that that list is not complete and not fully where I want it to be but that it is getting filled quickly as I continue to serve. I told her that I see the impact the Gospel has on our life's and the day to day endeavors. Including the need for the Atonement even in the good days. We need to be happy and grateful and when we need help and are struggling we hold to what we know. It was such a great time. She felt bad to tell us that she has finally finished reading the Book of Mormon all the way through and I told her that I wasn't a missionary till I did. Everything takes time and we need to be in a place where we have the desire. Everything is in god's time and she needed to finished it now. I have learned so completely that Everything Happens for a reason and if that happens you can know God id in every second and every moment. I can't wait to be where she is and celebrating my 40th year of a member of this Church. In only about 32 years or so! :)
We found out about Transfer new Friday night and lets just say I was so mad and not sure if I felt it was the right thing. I was praying and praying and hoping that President would call and tell us that it was a mistake and that I would be staying! I don't want to leave I feel that the work here is just now really going and that I need more time to get to know the members and to be here for my 11 year old investigators baptism. But I came across a Scripture in Alma 22 today and I felt that God was humbling me in a rebuke. With knowing that everything Happens for a reason I know now that I am meant to serve here for the time that I have and now its someone else turn to bless those here and how dare I question Christ's will. It's his work and he will have it go the way it is meant to and if someone else not in Hillsborough needs me for what I have and am then I need to be thinking of that and not dwelling on what is not meant to be. I feel much better knowing that it will all work out and what happens will and is supposed to happen. I can try to control it but God has more power and love and is going to have it his way. His way is the best way because he knows who I am and what my service can mean to some one and who I can truly become. What a humbling experience!
Sunday was the Primary Program and I missed seeing kid I have seen grow up and babysit, but they did a great job. It was so great to hear those Primary Songs and glad to hear I haven't forgotten them all. We had a great lesson in Relief Society on Pride and I remembered a talk that I read back while I was in training from President Benson. "Beware of Pride" and it just so happened that the lesson quoted from that very talk. After church we went over to a members home where we had another lesson with our investigator teaching Tithing and Fast Offerings. It went well the member gave a beautiful testimony. I was able to testify of when I could remember when my parents showed me the importance on paying tithing when the business we had for 5 years wasn't going well anymore. Even with that I could see that my parents still paid tithing. From that I see that we are where we are financially because of what my parents have shown to me and they taught me through example that paying tithing is a commandment but also a way for our Heavenly Father to bless us. It was great and we were able to get pictures!
Well another week gone and another transfer ended and now starting another. I will let you all know where I end up and also want to congratulate Katie for her Mission Call she should be getting this week! Love you all!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Tuesday, September 15, 2015
Say Yes to Baptism.... Say Yes to Discipleship
Hey Y'all,
Another great week over and closer to my half way mark and boy it's weird! The weird thing is that I can tell already that even the weather is changing and it will be fall soon. I am not sure I am ready for the cold again and just like I wasn't quite ready for the heat! First off, I wan to publicly congratulate my two cousins. Mekena on getting engaged and Katie on getting her papers in! So excited for you both! I hope to see pictures.
Tuesday we started teaching a former investigator again. She has 50 snakes and a totally of about 60 pets. It is kind of crazy but I got to hold a snake even though I was not really okay with it but she talked to us about how snakes are and kept saying that she knows her snakes. So I went ahead and held one mostly letting it sit in my lap. (sorry didn't get a picture). We talked with her for a while and she told us her testimony of the Book of Mormon. she never really understood how the Book of Mormon and the Bible go together before. Some past sisters watched The testaments with her and she started to understand and kept reading and felt the spirit and felt that god was speaking to her through it.
I can't remember if I told this story last week but while we were doing emails last week a girl who was probably in her early 20's came over to us and asked if we are Sister Missionaries. She gave us a note and said that we can call her and set something up. she is a member who just moved back into the area and has been a member for about 4 years now. She wants to come back to church and doesn't know if she can. She saw us and knew we could help. It was great being recognized as a missionaries! I heard it before that people notice who we are but I never knew till now. We called her and set up a time to see her on Thursday! She was very sweet and we had a great time. She talked about being saved and I kind of was like wait to isn't saying the usual Baptist "Saved" but she really was Saved in our church. It sounds weird but that kind of surprised me! She told us also that after she was baptized everything went wrong and she sinned and wasn't sure she was able to come to church anymore. We didn't ask what it was but told her she was always welcomed and is why we partake of the sacrament. We told her that she could talk to the Bishop and he can help her with what she needs to do. She was so happy and loved us coming I could feel tension and guilt and sorrow leave the room and peace and love and the spirit replaced it. We then spent the remaining time reading together and sharing our testimonies with her and she shared hers with all the things she knew to be true. She talked so much about our Savior and how much she knew he loves us and her just that she has forgotten. We told her that when we are in trails and hard times it is hard to remember that but we can see when it is over that he was really their the whole time. The spirit was so strong and we all cried. She wasn't able to come to church but we are going to see her again this week.
Friday was a very busy day. We went over to do some Crafts and service with one of the sister's in the ward who we see weekly. One of her dogs had puppies and we were going to help bath them. They had fleas on them. The poor things were covered in fleas. They had little black circle on them and we thought it was dirt but found out it was an invest of fleas. As much as I didn't want to have to dig out the nasty fleas I still loved seeing the puppies happy and peaceful and loved helping the Sister the best way we could. This particular sister is such a great missionary and helps us and the Elders all the time. She is amazing and I love serving her! She is so sweet and I feel so loved and needed by her. I may not always know what to say when we have lessons but I know that we have the spirit when we are with her. She is doing so much and going through so much and every time we are with her I love every minute of it.
Saturday was the great we had a lesson with our 11 year old investigator who is coming so far. She is doing so well and learning so much! She is so amazing! We taught the Word of Wisdom. It is my first real time teaching it to an investigator and I think it was great. She understood. She told us she used to drink Coffee and Tea and that she stopped a little while ago and that she will never do it again. It was great! We were able to have the lesson in a members home who we had lunch with before her grandma and her came. They were great and shared wonderful testimonies on the blessings of keeping the Word of Wisdom. The sister shared stories of how her dad used to smoke and drink and how hard that was. she talked about other members in her family who smoked, etc. She is convert and she knows from the hard times in her childhood how it has blessed her life. It was great!
Sunday was of course my favorite! We had Ward council and then had choir practice! We performed our song and we did great! I love the Sister who is the choir director she is very talented and reminds me of Sally Deford. She even has one of her pieces in the folders! :) We did a great job and the talks were great. The topics were on the 10th commandment thou shalt not covet. They all did great! I loved Gospel Principles! I don't think I will ever be able to go to gospel doctrine. The lesson was on the last chapter on Exaltation. The Elders taught again and did a great job. Relief Society was on keeping the Law of Chasity. It started out being weird but we had a great discussion and I loved it! Relief Society and lessons go better when you have comments and people willing to help share. We all appreciated all that was said and the spirit was there. I am loving going through the Ezra Taft Benson book this year and learning from his teachings. To make this an even better day we were told by the 11 year old investigator's grandma (She didn't come) that she thinks that October 3rd is what she wants to work towards for baptism.
I am so glad to be here in Hillsborough and this is the last week of the transfer and so we might have changes! I hope I can stay I love it here! I am so Happy and love serving! I am changing and I know it! My 9 month is coming fast and time is going fast but I know from all of this experiences and time that I have had that I am who I want to become and I am learning so much! I love being a missionary! I love it!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Another great week over and closer to my half way mark and boy it's weird! The weird thing is that I can tell already that even the weather is changing and it will be fall soon. I am not sure I am ready for the cold again and just like I wasn't quite ready for the heat! First off, I wan to publicly congratulate my two cousins. Mekena on getting engaged and Katie on getting her papers in! So excited for you both! I hope to see pictures.
Tuesday we started teaching a former investigator again. She has 50 snakes and a totally of about 60 pets. It is kind of crazy but I got to hold a snake even though I was not really okay with it but she talked to us about how snakes are and kept saying that she knows her snakes. So I went ahead and held one mostly letting it sit in my lap. (sorry didn't get a picture). We talked with her for a while and she told us her testimony of the Book of Mormon. she never really understood how the Book of Mormon and the Bible go together before. Some past sisters watched The testaments with her and she started to understand and kept reading and felt the spirit and felt that god was speaking to her through it.
I can't remember if I told this story last week but while we were doing emails last week a girl who was probably in her early 20's came over to us and asked if we are Sister Missionaries. She gave us a note and said that we can call her and set something up. she is a member who just moved back into the area and has been a member for about 4 years now. She wants to come back to church and doesn't know if she can. She saw us and knew we could help. It was great being recognized as a missionaries! I heard it before that people notice who we are but I never knew till now. We called her and set up a time to see her on Thursday! She was very sweet and we had a great time. She talked about being saved and I kind of was like wait to isn't saying the usual Baptist "Saved" but she really was Saved in our church. It sounds weird but that kind of surprised me! She told us also that after she was baptized everything went wrong and she sinned and wasn't sure she was able to come to church anymore. We didn't ask what it was but told her she was always welcomed and is why we partake of the sacrament. We told her that she could talk to the Bishop and he can help her with what she needs to do. She was so happy and loved us coming I could feel tension and guilt and sorrow leave the room and peace and love and the spirit replaced it. We then spent the remaining time reading together and sharing our testimonies with her and she shared hers with all the things she knew to be true. She talked so much about our Savior and how much she knew he loves us and her just that she has forgotten. We told her that when we are in trails and hard times it is hard to remember that but we can see when it is over that he was really their the whole time. The spirit was so strong and we all cried. She wasn't able to come to church but we are going to see her again this week.
Friday was a very busy day. We went over to do some Crafts and service with one of the sister's in the ward who we see weekly. One of her dogs had puppies and we were going to help bath them. They had fleas on them. The poor things were covered in fleas. They had little black circle on them and we thought it was dirt but found out it was an invest of fleas. As much as I didn't want to have to dig out the nasty fleas I still loved seeing the puppies happy and peaceful and loved helping the Sister the best way we could. This particular sister is such a great missionary and helps us and the Elders all the time. She is amazing and I love serving her! She is so sweet and I feel so loved and needed by her. I may not always know what to say when we have lessons but I know that we have the spirit when we are with her. She is doing so much and going through so much and every time we are with her I love every minute of it.
Saturday was the great we had a lesson with our 11 year old investigator who is coming so far. She is doing so well and learning so much! She is so amazing! We taught the Word of Wisdom. It is my first real time teaching it to an investigator and I think it was great. She understood. She told us she used to drink Coffee and Tea and that she stopped a little while ago and that she will never do it again. It was great! We were able to have the lesson in a members home who we had lunch with before her grandma and her came. They were great and shared wonderful testimonies on the blessings of keeping the Word of Wisdom. The sister shared stories of how her dad used to smoke and drink and how hard that was. she talked about other members in her family who smoked, etc. She is convert and she knows from the hard times in her childhood how it has blessed her life. It was great!
Sunday was of course my favorite! We had Ward council and then had choir practice! We performed our song and we did great! I love the Sister who is the choir director she is very talented and reminds me of Sally Deford. She even has one of her pieces in the folders! :) We did a great job and the talks were great. The topics were on the 10th commandment thou shalt not covet. They all did great! I loved Gospel Principles! I don't think I will ever be able to go to gospel doctrine. The lesson was on the last chapter on Exaltation. The Elders taught again and did a great job. Relief Society was on keeping the Law of Chasity. It started out being weird but we had a great discussion and I loved it! Relief Society and lessons go better when you have comments and people willing to help share. We all appreciated all that was said and the spirit was there. I am loving going through the Ezra Taft Benson book this year and learning from his teachings. To make this an even better day we were told by the 11 year old investigator's grandma (She didn't come) that she thinks that October 3rd is what she wants to work towards for baptism.
I am so glad to be here in Hillsborough and this is the last week of the transfer and so we might have changes! I hope I can stay I love it here! I am so Happy and love serving! I am changing and I know it! My 9 month is coming fast and time is going fast but I know from all of this experiences and time that I have had that I am who I want to become and I am learning so much! I love being a missionary! I love it!
Sister Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
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