Hey Y'all,
This week was great and I am glad to be
able to say that after treatment still no sign of bed bugs. This week we used
as much of the extra time we could put our apartment back together and
basically move back in! But yesterday we thought we lost power when our main
light fixture in our living room went out completely where we study and plan and
where our desks are and so until we get it looked at our apartment is going to
be really dark for awhile!
It's crazy to think that we have
finished week 4 of the transfer and are starting week 5. I feel as though every
week keeps getting faster which means the transfers are that much faster. We
both are a little worried about what might happen. I really don't want to leave
Dunn and neither does Sister Beard but I think I don't want to leave Sister
Beard more! But we will see what God wants President to do.
So funny story on Monday we had dinner
with a young family and taught them about temples and family history. They have
a little boy and girl and expecting there third (girl) in July. Oh and the mom
is going to school full time to be a doctor. They are amazing! We were talking
about Family history and they pulled out some picture books they had each made
for their families for Christmas a couple of years ago and found a familiar
name in one of the books. I carry my fan chart with me and pulled it out and yep
it was a familiar name. We are both related to Winslow Farr and Loren Farr! It
was awesome and man what a small world in the Mormon world.
Wednesday was a great day! We had district
meeting and had great role plays on listening and asking the right questions.
The Zone leaders joined us and so our District leader had them be a distraction
to us as we taught. It was hard and they were very over powering but it was a
great lesson to learn that if I can block out annoying Elders randomly asking
me if I have gotten my young women medallion over and over again while I am
teaching I should be able to block out even myt need to think about what to say
next or children playing in the background as we teach there parents. Asking
the right questions was hard but it proved to just how important it is to
really have a good study and allow the spirit to be there to know what to say
and what to ask but also to be able to allow the spirit to be teacher. After
the meeting we ditched the district to have lunch with the Bishop so we could
go see a less active with him. I love Bishop Junker and he is a great Bishop
who loves and cares very deeply for the members. He is willing to do anything
for them. I have seen up front just how much bishops and there counselors
sacrifice for the ward and even each one of there families. It's amazing and
how much they are then blessed in return. We then had dinner with the Bishops
family on Thursday! I love that family!
Friday was great to we got a member
home. Our investigator is getting ready to get back to school and our WML's
wife worked as someone who helps students get into college and calculate there
GPA and so we all come together and was like a support for as they talked and
then talked about the temple. She didn't come to church yesterday and we
haven't heard from her so we are a bit worried. We know she is stressed we just
don't know what to do. But at least God does and we can found out! I love
teaching her and am excited for to be baptized in April!
We got a referral from Headquarters for
a girl who wanted a bible. We set up an appointment and we saw her and man she
is amazing. We told her who we were and then she just told us her life story
and I mean the whole thing. She just told us everything she has gone through and
what God has done for her. We didn't get to teach much but she even let us come
back the next morning. We came back to find out that the people she lives with
don't really want us to come back but she is so totally willing to met with us
still if it means we have to met at McDonald's! Man a great tender mercy to be
able to witness just by how much people are willing to sacrifice to learn about
the restored gospel!
Saturday we had a crazy morning we had
our apartment inspected....earlier than planned and then the Scott's who are
our housing and fleet senior missionaries coordinators came while we had the
inspection to bring us our new box springs. Honestly it has been weird after
getting used to sleeping on the floor with our mattresses to now a tall box
spring and bed frame. But glad to get them.
Sunday was great and literally we had
the same topic all day with all the lessons.....Adversity! It was great! The
talks were great and I loved the Relief Society lesson Sister Ginn (one of the
mission mama's I call her) gave it. She did a great job and the spirit was
there so strongly. At the end of the lesson I don't think there was a dry eye
there including me. It was a room filled with so much love and kindness. We
talked a lot about why we have to have affliction and trials and I have the
answer has its part of the plan, but while we were listening and others gave
comments I kept thinking that also not is it just that it is part of the plan.
But it is so we can see just how much potential we have. We all have different
things we go through some may seem like nothing to others but then others we
may see "I am so glad that I don't have to go through that" however I
know that God doesn't give us things we can't handle and we may never why we
have to receive them but I saw yesterday with two sisters who are going through
the same thing both at different stages. They didn't know each other very well
and so after Church one of asked for us to introduce them to each other so they
could talk. It was great to see and witness to that we may only receive a trail
where sometime in the future it is so we can help others through the pain we
once had or still having but are stronger now because of it! I love you all and
hope you all have a very great and wonderful miracle witnessing week! Love you
and I reckon you will see them if you are looking for them or finding them. You
always have miracles and even have them Daily!
Sister Tayler Farr!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Wednesday, February 24, 2016
Monday, February 15, 2016
Bed Bugs= gross & Members=Tender Mercies, & Bed Bugs now= dead and Gone!!!!
Hey Y'all,
So this week I have to say will be very memorable but was so hard, frustrating, stressful, and just a pain but so many great things happened and wonderful amazing people to help us and bless us! I have truly learned that everyday there is a miracle or a tender mercy you just have to look for it and be positive. It was really hard to find them but overall at least I am going to be blessed for serving our members and I know the members we stayed with will be blessed as well!
Monday we decided to use some of our early Preparation day to see a referral who we had set up a return appointment with. It was great and we are teaching them again tomorrow. We then used our evening to go shopping and went shopping with a member.
Tuesday is when we found the bugs. The Ward Mission Leader and his wife came so when the inspector came we didn't have to leave but we looked at the beds and our box springs had some. We found them before the guy came. We got permission to stay with them. It was great but so much to do to prepare for the treatment which was on Saturday. I learned really how much clothes and junk I have. It was like we moved them moved back in. CRAZY!!!
Wednesday we had Zone Training and one of my favorite instruction was when one of the sister training leader talked about Motivation. The spirit was so strong and I really needed it. I know hard times come but we got to push through them and when we are weak we can do the most good! We ate a district at Grandson after witnessing two elders getting in a car crash with mission cars.
Thursday we had interviews with President James and Sister James. Of course we had interviews this week. hahaha! it was great and I feel like every time I interview they get easier and easier and more just a conversation and less scary. President is so in tune with the spirit and I love being with him. I love how loving he is and I know he is here for us in the mission but also because I need him.
Sunday was a great Valentine's Day! Sister Beard gave a beautiful talk on fulfilling callings and The Knights gave her three words she had to use in it (Beautiful, pelican, and toothbrush!!!!) She used them all. hahaha. We started to put our apartment together and we are now bug free. We had dinner with a great couple who are from Colorado so we had lots to talk about and they gave a both valentine gifts.
Sorry this weeks letter is small but this week really was crazy. We didn't get much done but we got rid of our biggest problem. We even got huge lambs from our recent convert. I have learned this week that even in the worst possible time that you are rededicated to what you need to do Satan will through another curve ball and that is just to show that something great soon is going to come. We have great people we are teaching and great members who we are serving and serving with. For all we know the members we stayed with just needed us and we needed them. We may never know but for those that are living the gospel things will work out okay. I was sick this week, we didn't get a lot of teaching in, lost motivation and was even tempted by the worldly things, But we still served and were still blessed with finding a new investigator and her family. There are truly miracles and tender mercies in everyday we simple just have to look for them! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
So this week I have to say will be very memorable but was so hard, frustrating, stressful, and just a pain but so many great things happened and wonderful amazing people to help us and bless us! I have truly learned that everyday there is a miracle or a tender mercy you just have to look for it and be positive. It was really hard to find them but overall at least I am going to be blessed for serving our members and I know the members we stayed with will be blessed as well!
Monday we decided to use some of our early Preparation day to see a referral who we had set up a return appointment with. It was great and we are teaching them again tomorrow. We then used our evening to go shopping and went shopping with a member.
Tuesday is when we found the bugs. The Ward Mission Leader and his wife came so when the inspector came we didn't have to leave but we looked at the beds and our box springs had some. We found them before the guy came. We got permission to stay with them. It was great but so much to do to prepare for the treatment which was on Saturday. I learned really how much clothes and junk I have. It was like we moved them moved back in. CRAZY!!!
Wednesday we had Zone Training and one of my favorite instruction was when one of the sister training leader talked about Motivation. The spirit was so strong and I really needed it. I know hard times come but we got to push through them and when we are weak we can do the most good! We ate a district at Grandson after witnessing two elders getting in a car crash with mission cars.
Thursday we had interviews with President James and Sister James. Of course we had interviews this week. hahaha! it was great and I feel like every time I interview they get easier and easier and more just a conversation and less scary. President is so in tune with the spirit and I love being with him. I love how loving he is and I know he is here for us in the mission but also because I need him.
Sunday was a great Valentine's Day! Sister Beard gave a beautiful talk on fulfilling callings and The Knights gave her three words she had to use in it (Beautiful, pelican, and toothbrush!!!!) She used them all. hahaha. We started to put our apartment together and we are now bug free. We had dinner with a great couple who are from Colorado so we had lots to talk about and they gave a both valentine gifts.
Sorry this weeks letter is small but this week really was crazy. We didn't get much done but we got rid of our biggest problem. We even got huge lambs from our recent convert. I have learned this week that even in the worst possible time that you are rededicated to what you need to do Satan will through another curve ball and that is just to show that something great soon is going to come. We have great people we are teaching and great members who we are serving and serving with. For all we know the members we stayed with just needed us and we needed them. We may never know but for those that are living the gospel things will work out okay. I was sick this week, we didn't get a lot of teaching in, lost motivation and was even tempted by the worldly things, But we still served and were still blessed with finding a new investigator and her family. There are truly miracles and tender mercies in everyday we simple just have to look for them! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Monday, February 8, 2016
Another Crazy Week!
Hey Y'all,
Well this week has been crazy! We did a lot but also as we have strived to really get to work Satan seems to want to push us down. I got sick and Sister Beard is getting sick and is not feeling her best either! Thank you to sleep though! Also, did I mention we may even have bed bugs which we probably got from an investigator. We have an inspection tomorrow. We having still been getting hives and what looks like mosquito bites and we were told they might be bed bugs. We have been trying to figure what they are for a while! So we shall see!
Monday was great we spent the rest of our Preparation day with the some members: The Knights. We held baby Goats, played with their farm animals, pet a goat, and learned how to make rolls, and yogurt upside down cake (French style-the recipe was even in French). It was a lot of fun! I have some new talents! I can run after a goat and pick him up while he runs and I can make homemade God's soap. (Sister Knight calls it this because its made with all the things the bishop's storehouse gives.) I can even make rolls too. YAY!
Tuesday was an interesting day! We watched The Testaments with a less active. We had to set up her DVD player which was a struggle and so glad that I had brothers who taught me so I didn't feel completely stupid trying to plug it into the tv. Although we didn't have a remote and the DVD automatically set it to the ASL setting so we watched the entire movie with everything being signed. It was interesting and I thought of mom and the time she would sign for a sister in the ward. Glad to know I still remember some church signs.
Last week we had contacted a referral who we found out knew someone in the ward. She was interested in learning more so we came back on Wednesday before we went to the church for mutual. It was great and we plan to come back to teach her the full restoration. She loves her bible and is excited to start reading the Book Of Mormon. I love witnessing those that God prepares.
Thursday again we couldn't get enough of Sister Knight and she came with us to a lesson with our investigator and we taught her the Plan of Salvation. She did a great job and she shared a beautiful testimony. Our investigator love her. They even clicked and are going to get together soon so Sister Knight can help her possibly get into Campbell so she doesn't have to redo classes for the nursing program. It was like meant to be, our investigator has been worrying about school as she is ready to start school again.
Again like I said earlier I got sick this week and so it felt like the week may never end and even today I feel yucky but Saturday it was the worst, but I was glad to see our Recent Convert and have our usual meal at cracker barrel. But we decided to go to "Sweet Frog" (frozen yogurt= delicious!!!!) after. We were talking about one of his roommate and sister Beard invited him to invite his roommate to come with us. We followed him after we ate to get him and all four of us had a great time at Sweet Frog. Our Recent Convert is turning into one great missionary. Funny story though earlier that day we saw a less active who was really hard of hearing who you really had to yell at for her to understand you. I didn't like having to yell at her but it was probably one of the quickest lesson I have ever had. She wasn't really up for a visit but it was great to see her and get to know her a little bit.
Sunday was great and I can't remember if I had said last week but the bishopric changed the time from 9-12 to 10-1pm. So it was the first Sunday to start at 10am. It was weird and the ward seemed to be confused. It was a crazy sacrament meeting. Their was a funeral this week with an older member and so we had extra people than usual. We literally were walking all over sacrament and only got to hear about 2 testimonies. There was two young girls who came who I didn't recognize. We found out that they were friends of some of the youth and one was a sister of an investigator with the Elders. They kept leaving so we made sure everything was okay a couple of times. It was crazy getting up and down but we could tell the girls were a bit nervous. We made new friends though! :)
We were afraid that we wouldn't get dinner because of the Super Bowl but a sweet couple who had lived in Colorado and was planning to watch the game fed us. We had a great super bowl dinner! Lots of food and glad we got to help them eat it! I am glad to know the Broncos won too. I thinks its pretty neat that the Broncos and the Panthers play while I am in North Carolina! Crazy!
Well I hope you all have a great week! I hope all goes well! Especially to Sister Morgan who leaves for her mission this week! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Well this week has been crazy! We did a lot but also as we have strived to really get to work Satan seems to want to push us down. I got sick and Sister Beard is getting sick and is not feeling her best either! Thank you to sleep though! Also, did I mention we may even have bed bugs which we probably got from an investigator. We have an inspection tomorrow. We having still been getting hives and what looks like mosquito bites and we were told they might be bed bugs. We have been trying to figure what they are for a while! So we shall see!
Monday was great we spent the rest of our Preparation day with the some members: The Knights. We held baby Goats, played with their farm animals, pet a goat, and learned how to make rolls, and yogurt upside down cake (French style-the recipe was even in French). It was a lot of fun! I have some new talents! I can run after a goat and pick him up while he runs and I can make homemade God's soap. (Sister Knight calls it this because its made with all the things the bishop's storehouse gives.) I can even make rolls too. YAY!
Tuesday was an interesting day! We watched The Testaments with a less active. We had to set up her DVD player which was a struggle and so glad that I had brothers who taught me so I didn't feel completely stupid trying to plug it into the tv. Although we didn't have a remote and the DVD automatically set it to the ASL setting so we watched the entire movie with everything being signed. It was interesting and I thought of mom and the time she would sign for a sister in the ward. Glad to know I still remember some church signs.
Last week we had contacted a referral who we found out knew someone in the ward. She was interested in learning more so we came back on Wednesday before we went to the church for mutual. It was great and we plan to come back to teach her the full restoration. She loves her bible and is excited to start reading the Book Of Mormon. I love witnessing those that God prepares.
Thursday again we couldn't get enough of Sister Knight and she came with us to a lesson with our investigator and we taught her the Plan of Salvation. She did a great job and she shared a beautiful testimony. Our investigator love her. They even clicked and are going to get together soon so Sister Knight can help her possibly get into Campbell so she doesn't have to redo classes for the nursing program. It was like meant to be, our investigator has been worrying about school as she is ready to start school again.
Again like I said earlier I got sick this week and so it felt like the week may never end and even today I feel yucky but Saturday it was the worst, but I was glad to see our Recent Convert and have our usual meal at cracker barrel. But we decided to go to "Sweet Frog" (frozen yogurt= delicious!!!!) after. We were talking about one of his roommate and sister Beard invited him to invite his roommate to come with us. We followed him after we ate to get him and all four of us had a great time at Sweet Frog. Our Recent Convert is turning into one great missionary. Funny story though earlier that day we saw a less active who was really hard of hearing who you really had to yell at for her to understand you. I didn't like having to yell at her but it was probably one of the quickest lesson I have ever had. She wasn't really up for a visit but it was great to see her and get to know her a little bit.
Sunday was great and I can't remember if I had said last week but the bishopric changed the time from 9-12 to 10-1pm. So it was the first Sunday to start at 10am. It was weird and the ward seemed to be confused. It was a crazy sacrament meeting. Their was a funeral this week with an older member and so we had extra people than usual. We literally were walking all over sacrament and only got to hear about 2 testimonies. There was two young girls who came who I didn't recognize. We found out that they were friends of some of the youth and one was a sister of an investigator with the Elders. They kept leaving so we made sure everything was okay a couple of times. It was crazy getting up and down but we could tell the girls were a bit nervous. We made new friends though! :)
We were afraid that we wouldn't get dinner because of the Super Bowl but a sweet couple who had lived in Colorado and was planning to watch the game fed us. We had a great super bowl dinner! Lots of food and glad we got to help them eat it! I am glad to know the Broncos won too. I thinks its pretty neat that the Broncos and the Panthers play while I am in North Carolina! Crazy!
Well I hope you all have a great week! I hope all goes well! Especially to Sister Morgan who leaves for her mission this week! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Monday, February 1, 2016
Church and the Sacrament was truly my saving Grace
Hey Y'all,
This week has been crazy and a lot to be grateful for. Sadly not a lot happened but like my title Sunday was the best day this week by far!
Tuesday we saw Emily again and watched "Joseph Smith The Prophet of the Restoration" the movie that was shown in the Joseph Smith building. It was great! The spirit was so strong. At the end we talked about it and she said that it helps her to put things in perspective. It was a wonderful chance I got to share and bear my testimony to her. I love the ending of the Movie when Joseph Smith after he dies looks into heaven and says "My Lord, My God" I have watched this so many times before but that part hit me hard. I had a feeling of comfort and joy. I was so hoping that Emily felt it to. We talked about the how much they all had to endure but they never gave up. Joseph Smith died for the cause of the restored church. He never denied it because he knew even that God knew that he saw him and so he couldn't deny it. That also hit me. I may doubt and we all my doubt but God knows the spiritual experiences we have and so he is more disappointed in us and hope that we remember but is always willing to give us more to wake us up. Emily understood that very well! She is doing so well and I can't wait to see her this coming week too.
Friday we got to finally see a part member family who we have been trying to see for a while. We watched the "Mountain of the Lord" with them. It's about the building of the Salt Lake Temple. The family reacted to it in such a way I was not explaining. The kids were even saying they can't destroy God's home. The wife who is the non-member was talking about how she want her friend to be baptized who has past away. We talked about the inside a little and she was wondering why it is so "secret" and so we went onto LDS.org and showed her different videos.
Sunday was great and so glad to be at church, We had Ward Conference and we had a great talk by a missionary in the ward who is leaving tomorrow for the MTC. He is great and will be a great missionary. They are a great family and so missionary minded. When we closed we sang "More Holiness Give Me" and I just couldn't sing. It was a hard to not cry and I have felt the spirit so strong as it talked about trials and hard times and motivation which I needed to hear and simply I just needed a good chance to listen to the words. I don't think I have ever felt the way I did than I did yesterday when I took the Sacrament. I never want to go without it again. In Relief Society we had a lesson from the Talk given in conference "A plea to my sisters" The sister who was giving the lesson at the end said we have to be there for one another. Even for those who are away from home and who need love. We need to stand together as a family. I again cried not because I am away from home but because I felt and knew that I am loved here in Dunn. Dunn is more the missionary I have noticed than for the Ward and for us to help it. Dunn has changed me and I love it here. The members are so great and so loving and willing to serve us. I have needed every one of the four blessings I have gotten here in Dunn from the members and every time I open up they are ready to listen and give love and kindness and I know they listen for the revelation they need to give me to help me. I know that the Lord is mindful of me because he knows me so well he knew I needed to come to Dunn to grow and then grow with Dunn. I am so excited for my Cousin Katie who in just a little over a week gets to leave for her 18 month journey and I know it will change her life and help her become better because it has changed me and it changes people. We are so close to the spirit and we depend so much on Christ and ask for his help and rely on him because that is all he asks of us. I wants us to turn to him and allow him to change us. He paid the hard times for us so they wouldn't be alone and so they could be bearable. I love everything I have learned about my Savior so far on this Journey and I am so grateful I am still here. Enjoy every minute Katie!!! Love you all!!!!
Sister Tayler Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
This week has been crazy and a lot to be grateful for. Sadly not a lot happened but like my title Sunday was the best day this week by far!
Tuesday we saw Emily again and watched "Joseph Smith The Prophet of the Restoration" the movie that was shown in the Joseph Smith building. It was great! The spirit was so strong. At the end we talked about it and she said that it helps her to put things in perspective. It was a wonderful chance I got to share and bear my testimony to her. I love the ending of the Movie when Joseph Smith after he dies looks into heaven and says "My Lord, My God" I have watched this so many times before but that part hit me hard. I had a feeling of comfort and joy. I was so hoping that Emily felt it to. We talked about the how much they all had to endure but they never gave up. Joseph Smith died for the cause of the restored church. He never denied it because he knew even that God knew that he saw him and so he couldn't deny it. That also hit me. I may doubt and we all my doubt but God knows the spiritual experiences we have and so he is more disappointed in us and hope that we remember but is always willing to give us more to wake us up. Emily understood that very well! She is doing so well and I can't wait to see her this coming week too.
Friday we got to finally see a part member family who we have been trying to see for a while. We watched the "Mountain of the Lord" with them. It's about the building of the Salt Lake Temple. The family reacted to it in such a way I was not explaining. The kids were even saying they can't destroy God's home. The wife who is the non-member was talking about how she want her friend to be baptized who has past away. We talked about the inside a little and she was wondering why it is so "secret" and so we went onto LDS.org and showed her different videos.
Sunday was great and so glad to be at church, We had Ward Conference and we had a great talk by a missionary in the ward who is leaving tomorrow for the MTC. He is great and will be a great missionary. They are a great family and so missionary minded. When we closed we sang "More Holiness Give Me" and I just couldn't sing. It was a hard to not cry and I have felt the spirit so strong as it talked about trials and hard times and motivation which I needed to hear and simply I just needed a good chance to listen to the words. I don't think I have ever felt the way I did than I did yesterday when I took the Sacrament. I never want to go without it again. In Relief Society we had a lesson from the Talk given in conference "A plea to my sisters" The sister who was giving the lesson at the end said we have to be there for one another. Even for those who are away from home and who need love. We need to stand together as a family. I again cried not because I am away from home but because I felt and knew that I am loved here in Dunn. Dunn is more the missionary I have noticed than for the Ward and for us to help it. Dunn has changed me and I love it here. The members are so great and so loving and willing to serve us. I have needed every one of the four blessings I have gotten here in Dunn from the members and every time I open up they are ready to listen and give love and kindness and I know they listen for the revelation they need to give me to help me. I know that the Lord is mindful of me because he knows me so well he knew I needed to come to Dunn to grow and then grow with Dunn. I am so excited for my Cousin Katie who in just a little over a week gets to leave for her 18 month journey and I know it will change her life and help her become better because it has changed me and it changes people. We are so close to the spirit and we depend so much on Christ and ask for his help and rely on him because that is all he asks of us. I wants us to turn to him and allow him to change us. He paid the hard times for us so they wouldn't be alone and so they could be bearable. I love everything I have learned about my Savior so far on this Journey and I am so grateful I am still here. Enjoy every minute Katie!!! Love you all!!!!
Sister Tayler Farr
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Sister Tayler Farr
Monday, January 25, 2016
Another Transfer Finished!!
Hey Y'all,
So another Transfer finished! Crazy! Sad news is that I am getting transferred again!!!........Just kidding I am staying in Dunn and staying with Sister Beard! Yay! I broke the streak! So this week was crazy! Winter finally decided to show itself and we got stuck inside! It was mostly from all the freezing rain! Our Car was covered in ice! We learned the hard way you have to defrost your car an hour before you have to go or you will be having to pick away the ice and snow! Never again will I forget that! We spent an unnecessary 15 minutes just doing the windshield! LOL!
Monday we went to Clinton to have a district
P-Day! It was great! We played a game called Dot to Dot! I am totally playing
that with my family! Its a work out but so fun. You make an obstacle course in
the gym but have random items set up like we had a table on its side. The
chair rack out and other big items. Whoever is "IT" makes the course
and each dot. It is dark with little light then when they count we try to do the
course but when he is finished counting we have to hit. If they get you you
have to start over. It was so fun but it was hard. After our fun day we went to
Fayetteville to exchange with the Lumberton Sisters. I stayed in Dunn this time
and Sister Beard went to Lumberton! I am proud to say that I survived my
exchange! I had a blast with Sister Higgins.
Wednesday we had district meeting and it was
great! We all got to share stories about an experience that has shaped our
testimonies and I of course shared my life story of having a Brain Injury
pretty much all I shared in my Farewell talk. We then talked about how we need
to allow those we teach also have these experiences. It was great and fit well
with what we listened to on the World wide Missionary Broadcast! It was great
broadcast although it would lose connection and some things we missed but other
than that it was what I needed to hear. A lot about missionary work I have
slacked off and on and not really tried to work harder in. We were told by Elder
Oaks that we are to "cry repentance." Elder Bednar held a great
discussion with missionaries about how we need the spirit but we are to help
them recognize themselves and not point it out to them. We are going to apply
just that. We know we have the spirit but sometimes we say "you are
feeling the spirit." That is good but we need to let them figure it out
for themselves. We talked about how we can find through Less actives and
Members. We saw the difference between getting people to teach from members
from our own effort and how the ones from members are most likely to be
baptized. It was a big difference. I have definitely seen this to be true!
Members are a great help in the work!
So Friday was a pretty crazy! Our electricity was flickering all day and we worked on Weekly Planning. Thursday we were in too so that was hard! I don't like staying inside!
Saturday we saw Douglas and had our usual lunch at Cracker barrel. We are still getting to the priesthood. He is almost there!
Sunday! WE DIDN'T HAVE CHURCH! I can't say I
never missed church on my mission now!!! :) Weird not getting to have the
sacrament. We were going to use our extra miles to go to Clinton to church but
we decided to use them to see people who are live far. We had a lesson with our
Investigator family. We taught them the Gospel Of Jesus Christ using the water,
pepper, and dish soap object lesson with baptism and the Holy Ghost! No idea
what this is? Ask a missionary!!!! We went to see some Less Actives and The
Knights and The Lykins who's son is leaving in February for his Mission. We
played Book of Mormon Baseball which I also plan to play with my family!
Well this was my week! Not a lot happened because of the weather! But I hope all is going well! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
So another Transfer finished! Crazy! Sad news is that I am getting transferred again!!!........Just kidding I am staying in Dunn and staying with Sister Beard! Yay! I broke the streak! So this week was crazy! Winter finally decided to show itself and we got stuck inside! It was mostly from all the freezing rain! Our Car was covered in ice! We learned the hard way you have to defrost your car an hour before you have to go or you will be having to pick away the ice and snow! Never again will I forget that! We spent an unnecessary 15 minutes just doing the windshield! LOL!
Monday we went to Clinton to have a district
P-Day! It was great! We played a game called Dot to Dot! I am totally playing
that with my family! Its a work out but so fun. You make an obstacle course in
the gym but have random items set up like we had a table on its side. The
chair rack out and other big items. Whoever is "IT" makes the course
and each dot. It is dark with little light then when they count we try to do the
course but when he is finished counting we have to hit. If they get you you
have to start over. It was so fun but it was hard. After our fun day we went to
Fayetteville to exchange with the Lumberton Sisters. I stayed in Dunn this time
and Sister Beard went to Lumberton! I am proud to say that I survived my
exchange! I had a blast with Sister Higgins.
Wednesday we had district meeting and it was
great! We all got to share stories about an experience that has shaped our
testimonies and I of course shared my life story of having a Brain Injury
pretty much all I shared in my Farewell talk. We then talked about how we need
to allow those we teach also have these experiences. It was great and fit well
with what we listened to on the World wide Missionary Broadcast! It was great
broadcast although it would lose connection and some things we missed but other
than that it was what I needed to hear. A lot about missionary work I have
slacked off and on and not really tried to work harder in. We were told by Elder
Oaks that we are to "cry repentance." Elder Bednar held a great
discussion with missionaries about how we need the spirit but we are to help
them recognize themselves and not point it out to them. We are going to apply
just that. We know we have the spirit but sometimes we say "you are
feeling the spirit." That is good but we need to let them figure it out
for themselves. We talked about how we can find through Less actives and
Members. We saw the difference between getting people to teach from members
from our own effort and how the ones from members are most likely to be
baptized. It was a big difference. I have definitely seen this to be true!
Members are a great help in the work!So Friday was a pretty crazy! Our electricity was flickering all day and we worked on Weekly Planning. Thursday we were in too so that was hard! I don't like staying inside!
Saturday we saw Douglas and had our usual lunch at Cracker barrel. We are still getting to the priesthood. He is almost there!
Well this was my week! Not a lot happened because of the weather! But I hope all is going well! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Friday, January 22, 2016
Bible Bash = best learning experience EVER!!!
Hey Y'all,
Another week gone and we are almost done with January! I can't believe at the time! Its going to fast! We are already on week 6 of the transfer so next letter will bring transfer news. Soundly though we found out that the transfer meeting mission world wide are not doing transfer meetings anymore so I will found out about my area if I get transferred and my new companion all at the same time. I am hoping and praying that I stay even though I feel like I don't know Dunn very well as I may hope but we will have to see what President decides!
Monday was great! We went to get our hair cut. I just got it trimmed and got my eyebrows waxed and sister Beard got her hair colored and cut. It was nice to get all of it for free from a less active. Before we left she curled our hair and it was so fun! She wants to feed us soon. I can see this relationship started and hopefully we can help her get to church.
Tuesday we had Zone Conference and had a great conference on teaching the Plan of Salvation using the Bible since we are here in the south of the Bible Belt. We applied it to a lesson but it didn't go to well, but we plan to study for it more and will continue to us it. Sadly since it was conference we had exiting testimonies and a lot of great missionaries are going home. A lot are close friends I met when I first came out. Everybody told me that when your friends start going home then you better not blink cause then it will be your turn. Not sure I like that idea that really scares me!!!
Wednesday and Thursday was a hard day for me! I just keep having those ideas that Sister Beard is leaving and that I will taking over the area. Again I have been paranoid and it resulted in my breaking out in Hives!!! Yeah! not fun! WE thought it may be bed bugs because sister Beard thought she had it to because she had marks and was itchy. We have an investigator with them but we just haven't been in there house. We got paranoid to and washed and did a big clean to be safe. It helped but I got more hives. I couldn't stop them from coming and so when we went to dinner with our Ward mission leaders brother we went to our ward mission leaders house to get medicine and she gave me Zyrtec and Benadryl. I told Brother Knight about what I have been feeling and he gave me a great blessing. He said something that really sound out that I wanted to share. He said that the Lord calls the Weak and simple and sometimes its at our weakest points he uses all that we have we just have to keep going and push through. I have seen a lot of that this week. When I feel like I am getting stressed and worried or just ready to throw in the towel I have been saying ok what can the Lord use me in this situation or what can I give to the work and continue to serve him with all my heart, might, mind and strength. Having Zone Conference and stake conference yesterday has helped me to restart myself and rededicate my efforts.
Friday was a pretty hard day! We
had spent most of our morning role playing for a lesson with our Baptist
investigator who has been trying to bible bash with us in the past. They
requested us to teach the Plan of Salvation and so we decided to us President
James outline and use some of the scriptures. We had a great practice and knew
where we wanted to go with it. Then when we did the real thing it was horrible.
We didn't even get past the Creation. She didn't like the fact that God put
Adams Spirit into him if we existed before. She didn't like the fact that we
even lived before this time on earth. I will honestly say I felt bad for her
and I also was getting frustrated. I must have been showing it cause sister Beard
would bump me every so often very lightly. We tried to even explain that we
believe in the Godhead where Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the spirit are
all completely separate beings but work together in unity. She wouldn't let us
move on from there either because we must have simply believed in a different
God. She said a lot of hurtful things and we just simply closed and said that
we love coming and sharing what we know and grateful for her strong faith and
that all our job as missionaries are to bring people unto Christ and only add
to what they may already know to be true. We pretty much will not being coming
back for a while. She wasn't happy with us. But I was holding in emotions and
hurtful thoughts all the way through the prayer. Once we got in the car and got
away from the house I just lost it. I cried beautiful alligator tears! No joke!
I really couldn't help it. We pulled over in a church parking lot and just
talked. She is not ready to accept the gospel. At this point we needed to use this
hard lesson as a learning opportunity. Yes it was hard and a lot of hurtful
things were said and I was ready to shake her and make her understand but I
learned for myself truly how much this gospel means to me! I was so ready to
defend what she was denying and trying to prove wrong that I was ready to yell
and make it worse. I knew that the spirit was pushed away and I may have been
to blame but I know that this was not a loss. It was an experience that I
needed. With all that I have been feeling the doubt and the unknown of certain
things I learned for myself and saw how much I have learned! I would have not a
year ago been able to defend and testify with pure knowledge of what I knew to
be true. I know where I stand and why we are only to invite others to come unto
Christ! We started off great and the spirit was there but our natural mans got
in the way! We did not get contentious but it could have gotten. The spirit told
us to leave and we did. It was hard to have to stop seeing her and her family! She
had even told us that she loves that we have the priesthood that can seal
families and that believe in the atonement. But she couldn't see the reason for
the idea that we existed before this life! I am grateful for all that this
Gospel brings to us all and I am glad that I know what I know! I love this
Gospel! I know this Church is true! I know my savior and Heavenly Father love
me!
The week got better though on Saturday we were able to bring our most elect investigator to Clinton to the Elders in our District's baptism for the investigator. It was a great chance to be there with her and see her excitement. One of the Elders sang a beautiful solo and when we left she asked if we would sing at her baptism!!!! 😀 It was a really great baptism! She had a great time and she said that she doesn't want to wait but she is waiting for the one who brought her to the church to baptize her in April when he gets back from Arizona! I know she is strong and that she won't fall away during that time, but that we will just have to watch for nerves. I just hope I will be able to be here for it! We had dinner with our recent Convert ( the man in the picture I sent earlier) We had dinner again at Cracker barrel like we do every Saturday and taught him about the Priesthood preparing him for it soon! He is nervous but he getting there! We are excited for him! I love him and he is a great man who wants to do good and wants to be ready for it! I love seeing the desire and drive that come from Recent Converts!
Sunday we had Stake Conference and heard talks from Elder Clayton, Elder Rasbund, and Elder Hales and Sister Reeves! They were all great. A lot about temples. We want to apply helping our investigators to make a goal for the temple just as we do with their baptism. We had a lesson with our investigator who is the family with 6 kids. We taught the Plan of Salvation and they just ate it up. We got the older kids to help us draw the outline. It was great! We found out that they are not married. Which they felt made it impossible to come to church. We told them they are welcome whenever. We also invited the older two girls to activity day girls. We invited them to be baptized! They said yes when they felt that the church and the things we are teaching are true!
We had a great week and had some wonderful and great experiences! I know that I have been too hard on myself and I will be fine if I take over the area! I want to stay and I have wanted to stay in every area I have been! I sometimes hate how much love I have and how loving I am and how I just give myself to people and then I have to leave them! I know though that I have this gift from God because really they need this love from me. I learned to have this love because of this Gospel and because of my family but after this week I know that everyone wants this kind of love! We all want love and especially from our Heavenly Father! I love you all and I hope this week you can feel of the love God has for you!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Another week gone and we are almost done with January! I can't believe at the time! Its going to fast! We are already on week 6 of the transfer so next letter will bring transfer news. Soundly though we found out that the transfer meeting mission world wide are not doing transfer meetings anymore so I will found out about my area if I get transferred and my new companion all at the same time. I am hoping and praying that I stay even though I feel like I don't know Dunn very well as I may hope but we will have to see what President decides!
Monday was great! We went to get our hair cut. I just got it trimmed and got my eyebrows waxed and sister Beard got her hair colored and cut. It was nice to get all of it for free from a less active. Before we left she curled our hair and it was so fun! She wants to feed us soon. I can see this relationship started and hopefully we can help her get to church.
Tuesday we had Zone Conference and had a great conference on teaching the Plan of Salvation using the Bible since we are here in the south of the Bible Belt. We applied it to a lesson but it didn't go to well, but we plan to study for it more and will continue to us it. Sadly since it was conference we had exiting testimonies and a lot of great missionaries are going home. A lot are close friends I met when I first came out. Everybody told me that when your friends start going home then you better not blink cause then it will be your turn. Not sure I like that idea that really scares me!!!
Wednesday and Thursday was a hard day for me! I just keep having those ideas that Sister Beard is leaving and that I will taking over the area. Again I have been paranoid and it resulted in my breaking out in Hives!!! Yeah! not fun! WE thought it may be bed bugs because sister Beard thought she had it to because she had marks and was itchy. We have an investigator with them but we just haven't been in there house. We got paranoid to and washed and did a big clean to be safe. It helped but I got more hives. I couldn't stop them from coming and so when we went to dinner with our Ward mission leaders brother we went to our ward mission leaders house to get medicine and she gave me Zyrtec and Benadryl. I told Brother Knight about what I have been feeling and he gave me a great blessing. He said something that really sound out that I wanted to share. He said that the Lord calls the Weak and simple and sometimes its at our weakest points he uses all that we have we just have to keep going and push through. I have seen a lot of that this week. When I feel like I am getting stressed and worried or just ready to throw in the towel I have been saying ok what can the Lord use me in this situation or what can I give to the work and continue to serve him with all my heart, might, mind and strength. Having Zone Conference and stake conference yesterday has helped me to restart myself and rededicate my efforts.
Friday was a pretty hard day! We
had spent most of our morning role playing for a lesson with our Baptist
investigator who has been trying to bible bash with us in the past. They
requested us to teach the Plan of Salvation and so we decided to us President
James outline and use some of the scriptures. We had a great practice and knew
where we wanted to go with it. Then when we did the real thing it was horrible.
We didn't even get past the Creation. She didn't like the fact that God put
Adams Spirit into him if we existed before. She didn't like the fact that we
even lived before this time on earth. I will honestly say I felt bad for her
and I also was getting frustrated. I must have been showing it cause sister Beard
would bump me every so often very lightly. We tried to even explain that we
believe in the Godhead where Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and the spirit are
all completely separate beings but work together in unity. She wouldn't let us
move on from there either because we must have simply believed in a different
God. She said a lot of hurtful things and we just simply closed and said that
we love coming and sharing what we know and grateful for her strong faith and
that all our job as missionaries are to bring people unto Christ and only add
to what they may already know to be true. We pretty much will not being coming
back for a while. She wasn't happy with us. But I was holding in emotions and
hurtful thoughts all the way through the prayer. Once we got in the car and got
away from the house I just lost it. I cried beautiful alligator tears! No joke!
I really couldn't help it. We pulled over in a church parking lot and just
talked. She is not ready to accept the gospel. At this point we needed to use this
hard lesson as a learning opportunity. Yes it was hard and a lot of hurtful
things were said and I was ready to shake her and make her understand but I
learned for myself truly how much this gospel means to me! I was so ready to
defend what she was denying and trying to prove wrong that I was ready to yell
and make it worse. I knew that the spirit was pushed away and I may have been
to blame but I know that this was not a loss. It was an experience that I
needed. With all that I have been feeling the doubt and the unknown of certain
things I learned for myself and saw how much I have learned! I would have not a
year ago been able to defend and testify with pure knowledge of what I knew to
be true. I know where I stand and why we are only to invite others to come unto
Christ! We started off great and the spirit was there but our natural mans got
in the way! We did not get contentious but it could have gotten. The spirit told
us to leave and we did. It was hard to have to stop seeing her and her family! She
had even told us that she loves that we have the priesthood that can seal
families and that believe in the atonement. But she couldn't see the reason for
the idea that we existed before this life! I am grateful for all that this
Gospel brings to us all and I am glad that I know what I know! I love this
Gospel! I know this Church is true! I know my savior and Heavenly Father love
me!The week got better though on Saturday we were able to bring our most elect investigator to Clinton to the Elders in our District's baptism for the investigator. It was a great chance to be there with her and see her excitement. One of the Elders sang a beautiful solo and when we left she asked if we would sing at her baptism!!!! 😀 It was a really great baptism! She had a great time and she said that she doesn't want to wait but she is waiting for the one who brought her to the church to baptize her in April when he gets back from Arizona! I know she is strong and that she won't fall away during that time, but that we will just have to watch for nerves. I just hope I will be able to be here for it! We had dinner with our recent Convert ( the man in the picture I sent earlier) We had dinner again at Cracker barrel like we do every Saturday and taught him about the Priesthood preparing him for it soon! He is nervous but he getting there! We are excited for him! I love him and he is a great man who wants to do good and wants to be ready for it! I love seeing the desire and drive that come from Recent Converts!
Sunday we had Stake Conference and heard talks from Elder Clayton, Elder Rasbund, and Elder Hales and Sister Reeves! They were all great. A lot about temples. We want to apply helping our investigators to make a goal for the temple just as we do with their baptism. We had a lesson with our investigator who is the family with 6 kids. We taught the Plan of Salvation and they just ate it up. We got the older kids to help us draw the outline. It was great! We found out that they are not married. Which they felt made it impossible to come to church. We told them they are welcome whenever. We also invited the older two girls to activity day girls. We invited them to be baptized! They said yes when they felt that the church and the things we are teaching are true!
We had a great week and had some wonderful and great experiences! I know that I have been too hard on myself and I will be fine if I take over the area! I want to stay and I have wanted to stay in every area I have been! I sometimes hate how much love I have and how loving I am and how I just give myself to people and then I have to leave them! I know though that I have this gift from God because really they need this love from me. I learned to have this love because of this Gospel and because of my family but after this week I know that everyone wants this kind of love! We all want love and especially from our Heavenly Father! I love you all and I hope this week you can feel of the love God has for you!
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Sister Tayler Farr
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Miracle Exchanges and a great week full of Elect People!!!!
Hey Y'all,
This week my letter is going to be a little shorter! But man this was a great and fabulous week! We got a lot done and we finally got up with people who then became investigators. We really saw the fruits of our labors this week! We have been working with a couple of families and it has just been hard getting together. This week to we had exchanges with the Lumberton (Lumbertron-nickname) Sister! I went to Lumberton and that was a lot of fun! I found out that the Sister I went with is from Monument!!! Sister Skalla. She even knows the Morgan's! WOW! Small world! We talked about Sally DeFord, Cantata, Colorado, snow and my goodness so much more. I experienced great miracles with them too! I got to witness a family who needed the Gospel and as we talked about the Book of Mormon they accepted to have continual visits and lessons! It was great! I got to teach a 16 year old girl who is getting ready for her baptism! I even got to visit a Less Active Sister who is pregnant and that was a very interesting conversation! It reminded me of my Pembroke days and I miss it!
Wednesday we had Zone Training it was a great boost to the rest of the week which I think we both needed! It was really just about "Just do it!" I just need to push myself and enjoy the work as I do it! When I work I am less about me and more about Christ and the people in our area! I have seen that help us as we have been able to get 8 new investigators and one current investigator to accept baptism. We had other instruction about Less Actives, covenanting and other great stuff and we ended with a great video of Choosing TODAY to be a disciple of Christ and to rededicate ourselves to the work! It was great and very motivating!
Friday we had a great lesson with our investigator where we taught her the Restoration and talked about how we have to sometimes hit the bottom of the low before we start get back up to the top and then keep going! We testified and invited her to be baptized she then testified of the truth she was starting to know and then we all started to cry and it was just amazing! I never want to forget it and she is so elect!!!
Saturday was when we saw our other new investigators who was a families of 6 but only 4 right now! We taught the Restoration and the Dad kept saying this is just like my church and what I have been taught its just more complete! He loved it and we talked about modesty, missionary life, temples, Sunday church is run! They are great family and I can see how the Gospel is already blessing there family!
Well this was my week! I hope you all have a great week! Remember we always have Christ on our side cheering us on! I have seen so many miracles and I love this work! Love you all!
--
Sister Tayler Farr
This week my letter is going to be a little shorter! But man this was a great and fabulous week! We got a lot done and we finally got up with people who then became investigators. We really saw the fruits of our labors this week! We have been working with a couple of families and it has just been hard getting together. This week to we had exchanges with the Lumberton (Lumbertron-nickname) Sister! I went to Lumberton and that was a lot of fun! I found out that the Sister I went with is from Monument!!! Sister Skalla. She even knows the Morgan's! WOW! Small world! We talked about Sally DeFord, Cantata, Colorado, snow and my goodness so much more. I experienced great miracles with them too! I got to witness a family who needed the Gospel and as we talked about the Book of Mormon they accepted to have continual visits and lessons! It was great! I got to teach a 16 year old girl who is getting ready for her baptism! I even got to visit a Less Active Sister who is pregnant and that was a very interesting conversation! It reminded me of my Pembroke days and I miss it!
Wednesday we had Zone Training it was a great boost to the rest of the week which I think we both needed! It was really just about "Just do it!" I just need to push myself and enjoy the work as I do it! When I work I am less about me and more about Christ and the people in our area! I have seen that help us as we have been able to get 8 new investigators and one current investigator to accept baptism. We had other instruction about Less Actives, covenanting and other great stuff and we ended with a great video of Choosing TODAY to be a disciple of Christ and to rededicate ourselves to the work! It was great and very motivating!
Friday we had a great lesson with our investigator where we taught her the Restoration and talked about how we have to sometimes hit the bottom of the low before we start get back up to the top and then keep going! We testified and invited her to be baptized she then testified of the truth she was starting to know and then we all started to cry and it was just amazing! I never want to forget it and she is so elect!!!
Saturday was when we saw our other new investigators who was a families of 6 but only 4 right now! We taught the Restoration and the Dad kept saying this is just like my church and what I have been taught its just more complete! He loved it and we talked about modesty, missionary life, temples, Sunday church is run! They are great family and I can see how the Gospel is already blessing there family!
Well this was my week! I hope you all have a great week! Remember we always have Christ on our side cheering us on! I have seen so many miracles and I love this work! Love you all!
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Sister Tayler Farr
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