Well - 1 more week in Paradise! haha

Hey everyone! It was actually a really good week :) haha it was crazy but way fun!

I got my ticket info on Wednesday which was nuts.. I'm leaving next Tuesday morning at 530 in the morning. I'll be getting into Norfolk at like 5 or so... It still hasn't really set in that I'm actually going to be in VA in like a week.. but I'm kinda glad for that! haha I think its an answer to a prayer that I'll be able to treat this week as just a normal week on the mission and get to work! I have had some peace about everything :) its been nice! We had interviews with president this week and that was good we got to talk about during the surgery then what will happen after and that helped alot. I'm hoping to try to keep my schedule as much as I can especially my study schedule! I'm actually excited to get some of the reading that I've wanted to done so that will  be nice! 

Making peach cobbler with Elder Perdue

We have some good stuff going for us in our area - one of our wards is on fire! we have a baptism this Saturday of Anthony! he is so cool! he's like the most spiritual 12 year old ever!! We also have a part-member family where 2 son James(11) and Landon(9) are getting baptized on September 28th and Holly the mom is coming along! We are gunna get her to church! and she's gunna get dunked with her kids! I'm pumped! We also have Pah-ley this Burmese guy and his family who want to get baptized! we asked him why and he said because he feels the holy Spirit when we teach him! man those people are so awesome! we also are teaching the Bo Thien family, Bo was a Buddhist monk in Mayanmar(Burma) but he feels the spirit when we teach him about Jesus Christ! his wife is a strong Christian and wants him to develop faith so bad! We invite him to read out of the New Testament because they don't have the BOM in Burmese yet.. He cried when he read John 3:16 and we were able to tell him that it was the God telling him that Jesus is our savior and that through him we can receive Eternal life! he said that he will try to develop faith! I love it! We found a whole Burmese family of 5 this week! They just lost their youngest son a month ago and teaching them has been awesome so far! We are going to invite the family to be baptized this week! Hahaha

It seems that I always leave and area right before we have like 20 baptisms but that's ok! It really doesn't matter if I see it as long as it happens! I love it! It really has brought me so much peace recently knowing that I have made a difference so far on my mission :) I'm glad that I will get to reevaluate what I've done on my mission and discover how I can improve! Being a missionary is definitely a learning process. You never really feel like you know how to do the work but you do get better as you walk forward. We've really been trying to work on receiving revelation and praying specifically for specific goals for people and it has been awesome! Its the best feeling in the world to get insight for and investigator and then go and use it with faith and see how its exactly what they need! I love it! its amazing to see God in our lifes when we really look :) I know that it will be harder once I'm home but its something I've needed to work on! So be grateful for blessings this week and try and notice how God works in your lives this week!

I love you all! haha see you next week!

Peace ;) E macfarlane!

Made it to Boise!

Hey Everyone! 

I'm in boise now!! haha we got in on Tuesday and President Cannon was there to greet us and he took us back to the mission home and we ate and had some training meetings and a testimony meeting! it was pretty awesome and long haha. Anyways on wensday we ate breakfast with the President and his wife and had some more meetings and eventually got asigned our first companions! 

My comps name is Elder Nicholls, he's from Zimbabwi haha he has kind of a crazy accent but he knows what he's doing and is willing to workhard so thats good! He's what they call my training companion soo we get alittle extra time in the morning for training type stuff. After we got our companions we left for our area and got striaght to work! we had 2 apointments and a dinner on the first day and we also tracked and visted some optential investigators! They deffinitely throw you in quick! anyways today so far we've taught a lesson and we have 4 more appiontments and a dinner apointment tonight. It deffinitely seems like we are gunna stay busy! 

Anyways my P-day is monday, President Cannon just wanted me to send a brief email home to let yall know that I got here safe and I'm doing alright! annnnd send m Letters!!!! I promise to write back on Monday!! Hope all is well and I love you guy's a ton! It really does feel good to teach lessons to actual people and see how the message touches them!!! 

Love ya!!! yo son/bro 
Elder Macfarlane haha
P.S My area is called Nampa Idaho! Its a agricultural comunity about 15mins outside Boise and yes I'm on a bike. Haha I'll send ya pictures! 

Shuttle to the airport - leaving MTC for Boise!

Boise Airport!

Going to the MTC

Goodbye Family! (airport in Virginia)

Josh, Kera, Micaela, Aaron, Miranda, Joe, Beth, Steele

Lunch before the drop off with uncle and cousins

Ready to Serve

Read this book!  :)

MTC dropoff

There he goes!