Elder Darrik F. Farmer

Caroling

2009-01-30T11:22:00.000-08:00

They all had a caroling night in the courtyard before Christmas... I am sensing a trend with Darrik and pictures... see if you can figure it out... ya, is there a picture of him not showing one of his fingers (mostly his thumb)?!

Christmas Tree- Brazil style

2009-01-09T11:45:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!

2009-01-02T11:41:00.000-08:00

I have updated Elder Farmer's address above...

and here is a few pictures from him. He says that everyone likes to do this to their bananas!

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-19T09:16:00.000-08:00

(I'll have his updated address for you soon! sorry!)

Week 6- Merry Christmas!

2008-12-12T12:25:00.000-08:00

I am going to try and post a picture every week for all you Elder Farmer V lovers out there! This week it will be this one...

My mom sent him this tree and 12 presents for the 12 days of christmas! She is awesome and Darrik, I mean Elder Farmer loved that all the other missionaries were jealous!

Pictures from Darrik!

2008-11-16T22:06:00.001-08:00

For those that want to see what's going on with Elder Farmer... here are some pics!

L: Elder Johnson (Rexburg, ID) R: Elder Rire (San Louis, Obispo)

they are going to Ribeirao Preto Elder Farmer's companion (Elder Holbrook- Williamsburg, Virginia) on his bed- Darrik's is on top Desk Area: Darrik's closet on right View of courtyard/ gardens from room Darrik & his companion The roomView of the city: the city is huge! tall buildings for miles & miles- makes NY look like a small town! With Elder Lobo (native). Darrik loves him! He is helping him learn the language and he will also go to his mission. The GardensThe Mailboxes: Darrik wishes he got more mail! :) *hint hint*The Track: so small! 14 times around is one mile. The church bought this narrow strip (the ctm is behind).The Gym: volleyball & Basketball- Brazilians are awesome at volleyball!The fron of the CTM (pronounced "say-te-emy"). The largest church building outside of N America.

This is the Guard Hut. The area is kinda scary so they hired a company for security. To enter you have to close the first gate- close it behind you, swipe card, and then other gate opens. This is where Devotionals & Firesides occur- last Saturday(Oct. 25th) Richard G. Scott came and Darrik got to shake his hand!

The Preparing Stage

2008-10-05T20:17:00.000-07:00

So these past few weeks/months have been a real blessing to me. When I first recieved my call and it was over 4 months away, I was not excited to wait that long. But I've come to realize that the time has been a great opportunity to study and prepare and to get into "missionary mode."
I have boughten a lot of my stuff already. I have my one suit that ill wear only twice on my mission (going to the MTC in brazil and returning home). I have half of my shirts and all of my pants. I also have my shoes. Man are they comfy! I have never had any shoes so comfy as these!
I am preparing now for my farewell talk and i cant wait to give it. Im excited about the topic. I only have 16 days until I leave on the plane to head for brazil! I cant wait!!!

My Amazing Luck! (no sarcasim...)

2008-08-31T22:46:00.000-07:00

I have been running into a string of luck lately and thought i'd share it. About a week or two ago on a monday night, Chad tells me that he would like to join me in doing the route for Walgreens. So we decided on meeting at my house at 7 am so we could get as much done as possible (and for those of you that know me and Chad, that's extremely early!). Chad shows up at my house and before we get in my truck I tell him me brakes aren't too good. after diving not two blocks i could see the look of terror on Chads face! Well we proceeded anyways to the gas station were i fill up and we also filled up the tires with air. But while Chad was filling up one of them I looked at that tire and noticed that an entire ring of rubber on the inside was gone. It was down to the frayed material with barely anything keeping air in the tire! So needless to say we couldn't use the truck.
We drive back to my house and park the truck. (im trying to give you the shortened virsion) I go in and ask sister tracy if i could borrow her Expedition to do the job. I would also borrow a trailor and put the ads in there. after a while she so graciously let me use it. So I go to pick up the trailor and finally we are on our way by at least 930.
Now we get not 1/4 of a mile away from the storage unit where i pick up the ads and it dawns on me that i left the key in my truck. This wouldn't be a big deal if i wasnt way out in Glendale! Its a good 40 min drive! So i had to drive all the way back home to get the key only to drive right back. (With gas prices, this was a costly and painful mistake!)
Me and Chad load up in a short amount of time and start delivering. Now as if the day could not get any worse, the trailor tire blows out! Now i was blessed in that a tire shop wasn't any more than 1/4 of a mile down the road.
I am greatful that Chad was intune with the spirit to know he needed to come with me to work that day! You are awesome Chad!
You would think that this is where i end my story, but no it goes on. I put new tires on the truck which cost 500 dollars. (mom paid for it. Thanks mom!!!!!!) I was sitting at home last wednesday night and had free time and i knew the brakes needed to be checked, so i start driving to the mechanic to estimate what it would cost to fix. As i was on my way, the brakes went out on me!! It was so scary! I had to use the emergency brake to stop. Well i made it there saftely and the total estimate came to 550 dollars... Ugh.... My luck is so amazing! But i know the lord will find a way.

Masquerade Dance Party!

2008-08-13T13:59:00.000-07:00

This past Saturday evening I planned a Masquerade Party for a bunch of my friends. It was an absolute blast! We all went to Taco Bell dressed up and with our masks on to eat dinner and then went to a friends house where the dance was held. (We got a LOT of wierd looks at taco Bell!!)

(Me and her won the best masks)

We had a contest of who could make/bring the best mask. I won for the guys! (due to Ashley's amazingness in making masks- she made my mask!) So Thanks Ashley!

We enjoyed talking and dancing and taking pictures and also driving Chad and Ashley's Hoe! ;)

(The guys getting our groove on!)

(Me and Sarah Parker)

(The guys posing)

(Me and Amy Reuben)

My Area

2008-07-21T00:10:00.000-07:00

This is a map of all of Brazil. I got this so I could see the states that I will be serving in. My mission covers the two states of Alagoas and Sergipe which are on the east coast. The Maceio Mission is one of the smallest missions- size-wise.

The Ball

2008-07-13T20:47:00.001-07:00

Last night I had the opportunity to go to a Ball. Well sorta...

Right before school had ended, I was at a yearbook signing party with some of my friends. While I was there my friend Sarah showed me a silver high-healed shoe that she had of another one of my friends, Aubrey. Sarah had this one shoe because Aubrey had left it at her house. i suddenly got the brilliant idea to take it around the room and try it on all the girls to see if it fit, leaving Aubrey to be the last girl in the room to try it on. Of course it was "a perfect fit." So I told Aubrey that since I, the Prince, had found her, the Princess, I would soon take her on a date.

Well a week ago i went to Aubrey and asked her which Princess she like more, Cinderella, Bell or Snow White. Each Princess had a different activity that we would do. She chose Bell and that activity was to have a Ball.
She didn't know right away what her choice meant but later that week i had a friend go over to her house all dressed up and give her an invitation to the Ball. It was perfect! Everything went like it was a movie! I picked her up and gave her a single rose (because the rose in Beauty and the Beast). We went out to eat at Panda Express all dressed up and recieved many wierd glances from other people.

After dinner Everyone started heading over to my friends house who was hosting the occation while me and my date took a detour. We arrived about 10 minutes later than everyone else and we walked down the stairs and everyone was dancing to a slow song. I had instructed everyone to split a path and to make a circle so me and her could dance in the center while everyone watch the "Prince" and "Princess" dance.

It was absolutely amazing. Perfect, some might say!

Mission Call!

2008-07-13T20:27:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've updated this so I thought I should let everyone know whats new. I have been called to serve in the Brazil Maceio Mission. I report on October 22nd. Maceio is located on the east coast of Brazil. it is the top tourist attracting city in all of Brazil and is known for it's beautiful beaches; blue, blue water and white sand. (Too bad I wont be swimming hu?!?)

I look forward to leaving but it just seems so far away... But im sure it will come sooner than I think.

I went through the temple and that was an amazing experience! I have many things happen to that have shown me how much my Heavenly Father loves me and is looking out for me. (Just ask Chad and he'll tell you one that he witnessed with me) But it was a cherry on top to go through the temple with my family and to enter the Celestrial room and feel my Fathers love for me and litterally wrap his arms around me!

I love this gospel and I cant wait to share my joy I have found in it to the people of Maceio Brazil!

Three words that describe my life right now...

2008-02-02T17:44:00.000-08:00

a Busy, Poor Student. I havent found a job yet so im just kinda muchin off Dad until i do find one. I am busy with Light and friends and school. Nothing much else to say about it...

Darrik's a Criminal! Well... Sorta.

2008-01-16T20:51:00.000-08:00

Today i went to court because of a parking ticket that i recieved about a month ago. How i got the ticket is a another story... But it cost 50 dollars if you send in the payment within 7 days. But after that it changes to $115! So i quickly sent in the ticket with my Debt Card info on it. About a week later i get a letter in the mail saying that the card was declined! Now because it was declined, they were going to charge me the $115. I cant pay... I mean Dad cant pay that much! (Dad gave me the money to cover the ticket) So a few days later i get another letter saying that i can appear in court. So today I went down there with a print off from my account and proved that when they rang in my card, i indeed had money in the account. They didn't bother arguing and just changed the amount back to $50.