October 30, 2017 - Murray, UT

Every day of your mission you are tired. That is a fact you have to deal with. This last week though has been an even more tired week. That, added with 7 Halloween parties, made for an interesting week.

Despite the tiredness we pressed forward and worked hard! We taught a lot of lessons, and biked lots of miles! We had many opportunities to serve, which I always love. B, who is getting baptized on Saturday, is very fun to meet with. He is a young boy and has the energy and appetite of a crazy teenager. It is fun to talk to him because of how he responds to so many things. He is hilarious.

Crazy story from this week: we were walking home Monday night and this lady pulled over and handed us a $100 bill. She said she has a son serving, and wanted to help us out. That was crazy awesome. Truly I am in an area where I am able to focus on work and serving others, as my personal needs are well taken care of.

A fun dinner was on Sunday night. We had some chili, and then we also had blood to drink, witch's fingers, brains and hearts. It was really kind of fun and gross at the same time. The brain really got to you as you ate it and looked at the large part in front of you. Fun times. (See picture below.)

A spiritual story from this week: we were teaching these 3 brothers the plan of Salvation. It was really cool to see their interest, and when we finished the oldest boy sat back and was like Woah! We then invited them to be baptized, and they all said yes within half a second! The Spirit was so strong during that lesson, it was a really great experience.

Well, I love you all, the work is true and doing great. Transfers this week, Elder Fisher and I are staying together! It is gonna be a great transfer of hard work!

Be great!
Elder Adams 

(Below: Halloween fun. And the other picture is my cover for my mission album of funny things.)

October 23, 2017 - Murray, UT

Matumaini yote ni pia! (Hope all is well!)

Jinsi ni kila mtu kufanya? Wiki hii tumekuwa kushangaza!( How is everyone doing? This week has been amazing! In Swahili) Elder Fisher and I are learning a little bit of Swahili for fun. It is pretty good. I can kind of bear my testimony in Swahili. So anyways, it got pretty cold earlier this week, so of course we just worked harder so we could get warm. One day we knocked 100 doors straight, looking for someone we could teach about all that the Savior has blessed us with.

We had lots of opportunities to serve this week, which is awesome because I love to serve others. First, we replaced a dryer on the 3rd floor of an apartment complex. Had to carry a new one up, and an old one down. We helped a person moving clean out a storage container. Then we helped pushed this guys car that went dead in the middle of the road. Then we stopped randomly and trimmed some lady's bushes. We also stopped and helped some people rake some of their yard and have a lesson set up with that family now. So this was awesome because I love helping others. That is a big part of why I am out here. The message of the Gospel of Jesus Christ can help everyone so much in their lives!

Thursday we had member of the Seventy come and speak to us. His name is Elder Kevin Duncan. It was absolutely amazing! I learned so much, and learned how I can become a better missionary! It re-motivated me to work in more effective ways. Truly he spoke to us inspiring words!

I finished the Book of Mormon again this week. I love this book so much! I know it is the word of God! Kitabu cha Mormoni ni ya kweli! The Book of Mormon is true! I have since restarted, and plan on finishing it again by Christmas. I invite you all to join me in this challenge, I can promise that as you study the Book of Mormon each day, the Lord will bless you so much in every aspect of your daily life!

I was able to speak in a sacrament meeting again today. I spoke on prophets, and obeying the word of the Lord. I invite us all to more fully commit to be obedient to the Lord's commandments, as they will bring us protection and peace.

I love you all so much!
Until next week! Tutaonana baadaye!
Elder Adams

October 16, 2017 - Murray, UT

This week has been such a great week! The biggest theme and part of this week has just been the amount of diligence and hard work Elder Fisher and I have put in. We are striving to utilize the Lord's time to the best of our ability. We have been doing more tracting, more lessons, and more praying than ever.

We had the opportunity to go on exchanges with our district leader this week. I went with him, Elder Mushet. He is a great guy who is very experienced, and it was a great opportunity for us to counsel together on how I have been doing, and ways I can improve. We also had a lot of fun, we get along very well. Elder Fisher and I spent the night at their apartment, it was a great chance to talk and enjoy one another's devotion to God.

We had another baptism this week. This one was for C. It was averaged size, with only about 30 people there. But she had a lot of family attend, and the most tender part was the fact that over the last 4 weeks, her husband who has been less active and smokes, gave up smoking, and came back to church, and was able to baptize her. That was neat. The Atonement of Our Savior Jesus Christ can help us overcome anything if we truly desire to change and start a brand new life. C, in her own way, bore her testimony after she was baptized, and it was very sweet. They had us over for a steak dinner a few nights before the baptism as well. It was a great experience.

A neat experience we had this week: One of our dear investigators was going to be home alone on Saturday. We did a lesson at a friends house, and as we were walking out, we felt as if something was off. It turns out that this young boy was not only home alone, but also he was not going to have any food for the rest of the day. We considered buying him a burger from Wendy's, but eventually texted a neighbor to have them help out. Then we went to do some contacting at a little league football game. We showed up late, but the concessions people were like "Elders, here are some hamburgers!" We took them, had 2 each, then thought of the young man with no food, and brought him 2 hamburgers as well. The Lord truly does provide for us, because He loves us!

I love you all so much, I love to hear how everyone is doing! Feel free to email anytime!
Be Great!
Elder Adams

October 9, 2017 - Murray, UT

Hello! This week has been full of lots of fun times. We finally got Elder Fisher a bike and on Tuesday, our first full day with a bike, we contacted 21 people as opposed to the 10 the previous week on foot. We are being blessed by the Lord so much, as we are being given opportunities to teach and serve His elect and humble in heart. The Lord is keeping us busy with good things to do. I love it so much!

We had a baptism this week for L. It was an absolutely incredible experience. I was honored to baptize her, and it was an amazing opportunity. She is such a strong spirit, her and her family will be blessed so much for her righteous desires. It was an incredible evening.

Not anything crazy happened this week, just a lot of solid hard work. Like I mentioned, we got Elder Fisher a bike on Monday. Then on Wednesday, my bike broke. When we put it in the shop they said it was gonna be about a week, and not very cheap. Like close to $100 dollars. Well, Friday morning we went to pick it up, they fixed it in one day! And it didn't even cost $11! That was such a miracle, and we were able to get right back to work!

I love this work so much. I love Our Savior Jesus Christ so much! I know He lives! This gospel has brought me so much joy! I love sharing it with others and serving my brothers and sisters.

Pictures from General Conference and L's baptism.
 

October 2, 2017 - Murray, UT

So this week has been really amazing! First off, last Monday I got the package you sent! It made me so happy to have, I love the clothes so much! And when I saw the food, I almost cried because it is some of my favorites that I haven't had in a long time. The granola is delicious, and everything is so good. I loved the card, thank you so much! I love you lots Madre!

Then, we had some incredible opportunities to just work as hard as we could, to try and invite all to come unto Christ. It is hard work, and we walk 15+ miles a day, but it is all so worth it. I love it so much.

Then the weekend rolled around, and things got crazy awesome! First, on Saturday we were blessed to go down to the conference center with a recent convert and his wife. They were so fun, and it was an incredible experience. As the large room slowly filled, and the apostles started to go to their seats, the Spirit was so strong. Then, when President Eyring and President Uchtdorf walked in the huge room just went absolutely silent. It was an extremely powerful meeting, and I loved every second of it. Then we worked the rest of the evening, and missed the priesthood session because we had missionary work to do. Last night we were getting ready for bed and as I was saying my prayers I felt a really strong prompting to text Bishop Tingey and ask him if he had any extra tickets for Sunday afternoon session. He had just told us that he was going to give the tickets away, and I almost talked myself out of texting him. But I popped up in the middle of my prayer, texted him, and then went back to my prayer. A couple of minutes later Bishop texted back and said that he had exactly one ticket left over. That was so cool, so we got it immediately, and then contacted J and L (she is getting baptized on Saturday) because they had 3 for that session. That was a great way to end the day.

So then Sunday came, and we put on the morning session at a church building for some investigators. J and L dropped us off at the Hatch's house for lunch. We had waffles. Then, it was down to the conference center for the 4 of us. The session was extremely memorable, for a variety of reasons. First off, the talks were all so poignant as to what we needed to hear. And MoTab was so amazing, I thought of you a lot Mom. The news of Elder Robert D Hales passing is sad, but I know it is all part of the Lord's plan for him and his family, and for the 12 apostles. Oh yea, at the Saturday afternoon session they did the sustaining of the general authorities, and it was so cool to be able to sustain them while I could see them all and feel their strong spirits and love.  Conference was absolutely amazing this weekend, I am so grateful for a living prophet and apostles who lead and guide this church under the direction of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So then we had dinner with a Tongan family. It was quite the experience. They had salmon and full crabs, and some potato thing. They also had mussel, squid, and full fish you eat whole. Those were actually really good. If you look at the picture, you can see its fins, tail, and head. I just ate it whole, bones and all. And the squid was not fun in my tummy, and the mussels weren't too bad. They also had garlic bread and juice to help with the taste. It was really quite fun. 

Then, we worked really hard and finished the week off well. It has been an incredible week to serve, I love it so much.