June 25, 2018 - South SLC

So this week has been great. We biked to temple square on last Monday with our zone leaders. That was super fun. From the stake center to the temple is 3 miles, plus we started at our apartment, so it was 6 miles. I attached some photos of the adventure. It was really fun!

We had pizza twice this week, and knocked over 1000 doors. We had interviews with President Hillier, it was super great to talk with him. 

We also had lots of highs and lows this week. For example, we had lots of people lined up to teach, but we couldn't get translators, and because of that, some of them fell off. But the high this week was Paul Lu's baptism! He is a great kid, who I have known and worked with the entire time I have been here. He was not sure he wanted to get baptized because he wanted to do the right thing, and finally he decided to take a step of faith and be baptized. It was amazing to see him be baptized by his good friend, and then receive the gift of the Holy Ghost on Sunday. He was so happy!

Well, that is the week. Loads of fun exciting things! An organization put on a world refugee day(they are done all over the country) and we were able to attend a little to find some people to teach. It was super awesome! 

Here are some pictures: (Paul lu is the boy next to me)

         

 

                      

June 18, 2018 - South SLC

So this week was absolutely incredible!!!!!! There were so many highlights, I don't even know where to begin! 

So the biggest miracle was all the people we had at church. We have been trying for months to get a group of 17 people to church. 5 of them are good, they have been a few times, but the other 12 wouldn't come. So we have tried so hard to get them, we got the head guy for 2 weeks, then he got a job, and couldn't come to church this week. So we decided to stop by and see who else we could bring, and all of the sudden, we had every single girl(except one)in the whole group of 17 come. There was 8 of them! We had no idea what was going on, so we had to call a translator fast, and then get them a ride! This led to some other very spiritual experiences for some of the members to help these people out. I am so grateful to the Lord for His Goodness in allowing us to see His hand manifest. 

Another great part of the week was all the work we did. We had some great lessons, and absolutely taught with and by the Spirit, but the best part was the 6 apartment complexes we tracted all the way through. It was incredible to testify to so many people of their loving Heavenly Father, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to do this incredible work.

I love this so much! 

Love you all!

Elder Adams

P.s. We also had our mission tour, and Elder Brian Taylor of the Seventy came to speak with us. It was super awesome!!!!! I learned so much, and we have just attacked the work! 

June 4, 2018 - South SLC

This week has been unbelievable. Lots of miracles happened, we had tons of people come to church for the first time, and it was excellent. I had taco stand tacos twice. They were good. We also had some wonderful lessons, it is amazing to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ working in people's lives, helping them to change.

So Sunday we had a very special day. Elder Gerrit W Gong, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, visited our church meeting. It was very special. He spoke with Elder Mulcahy and I for a few minutes afterwards, and gave us some counsel and encouragement. Attached is a picture of us. 

I did get to watch the "Be One" celebration, not live, and the Youth Worldwide Devotional live. They were both super awesome! I hope that Carson, Cody and Heidi are all following the 5 things that President Nelson invited them to do. 

A great experience from the week: Elder Mulcahy and I have covered a lot of ground looking for Burmese people. We look everywhere in the valley. We tried a new area, the Greater Avenues, just northeast of Temple Square, for a couple of hours on Wednesday. We were blessed to be in the exact right spots at the exact right times to bless not only many Burmese peoples live's, but also many other meek and humble children of God. Like you (Dad) told me before the mission, because of my badge, people will open up and tell me their life story, which is always crazy, but to be able to testify of the Savior, His Atonement, and the power of the Book of Mormon is incredible. It is such a blessing to serve!

A busy week of lots done, with lots more to do for God's children! I love serving a mission so much! It has been the greatest thing in my life! 

I love you all! 

Elder Adams