Another Great Week!

Hello I'm on!!!!

I didn't receive an e-mail...

ok sounds good.

yes I got it.  That's pretty crazy that you ralfed.  Sorry I didn't tell you about Jeffersons house.  It was sweet!!! That dude was way smart.  It was way cool to be able to see some virginia history.

I already sent my e-mail.  It was really cool though.  A lot of people think of Thomas Jefferson as an inventor but he actually a designer.  Which is kind of interesting.  

We actually have Elders zone p-day.  So we are going to play sports and get some excursive.  It will be great!

sorry exercise 

What a great week in the mission.  So many great blessings came to us this week.  The greatest blessing this week was to be able to see Scarlett Bradley being baptized.  It's so amazing to be able to see someone that is curious about the church and begins to ask questions move to being able to stand and declare that they know that this church is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.  There is no way that this work would move forward with out the Spirit and the hand of the Lord in every step of the work.  I love this Gospel so much.  Being on my mission has really helped me to see that nothing is done by me alone but it is all done by Him.  There are so many times were He enables me to be more than I am, strengthens me to be stronger then I will every be and have a greater capacity to love then is humanly possible.  This gospel is absolutely amazing.  His plan is life changing and marvelous.  Another fantastic miracle that happened this week is of a young lady that we are teaching.  I'm not sure if I've told you about her.  She is very Catholic and very involved in the Catholic church.  She was actually thinking about becoming a nun right out of High School.  We had a great lesson with her about being able to act upon the promptings that she receives.  As we were able to talk with her the spirit was so strong and helped us understand how to best help her grow in her own testimony.  The spirit is such an amazing thing in the work.  We were not able to set her on date to be baptized but she is definitely praying about it and beginning to obtain a testimony.  The last miracle that occurred this week was of a guy that we have been teaching forever.  I've told you about him.  We should be able to see him baptized by the end of the week.  He has slowly grown his testimony and began to find is faith in Christ.  He is now trying to find if he should be baptized this weekend.  We are really hoping that it will.  It has been amazing to be able to see the atonement in his life.  I love this work.  There is nothing greater than this work and all the miracles that occur on a regular bases.  I know with all my heart that this is the true church of God and that Jesus Christ guides and directs this work here on earth.  I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and that he as Thomas S. Monson is the mouth piece for God here on this earth.  I love my Savior with all my heart.  I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that if we read it with the intent to better our lives we will constantly find it as the greatest help to get closer to our Father in Heaven.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.  I hope that you all have a great week and a great holiday.  You will have to let me know how it goes.  Thank you for all that you do and for helping me be the person that I am today.  I love you with all my heart.  If there is anything that I can do for you please let me know.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

P.S-If you want some great doctrine talks go listen to the talk by Bruce R. McConkie- Joseph Smith. It's way good.

Well I better get going.  Love you.  Have a great week.  Mwah!!! with all my love from Virginia!!!

Pre-Thanksgiving

Hi I'm on!
no just on time for once:) How are you?
ok sounds good.  Hey I know that I spent a lot of money this week... Sorry but we wanted to go to monticello today.   It's thomas Jeffersons house.  it is going to cost $25 is that ok?
paypal was the driving school and Chesapeake foods? how much?
hmmm I'm not sure...
The Charge.  I'm still driving.
Yes I am driving.  And that thing is way to big to be in your bed.
When does it say it got charged?
It might be Chilies....  Not sure
yes sorry.  Well I got to go but know I love you see you later.  Have a great week.  If there is anything that I can do for you just let me know! Love!!!!

That is so fun!  That is some great advice from the stake high council men.  I really like that.  That is so funny that Brother Butler is the new bishop.  That guy is so funny probably the coolest guy there is. That is so much fun though.  It sound like everything is going really good out there.  How cold is it?  It's been pretty cold here.  Hasn't dropped below freezing though so that's always nice!  I should be good with the weather change though.  I have all my winter stuff from last year so as far as I know I'm good.  Arista is doing great it sounds like that is so awesome.  That is also way crazy about Josh.  That is insane though...

This week has been a great week.  The greatest thing that happened this week is that Scarlette Bradley, an investigator that we have been working with for like 2 months now.  Not because she didn't want to be baptized but because she wanted to wait for her mother to be able to see it.  She is getting baptized this week!!!  YA!  Sweet miracle nothing like receiving that text from her that says, "Could I get baptized this week?"  The best thing in the whole world!!!  We are really excited to see her be baptized.  Another really cool miracle that happened this week is that we have been teaching this guy that hadn't had any faith in Jesus Christ when we first met him.  We slowly were able to help him progress and be able to understand how he can improve his relationship with God and come to know Jesus Christ.  He is committed to be baptized on Nov. 30.  He is really working towards it we taught him the word of wisdom this week and he had no problem with it and was ready to try it out.  It is amazing how our Heavenly Father softens peoples hearts and prepares people to accept the gospel.  We are also teaching this other guy his name is Kwame he is from Ghana.  You can see how he is changing his life from his old life style to now a life style that follows Christ.  It is so amazing to see how people are effected by the Atonement of Jesus Christ every day and to see them come closer to him.  I know that this is the work of the Lord and that he is constantly watching over his children.  I love missionary work!!! These last couple of weeks have been very interesting and I have been able to learn more about how our Heavenly Fathers plan works. This is a simply doctrine but this is a doctrine that I feel is most important. It's that of spiritual creation and faith. Together these two doctrines help us follow Gods plan and fulfill his will hear on this earth. The thing that has always stuck out to me as I have been serving my mission is the amount of planning that must take place in order for a great spiritual moment to occur. I feel that constantly we are preparing working toward the next great spiritual moment and when it comes we simply learn it love it and take that spiritual truth and progress to the next spiritual truth. I love this gospel and how it works but none of these spiritual truths would be worth anything if we don't have faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. It is He who makes all things possible by his power and his word are all things fulfilled. I simply know that spiritual preparation, spiritual creation, is the most important thing that we must learn along with faith.  I hope that you all have a great week and that you continue to hasten the work of Salvation one step at a time.  It is a great blessing that the Lord has blessed us with to be able to so close to a temple in Utah.  It is our imperative duty to hasten the work of Salvation and bring all souls to Christ.  We MUST do all that we can to help others come unto Christ.  Find the way that you can do the work of the Lord and be fabulous.  I love my Savior with all my heart and I know that this is the Lords church here on this earth.  I know that is church was restored by a prophet of God, Joseph Smith and that the work that he did for us is far beyond any other humans work beside Jesus Christ.  I know that this is the Hastening of the work of Salvation this is the last time that our Lord will gather his people.  I know that he will bless us as we move forward and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  I love you and have a great week.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

Love You

hey love you don't know when I will be able to e-mail have to take a driving course...
I only got the first e-mail.... Sorry I'm on now

Hello, Sorry that this e-mail is going to be so short.  I have been taking this online driving course all day.  Yeah never get a ticket for sure... It's definitely not fun at all.  I love you.  Thank you so much for sending me an e-maill this week.  It was great to be able to hear about all the great things that are occurring.  It sound like you had a great week and the stress finally gone.  I love you so much.   Don't worry about me your last sentences seem like you are very worried.  I am doing great.  I love the work of God and there is nothing better than serving the Lord.  I love this work with all my heart.  I have been able to learn so much about myself and about the gospel of Jesus Christ. We had a really great miracle this week with a guy that we have been teaching for a while now. He has had a very hard life as he has served in the military and seen so many things that have destroyed his faith in God and in Jesus Christ. We have been teaching him trying to help him gain the faith to pray and he has begun praying and reading the Book of Mormon. The greatest thing happened this week. While we were teaching him we simply helped him understand that he's not going to get closer to God unless he begins preparing for baptism. We helped him see that this was a step to strengthen his faith in Jesus Christ and re-build the relationship he once had. Now we've had this conversation with him many of times but this time just felt different. As we invited him to prepare for baptism by coming to church he said, "For sure this week it is set in stone." We didn't stop there! We then invited him to be baptized on Nov. 30. He said, "I'm not sure if I can make that but if I know that it's true for myself then yes I will." YES! Ask in faith and everything is possible. I know with all my heart that faith is a power and miracles do occur as we go forth in faith. I know that He lives and that he loves each and everyone of us. I know that this gospel is true and that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. I know that this is the work of God and that he is hastening it. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.   I love you so much. If there is anything that I can do for you please let me know.  By the way I just might go to montecello next week, Thomas Jeffersons house.  Not sure though we might just play some sports.  I love you and have a great week.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

Scholarship

Dear Mom,

Sorry P-day was a little crazy this week.  We had to go teach a guy a lesson early in the morning.  But the good new is He's GOING TO BE BAPTIZED ON NOV. 30!!!!  It was a sweet lesson man just awesome.  It sounds like you need another hobby... I'm telling you you just need to start selling houses for a living you would be way good at it. I just want to thank you so much for the Halloween package.  It was the best thing in the whole wide world to get that.  Especially the apple cider.  Man that stuff is great after you just get done tracting and you are frozen.  Just simp on some of that and bam it's like magic you are warm again.  It is getting pretty cold out here.  The mornings are almost to cold for me to go and run sprints now so I'm not sure what I'm going to do for work outs.  I will find something.  I love you though and thank you so much for all that you do for me.  Thank you so much for all the support that you have given me.  I love you so much and thank you so much for just being a great mom.  We saw a lot of great miracles this week.  I'm short on time so I will just tell you about the lesson we had. In my nightly prayers I have been asking the Lord to help me find the one. The one person that needs to be baptized that day or to simply learn about the gospel of Jesus Christ. It's amazing that when you ask for things Heavenly Father answers. This morning we were getting ready and during companion study I said that we needed to call a former investigator really quick. We didn't get an answer so I was puzzled. By the end of Comp. study the former called us back and said that he could meet right then. Elder Denning and I instantly hurried to go and meet with him. The lesson was great and the spirit was jam packed into that room. It was absolutely amazing such a powerful experience. We helped him understand that he must change his life today make the decision to stop drinking and to clean up his life. We were bold with him and simply told him what needed to happen. Then we invited him to be baptized. He accepted the date of Nov. 30.  This work is so great I know that my redeemer lives and loves all of his children and that he wants us to be able to become just like him.  I love my lord and Savior with all my heart and I know that this gospel is the truth.  I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that it does help us draw nearer to God.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.  I love you and hope that you have a great week!! If there is anything that I can do for you just let me know.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams