Happy New Year!

hey I'm on!
awesome I only have 15 min before I got to go.  We went to a library today.
no we just had a boat load of elders with us so it was going to take forever!
no we are just spending the day with them.  and probably the muddy buddys and the tie.

This week was a great week.  It was so great to be able to hear from you and talk with all of you.  It is such a blessing to be able to be a part of such a strong supportive family.  I love it so much.  It sounds like your Christmas was packed with lots of fun and all that good stuff.  I'm so jealous that you are all getting snow!  That is one thing that I am just dying for right now.  We have had temperatures in the 60's my companion and I don't even wear jackets.  That sounds like a lot of fun that you are able to go back to the Primary.  Teaching is the best calling in the Church.  It gives you and excuse to be able to study the scriptures and really get to know you Savior personally.  I know personally that studying the scriptures is the greatest blessing to be able to have in our lives. This was the greatest Christmas of my life! We went around and were able to teach so many amazing people and bless them with the joy of their Savior. One guy that we went and saw was a single black guy that doesn't have any family near by. He tried to go down to New Orleans to see his family but he couldn't get the money together. Elder Holloway and I decided to first just visit with him and help him feel loved, like he had friends. The spirit was so strong and then we asked if we could share a message about the Jesus Christ. This guy has been an investigator for a while and was going to be baptized a lot of times but he always gets scared and backs out. As we talked with him he let us know his concerns and he really opened up. We then asked him to come to church and pray about being baptized. He agreed to it and the spirit of Christ was really in that room. It was so amazing to just be able to forget yourself on Christmas and see the Lord work through you.

So this year I have made it a goal to be able to finish Jesus the Christ before the end of my mission.  You will have to keep me accountable to be able to make sure that I do that  It's such a good book.  I would really encourage you to read it sometime.

So about the things with Josh and Jera...  just don't worry about it.  The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of Agency.  Everything in the end will all work out and you will be able to see the Lords hand in all things.  That is one thing that I have really been able to see on my mission.  Despite the hard times as well as the easy times everything works out.  I know that to be true.  Just pray and ask God to open your eyes to see his work.  I love you so much and I thank you for all that you do. I love this work and I know that it is true. I know that my Savior Jesus Christ lives and that he loves each and everyone of us. I know with all my heart that he is eager to bless his missionaries if we show him that we are consecrated. I know that this is the true church and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  Have a great week I love You.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

hahaha mature???? and no I don't have any of the same ties.

Well I got to go.  Love you BYE!!! MWAH

Merry Christmas

That's awesome. I'm on.
how are you?
ooo fun that sounds like fun.
I had to wait for some other elders to get done writing.
exactly... So I was thinking that I would take the money that I got from both grandma's and buy a suit today.  They are having a huge sale of them.  Would that be ok?
that will be fine.  It will probably on be like 150
perry ellece.  and not sure....
it has but it didn't say anything on there.
ok and no.   I don't need snow boots I will be fine.


So I won't be calling this Christmas....  Just kidding I will calling you at 3 my time and 1 your time.  I will try to skype you.  Those pictures of me at the Christmas party must be burned I have no idea what I was thinking... haha That was a lot of fun.  Awesome thank you so much for getting all the Christmas things together.  Hope everything is going well.  I have a confession, I have not sent you a gift yet hopefully I will be able to get it in the mail sometime soon... Yeah not sure about that but we will try to get it to you before I get home.  Just got a little to busy.  Lots of really cool miracles have been happening here in Q-town.  We had a really cool one as we were at our ward party.  My companion and I were going to get our scriptures to go and teach one of the investigators that came to the party and as we were walking outside this guy walks up to us and says, "Yes the lord has led me you to."  We were a little confused so we started to talk to him.  He is from Sierra Leone and has learned about the church.  We sat down with him taught him a lesson and he is now getting baptized this weekend.  This was the coolest miracle!  There are so many great things happening.  It is such a blessing to be able to see the Kingdom of God roll forward at such an alarming rate.  Well this e-mail will be short because I will talk to you on Christmas.  Thank you so much for all that you do and all your love and support.  I know that this gospel is true and that my Savior loves me.  I know with all my heart that the spirit is real and that there is no way that any work could be done with out it.  I know with all my heart that Joseph Smith was a prophet and that Thomas S. Monson is a prophet today.  I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  I love you and hope that you have a great week.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha  That's funny!

ok sounds good.  I will talk to you then.  But I got to run.  With all my love from Virginia.  Talk to you soon

Elder Adams

Cold!

hey i'm on
awesome.  How is everything going?
sweet.  are you at work right now or are you off?
O hahah fun.....  Help those kids

This week was another great week in Quantico. It is the best nothing is greater than serving the Lord during this time of year.  So many great miracles and so many great people that are willing to learn about the gospel it is the best.  It sounds like the New house is having a few problems... Sorry about that it's not good.  It was really good to know about your childhood though.  I think it's kind of interesting to be able to understand all about the history of the family.  It's all good don't worry you can always just talk about anything and I will listen.  I'm not sure what you can send me really anything works.  It's all good. 

This week we had an amazing miracle. It was with a little girl, Nadia Sheets that was baptized on Sunday. Now last Sunday we weren't sure if she was going to make her date but we did everything in faith. We prepared a baptism programm to help her see what the service would be like. We talked with her parents and tried to think of anyway that we could help her. Then finally we said we are just going to do the interview. On the drive over to the interview we got a text from her father that said, "Nadia has decided to be baptized on Sunday!" That was the greatest text that I have ever recieved in my life. That was absolutley amazing. The greatest thing that has ever happened. It was the best. Then the spirit was so strong at her baptism. There is nothing better than to be able to see a young girl make a covenant with her Heavenly Father. I know that this church is true and I know that my Savior lives. I know with all my heart that faith is what it's all about in this work. If we show the faith we can have all the hope in the world that our Father in Heaven will be there for us. I love this work and I love my Savior and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  This week should be great we are hoping to be able to see another person baptized this week.  It's so amazing to see the work of the Lord move forward.  Well Sorry this one was short I hope that everything is going great.  I love you and pray for you thank you so much for all that you do for me.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

no I think I'm good.  I got to go though.  Got to go do some shopping for the groceries.  I love you and hope that you have a great week.  If there is anything that I can do for please let me know.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

Holiday Season!

Hey I'm on!
No I have not!
That is awesome!!!!
That is way awesome!!!  Holly cow crazy things.
just everything all things are great!! So I'm in Quantico up in Woodbridge VA.  It's home of the Marine Base.  My companions Elder Holloway He's a black guy from LA
Louisianna
Yes I did.  My address is 2807 Woodmark dr. appt.204 Woodbridge VA 22192
yes I did it is great!  contacts yes garments I'm good.
you don't need to send them yet.  Wait tell you have other things!

Well that is way fun to be able to hear all about the amazing things that are happening.  It's so crazy to think that Courtney is coming home already.  Time flies while you are on the mission that is for sure.  We have had some awesome miracles up here in the Quantico area.  It is so great to be able to be serving up here. I love this ward so much.   They are sweet.  It sounds like Devin is pretty set on all Virginia schools.  Let him know that all the NOVA, (Northern Virginia) schools, housing will be super expensive because he's so close to DC.  University of Virginia is the sweetest thing but there is a lot of drinking on that campus.  You will have to let me know what he decides.  It sounds like you are all having a lot of fun.  I love you all so much you are so sweet.  We might be going pretty soon to the Marine Museum here.  So I think that I might need some money for that.  I'm not really sure about that though.   We have seen so many great miracles this past week, Quantico is the best! One of the greatest days was yesterday. We had just had church which was amazing we had a lot of investigators show up. Then we set out for the rest of the day to go and find someone great new people. We were going around talking to everyone and Elder Holloway recieved a prompting to turn around and knock on a door. He does and right when he knocks he then hears, "talk about family history." He does and this guy is golden. He wants to be baptized but just hasn't been able to attend a church long enough. It's amazing then later that night we were going to the Christmas Devotional and we get there and no one showed up... We weren't sure what to do so we thought about it and we both thought to go to an appartment complex and finish the night working. We went there and knocked all the doors we could. There was no answer except for one and they weren't interested. We then hear a car door open and we go down to see who it is. It's this guy named Nixon he is awesome!!!! He is from Ghana and knows about the church. He is awesome and is praying about baptism on Dec. 27. He is so ready it is so amazing!!! I love this gospel and I love the works of the spirit. The spirit is the most effective way to do this work! I know that that is obvious but it is the most amazing thing to be able to see the spirit work on someone else and in your own life. I know that this work is true and I know that Jesus Christ lives and loves each and everyone of us. I love this work and I know that Joseph Smith is the prophet of God that restored this truth to this earth. I know with all my heart that this work is real and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.  I love this work.  This week my studies have been really awesome.  I have been studying, What makes us different from the Pharisees?  You can not be extreme in any sense of the word!  You must be flexible and willing to change in order to fulfill the will of the Father.  I know with all my heart that this gospel is true and that the church of Jesus Christ is living.  I love this gospel and I love you.  Thank you for all that you do and I love you with all my heart.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

Love you I have got to go.  Have a great week.  I love you so much!! MWAH from Virginia.

Elder Adams

John Lytle

Hello Mucho love I'm on
ok sounds good!  Guess who's getting transferred tomorrow?
Yes me and I don't know I will find out tuesday at transfer meeting.... Dang...
Yeah I'm sad I love this area but it happens it's not as hard to transfer now that you've done it a couple of times.  The baptism was awesome!!!
Yeah,  that's fun.  Any fun plans this week?
ok sounds good.  Hey I might be able to find something for KC i'm not sure though.  What does she want?
Ok sounds good thank you!!!  Well I got to go Bye I love you and thank you so much for all that you do.  I hope you have a great week.  With all my love from Virginia. 

Elder Adams

hmmm probably going to be super hard with me across the country and no time.....

That is awesome!  It sounds like Thanksgiving really good.  That is really interesting about the family history stuff crazy crazy right there.  All I know is that families can be together forever and that's all that matters to me.  That is crazy with the ward Christmas party.  It sounds like you are having a lot of fun though and that it's keeping you busy which that is always good.  It's fun to be in other families homes for the holidays and to see their traditions.  It sounds like you were all up and down the valley this week with all kinds of things.  I don't really care what is in the Christmas package.  You have done great at surprising me so far so I think you will do just fine.  You will have to send me a picture of the new house all decorated.  I think I only saw one picture and it was on the outside and it still looked like we lived in the middle of no where with no grass... Just kidding haha.  

This week was a great week.  Holiday weeks are always interesting in a YSA ward.  We were able to go to a bishopric members house for lunch and then our ward mission leader took us out to afghan kabobs for dinner.  It was amazing.  Very interesting experience but such good food.  So many people leave but it's all good we were able to see John Lytle get baptized.  Elder Denning and I were lead to John's door when we first came here.  It took us forever to meet back up with him but after a while we were able to meet with him and be able to see him completely change.  It was absolutely amazing.  We were able to see a man that didn't have any belief in God or a faith in Jesus Christ come to the knowledge of his Savior and that he had a loving Heavenly Father.  This was the most amazing thing in the whole world.  John as now read the Book of Mormon about 25 times he said that he has lost count.  He just can't stop reading it.  We gave him the Doctrine and Covenants and hopefully the church will be able to print enough material for him to be able to read it.  He is such an amazing guy.  At his baptism we gave him the opportunity to be able to stand and bare his testimony.  He stood up and read the poem by Robert Frost, "The Road Less Traveled."  At the end of his testimony he said, "Today I took the road less traveled and it made all the difference."  That was so poetic and such a blessing to be able to see how this gospel has effected his life in such a profound way.  This week has been a week were I have really thought about personal goals and making sure that I fulfill the things that my Savior Jesus Christ wants me to do.  As I have thought about these things it has been interesting to think how our Heavenly Father loves us so much that he has given us complete agency to choose what we want to do.  He force us to do anything but he does guide us to the things that he needs us to do.  It's always interesting to think that he trusts us to listen to his spirit and to be lead by it though out life.  If we choose to follow the promptings of the Holy Ghost and be obedient to our Heavenly Fathers command then we do not need to fear at all.  We will always fulfill his will.  I love my Savior Jesus Christ so much he lives!  I know that he lives and that he loves us.  I know that the Atonement is such a real power and that it is constantly changing us and sanctifying us.  I know that the Book of Mormon is true and that it is the word of God.  I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.  I love you so much and I hope that you have a great holiday season.  There is a great message that I highly encourage you to watch and to share with all your friends.  It's called "He is the Gift."  It can be found onchristmas.mormon.org  It is so powerful.  I love this work so much you constantly see the the Saviors hand in your life.  I love you and hope you have a great week.  If there is anything that I can do for you please let me know.  With all my love from Virginia.

Elder Adams

Haven't sent you a picture in a long time... Sorry about that.  This is John Lytle.  He's way sweet!