October 11, 2014
Wow the time here in Mexico
seems to speed up... we just had our mid change training for all of the new
missionaries and I feel like we just finished the last training yesterday when
it was 6 weeks ago.... I can’t believe how fast time is flying before I know it
I’m going to hit the halfway point which seems surreal... Well enough of that,
this week was really, really good. A few highlights that I wanted to touch on
include our upcoming baptisms, a few investigators, seeing grandma and grandpa
Adams, and the highlights from conference.
1. Tomorrow we are going to
baptize Sara. Sara was the wife of Francisco that backed out at the last
minute, I am hoping that Francisco is getting the Priesthood this Sunday and
will be able to baptize her. That would be so awesome! I am so excited for Sara
for finally coming to realize that this is the right decision and tomorrow will
be an awesome day.
2. We have a family who was
progressing really well but didn't want to get baptized, they felt comfortable
in their other church and even though they were reading the Book of Mormon and thought
it was true they still didn't want to leave their Christian church. They came
with us to the conference Sunday morning and the mom (Ofelia) LOVED the
conference, she took about 4 pages of notes and it was so amazing to see that
all of the talks in the only session they went to were focused exactly on their
needs. She told us the next day the she knows it’s true and that means she has
to get baptized. They are going to get baptized next week and they are such an
awesome family and a family I love so much! It was such a miracle to see the
impact the conference can have on people.
3. Last night I was given
permission to go visit grandma and grandpa Adams who are here in Mexico City
and had asked President if they could take us out to Dinner. It was an awesome
night and I loved seeing them so much and they seem to be doing really well.
They have all the pictures of us from last night so you will have to ask them
for the pictures but it was a cool experience. Yesterday in the morning
President told my companion and I that we couldn't tell ANYONE in the mission
that he gave me permission to do that because he has said no to people before
and will probably continue saying no, and the only reason he said yes was
because I am in his offices and that he loves me... haha, just another perk of
the offices.
4. Lastly this conference
was amazing, if you didn't get the chance to watch it I would encourage you all
to watch it, it is amazing. Also on YouTube they have something new (new or
maybe I was just ignorant before and had no idea that it existed). The new
thing is called "General Conference Highlights" They have a channel
that goes through the whole conference but with just 1-2 minute clips of every
talk. I thought this was so cool because it is such an amazing way to share the
conference on twitter, or Facebook. We can post our favorite talks from the
conference and have lots of people watch it because it is only about 1 - 2
minutes rather than 20. I would encourage everyone to watch the conference and
to try posting your favorite conference highlight to help spread the gospel in
an easy way.
Well this week was overall
a great week, really busy with lots of things to do but we are still having
lots of success, I will send you the pictures of our baptisms and cant wait to
hear from you all next week!!
Love,
Elder
Adams
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