1. My companion in a shopping cart we found at the bodega.
2. Pilar y Felix at their baptism.
3. My companion and I after we found out he was going.
4. My companion and I saying bye to the gomez family.
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Wednesday, October 14, 2015
October 12, 2015
October 12, 2015
Well I have four weeks left.... and honestly I
don’t know what to say.... I feel so weird knowing Im going home in 4 weeks,
but at the same time trying to get rid of those thoughts. I feel like it comes
to my mind all the time, and I get really excited, but at the same time I know
that it distracts me and that I need to endure to the end of my mission,
working as hard as I can while I have the chance. I know I will miss being a
missionary and my heart is so torn.... I am so excited to go home, and start
the new life that waits for me and all that that involves (moving on to the
next stage in my life, seeing friends again, seeing family, listening to music,
the whole 9 yards). But I am so distraught with the fact that in 4 weeks I will
not be a representative of Jesus Christ (as a mission, we always take his name
upon us but its different), I hate the idea of not wearing this name tag over
my heart ever day, and leaving this people that I have come to love so dearly
(missionaries, President Whitehead, converts EVERYONE)....
Well, enough ranting, this week we had
interviews with President, it went really well. Honestly not a lot happened
this week but we have a lot of people progressing, I will fill you in on them
when they are baptized. I have no time now so just to explain the 2 photos:
1. My companion and I in his first interview,
and my last interview...
2. Israel Gomez (one of my best friends from
here). I taught him what a 5 star was.... haha
Love you all and hope you have a great
week!!
Love,
Elder Adams
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
October 5, 2015
October 5, 2015
Well this week was a very disappointing week,
and an amazing week filled with TONS of inspiration!! My companion and I worked
really hard this week, saw tons of miracles and had a lot of people committed
to come to church, 18 to be exact. But 12 people ended up not coming and we
only had 6 people at church this weekend... But the weekend was amazing!!! What
an incredible opportunity to hear that the Lord has called 3 new apostles! I am
so excited to have Elder Rasband, Elder Stevens, and Elder Runlend to guide us.
Their testimonies were incredible as well as the rest of the conference. I
found talks that I think each one of us can apply in our lives:
First, starting with me, I went with the
question of how I can stay on the straight and narrow path after the mission,
although there were many talks that in part answered that question, such as
Elder Robert D Hales, Elder Holland, Elder Andersen and Elder Durant. I feel
like Elder Quinton L Cook took my question and made a talk out of it. It hit me
so hard with exactly what I need to do after the mission and that is one talk I
want to apply arriving at home.
DAD - Well this talk I feel like
can be applied by the whole family, but I feel like its something you would
like to do, and something you could be greatly benefited by. It was the talk by
Elder Devin Durant in the Sunday Afternoon session I believe. He talked about
something called ponderization. It is a really cool idea and its something I
will be applying also, give it a shot and if you haven’t listened to the talk
listen to it.
MOM - There were two talks
that made me think about you, the first was the talk by Elder Russel M Nelson
Sunday morning, I imagine you saw it but I thought of you immediately, you are
already this type of person but I imagine that there are still things you can
take out of the talk. Secondly the talk by Elder Holland in the 2nd session of
Saturday Afternoon. This talk describes exactly how I feel about you, I love
you mom, and I hope you can listen to the talk and think about me, especially
when he talks about the Mexico City Temple rededication because I was there and
I actually know Sister Pyper and her daughter (the attend the English ward I
served in while in the offices, they are such sweet people).
LEXIE - Lexie, one of the
talks that I loved was by Elder Robert D Hales. Its a talk that was meant for
all young adults, so I will be applying it also. Listen to the talk, and Im not
trying to tell you to get married immediately.... but all the advice that he
gave is inspired by god, especially the line that says "You can start
preparing today, by being worth of the type of person you want to marry",
I suggest that you start thinking about the type of person you want to have in
your life and be worthy of that person.
EMILY - Well I already
gave you tons of talks to read in your personal email but I would re-watch the
talk from Elder Russell M Nelson. I know you saw it because you said it was one
of your favorites but watch it over, and over and over again, to really dissect
it, and dissect the things you can take out of it.
JOSH - WATCH THE WHOLE PRIESTHOOD
SESSION, but in particular Elder Iryings talk in that session. He talks about
the importance of every priesthood ordinance, and every priesthood function. I
remember about 6 years ago when I was a priest also, and I didn’t understand or
comprehend the magnitude of that calling, or of holding the priesthood of god,
watch it, and then watch it again. Make sure it sinks in, and really imagine
what it means to be a priest of God.
I love you all, and I hope you all have a great
week. I will be working as hard as I can for the next 5 weeks so I expect you
all to do the same, help a neighbor, help a family member, do a good act this
week and remember that Ill be doing it too. I love you all and hope you are all
doing well.
Love,
Elder Adams
September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015
Well I had changes today and guess what....
Elder Adams and I just switched kids..... hahahaha Elder Adams opened an area
last change with a kid, and I did the exact same. My kid (Elder Solis) was
companions with Elder Guzman (Elder Adams kid) well Elder Solis went with Elder
Adams and Elder Guzman came with me. He is from Costa Rica and I will be
finishing my mission with him. Its so crazy to me that I only have 6 weeks left....
its going to fly by so fast. I feel like I just barley got to this area and
barely got put with Elder Solis, but that happened 6 weeks ago.... the exact
amount of time I have left in the mission........ Today sitting across from my
companion with my new agenda planning the night with him it really hit me...
This is it, I wont have any other chances, this is my last change to give
everything I’ve got, and after that its over. Just like that the best 2 years
of my life have come to an end... I have loved every second of these last 23
months and I wouldn’t change them for the world. I’ve learned so much, grown so
much, changed so much, and met so many people who have, and will keep on
changing my life. I never understood what people meant when they said it would
be the best hardest 2 years of your life. I also didn’t understand when people
said they loved their mission.... and to be honest no one does until you live
it.
This week flew by really fast, just a story from
last Monday. After writing everyone with the zone leaders we went to the
"Nevado de Toluca" its the big Volcano that you can climb here in
Toluca. It was such an incredible experience and being that high up in nature
was SO cool. There is no air up there so it was hard to climb but we had all the
intentions of making it to the very highest peak. We started climbing up into
the clouds and we hit a peak and we thought for sure it was the highest peak,
so the 4 of us knelt down and offered a pray together, we felt so close to our
Heavenly Father and it was so cool, but as we opened our eyes the clouds went
away and we saw one more pack that was higher... we didn’t have time to climb
it but it was such a cool fun experience and I will attach photos for sure.
I love you all and hope you have a great week!!
Keep working hard, keep with your shoulder to the wheel and Ill do the same,
love you!!!
Love,
Elder Adams
1. The lake at the top of the volcano
2. Elder Robision and I at the top
3. Elder Eveyln and Elder Solis at what we
thought was the top
4. The real top behind us.... haha
Photos: September 28, 2015
1. The lake at the top of the volcano
2. Elder Robision and I at the top
3. Elder Eveyln and Elder Solis at what we thought was the top
4. The real top behind us.... haha
1. The zone district photo
2. The district photo
3. Giving service with our recent convert
September 21. 2015
September 21, 2015
Well Everyone this is the last week of the
change, which means that this week I will find out where and with who I will be
spending my last change in the mission (the last 6 weeks).... I am almost 100
percent sure that I will stay here in Sauces and I think I will either train
another missionary, or stay with my companion. Its really weird to be in the
finally stretch of the mission. Its been really hard staying focused knowing
that I’m about to start my last 6 weeks of the mission.... I hope you all know
how excited I am to come home, but also how little I want to leave Mexico and
come back from the mission. I love the mission with all my heart, I do miss
some worldly things (league of legends, basketball, friends, family, facebook,
etc) but I wouldn’t change these last 2 years for the world, the things that I
have learned, the people I have come to love (especially converts), the
testimony I have grown is indispensable.
This week we went to see some of our investigators
that had come to church twice but didn’t seem to be progressing very well. Only
the mom really seemed interested and so it was really hard to go and teach them
because if the mom wasn’t there no one would let us in. We went this week and
found the mom (Norma) and we found her balling she has been going through some
really hard times with her Husband and mother in law and were at the point of
getting a divorce. We came and gave her a blessing and the whole family is now
much more receptive after our visit. We testified of the love that Christ has
for each one of them and the love that he has for their family, and that if
they follow the teachings of Christ and follow his example to be baptized they
would see incredible changes in their family. The accepted that challenge to be
baptized but still haven’t accepted a date. We will be working with them and hope
to baptize them within the next 2 weeks. The father and the mom came to church
this Sunday by themselves and the messages were EXACTLY what they needed to
hear. I hope this week the put in practice the talks they heard and can start
to see the changes in their family.
Lastly, there is a family of recent converts
that I love so much. We get a long so well and even though they aren’t my
converts it feels as if they were, they love me and I love them with all my
heart. We have been helping them a lot and they have been helping us also. Israel
came with us to teach Norma and Nicolas (the family from the paragraph above)
and he is so powerful. His testimony is so strong and I know that we are going
to see a lot of success from working with him. We helped him prepare to receive
the Melchizedek Priesthood and he asked
me to ordain him. I had the wonderful opportunity to ordain Israel to the
office of Elder. He is so incredible and I love him and his family so much.
That will be the only photo I have for you guys this week but it is Israel and
I, with the tie I gave him.
I hope you all have a great week and keep
working hard in every aspect, love you all!!
Love,
Elder Adams
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