February 8, 2010

The reason that you did not get my email till about mid week is because there was a problem with the delivery system on My LDS mail. It had to keep re sending and re sending during the week. So that is how it eventually got to you. So that was my email from last week.
That was a picture of BOTH my black and brown pair of shoes. I told you that before. I think the ecco shoes have a defect or something because BOTH pairs have that crack that comes in the sole right where the support ends. Remember when the guy sold them to us. He said that sometimes he has seen the case where the shoes break where the support ends and that we can just send them in when that happens. So to make sure that you understand, BOTH PAIRS, black and brown are broken. they just cracked at the point where my foot bends. If you cant get them replaced i will live. But i just feel bad that we paid 200 dollars for each pair of shoes and then a year later they broke.
AS for the package. Yes i recieved the package this week. Thank you so so so so much. I will get the scarf to Elder Ensign as quick as possible. Thanks for the charger. um i will charge my navi and then see if i can use it. i know the city pretty well already, i also know the bus lines pretty good. THat is a good thing too. I am grateful for a pretty keen sense of direction, because at interviews president condie told Elder Wilcoxson that "you need to make sure that ELder adams knows the city pretty good because you will not be here".
The reason why Elder wilcoxson will not be here next transfer is because a member of our ward has the hots for him. She told him on a phone call that she loves him and so he will be transferred, on transfers next week. The reason why he was Emergency transferred is because she is on vacation right now and so she cant get to him. She just calls us all the time. Its pretty funny. Being a missionary is tough. Being a set apart full time missionary means that you have the mantel of Christ, and i suppose that makes us irresistable to the opposite sex. Its ok though i make sure to use a lot of onions in my omelette in the morning.
As for the mission change. So there is a chance that i will be changed to the new mission. If I am still in the Nürnberg stake by july 1st then that means that i will be "adopted" into the Hamburg germany mission and that i wont be able to serve any more in the munich germany austria switzerland mission. So there is a chance to serve under president condie still when the change comes or i could completely serve in a different mission. Either way its the same work. so i am not going to worry to much about it. I love president condie and that would make me super happy to continue serving under him for the rest of my mission, but i will go forth with a willing heart and a willing mind and just remember that i am serving Him who is over this all. That is always a cool thought. I am working for God! THis is the greatest job EVER!!!!
As for your work it sounds like it is going good. I am proud of you and that all is going well. Tue es wieter!!!!! (that means keep going) Thanks for all your support mom, even when the work gets tough.
Speaking of tough work i have learned a lot this week about hard work. Elder Wilcoxson was having some real struggles. It seemed like he had lost the will to keep working and to keep on going. He and i had a serious talk in the church one evening, because the thoughts he was having was really distracting him from the work. tHey had been distrracting him for the past couple of days and that led to him not really even wanting to work. So i felt like i was doing everything for that time that he was not wanting to work. That is why when we were out working i just stopped him and told him that he needed to talk to me. He needed to tell me what was going on. We went to the church and sat down and had a good hour talk where he just opened up. He cried a lot and shared a lot of personal thoughts and things that he was feeling at this time, because the work has been going very hard. I had the opportunity to talk to him about all of this and i helped him as best as i could. After our talk i had the opportunity to give him a blessing. It was really amazing. I felt the spirit of the Lord working through me. It was literally telling me the things that i should say to bring him comfort and help at this time. It was such a wonderful experience for me, as well as for Elder Wilcoxson, because we are now closer together through it. He is now doing much better. And we are working as hard as possible, because that is the greatest remedy for the troubled mind. at least I have found that. The work is tough right now, but we are pushing through. We are the ones that can make it better. It depends on what we do and when we give all that we can the Lord will give us all that He has, but not untill we do so. I have a true knowledge of that and that is what i would like to share with you this week.
Mensch, i love this email thing. I wasnt done with that last one and then it sent to you. but i just wanted to tell you all that i love each and everyone of you dearly. You mean everything to me and I would do anything for each and everyone of you. May God bless you as you go about your personal endeavors this week this is my prayer that you may do it in safety and a spirit of joy, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.