May 24, 2010

Schönen Guten Tag!!!!!
hey well this week was a super week. We were also really busy. You have to worry about a lot of things when you are in a position of responsibility. hmm. Well the first thing that went well was that we had zone conference. We had no time during the week because we have been making out appointments like crazy and so we had to plan for zone conference and the workshop that we needed to give during our last p day. so that was fun. You know you are a missionary when you pray for more time. we had to choose a list of songs people that would say prayers what we were going to teach the zone so that they could see more success in their work. It was really cool. I love thinking about the needs of other people and then planning for that and then putting it into action to help them reach their highest potential.
Calls on sunday night are insane. we have to take the numbers from all the district leaders in the zone and then from three other sets of elders whose district leader is in germany. ya it is a weird situation and we just have to deal with it. with being so busy it makes it hard to keep up with my journal writing. We have so much to do and not enough time to do it. So i am a lilttle behind on my journal but i gotta work on that today because today is a holiday and like every holiday here in catholic land the stores are closed, everything is closed except for this email shop so we will have time today to chill a little bit. No planning this pday. Zone konference was on thursday the 20th (my year mark whoa! time is the abominable death i dont like it) anyhow zone konference was amazing. we had an amazing spiritual time there. I think it was my best zone konference ever. I learned more than i usually do i felt the spirit stronger than i usually do and it was so amazing to teach. I felt the spirit speaking through me. Because those were definately not my words. It was really an amazing experience. I look forward to the next opportunity to help my fellow missionaries.
On friday we had something called a street exhibit. All four innsbruck elders came together at a really busy part of the town in like a platz area where it is open, i dont know how to describe that in englisch. but we had a table with lots of material on it and we contacted people for four hours. It was so awesome. Speaking with everyone and helping them make that step to come closer to Christ is really awesome.
Then with my new calling we get the opportunity to have exchanges with the district leaders. This week i got to work with a really amazing elder named Elder Gneiting. He is so good. and that is the weird thing. All of the Elders in our zone are all older than me and more experienced on thier missions. i feel that i learn more from them on these exchanges than they learn from me. but hey maybe my example helps them and maybe they learn from me as well.
the week went by really fast. I can hardly believe that i am writing you again. But i am happy that i get to hear from you again. It sounds like all is going well. My new address is
Kirche Jesu Christi HLT
Elder Joshua Adams
Höttinger Au 36/34
6020 Innsbruck
Österreich

I did not get the package yet. Hopefully i will get it at interviews. If not then it will be lost in the frankfurt mission forever. just kidding i will figure out a way to get elder Gruse, my boy, to send it to me. Congrats to brannen!!!!!!!
as for lesson tips on the atonement. keep it simple. We as members sometimes try to go into this deep space doctrine of the Gospel, but that is not how it should be. Jesus Christ as he was on the earth taught so simply that everyone could understand. The gospel is simple. Faith, Repentance, Baptism for the remission of sins, the gift of the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. He kept it simple so should we. Three scriptures that go with the three simple points of the Atonement that i like personally are lukas 22:41-44 for his sufferingfor our sins, 1 nephi 11:33 for his crucifiction dying for our sins, and then lukas 24:36-39 for his resurrection. Then bear humble testimony. We have all had experiences in our lives where we have had to rely on the savior for help. Rely on his atoning blood for the mistakes that we have made. I know i have and that is what has brought me closer to the savior. I know he lives. I imagine feeling the prints in his hands like it is described in the last scripture. I love my Redeemer! i leave that with you in His sacred name. Amen.
till next week, love from your Elder Adams.