February 8, 2011

Hi everybody,
I love you all very much.
Well well well,
it seems as though when i miss emailing for a week it turns out really bad. sorry that i miss sometimes. It is a rule that we are supposed to write every week however we have been so busy. This week we start the mission tour again. We are traveling around the mission for the next two weeks and teaching at seven different zone konferenzes. We are pretty excited because we got news that Elder Hinckley will be coming to our mission at the end of this month. he will be touring our mission and teaching us and helping us to become a better mission. But as for the bad news. That is really not cool that the two emails that i got from you for the past two weeks are about deaths. I remember sister littleford. She was a great lady and had a wonderful impact on me in my life especially as a missionary. i really learned the talent of listening to someone when we went to her house and met with her. She was great. I do that with investigators now. Listening to them and to the spirit is the key to helping them solve their concerns. That is so sad as well that Uncle mark died. That is horrible news especially how he died. Not even cool. I know that the Lord our God has a Plan and a place for them though and because they led righteous lives and served others they will be blessed. I am so greatfull for the restored gospel and for the comfort that it brings.
We have a wall in the mission office that has pictures of recent baptisms in the mission and a couple pictures of the German speaking lands temples and in the middle of it it it has a definition for the word missionary. It says: "Missionary-someone who leaves his or her family for two years so that others can be with theirs for eternity" I truly believe in that statement and take comfort in that fact. I get to see this gospel blessing the lives of the families that we are teaching. We are teaching a couple of amazing families at the moment. We found them recently. Jonathan and Martina and their three kids are amazing. they came to church for the first time the other day and loved it. they felt the spirit so strongly and are wanting to come again next week. they are wanting to have their underaged children blessed by priesthood holders and they want to be baptized. Jonathan wants to be baptized so that he can be able to baptize his daughter Kristina when she turns eight on the 7th of April. I am so happy to be here. so many miracles are happening right now. Elder Baird and i are working so hard. I love him so much for the strength he gives me and how we can just swing off of each others momentum to keep moving forward even though we don't have enough strength to move on alone.
There is another man Georg Gaier. he is the boyfriend of a member. hasn'nt wanted contact really for a long time but with a call led by the spirit we were able to reach him in a time of need and he just had an a-ha moment. He realizes the gospel is something necessary and wants to meet with us. he mentioned to his girlfriend that he wants to be married in the temple. How wonderful is that?!!!?
well to answer your questions. no i did not get grandmas package. I am not drinking pina coladas. whats with produce basket? Im doing ok except for my body is breaking down and the only thing holding me together is the holy ghost. I might have strep. Sister condie has already checked on me and i have talked to the mission doctor. We are working like beasts here. havent had a p-day since i got here, but im loving it. I have to try to pay My Savior back for what he has done for me. So im giving my best everyday. and because i am loving it so much i have talked to president condie. (its cool being here. I have close connections with president and sister condie, for example when i am sick). And i suggested president condie that he extend my callling. We'll see :) I love you all so much and wish you a merry christmas.
Love ELder ADams