Wow, has it been a long time since i wrote or what? But time flies when you've planned according to preach my gospel and you are using the very precious time that you have been given to lead souls to the One who loves us the most. I love it so much being here and realize that the time that i have is longer than that what was expected but still incredibly short. I would gladly give my whole life to the gospel. I should. I dont deserve all the blessings that i have recieved in my life and i think i need to work it off. Just kidding mom. but really i would gladly stay forever, even if i was captured and held hostage by the german government. Wanna know why. because then i would teach them the gospel and baptise them!!! Plus all of the good missionaries have been in jail. Paul, Joseph smith... and so on. Need i say more.
probably i should write more because i haven't written in like three weeks. So here is what happened. President asked me to stay longer on my mission. I think that you caught wind of that, as he called you. Then he asked me to train a new missionary. Elder Eaker is his name. I got sent back to Wien with Elder Eaker and we were working in a new area. We whitewashed the Wien 4 international ward. That means we were speaking englisch. We got to contact all the brothas on the street. that was so much fun. They are really open to the gospel. Anybody that speaks englisch is golden. We found in 4 days 7 new investigators and then we set 4 baptismal dates. that was awesome. We tore it up. Elder Eaker is an amazing missionary. I respect him a ton. Sad thing was that he had to go home. We had to ride back to munich and the day after i rode with him to the airport and he is now back in georgia. president condie talked to me and we set up a new plan for action. I am now in Ingolstadt. The place where Audi is made. Everyone in this city works for Audi. aDn everyone and their dog drives an audi. Cool stuff but what is cooler is that i get to work with elder Jacklin from american fork utah. he says he has family that might live in our ward boundaries. He is in his second transfer and so that means that he is still on fire and full of faith from the MTC. We tore it up this week as well. We found also seven new investigators and set two baptismal dates. It is considerably harder because the bus system here is pretty off and on and comes only once in a blue moon. Upon that i am feeling drowsied and worn upon from my allergies. I have never had allergies this bad but thats ok. I'm not gonna lie. I understand why missions are only two years long. Im getting tired. But im pushing through it. There is nothing that brute force and will power and faith can't conquer.
Faith is something that i have been studying lately how just the way you think about a subject or a person or anything for that matter can be influenced majorly by your own faith. There were a couple of experiences where i was calling old investigators and elder jacklin told me that they never have answered, but through simple faith and the thought in my head and heart that this time would be the time that they answered really worked. They answered. Baptismal dates were set and the work of the Almighty goes forth. I love faith. it brings a certain confidence in Gods plan and his love for us. I know that.
the cool thing about it all is that i love being here. I work and just do it for the simple fact that i know that all that what i preach is true. I dont do it for glory or fame but rather for Gods Kingdom. I give my best even though i know i wont be here in ingolstadt much longer. President and the assistents (elder BAird and ELder Bernhardt) planned that as soon as an elder that injured himself in the MTC comes to the mission then Elder Jacklin will get a new companion and I will be able to travel the mission and do exchanges with missionaries all over. They plan where i will go. I stay there for two days or so and then on to the next city. I look forward to that, although i know it will be tiring. I promise you i will turn to dust at the end of my mission. I hope to press forward in my life as well with the same kind of attitude of service to God and hope to progress to the day where i get to kneel at His feet.
Say hi to the fam. Also to elder wright. Tell him that i love him. Say hi to sydney and Aaron and tell them sorry that i didnt come to the wedding. Tell Dad he's a champ for setting up or taking up all those tents without me. Tell chelsea that i'm sorry for not writing in a long time and not saying that i'm not coming home for a while. Say to spencer that he's a stud and that soccer is not the most important thing in life, but because he is on the B team i will now call it the A team. He is a great kid. dEvin is too. I love him and wish the best for him. and mom Im telling you that i love you. thanks for putting up with me and the decisions i make in my life.
Each one of you i love,
Elder Adams
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