Has this been the best week ever, or what? I'm gonna say that every week, everyone said last week's letter was so positive. But seriously, we were so busy. Monday night we had too many appointments and had to go on splits to cover them all. And it's happening again tonight!
Tuesday we had exchanges with the elders from Wilson ward. That was pretty fun! Exchanges give a good chance to learn from each other and to try out new things. We were out in the sun for a long time knocking on doors, but it was a good experience in learning the area better and meeting people.
Wednesday we had a few lessons scheduled after we finished exchanges. They all fell through, but we were led by the Spirit (not knowing before hand the things which we should do) and found some great potentials! We'll hopefully have a good time meeting with them the rest of the week.
Thursday we took a drive down to Tehachapi to have a meeting with President and some other missionaries from "well-established" areas. We're real wealthy here in Oaks ward (well, not us. The other people) so we got to go. We got lots of great new ideas about working with members, but also lots of stuff about making all of our proselyting more effective.
Friday started out a little rough because we didn't know what to do. We just had no clue where to go and wanted to nap, haha. But that's okay, because trials are there to give us blessings. We persevered, and got some awesome inspiration about what to do after dinner. A couple of investigators really needed a message that day due to family trials and stuff, and we just so happened to turn up on their door! If we'd had a lot to do already we wouldn't have thought of going to visit them, and wouldn't have been able to bring the Gospel a little close to their hearts.
Saturday we had an awesome pioneer activity at the church, and we had like five investigators there! It was so cool! I mean, I wish they would have come to church too, but we gotta take things one step at a time. There's no free food at church ;P We got to introduce lots of members to them, and one had a really awesome conversation about testimony and the Holy Ghost.
After church on Sunday, we were out tracting and met this lady who I really did not think was interested at first. She seemed kinda rushed and hesitant to talk to us, but she actually seems really prepared now that we've talked to her. Her family just moved here four months ago, her son died two months ago, and her best friend is a member of the church. If we hadn't been optimistic and kept talking, we would have had no idea that she was "in a preparation to hear the word."
I really like Doctrine and Covenants 52:20- "And the days have come; according to men’s faith it shall be done unto them." So simple! According to men's faith it shall be done. There's a phrase in Preach My Gospel, in the section about how to begin teaching, that says we should "express faith in the converting power of the gospel." As we do that and teach doctrine, people's hearts change! True doctrine understood changes not only behavior, but also attitudes, which is really what we need here. We just need to trust that God's word has that power. Which is hard sometimes! But we have the wonderful opportunity to exercise that faith every day, and it makes a difference, not only in our lives, but in the lives of others. I've really seen that this week, and understand the role it plays in our attitudes about the work.
Thanks for supporting your missionaries!
Elder Adams
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