Another great week out here in the desert. The greatest, actually. There's some good news! I'll be staying with Elder Chamberlain for another five weeks! (only five because Christmas messes with transfers and all that.) We'll be getting a new (or at least newer) car as well. The Spanish elders here will be leaving though, their area is closing- we'll be all alone out here in the desert!
Tuesday was pretty normal, we spent a while with the Spanish elders planning out some stuff for a service project to get the community involved. Improve the city and give the church good publicity? Good plan. We're looking at helping improve one of the parks around here, but it's slow going. One of them looks like it's right out of Chernobyl, so that's a good place to start. "Hey we'll fix this without getting paid for it and it'll make you look really good."
Wednesday we found out DuBois and Breanna are moving down to Lancaster :( It's good because they'll be closer to the doctor and work and stuff... but we don't get to teach them anymore. We also got a new fridge, but that doesn't make up for it.
Thursday we planned, always exciting when you don't know what's happening with transfers. Gotta make sure everything is in order so that if we both leave, the new elders will know what's going on. (In retrospect, since we're both staying, it's kinda funny. So prepared... for nothing :P)
Friday was district meeting! We talked a lot about prayer and about helping our investigators pray with real intent. I think sometimes we teach it and then move on to the next thing, assuming that their prayers are "good enough." We need to really properly teach people how to converse with God if we expect them to get answers that will change their lives!
Saturday we got to drive all the way down to Lancaster for the adult session of stake conference. It was an incredible thing actually, I think because many of the people there had to travel a good distance to come, it was more spiritual because of the sacrifice and preparation. Sunday was about the same, we drove all the way down to Lancaster again.
I found something awesome this week as I studied 3 Nephi. When it talks about the years right before the crucifixion, the Nephites were super wicked. Nephi did incredible miracles in that time, even raising his brother from the dead, but very few people believed. BUT the few people that did believe did many miracles and wonders of their own after they came to believe. Nephi didn't make a whole lot of converts during that time, he wasn't Ammon preaching to the prepared Lamanites, but those converts he taught were very converted. He likely got to experience a lot of joy with them as Christ visited them in the Americas. I might not baptize hundreds of people! I mean, we never know, but it's pretty likely I won't. But when I get to see some of the people I've met in the celestial kingdom, I'll be pretty dang happy, I think.
Thanks for all your support!
Elder Adams
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