"I desire to dwell among this people...

...for a time; yea, and perhaps until the day I die." The Spirit may call me another way later, but I'm spending another six weeks here in Cal City with my favorite Cal City Boy, Elder Simspon!

I say every week has been the best week ever, but seriously- this has been the best week. We are so excited. You know how everything bad always seems to happen at once? That's this, but with good things.

So first- Gina. She was at church! It was so cool, and she even brought her son. He hadn't been to church before, so it was really good. Her boyfriend wants to be there to baptize her, so we had to push her date back a little, but that's okay, it's just icing on the cake that he wants to be there.

We had exchanges with the Rosamond elders again this week, and right at the end of our exchange, we got a text. It was a referral for a family that moved onto the base a while ago from Alaska, and the wife is not a member and has met with the missionaries in the past. So of course we had to set something up with them. They are the nicest people, oh my goodness. She likes the church a lot, and they should be there this coming Sunday.

We had an appointment with someone at a member's house fall through earlier in the week, but then the member texted us and told us that an acquaintance of theirs wants to come to church. Then we heard about the same person from a totally different member, and about how plans had already been made for who she was going with and how she'd have a friend there who normally goes to another ward. Wow.

The second counselor in the Bishopric here came to us and told us "I think this is the most exciting time for missionaries in Muroc ward in... well, ever." It seriously is. I'm having so much dang fun here, it's incredible. Things are just kinda happening... we have no way of working on base and the members have a lot of restrictions, so I guess Heavenly Father has decided to intervene and touch some hearts that we can't.

We had a really incredible thing happen on Sunday. We had a really spiritual comp study, talking about what Christ told to the Nephites after all the destruction in 3 Nephi 9. He's so tender and kind and just really wants the people left to repent and partake of the blessings He is extending. We really felt the Spirit strong, and I got to share a little bit about it in fast and testimony meeting. It really touched a member who'd just gotten home off a deployment and hadn't been too active while he was gone, but he really felt spiritually refreshed and thanked us and bore his testimony, which was something we needed to hear too. We can see the hand of God moving here, creating ways where there were none and bringing about the salvation of His children.

Six months left doesn't feel like long enough.

Thanks for all your support everyone!
Elder Adams