Everything's Coming Up Roses
First: HAPPY BIRTHDAY LAST WEEK CAYDEN KELLY ADAMS! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So
we saw the first fruits of my missionary work this weekend! Sister Lena
Moore was baptized and then confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-Day Saints. When I did the baptizing two people were
beaming with pride more than anyone else--Elder Johnson and Brother
Hill--and I'm not sure which of the two were more proud of me. The
baptism was pretty special but the confirmation, I think, is what
touched her the most. She just had tears in her eyes of gratitude and I
know it meant everything to her to finally reach this point. And the
best part? She's already made herself an integrated part of the ward
with friends all over the place and everyone just loves her. In no time
she'll have a calling and be bringing others to Christ!
On another note, I've officially started to gain weight
which is just terrible. Curse this southern food and my inability to
say no when seconds are offered!!!! We're still fed so very much here
and people want us to be in their homes now because we try and teach
investigators in their homes which is always a powerful experience.
The weather here is so bizarre--still. I'm never going
to get used to it. Today is pretty warm and rainy but yesterday was
super cold and the day before that was really quite perfect. . . it
makes no sense. No ice storms though!
Oh, I did get the package from the Hill's that was
sent. I adore that red tie and Elder Johnson loves the white one so it
worked out perfectly. Great choices! Thanks for all the stamps, Grandma!
Grampa, thank you for that little note you put in there. I loved it.
I've slowly noticed southern words creeping into my vocabulary so if I come home in two years and am calling everyone "sug" (like sugar) or "baby" and its always "y'all" then don't be surprised. Also any word ending in -ing automatically loses the "g". If this keeps up I'm going to have a ridiculous accent--but hopefully not a Harker's Island accent. There was a couple who are from Harker's Island (some famous little place up on the northeast coast with lighthouses and stuff) who spoke in church yesterday and WOAH at that accent. They just got back from serving at the Family & Church History Center in Salt Lake City and apparently the Australians who were there thought they were also from down under. That accent is the strangest sounding thing in the world--but I've apparently acclimated well because I understood every word!
We've got a new investigator named Lee this week who
accepted a baptismal date on the first lesson which was great! It seems
like as soon as we think we're lacking people to teach we stumble on
someone we were meant to find. Its kind of amazing how that all works.
Abby asked in their family letter this week if we have
to work hard everyday to learn the scriptures to do missionary work. The
answer, Abby? YES! We study for THREE WHOLE HOURS every single morning
from the scriptures! Can you believe that!?! You gotta do hard work to
be a missionary but I bet one day you can be a missionary too when
you're 19-years old! And Owen and Ella too!
Well, I'm running out of time! I love you all! Hopefully a better update will follow next week!
-- Elder Adams
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