Adam Serving in Portland

Hey everyone!!! The MTC has been absolutely amazing this past week! Last Wednesday my family dropped me off just after lunch. Then I got checked into the MTC and almost immediately got started with devotionals and classes with my district! My district has been such a blessing to me since arriving here this week. It's amazing to me how quickly you can form a bond with people when you are having the spiritual experiences that we have together. My time here has been filled with classes, devotionals, checking the mail, practice lessons, lots of fun times, and some not so great food. I'll end my email with a spiritual thought that I had from a class this week. 3 Nephi 11:14 says: "Arise and come forth unto me, that ye may thrust your hands into my side, and also that ye may feel the prints of the nails in my hands and in my feet, that ye may know that I am the God of Israel, and the God of the whole earth, and have been slain for the sins of the world" In this scripture Ch...

Hey everyone!! I'm just finishing my first week of home MTC and am getting ready to go to the Provo MTC tomorrow! There hasn't been a whole ton that has happened yet seeing as it's the first week and we were entirely on zoom, but it has still been absolutely amazing so far! We have talked a lot about inviting to come unto Christ and serving the people in our mission. One of the big things that seems to keep coming up this first week is Moroni 7:12-13 which says 12 Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually. 13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God. I just love this scripture and the insight it gives to us about receivi...