Adam Serving in Portland

Alright everyone! This has been quite an eventful  and good week! It's been a little bit chilly this week to be on bike, but the Lord has been providing ways for us to stay warm thankfully! Some highlights from this week: we had Stake Conference, new bike, emergency preparedness, Safeway, and lastly Nathena's baptism! That list was very out of order^, but the first thing that happened was me getting a new bike. In addition to not shifting gears, the rear axle on my original bike also broke at some point on Wednesday. So Thursday morning I went to the mission office and got a new bike! It is fully functioning now, so getting around has definitely been a bit easier! At the end of the day Thursday we finished up the day really close to a Safeway in our area, so we decided to go in to grab a scrub brush for our apartment. While we were in there we ran into a recent convert named Danny in the ward and we were able to talk for a little bit an set up a lesson with him! Super random, b...

Hey everyone!  It has been a very busy, but a very good week! A quick summary of what happened: rain, sun, exchanges, zone conference, and zone council! It had been raining pretty steadily since I moved to Beaverton and have been on bike, but finally on Thursday the sun came out and it's just been  partly cloudy and about 35-40 degrees out! Definitely still a little cold for biking around, but better than getting rained on for sure. On Friday afternoon, we had exchanges.  I was supposed to go to the West Hills area for that, but very last minute it was decided that I would be staying in Beaverton and leading out the area after only being here about a week! That was an adventure to be sure. It was really cool to learn a little more about the area and being on bike in general! There's more of an adjustment than just the physical factor of biking all day. On Saturday we finished our exchanges and also had zone council! That was really good; we talked a lot about our goals a...

Hey everyone! It has been a pretty eventful week! If you guessed last week that the beavers meant that I was getting transferred to Beaverton and that I'd be riding a bike, then you guessed right! If not, then I'm sorry, better luck next time. Also, unfortunately I have not seen any beavers yet. Only a nutria (see picture below inserted by Mom) .   Don't worry, I'm still keeping my eyes open to find beavers, because beavers are cool and nutria look a little too much like rats.   ;)   Anyways on to the highlights from this past week: transfers, bike, Beaverton, temple, and lots of rain! First off, last Wednesday the morning was spent mostly just going by friends' houses in Damascus and saying goodbye. After that, we drove to the mission office for transfers! My new companion's name is Elder Goff! We got everything situated and got my new bike figured out for me, then we went back to the new apartment! It was raining pretty hard that night, so it was a good way t...

 A nice text I got from a member today about Elder Goold🥰

Hey everyone! I'm a little bit short on time, so this email won't be too long. Things are really good here all in all! Some highlights of this week: fast and testimony meeting, interviews, Lance, Nick, and p-day prison! Okay, so first off we had interviews with the mission president last Wednesday! We also had some training from the mission president, his wife, and the APs.   They talked a lot about some new ways that we can use social media to find people to teach. They also talked a lot about the importance of praying with a sincere heart and real intent! It was a really good day! Very long though. We were the last interviews of the day, so Elder Feltner and I were at the church from 11am to 6pm. Definitely a little bit tired of being in the church that day. On Friday we were stopping by the Hiatt's house to set up a time for a lesson, but as we were driving up their driveway an amazon driver flagged us down and asked us to stop. His name is Lance, he had gotten stuck in ...