Adam Serving in Portland

 Hey Y'all!! This has simultaneously been a  crazy week, but also fairly uneventful! Most of the eventfulness has been caused by the unusually snowy weather Portland has been receiving.    A quick summary of what has happened: snow, snow, snow, rain, transfers, service with Auntie Lynn, temple, and lots of biking adventures. First off, transfers were supposed to be last Wednesday! Elder Goff and I were unaffected this time around, which means it will be my first time with the same companion for 2 transfers. It started to snow Wednesday morning though, so transfers got delayed and we all had to be in our apartment early! It snowed all day and all night long too, so when we woke up on Thursday there was about 4-5 inches of snow on the ground!  Fun fact #1 :   Portland does not have snowplows because they don't often get much snow and they use stickers for the reflective lines on the roads, which plows would damage.  Fun fact #2:   Portland will not use salt or chemicals on the ro

Hey y'all!  This week was a pretty eventful and a bit chaotic  with quite the series of events. especially the last few days! A quick summary of what happened this week: stake presidency council, allergic reactions, social media lessons, and lastly a broken rear axel (again). First off, this Saturday morning we had the privilege of participating in a  stake presidency council with our whole zone! It was a really good discussion of how we can help the stake members to progress and liken the scriptures to themselves. After the meeting finished, we helped clean up the church.  It's probably one of the weirdest church buildings I've ever been in. Saturday ended up being  a very busy day.  After the council and church cleaning,  we helped a member reorganize the furniture in their house. We also had quite a few lessons with people that we have found over social media recently! It has been a really cool experience to see all the digital  tools that have been created to help furth

Hey Everyone!  I hope y'all have been doing well! This week was very busy, but luckily was a little less eventful than last week. We have just been pressing forward trying to move forward the work here in Beaverdam. We have had a few interesting lessons with some of our friends throughout the week. Some of the coolest lessons we had were all yesterday! First off we had a lesson with Ken where we taught about the Plan of Salvation. He was so happy to hear about Heavenly Fathers plan for him and how he can live with Heavenly Father again. It was an amazing experience to see the joy that this knowledge brought Ken!! Immediately after our lesson with Ken we had a lesson with our new friend Pardis! That was an amazing lesson! We spent some of it getting to know her and her background with religion, but after that the Spirit was so strong as we testified of how the gospel of Christ can bless her life and help her find peace and joy despite any hardships that she is going through. She was