Adam Serving in Portland: {Letter #32} Raining Love!

This week has been interesting and really good! We had a few fun things that happened this week and have some exciting things coming up. A quick summary of what happened: fast and testimony meeting, returning missionary, lots of lessons, and lastly even more rain!

First off, this past Sunday was fast and testimony meeting. When we fast, we take a break from food and water for 24 hours, we donate the money we would have spent on food to the poor, and on the Sunday everyone has the chance to bear their testimony of Christ in church! It was amazing this time around! There were many powerful testimonies from members and the guidance that the Lord has given them in their life! We also had someone just return from their mission in our ward and it was really cool to hear some of his experiences from his mission.

We were also able to bring the freshly returned missionary to our district meeting this Monday. It was really cool to hear some of the insights he had coming from a different mission that does things differently than we do. In that district meeting we also got to teach a few new members of the church! I loved being able to hear their conversion stories and how they came to love Christ and the simple truths restored in The Book of Mormon.

We had lots of lessons this week and the work is definitely progressing!

We had a lesson with our friend Laura that I talked about last week. She was able to pray about the truthfulness of The Book of Mormon and the Church. She got an answer! It was such a spiritual moment when she was telling us about this!

Which leads to my spiritual thought for this week. This upcoming weekend, the whole world will have the opportunity to hear from a living prophet of God (click here for ways you can watch). This person has been called of God to lead and guide all God's children back to him! As we approach this weekend I encourage each one of you to seek for answers to questions you have, direction to guide your life, and how you can draw closer to God.

The prophet Nephi teaches us:

"For he is the same yesterday, today, and forever; and the way is prepared for all men from the foundation of the world, if it so be that they repent and come unto him. For he that diligently seeketh shall find; and the mysteries of God shall be unfolded unto them, by the power of the Holy Ghost, as well in these times as in times of old, and as well in times of old as in times to come; wherefore, the course of the Lord is one eternal round."
(1 Nephi 10:18-19)

I promise that as you diligently seek answers, guidance, and comfort, from God through His living prophet, that you will find answers! God will guide you! He will help you! He has a plan for each one of you and wants you to succeed in life! He wants you to be the best version of yourself possible! He has great love for each and every one of you!