Adam Serving in Portland

 Hey y'all! Pretty low on time, things are going fantastic here! I know that this is God's work, and He is in every single aspect of it. Some thoughts I wanted to share from the living Prophet's, called of God to lead His church, most recent address to all of us. He taught: "The Savior’s message is clear: His true disciples build, lift, encourage, persuade, and inspire—no matter how difficult the situation. True disciples of Jesus Christ are peacemakers... Contention drives away the Spirit—every time. Contention reinforces the false notion that confrontation is the way to resolve differences; but it never is. Contention is a choice. Peacemaking is a choice. You have your agency to choose contention or reconciliation. I urge you to choose to be a peacemaker, now and always... Charity is the antidote to contention. Charity is the spiritual gift that helps us to cast off the natural man, who is selfish, defensive, prideful, and jealous. Charity is the principal charact

 Hey Everyone! I hope all of you are doing well! This week has been crazy pretty busy, but also  seriously amazing! I'm a little short on time this week, so I wanted to mostly write about Zone Conference! This week I was able to have Zone Conference and hear from President and Sister Haymond and the other leadership in the mission. The theme of this zone conference was Check Your Speed. That was amazing! Sister Haymond started out the conference by talking about how our driving safety devices in our car (called TIWI) is similar to the Holy Ghost. Much like this device in our car occasionally reminds us to slow down, put on our seat belt, or drive more safely, the Holy Ghost will also remind us when we need to slow down and focus on God more in our life. The Holy Ghost is always there to keep us safe from sin, to help us through the difficulties we face, and to bring us peace and joy in all situations if we just listen to the little reminders that it gives us! Sometimes these remin

Hello Everyone! I hope y'all are doing well! This has been a very exciting week! And no, unfortunately I am not on a four wheeled bike--as cool as that would be. But I am in a car again! Which means I'm not constantly getting rained on anymore!  A quick summary of what else has happened this week: whitewash (in & out), Easter, Portland, Niels, and Laura! First off, last Wednesday we had transfers! Both Elder Goff and I got transferred out of Beaverton (that's what a whitewash is). I got transferred to the neighboring area called West Hills! Both me and my companion, Elder Gillett, are brand new here too! It covers Beaverton and most of downtown Portland. So it has been a big adjustment serving in downtown. It's been really good for the most part though! Definitely lots of interesting people in the city! Here are some random pictures from the city: This week was Easter! It was absolutely incredible! It was amazing to study the life and ministry of Jesus Christ leadin

Hi everyone! I hope y'all are doing really well this week! This has been another kinda crazy week, but really good! A summary of what has happened: General Conference, Karim, and a very flat tire in the rain. I am once again going to talk about these in reverse order. First off, I got a very flat tire. It happened right as we were arriving to the first session of general conference on Sunday. So we went and watched conference, then came out and had to deal with it at the end. Which wouldn't have been an issue, except that it was hailing and pouring rain during that time. We tried to patch the tire, but couldn't get it to work due to the size of the hole. Thankfully, we were close to our Bishop's house, who rides bikes a lot, and he was able to patch it (after 3 attempts over the course of an hour)! The bike has been functioning fully since then! Yesterday we had a lesson with our friend Karim. He's an awesome guy! He was interested in learning more about baptism and