Adam Serving in Portland

Hey everyone! This has been a crazy week--one of the craziest so far.  A quick summary of what happened: exchanges, lots of lessons, ETs, new companion, and a new area. First off, Last Wednesday and Thursday I went on exchanges with the zone leaders in Beaverton. We stayed in my area and we were able to teach a few of our friends! Our friend Rohit was specifically an exciting lesson because he was just so excited about learning about God and prayer! On that exchange we also talked a lot about the importance of always seeking to become like Christ, and living the way He did. It is a lifelong process that nobody will be perfect at, but it will bless our life in so many ways! We had a lot of lessons and received a lot of referrals over the next few days, it's always a blast to be teaching a lot and helping our friends learn who God is! On Saturday morning we got a call from Sister Haymond, the Mission President's wife. She told me that I will be getting emergency transferred to th...

Hey everyone! This week has been really good! I don't have a ton of time today unfortunately. Some highlights from this week: temple, exchanges, new friends, and church! First off, we were able to go to the temple earlier today! If you haven't been, or haven't been recently, you should go! It is a place of comfort and learning! Every time you go you will learn something! We had exchanges yesterday. We were able to teach Tina, who was someone that I found while serving in my last area! It was really cool to see all the progress she has made since I last taught her. She has changed so much as she has learned about God and the plan that He has for her. We have been able to find new friends to teach very regularly this past week. It has been keeping us quite busy, but is a blast to meet new people! And lastly, at church this Sunday we had 2 of our friends come to church! It was a fantastic sacrament meeting! The Sunday School presidency gave the talks in sacrament meeting, an...

  Hey everyone! I hope things are going well for all of you! I'm short on time, but things are going really well here! It has gotten really hot the last few days, so that's been nice. We have a couple friends that are still progressing really well! Ernest is absolutely loving all the talks and reading he's doing. Laura is still working towards quitting smoking, but she has a very strong desire to be baptized! A scripture I wanted to share this time is something that I came across in personal study recently. "For thus saith the Lord—I, the Lord, am merciful and gracious unto those who fear me, and delight to honor those who serve me in righteousness and in truth unto the end... For by my Spirit will I enlighten them, and by my power will I make known unto them the secrets of my will—yea, even those things which eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor yet entered into the heart of man." (Doctrine & Covenants 76:5, 10) Christ teaches that as we seek to serve Him an...

 Hello family and friends!  This week has been very busy! Being in the Portland and Beaverton area gives us a lot to do around here. The main highlight from this week was teaching our friend Ernest! We have taught him a few times throughout the week, the most recent lesson being yesterday. After our previous lesson he had prayed to know if Joseph Smith was a true prophet and if The Book of Mormon is true. He had received a yes both times he prayed! He was super excited to tell us about it when we first arrived yesterday. He wanted to know what he has to do to act on this knowledge and understanding that he has gained. We taught him about what Christ taught when He was on earth, being faith in Christ, repentance, baptism, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. After talking about baptism Ernest brought up that he had been baptized before. We talked a little bit about priesthood authority, but he said that he didn't understand. So we turned to the scriptures! They al...

Hi everyone! I hope all of you are doing fantastically! This week wasn't too exciting, just a bunch of lessons and continuing to do the Lord's work in Portland! I wanted to talk about 2 specific lessons that we had this past week with our friend Laura who is working towards a baptismal date in a couple weeks.  This picture is with a member who accompanied us to one of our lessons with Laura. In the first lesson we had with her this week, we read a scripture that we've read a few times before. This scripture is the prophet Nephi {from the Book of Mormon } teaching about the gospel of Jesus Christ. He taught: "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life." Laura absolutely loved this scripture after reading it this time! She...