April 15, 2009

Dad sorry I can't read emails from those other than family, but thank you anyway. So it sounds like conference was great. T-bone sounds like his typical self: eating everything. That's hilarious. He ate all of the pieces and tried to take yours. He is the T-bone, it's good to see he hasn't changed though. I really liked the Priesthood session also. This was one of the fastest 2 days of my life, it was insane. The days on my mission I feel like I'm being stolen from. I don't even have enough time for my mind to settle in that it's one day before the next comes. I wake up some mornings wondering what day it is. It's insane, not right at all. 

So I've told everyone how I'm continuing the training of this new missionary. He's been out only 7 weeks. It's interesting teaching him things. He has a girlfriend and so that's interesting. 

Anyway I don't think I've shared this scripture with you, actually there are two of them. Both are whole experiences or stories. 

1Samuel 3:1-21 Three times the Lord calls Samuel and he doesn't recognize the voice, until he then is ready to listen to the Lord and goes to him and says "Speak; for thy servant heareth". Samuel is the child of a woman, who went to the temple praying for a child. The prophet Eli promised her it would be so. When she had the child she gave him up to serve the Lord to show gratitude to the Lord. So now Samuel helps Eli take care of things in the Temple. (Background). Think of this: How many times does the Lord need to promp us or tell us to do something before we recognize his voice? Look closely at verses 4,6, 7, 8 and 10 then jump to 19 and 21. 19 is how you stay close to the Lord and recognize his voice. This is how you keep the spirit, and know when he is speaking to you. By reading the scriptures, and listening to the Prophet.



Joshua 7:4-13 (Background) The Israelites have just conquered Jericho, they went in and no sweat, knocked it down. Now they go agains Ai, and it's hard. They face trial, and they have just come into the covenant land. See the peoples reaction in the last line of 5, and Joshua's in first line of 6. In the end of 7 the people wish they'd never came into the land. Or for us in our day that we'd never undertaken a task or done something, and these people wish to go back. They want to take it all back and go back to the way things were. NOW see what the Lord has to say!!!! In verse 10 "Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face?" and then jump to verse 13. This is what you have to do when things get hard. Get up!!! stop worrying about things, don't sulk!!! "Up.... Sanctify yourselves" That's what we have to do. Turn to the Lord, repent and try to do better. Snap out of it, and questioning why the Lord is having you face trial won't do anything either. This is an awesome story and can help us all to overcome trial and hardship. Ponder and pray about these. I love you dad and all that you do to support me, especially the sacrifices that you make. I love you.



Yours truly, Elder Adams



P.S. The past two Sundays it has snowed, spring has not Sprung!!!!

Mom please don't give my address out to anyone.  I can't have stuff
forwarded either.  Give them the mission office address and they can write.   I
will just see it pop up on my email and I'll have to delete it.  I got one
from Kevin and I read it and did him the courtesy of telling him I can't
read or write anymore.  Zach's I didn't even get to read.  Please
don't make this harder for me to do by allowing more people to write me. 
Help pass the word around.  Thanks.

Yeah you can print it off and mail it to me, that is ok.  Then I guess I could
write to you and you could mail it to him.  Or I could just write him.  It's
ok if you give people my residence address, but I would probably give them the
mission office then they know where they can always reach me.  Yeah I would love
to get letters from people!!! since all of my companions rack in the letters.
My hand?  From the dog bite!!  They didn't even do anything with that.  I
told you they looked at it and sent me away, made me pay 10 bucks!!  Biggest
waste ever!!
Oh it was painful for a while after that, but I'm fine now.
Talking to Josh now:
Alrighty!!!.....I was just about to write him, I was considering not because he
didn't write me.  Nevertheless I will be merciful to him and impart the
scripture I wanted to share with him.  Alma 18:34
This is what a missionary is.
I'd imagine so.  That should all work out just fine.  We won't be able
to email back and forth.
It's not exactly balmy here.  I told mom I got to play soccer this morning
on the Northwester Turf field with every nationality in the world.  It was cold,
and my warming process was extensive.
It took a while to get warm!!!

Whatever, restitution is needed for you boy!!!  Anyway, maybe you should spend
important holidays like the resurrection of the Savior with your family, whom
you will spend eternity with, and not with some girl that you don't need to
think about for two years.  Especiall when you will be leaving in a month.  Then
read 2 Nephi 9:40. 
I love you all tons, and I will look forward to hearing from you next week.  Auf
Wiedersehen