Today, Tomorrow, and Forever!

Hey Family and Friends!

This past week was so strange for me because of Labor Day! It messed me all up! Haha. I kept getting confused about what day it was. But it was nice, because P-day came faster! ;) Before I forget, yesterday we found out that we will be working on opening this area to Elders! So Colfax will continue to have a set of Sisters, and a set of Elders as well! There is a lot of preparation we will have to do so that they are all set to work when they get here, but we are excited! It will really help the work here, because sometimes you just need Elders for a particular person, and sometimes you need Sisters. We meet needs differently! So that's exciting :) 

Things with Morgan are not going as well. She is struggling with some things. Keep her in your prayers if you can. Right now she doesn't have a set baptism date, but we are going to continue to try and meet with her and make her feel welcome at church.

Scott is doing pretty well! We haven't been able to be in contact with him for the past two days, because he had texted us saying things with Susanne weren't going well. But every time we talk to him, he makes sure to tell us how much he wants to come to church! Haha. 

We visited with the Bush family, and Franklin, the dad, said that he wants to read the Book of Mormon! He is very quiet, but very very intelligent. He apparently has a very difficult job at work, according to our members that work with him! But he looked very excited when we gave him a copy of the Book of Mormon!

We visited with a lady named Jessica this week, who has two little boys. Her older little boy is so sweet. He is so confident in God! He told he prays every night, and he knows God hears him! Kids have the best faith :) But our meeting with her went really well. We have really tried to work on teaching by the Spirit, which can be very difficult! But it is so worth it. It's scary because teaching by the Spirit means you don't always plan out ahead of time what to say! And sometimes questions pop into your mind or things to say, and you do not want to say them! But you do it anyway, because obviously the Spirit knows better ;) 

Something I really have thought about this week is how learning things from my mission will apply to my whole life. I was thinking about how I want to learn how to be a good person for the rest of my life, like being a good mother, and I was like 'I can't wait to learn how to do that after my mission!" But then I realized there are SO MANY things to learn on a mission that will help in my future family. In our mission we talk a lot about "Today, Tomorrow, and Forever" principles. I used to get bugged a little because they would say it so much, but I love it! Of course there are things I am learning on my mission that will help me with the rest of my life. Heavenly Father ALWAYS has a perfect eternal perspective :) And of course He is helping me learn things now that will be beneficial for me later on.  I think about how I will raise a family in the gospel, and it can be taunting! There are so many confusing and harsh things in the world that kids face. I have been studying this article in the June 2013 Ensign called "9 Principles for a Successful Family", and I have been going through each principle and writing about how I want to implement that in my life! I realize more and more how the gospel is so important, and how I want to have it with me the rest of my life! 

Being on a mission is an incredible experience. It is so hard. But I am learning so much! I tear up almost every time people talk about the age change, because it really has dramatically changed my life! How grateful I am that Heavenly Father trusts me with this this precious work, and that I get to be a part of this! I am praying always that you are benefiting from me serving. I love you all more and more everyday, and I hope that I can help in anyway possible to improve your lives! Let me know if there is anything I can do :) I love you all so much. Thank you for your continued support. I love hearing from you!

Love,

Sister Adams