July 13, 2015

First let me just start off by saying WE GOT A BAPTISM! I love seeing this huge change in the lives of the people around me especially for Ichael he is a guy that we have been teaching for a little less than a month now and he literally was just a gift from god. He was attending seminary and knew the book of mormon was true before we even met him, He told us the first day he wanted to be a missionay and that he wanted to be baptized. I can honestly say that he was not my convert he was converted by the lord.

Except for that this week is going to be super cool we are going to be seeing a seventy elder Zeballos will be coming to our mission and we will be able to meet him personaly so i am super excited and cant wait to talk to him, and hear what he has for us.

Also this week were cambios, me and my comp are staying and also the other elders are staying too so nothing to big so that is good. Although a few other good friends in the zone left but get this.... an elder in our zone was super worried about the cambios and i told him he was going to go somewhere super special this cambio and it happened, he went to TAL-TAL he was like freaking out and called me immediatly and was super excited it was super awesome and i was pretty happy to be able to send some letters with him.

Other than that great things are happening in the zone and in our sector and i am so excited to see a few of the other people we have got ready for the first covenant. BAPTISM

con mucho amor

elder adams

 

the first one is of the view from our pension it is super cool

 the second is of course the BAPTISM

July 6, 2015

First to start of !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WE WON LA COPA AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so awesome this whole week was all about that i will be honest every single person i talked to this last week and this week we had a little conversation at least about what they thought was going to happen, and you know what was the funniest is all the Argentinians were talking crap because Chile has never won a cup in the history of ever so this last week was history in the making. It was super fun everybody had work off, everybody made a huge barbecue in there houses, and everybody freaked out when they scored in penalty's and won! We had the great blessing to watch the game with some members as an activity and really enjoy that time but after we had to go straight to our pensions because people freaked out and like destroyed the streets it was so crazy. 

After that also on Thursday we had a great time with our mission president in counsel it was super cool because we are preparing the mission so that on the 16-20 with will be having a 70 coming through here he is the Chilean that spoke in the general conference in April 2015 his name is Elder Zeballos i am super excited to meet him and here what has for us. Also we learned a lot about examples that we use in our teaching it was really interesting about what is good to use and not.

Also on Friday we got the interview done for a guy who will be baptized this Saturday his name is Ichael he is super cool and attends seminary and everything he is super ready for baptism and we are super excited for him. Also another two sectors in our zone both baptized on Saturday morning which was incredible because that ward hasn't baptized in like over a year so the whole ward was there and it was super packed it was awesome. It made me super happy about our zone.

All in all great week and i know that all of you had a great week and hope this next one is even better. Lots of love from the kid down under

con mucho cariño y amor

elder adams

 

before the game we were just chilling with the papito and mamita and there kids super awesome.

 this is of them about to take the cup.

 these are photos of me freaking out and them about to take the cup

June 29, 2015

This week was super great as always. It is very rare when I have a bad week if you haven't noticed because literally i see and feel that i am being guided and directed by the lord every single week. It is one of the greatest feelings ever.

As for this week we had a lot of good things happen such as at the beginning of the week we had a zone conference with president and it was super good i had a blast and saw a ton of good buddy's from the mission and i am super excited about a few of the changes they made so we can get more people in the water haha. Although this week we worked a lot with the list of members about cleaning out the list for the bishop and seeing which members are still living here and those that aren't and through those that are inactive we can get some news. It is all going to plan.

Also this week is the week when CHILE WILL WIN LA COPA AMERICA!!! today they play and all the people in the city were dressed in the Chile jersey it was super cool to see how incredible a whole country really unites to watch a game and nobody does anything but that. It is good for us as missionary's because they always invite us in and say sit, eat, and will talk while we watch. Also today is the semi finals and Chile goes against Peru and there are a ton of Peruvians that live here so tons of people tell me that they will probably start some crap up if they win or lose but i am pretty sure the game will end 2-1 and we will play the 4th it is going to be so crazy down here.

All in all we had a great week also with today we had a blast we didn't really have any plans for our day and then a member called out of nowhere and asked if we wanted to go get to know Antofagasta and the area and get some food it was super chill and i had a blast.

This week was awesome and i hope that you all have a great week. Remember to look for opportunity's to help and share the amazing things that changes the lives of people.

THE GOSPEL

con mucho amor

elder adams

 

 

the images are of me and my comp we went down to the beach with a member today and got to know all of Antofagasta it was super fun with him and his kids. Great time

June 22, 2015

This week was quite interesting we had alot of activitys because well this month it is LA COPA AMERICA and all the south american countrys are playing and it is going down in none other than this awesome country CHILE. It has been really cool our president gave us permision to watch the game with investigators and try to find new while watching it so it was super fun and we had alot of success. Especially in the games we won two and tied one but we came out the biggest in our group so that made chile look really good also there team i really think could take it all. Brasil and Argentina are not even playing very good. Not to mention Neymar the good player on Brasil got redcarded so they have not been doing so good since then. Well it will be quite interesting this week.

As for the work last week we really saw quite alot of miracles in finding. We found like a whole bunch of new people that basically all of them told us they really like what we are sharing and want to learn more and know more. Like yesterday we were kind of indescisive on what we wanted to do work up higher in the hill or close to the coast and i dont know why but i just personaly felt like that was what we needed to do so we walked up that dreaded hill that is so steep and knocked on the doors of some people that we had taught in the past and none answered and those that did the person wasnt there and didnt want us there. So as we kind of turn around a lady yells "hey you where are you from?" and then from that conversation we talked to her and shared the restoration and loved it and said that these things are true and would like to get to know the church. It was super cool That is just one of the great stories of how we found people this week it was a great week.

As for the rest of the week it should be super great we have a conference with our president tomorrow and i am a little nervous because he asked every elder to prepare two talks for tomorrow and he is going to pick two to speak and give them. Its not that i havent prepared the talk its just out of all of the people that he could pick i feel like its going to be ME UGH. Then after that the next day CHILE PLAYS AGAIN! Then the rest of the week is going to be normal.

All in all i love you all so much and hope you guys never forget that and i pray for each and everyone every night so i hope you feel those blessings daily and recognize them. 

con mucho amor y cariño

elder adams

 

This is a photo of our mamitas kids they are super cool

the second one is of the party and the good food.

It was super fun

June 15, 2015

Well this week was my birthday and just want to start of by saying thanks to everyone who gave me shout-outs i love you all so much and made me feel really special this week. Also i am not going to lie this birthday was the best birthday i have had in awhile because my mamita and papito surprised me with a party on one of the hardest nights of the week it was on my birthday. It was super lame the whole day all the citas fell and nobody was opening up so it was just hard to put a smile on and keep going on my birthday. So my only bit of excitement was to just finish of the day and go to sleep until my comp wanted to stop by the mamita really fast and grab something and they surprised me with a huge party i was so happy and excited that i could not believe what just happened. Then to top it all off a few days earlier i had talked about how good pumpkin pie is and how much i wanted to eat it that she went and translated a whole recipe and made it for me it was SO  GOOD! it was a good day.

Also the rest of the week was so great too because we had two investigators who were kind of like dead they got back on the horse this week and went to seminary, mutual, and church i was pretty impressed if they keep going we will be seeing two more baptisms fast. Also we heard a huge miracle about this family when i was with my last comps told me we shouldn't go by them because they are never there and when they are they don't want to receive us but we knocked the door with my comp and they surprised us with a family complete of five that want to know more and want to take the next step we have a lesson with them tomorrow i am really excited to teach them. All in all this week was so great.

I love you all and hope that you all have a great week like i had and hope you all know that no matter who you are or where you come from your all important in the eyes of our great father and redeemer. 

con mucho amor

elder adams
 

June 8, 2015

Well i just wanted to start by saying thanks to all my friends and family for the emails and the happy birthday wishes you guys are so awesome and there is nothing more i could ask for then that. Love you all lots

As for my week at the beginning of the week we got transfers and my comp got here from arica and he is super cool its my first UTAH comp its awesome also he is from Orem. Elder Ngatai he is poly and super cool. We go home together and we get along super good. After that on Thursday we got to go to the zone council it was super cool we talked a lot about where we want our zones and where they can be. I learned a ton. Also we have been doing a lot of things new with my comp we have started finding a ton through the references that we get sent a ton in this sector it is super great and we put two dates this week a little while down the road but they are super great and i am sure they will do it but they just need to complete everything and they will make it to the most important door they have. I love being a missionary and having this opportunity to be a missionary, serve, and save souls through this great and glorious work.

 

I love you all and hope you guys have a great week

June 1, 2015

So to start I have to explain what happened to our sector in this ward we had 2 sister missionaries, and my comps and me. So we got a call on saturday and it just so happens that everyone is leaving except for me! It was really sad I really wanted to stay with my old comps but they are both going to arica almost where I was just at, they are going to love it. Who is coming? two new elders to open the sector of the hermanas and my comp elder Natai he is my first comp from UTAH! he is super cool he has the same time as me in the mission and he is like the most laid back relaxed guy ever. Also the other two elders one of them was my comp in Taltal he is super cool his name is elder Cabrera. So all in all things are great and i am really excited.

Although This week was super crazy so to just start off I have to explain that we totally knew that my comp elder jara was leaving but we were not sure if elder scott was going so the whole week basically we were saying goodbyes to everybody and I got really bored of that so I started going on divisons with members and it was incredible. So when we got the calls we heard that both the sisters and my two comps were leaving the sector and would be coming in two new elders and my new comp after that I decided I wanted to get to know the sisters sector before everything goes down so we went on sunday and it was probably one of the most powerful experiences I have had on the mission. We got a call from an ex investigator from the area of the sisters and he tells me last night he got stabbed and they went to the hospital and sealed him up but the dad called us balling cause the son fell asleep after the whole thing and didnt wake up but his heart was beating so he was still there but just in a slight coma so we went over and the dad asked us for a blessing and we did it and right after he woke up and said Thanks. It was Incredible and after that they were like incredibly receptive and the dad who apparently was like super hard to get to is now super receptive and wants to hear more it is super cool.

Anyways great week and I am really excited for this week we have a counsel with president and all the zone leaders on thursday and it is going to be super cool. Anyways love you all a ton and hope you guys have a great week.

elder adams