Elder Adams In El Salvador : December 19, 2016

Hey All,

So this week was a bit of a struggle for Elder Bailey and I. So last monday when i wrote i started to feel a little pain in my stomach. i didnt think much of it and that day i just took it a bit easy. then next morning i woke up and i had a super upset stomach and ill just say i was in the bathroom a lot that day. we went and got tested for parasites. turns out i dont have any!!!! but i do have a stomach infection. not to worry im on antibiotics and im feeling a ton better. Elder Bailey on the other hand has been dying all week. We gave eachother blessings and i know we will overcome this. so this week was super hard to work because we had to take 2 days off (a bummer) and when we got to work we had to take breaks every once and a while. we still worked our hardest.

well theres one night that i want to talk about that i learned so much from. we had had literally no success the whole day and i was starting to get bummed out and discouraged. i said a little prayer in my head to have a little boost of energy to be able to finish out the night and just get home safely. right after that a scripture popped into my head out of nowhere. i know it was an answer to my prayer. the scripture was alma 26:27 and it says "Now when our hearts were depressed, and we were about to turn back, behold, the Lord comforted us and said: Go amongst thy bretheren, the Lamanites, and bear thine afflictions, and I will give unto you success."

from that i took the worst approach and was like well where is my success. i didnt think to thank our Heavenly Father for this comfort that i got. well the night went on and it wasnt successful at all. in our last lesson that totally changed. we had a lesson with an investigator and there were 2 other people in the house. a roomate who was like 65 years old and a 14 year old friend. this investigator is like 25 so we got a range haha. well we went on to teach the message of the restoration of the gospel and we said that they had to pray to know that this was true. the older guy was like oh i already did. with the language barrier and other people talking elder bailey and i both heard it but didnt think anything of it and continued on.

we finished up the lesson and invited them both (the 2 that we had not taught before) to baptism. we asked the old guy first and he was like no ask the other kid first. we thought this was a bad sign because he was making a teenager go before him. we thought he was just going to go on about how he had already been baptized and didnt want to have to do anything with us (happens alot). the 14 year old said that he would be baptized, sweet one now the other. we went back to the older guy and he was like oh im a member. my whole family is members and i know this church is true.

he then went on to bear his testimony which was beyond powerful to the other 2 in the room. he said that he knew with his whole heart that this is the only true church and that Joseph smith was a prophet of God. that lesson was literally the most supprising and successful lesson we have ever had. Heavenly Father put this blessing in our lives and in that night on purpose. i know it was a blessing after we were about to turn back. so thats just the spitirual moment for the week.

our investigators are all progressing good, just hard to get them to church. we are working with them every day and they are progressing. im feeling a lot better and i hope this next week we can continue to have these blessings put in our paths. I pray for all of you and hope you know that i love all of you sepecially in this Christmas season.

Love ya all. talk to you soon

-Elder Adams Jr.

PS happy birthday to the best mother ever the 22nd. shes the best and you all need to wish her a happy birthday. Mom i love you!