hey everyone,
just to start off, i want to say how grateful i am for each and every one of you. soooo a ton has happened since i last wrote. I MADE IT!!!!! im finally in the field and i couldnt feel any better. i had a great start. first ill tell you whats happened. so on tuesday morning we left the mtc at 430 in the morning. all the elders and hermanas going to any of the missions in el salvador got on a bus and took off. the ride is normally 4 hours but they were doing road work so it took like 6. it was kind of funny when we crossed into el salvador, our leader that was smuggling us told us to say we were only going to be here for 2 weeks. they actually didnt ask so i didnt have to lie haha. on the way we dropped off missionaries at the other 2 mission homes and then went to the presidents house. all of the presidents pictures make him look like he is big and intimidating, but he is like 5 feet tall and he is a big teddy bear. we got there and he gave us all huge hugs. we had a bunch of presentations that night and then went to the secretarts house and spent the night there. we got up at 430 again (still recovering from that) and went to a stake center to get our new compaions. my companion is named Elder Bailey. hes from utah and he literally just finished his training the day before i got here. it is kind of a struggle because there is times where neither of us understand what is happening so we especially pray for the gift of tongues. he is super nice and fun but he has his head on straight and he wants to work. now the working part of the week. this week, i have just been meeting all of the investigators ad getting used to everything around here. my area is called alta vista II. im in a town justt outside san salvador. of course id lovee to be out in the jungle, but right now im glad im here, its like 20 degrees cooler then out in the country(still hot as). there are 3 families that we visit the most. the first is the rodriguez family. its a family of 4 (mom dad and 2 daughters). the dad and the older daughter are baptized (the daughter got baptized the day before i got here) the whole family is strong in the church and they continue to come every week to church. i have a feeling that we can get the others baptized soon. the next family is just a husband and a wife. they are about 25 and they are super positive. they always pray and read . the one thing is they have to come to church one more time before their baptisms on the 3rd so they have one sunday. they promised that they would come so we are going to hold them to it. we pray for them all the time. they are way cool and can somewhat understand a buit of english so if im struggling they can understand me in english. the next family is the highlight of the week. i get into the field and find out that we have 2 baptisms scheduled for the first saturday while im here. their names are raul and concepcion. they are like 75 and they have been trying to get baptised for ever. they needed to get married and paperwork has taken for ever. so on saturday at the church er had a little wedding and then baptized them. raul didnt really understand that he had to go fully under the watter at once so he kept kicking a foot up.elder bailey had to try 5 times and he finally got him under haha. on sunday we had 3 confirmations the other being the girl that just got baptized. it was cool to stand in the circle for 2 of the 3. i could feel the spirit and i know that our heavenly father was speaking through elder bailey. oh yeah im in the same disttrict with elder junior so i see him all the time so thats way cool. its a struggle with spanish but it is coming along good. my comprehension is getting mush better but im still studying hard haha. thats pretty much it since the last time i wrote haha im kidding there has been a ton but i dont want to bore you and i dont have time. love you all! and ill talk to you in a week
-Elder Adams Jr.
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