Greetings from Idaho!
Just like that, I'm in Potato Land! But first, I'll wrap up
my MTC experience first.
The Sunday before I left (Mar. 30), we had a devotional
where all the missionaries in the MTC attended. As we walked in, I noticed the
sign said Richard Elliott would be the speaker. The name seemed familiar, but I
couldn't place it until he was introduced. It turned out that he is one of the
principal organists for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir! I was ecstatic!
Interspersed with telling about his conversion story and sharing a spiritual
message, he performed several incredible pieces on the organ! My mouth was
agape. He performed a Bach piece that had my companion leaning over to me and
saying "show off" and he concluded with a pedal arrangement of
"Go Tell It on the Mountain". We gave him a standing ovation. The
arrangement in on the Choir's Youtube page. Look it up!
However, that wasn't all the music in store for us that
evening. Recently returned missionary David Archuleta was also in attendance
and he sang several hymns as well. He had served in Chile and his testimony
about the change of heart he had seen many people undergo in that country was
stirring. Some of you may know that he is of American Idol fame. So, it was a
pretty amazing evening.
I got up at 3am on Tuesday morning with my three roommates
and we traveled by train to Salt Lake City where we boarded our plane without
any problems and arrived in Boise, Idaho before noon. The Mission President and
his wife were waiting for us along with a couple missionaries who are called
Assistants to the President. The mission president and his wife preside over
the Nampa Idaho mission and are in charge of over 180 missionaries. The
Assistants to the President report directly to him and help him. They do a lot
of other things, which I'm not aware of, but I know it's an important
responsibility.
After a lunch and orientation meeting, we were randomly
paired up with missionaries who have been here for several months and went
outside in the rain. We were assigned a specific area of Nampa to go and tract.
Basically this means we knock on doors and talk to people about our beliefs.
This method of getting to know people is not very effective (We knocked on
probably 15 doors and only a handful answered), but it was instructive. We met
an amazing family with their own set of beliefs, but it was inspiring to be
able to hear about other people's path to the Savior. I know that we are all on
our own path and as long as we are strengthening our faith in Christ, we are
heading down the right one.
I will need to tell you more next week. I hope you are all
doing well.
With charity,
Elder Adamek
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