Hello everyone!
Another week rapidly passed by here in Kuna. The chill of
fall and approaching winter is there, but not terrible, which I proved myself
capable of dealing with as I biked back home in shorts and a t-shirt this
past week. Last night, I believe there was a slight, sleety mist falling.
Refreshing. Better than summer.
We have a ward mission leader who is doing a tremendous job
in his calling and has given me an example in how to magnify a calling from
God. In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there is no paid
ministry and the calling of ward mission leader is one to do exactly that, lead
the missionary work going on within the ward.
All callings are given through inspiration of God and the
person who gets called to said position is able to receive revelation specific
to their calling in order to help the people who will be impacted by their
service. So, our ward mission leader is doing exactly that. He is praying,
studying, praying more, studying more, and receiving specific guidance. This has
been manifest in the direction he has given us to help with the missionary
work. We have been visiting families and encouraging them to study the
scriptures and pray for promptings, which we then encourage them to record in a
journal and act upon and report in follow-up meetings with them. We haven't
seen the success yet, but we are placing our faith that this simple direction
will yield great things.
My companion has been experiencing back pain worse than what
he lets on to me. We have a physical therapist in our ward that has been
helping him and making fun of me (he is a funny guy and thinks I will be a CPA
when I go home . . . haha, very funny) I have learned a lot from him and his
family's example to strengthen the Spirit in their home. Elder Deal has been a
great example to me of perseverance despite pain and he has continued to be
positive and happy. I am learning a lot from him about being happy and
positive! Every day, at the end of the day, we share three things from the day
that we are grateful for. It's helped me remember what I am grateful for and
ever if I feel like the day hasn't gone well, I can prove to myself that I'm
wrong and that it's still been a great day.
I have discovered for myself that Pizza Hut is not good.
Elder Deal and I have increased in what people in the
mission call, companionship unity. This unity has been manifest through our
teaching. Often, in a teaching appointment, one of us will forget to say
something or teach something and the other will be prompted to teach that
things which was forgotten! I know that this is the Spirit of God guiding us to
teach those things which the people who are learning need to hear and know.
This happens every day. We also complete each others thoughts and sentences and
often move to do the same things at the same time.
I was able to teach in Spanish this week! I went on an
exchange with an Elder who teaches Spanish-speaking people! I went to two
lessons where I didn't know what was going on or what was being said (except
for a few phrases and words here and there) I got to read the Book of Mormon in
Spanish and I didn't do that terribly! We had dinner that day with a family who
had seen off their daughter the day before on a mission to Missouri! I also got
schooled in
We helped a family move this past week and then also
volunteered at the Kuna Food Bank, headquartered in the basement of a Methodist
Church. It was a great time! I was reminded with all the heavy lifting that I
did (which also took out Elder Deal's back) of a verse in a hymn that I love.
"We are weak, but thou art able" - Guide Us O Thou Great Jehovah.
Except in my case, it is mainly "I am weak, but thou art able"
I really like this scripture as well. From the Book of
Mormon: "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ,
having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men.
Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and
endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."
I was reminded this past week of the first time I read from
the Book of Mormon. I wondered if it could be true. I kept reading and prayed
to know if it was true. I know by the Spirit of God that the Book of Mormon is
true. In a Zone Meeting this past week, I was reminded of the first session of
General Conference while I attended as a student at the University of
Minnesota. Elder
Tad Callister of the Seventy spoke and posed the point "the Book of
Mormon is holy scripture, just as it professes to be; if not, it is a
sophisticated but, nonetheless, diabolical hoax." I couldn't believe that
a leader of that Church would say that. I tested it out and I found out that
the Book of Mormon is from God.
I hope you all have a wonderful week. Do good. Smile. Don't
lose keys.
Love,
Elder Adamek
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