What a week!

Oh boy. Where do I start?? I didn't email yesterday because it was MLK Day and that is the best time to WORK!! (heads up, if there is a holiday on a Monday where school or work isn't happening, I probably will be emailing on Tuesday.)---------------------------------------------------Hermana Adams goes to the Samford University Library to e-mail. She posed with a sculpture of Ralph Waldo Beeson, a benefactor of the University.

So I flew by myself to the Atlanta Airport where I met maybe 10 other missionaries coming from the Provo MTC. (Apparently there isn't a flight straight from SLC to Birmingham) and then we flew for it felt like 10 minutes over to ALABAMA. We met the president and his wife and then drove to the mission home where we were welcomed by most(all?) of the senior couples that are serving here and LASAGNA for dinner. I really missed ice, they don't give you that at the CCM. The lasagna was so good and I also ate buttered green beans and some banana puddin'. It was so good and I felt like I could go to sleep right then. We had interviews with the mission nurses and President Sainsbury and then they took us to the Marriott and we had a good nights sleep and nice breakfast. I really missed the food here. Seriously.------------------------------------------------ My trainer is awesome. Her name is Hermana W and she is from the Payson area, she's been here for about 7 months. We are assigned to the Altadena area and spanish branch. ---------------Here are some pictures of the apartment bed and desk areas.-----------

Everyone here is so cool!! We met a woman in our complex the 2nd or 3rd day named Miss B and she basically told us her life story and that if she wanted to she could sell her food and make millions. She agreed for us to come and talk to her about Jesus sometime, but hasn't been available so we'll just keep calling :) We are teaching this really cool guy named J, he's been taught by the missionaries before but hopefully this time he will want to be baptized. Anyway, in J's building there is a woman named Miss M that we met while tracting and we spent about 40 minutes listening to her testimony. She isn't LDS, but she has had a life full of miracles and she can testify that God has kept her throughout her whole life. I felt like she was teaching us!! She kept coming back to this point, "You can stand!" meaning that whatever comes your way in this life, as long as you trust in God's will, you will be able to stand. She is so amazing and I really want to teach her or at least come and listen to her testimony some more!!------------------------------------------- Everyone here is so great. Everyone is willing to hear a message about Jesus. I haven't once had someone slam a door in my face! We met a woman from Nigeria named D and she is Muslim, but even she was willing to hear what we had to say.------------------------------------------------- Everyone has called this ABM (America's Best Mission) (Alabama Birmingham Mission) and I BELIEVE IT. This field is so white that it is blinding me. I hope that I can be an effective tool in the Lords hands and harvest.------------------------------------------------------ Thank you all for your prayers and your emails!! I love reading about everything. I love the people here in Alabama and I can't wait to BAPTIZE BIRMINGHAM!!!! ------------------------------------- Love Hermana Adams