Baptist Country

Thursday 4/26/18 Temple group

Transfers were last week, and I'm staying in Gardendale!  My new companion is Sister H from St. George!

So on April 21st we got to participate in the Magnolia Festival!! We had a booth set up for genealogy. It was lots of fun and we talked to lots of people, and we got peoples numbers and it was overall a really good experience for people to get exposed to some goodness in the church :) It was a little scary going in, because it's 'baptist country', but everyone was mostly polite and no one tried to fight with us, thank goodness. 

Last week was very weird because we had our pday on Thursday instead of Monday. I honestly don't remember most of it. But because of the temple trips, we had a couple of sisters come and spend the day with us so we got twice as much work done!! It was great. 

The temple was so great and I'm glad that I got to spend time there. There is a feeling of peace that you can't feel anywhere else!

We had dinner with a member this week and they told us that we haven't experience the south until we go to a little country baptist church. Maybe when I come back to Alabama I will just attend those ;) this really is baptist country. 

Have a wonderful week!! 

Hermana Adams

Temple!

Hey! This week we don't have much time, so please enjoy these pictures, and I'll email again in 4 days!

I love you all!!

Hermana Adams

The moment I realized I was in Birmingham (not England)

Hello all! So one awesome thing about this area is that we get about 2 bible referrals a week (as opposed to my other areas where we got like, 1 a transfer). The not-so-awesome thing is that they're mostly in North Birmingham, an area that we save for the middle of the week/middle of the day type of thing. This story is one of those:

We arrived in the projects and found the right house number. It was a nice warm day and the sun was still high in the sky (okay, it was like 4) and there was lots of people outside, an ice cream truck could be heard in the distance. (this might seem cute to y'all but honestly gives me the willies). We knocked and knocked and finally the woman came out onto the porch. We introduced ourselves and started talking about the Bible that she ordered and introduced the Book of Mormon as well. We gave her a short restoration rundown, testified of the power of the Book of Mormon and the Bible, and invited her to read and pray. Right as we were wrapping up we heard 9 loud popping noises....too close for comfort! I looked at our acquaintance and she just sighed, shook her head, and said: "I hate that." I said "Was that a gun?" and she said that yes it was, but we were probably fine because it was a couple of blocks away. We quickly set a return appointment and said goodbye and got outta there.  As we were leaving we didn't see any signs of any type of crime, no police or anything, so it was probably someone just shooting into the air. Welcome to North Birmingham!! :D

There you go, I lived on the edge. 

That's pretty much all the exciting things that happened. Transfers are this week! I'll be staying in Gardendale and I do not know who my new companion will be :) But I'm so excited to keep working in this part of the Lords' vineyard!!

I love all of you. Have an amazing week! 

Hermana Adams 

-Here's what happens when your companion is sick
and you decide to watch Mountain of our Lord in a fort

Me holding a real small animal in the church (it's real, I promise)

Alabamawood Derby

I know it doesn't get a different name in every state. But our ward had the pinewood derby on Saturday, and we spur-of-the-moment entered!! I included a picture of our cars; Hermana F's 'Scatter Sunshine' truck and my 'Butterflymobile'. They both raced...and lost. They were built for looks, not speed. But it's better than some sisters a few years ago who apparently brought a potato and put wheels on it. It didn't win either. 

This last week we had the awesome chance to have Elder Jörg Klebingat come to our mission!! It was an awesome conference, and some people from the Talladega branch helped with lunch so I got to see some people I love again <3 It was a joyous day. Elder K gave us some awesome words for our mission. Basically the whole conference was for each of us to be put on a trajectory that led to lasting conversion in Christ. I truly believe it was :) I certainly felt the desire to continue on the path that I am on. It takes a lot of hard work, but it is truly worth it. He also reminded us our our divine nature as children of God. When we have that knowledge and testimony, it makes the road a little bit easier to go down :)

I love this gospel so much!! I am so grateful for this opportunity I have to be in Alabama right now!! I love these people SO MUCH. 

Silly Hna Adams

Have an amazing week!!

Hermana Adams

Conference!

Hey! Conference was amazing. I had the spirit whisper so many things to my heart I thought I would explode. I nearly cried a few times. But I loved it! I'm so excited to be able to read the talks over again and find more that I probably missed. 

This week we went on exchange in Leeds, AL. When we were walking into a Wal-Mart, we discovered someone giving away puppies!!! We didn't bring any home. 

On Thursday when we got home from exchanges, I decided to boil some eggs for dyeing this weekend. I put them on to boil, and we started weekly planning.... 40 minutes later, I remembered the eggs. They were still in water, but very much overdone. But hey! An overdone egg still dyes! So we bought another dozen and dyed 24 eggs on Saturday. 

Well that's all the crazy stories for this week. I promise I'll live life a little more on the edge so that you can get more interesting stories next week. ;) 

I LOVE YOU ALL

THIS IS GOD'S CHURCH

Hermana Adams