One Last Time

Okay, folks. Here it is. I've been putting this off all day, but here is my very last email from the mission field. Oh boy, I never thought this day would come! I thank my God for each and every day I have been blessed with out here in Alabama. I have come to love the south so much! 

I know that this is God's work, and without Him, we are nothing. I cannot wait to bring home all the experiences I have had. 

This isn't going to be too long because I'll see all of y'all in a couple of days. Come give me a big hug and let me hold all of your babies. 

ROLL TIDE

Hermana Marie Adams​​

 

Lightning and Lightnin' Bugs

P Day Activity: Vulcan ROUND 2!!!
(It was a lot hotter than last time)

Hey there!! This week was full of humidity and thunder storms. Every day we thought we would melt in a puddle (southern women don't sweat, they glisten) and when the evening came we were drenched to our bones. And the thunder here could knock your socks off. But! It was such a blessing! On Wednesday we went over to Walmart with a couple umbrellas and helped people take their groceries to their cars, because the storm came so fast no one was prepared. Even though we got wet ourselves, we felt good about it :)

Typical tracting street in our area (the bugs are INSANE)

We did lots of tracting this week. We're trying to minimize the use of our car and so we walk EVERYWHERE. But it's good! Because we have met some people that we wouldn't have if we had been in our car. The Lord will bless us if we make sacrifices and work hard :)

Guys, I don't know if you know this, but HARD WORK PAYS OFF!! We have been going the extra mile with all the work we do, and we can definitely see the fruits of our labors :) Not everything is perfect, but it is coming along. We spoke to a whole street of people and didn't get told off rudely once! One couple even gave us a little jar so we could catch fireflies (I caught one, but he must have told all his friends to run away because I didn't find a SINGLE one after that. They're creepy little buggers). But it is so nice to see that the Lord loves us and appreciates our work. 

We ventured into the Gardendale First Baptist Church
 and took a picture next to the giant landmark cross
(their parking lot is HUGE)

I love Alabama so much :) What would I do without it?? (probably be less sweaty, but I love it anyway)

Hermana Adams 

The Gardendale Police had their funding cut (😂)

Happy Mother's Day!

The Magnolias are in bloom!

I don't have too much time today, but I hope everyone has had a great week and I still love you all!!  It's been a good week, but I don't have much to email about, since we talked yesterday.

(These are the flowers I'm growing in our windowsill)

Hermana Adams 

We volunteered at the Relay For Life, and found this big purple chair.

Here is a link to an article I sent Marie this week.  https://www.lds.org/blog/the-idea-of-mothers-in-zion-made-me-maduntil-i-learned-what-it-meant?cid=HP_FR-11-5-2018_dOCS_fBLOG_xLIDyL2-2_

The Book of Mormon

¡Hola a todos! This week we had Zone Conference. It was amazing. 

In preparation, we read the talk from the October 2017 conference by President Nelson called 'The Book of Mormon: What Would Your Life Be Like Without It?' ( https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2017/10/the-book-of-mormon-what-would-your-life-be-like-without-it?lang=eng ) Read it!

We had lots of trainings on how we should share it with people and it was awesome! We learned a new way to introduce it to people by using the pictures in the front. So we were challenged to do some roleplays and practice giving them away. So we did... and we found some people to teach!! It was so great!! It happened in the store twice and once when we were tracting. You could definitely feel the spirit as we taught them about the importance of it. 

Okay, we all know you guys really just want pictures, so here ya go. Have an amazing week!!

Hermana Adams