Transfer 7 Week 2

Hello all!!!

I hope you never ever forget the love I have for you but even more so I hope you never forget the Love that God has for you.  I have felt his love for me this week so strongly. There has been opposition but oh how sweet is the Joy. I loved conference this weekend! I loved our Zone Training meeting we also had this week! I just really loved this week. One of my companions told me that 'God blesses us because he loves us but he expects us to take that blessing and share it with others." As we were able to receive answers, additional light and knowledge, and an out pouring of the spirit from conference I know that we need to share it with others. This week I am going to share with you some of what I wrote my president this week.

"President Young,

This week we went over the baptismal questions with the two young kids that we have on date and realized that they are not ready for baptism. They need to be taught more so they have time for the lessons to sink in. We were very bummed about needing to move back their date again. We feel like it will be good and it will also give their dad time to get more on board as well. After cancelling their date I felt as if I were no longer contributing to meeting our goal of 150 baptisms for the months of Sept-Nov. We are working on getting people on date for November but I didn't want to feel like dead weight for October. I had recently been talking to Sis. Clove and she shared an experience where you had sent out an email and said if we wanted to see a big miracle then to ask for it. I'm glad she reminded me of this and it kept coming back to my mind. So, that's exactly what we did. I talked with Sis. Opheim about it and we decided to set a goal for 2 people to be baptized on the 26th of October. We don't know who exactly they will be yet. We also fasted and knew we needed to find 2 new people who were ready for baptism. The day that we fasted, we went with a member to contact a woman named Nicole. She used to visit Nicole but hadn't been in years and wanted us to meet her. Nicole had taken the discussions ten years previous and now her daughter had sat in on them in Coos Bay whenever she was at her aunts house, the missionaries were teaching her cousin. Nicole and her daughter said they would be interested in learning more and would love to have us teach them. Later that day, an hour after we had broken our fast we went to see a woman that had cancelled on us every time prior but this time she was there. She has been diagnosed with terminal cancer and wasn't feeling in the mood to talk. We offered to pray with her which she accepted gratefully. After the prayer she began to talk with us about her church and how she felt as if something was missing. We were able to teach her the Restoration. She kept commenting how this answered questions that she had had for years. She also said she would be willing to be baptized. We are so excited to go back and teach her. Whether or not this woman or the family will be the ones to accept baptism on the 26th, we feel very blessed by God."

This week I have felt so blessed. I have been able to see some dear Sisters whom I love so much. I've been able to have some very meaningful conversations that have had a deep impact on me. I've been able to learn from God how he wants me to improve. I have felt his love for his children. I feel his love for me so deeply and I am so excited to share this love with those here in Oregon. I love my mission because it's not MY mission, its HIS mission for me and he is truly leading and guiding every step of the way.

I loved conference so much! I loved so many of the talks. I have a request. I really really really want you to do this. So as soon as I make the request I'd like for you to put in your phones on an alarm or write sticky notes and place them all over so you don't forget or better yet you can pause reading my letter and do it now. So the request is.... Print out your favorite talk from Conference and read it, mark it, highlight it, make notes on it and then send it to me. So. Pause. Make a note on your phone. Start making sticky notes and placing them everywhere. Or go to LDS.org and print it out right now. Please. I really want to discuss conference with you and this is the only adequate and effective way I can think of. Or you can email me what your favorite talk was and I will print it out and read it first. So please? Thank you! I love you all! (I actaully think the talks are not available for print yet but as soon as they are...)

Sis. Adair