April 28, 2014

Well, my first week outside of Eagle had passed.  I'm not going to lie, I thought it would be horrible.  Saturday night when I got the news I was leaving I wanted to die.  Dramatic, I know.  Transfers are just part of the mission experience.  But I seriously, couldn't imagine leaving these people who I had grown to love so much.  Who had changed my life completely.  Monday packing was horrible.  Who knew that my 2 suitcases of stuff could spread so fast and get so lost.  But no worries, I survived with the majority of my things intact.  But saying goodbye on Monday night to certain people was really hard.  First we said goodbye to the Celaya family, who are my Colorado Hispanic Family.  But for real, we were over there for every single day throughout 2 months, to teach Cecilia and Alex.  But I know that I always have a place in their home to go and visit.  But it was very sweet when Alex just had to give me a hug.  I know it's against the rules to hug a 14 yr old boy, but there was no way I was going to push him away haha.  What kind of 14 yr old kid who tries to be cool wants to hug an awkward missionary??  That might have been my only chance ever!  I will miss Alex so much!  He is just like a little brother to me!

    And then we said goodbye to Yesenia and her daughter.  That was hard.  Yesenia cried and made me promise to write her as much as possible.  Then to call her every week when I get off my mission and visit her once a month haha.  I told her that is completely fine with me!  And that I would be back to visit her as soon as I got off my mission.  And then Yesenia's daughter wouldn't stop crying and gave me the biggest and longest hug.  She just thanked us so much for helping her mother.  That her life had been changed completely and she truly did love us.  I honestly had no idea that she loved us so much.  But she truly does.  That was a very special moment for me.  And I know that she will be baptized one day.  Hopefully the other sisters can help her realize she wants the gospel in her life.  

   Tuesday was fun to see all of the missionaries, but sad to say goodbye to some sisters who I had gotten really close with.  But it will be fine we will see each other pretty often probably.  Then we had the tear-jerking goodbye of Sister Flores and I.  I love that girl so much and we truly are sisters.  She helped me so much those 6 wks.  AND then I got to ride in a big white van through gorgeous scenic views until I got to my destination.

   Oh wait, I guess I completely forgot to say where I got transferred to.......(jk totally did it on purpose)  Drum Roll please.........I am in Denver!!  What?  I never thought that I would go to metro this soon.  I guess in my mind I thought I would always stay in the mountains.  But yes, I am in the city and am serving in the Denver South area.  For spanish missionaries there are only 2 areas in metro.  North and South.  And there is a set of Elders and a set of Sisters in both the north and the south areas.  So there are only 8 spanish missionaries for the city part that we cover in our mission. (Remember, there is also a Denver North Mission) So our area is huge!!!  Which I love!  That means there are so many people to talk to and unlike Eagle you can't run out!! For those people who know Denver, I cover most of the area south of Alameda st.  And we are also on Federal a lot. or sheriden.  well, I 'm not to sure, I need to be here longer.

   Literally, I am serving in mini mexico haha.  There are hispanics everywhere and mexican markets and little taco carts.  There is this awesome street that is so colorful and full of tons of murals.  We will be taking a lot of pictures there.  And some places are super ghetto. Which I love! haha.  Hispanic men always love to yell and whistle at the white girls.  Thank goodness we're missionaries! haha hope that doesn't freak mom out too much.  But some of the apartments we go to are pretty sketchy.  And I guess the week before My comp and her other comp got bedbugs from our investigator.  I just feel lucky that I came here during the process of killing them off.  Not when they were raging strong.  But it is really a different world then Eagle.

    But I love it so much!  ahh the feeling of being back in civilization! I thought I would miss Eagle a lot.  But I feel like I am supposed to be here so strongly and I have such a huge excitement to serve here.  I mean, I am so motivated to talk to everyone and to teach as many people as possible.  And I love our ward!  It is a hispanic ward and they are all so warm and welcoming.  Well, all hispanics are super warm and friendly.  But church was hilarious.  I guess you have to know hispanics to know what i'm talking about.  But it was just such a hispanic ward.  Just completely full of the culture and way that they are.  I loved it!  And I am excited to know more people.  

   My companion is Sister Marley, and she has been out for around 9 months I think...  She is awesome!  We have a lot of the same interests and same humor.  So we will have a very fun transfer full of funny quotes I believe.  And so far we work really good together.  But I am honestly so stoked to do the work here in Denver.  And the both of us together will be able to see a lot of miracles here.  I have met a few of our investigators and have loved them!  I can't wait to see them progress and help them as much as I can.  And I can't wait to meet everyone else.  

   My spanish has improved so much!  It is an actual language to me and God truly has blessed me with the gift of tongues in this new area.  I understand everything and can now have normal conversations with people.  I love it so much!  And it makes teaching so much better.  I can just talk to people and truly know what their needs are and be guided by the spirit what to say.

   Anyway, this was a long email and I really don't know what else to say.  But I am loving Denver so far and will only grow to love it more as time goes by.  In my mission my testimony has grown so much and I can truly say that I know this gospel is true.  Without a doubt in my heart.  And this gospel has brought me so much happiness.  And I love that I have the privledge to help others find this same happiness in their lives.  Thanks for all of the support and love I have back home!  

Sister Loertcher and I

My comp who I love dearly and now have to leave :(

Sister Nielson and I.  She has been in Eagle as long as I have been here.  It was fun to work with her.

Sister Ulberg from Samoa.  She is one of the funnest people ever.  I want to be like her. 

Sister Gibbons was my Sister Leader Trainer and helped me so much!  I love her to death!!

Me standing by this cool thing. 

All of the Sisters serving in Eagle!!

Demetrio and I at a wedding. 

The Fowles and I.  They are such awesome and hilarious people.

The one pic we got with Yesenia in her baptism clothes!!  We completely forgot until the last moment!!

Yesenia and her gorgeous family!!!

With Yesenia after her baptism!

April 21, 2014

So this week is transfers.  Which means that this weekend was just full of stress and worry.  And everyone,  I have very very VERY bad news.  I am leaving Eagle.  :'(

    I am not excited to leave Eagle.  I love the people here so much.  And as I have made it very clear in my previous letters, these people are so prepared!  They are all going to get baptized and I won't be here to witness it.  And so much is happening here these next few weeks.  The big fireside we have been planning with the members, our Spanish branch (ugh don't even remind me of that), English classes, SO MANY THINGS!!  ahh it's eating me inside haha.  But this is all part of the mission and those are very selfish thoughts.  I truly do know that the Lord needs me somewhere else and that these people here in Eagle need someone else.  That Sister Flore's new companion will be amazing and be able to help this valley in ways that I was never able to.  But I am truly going to miss Eagle.  I will miss the ward, well mostly the Hispanic members haha.  I will miss Myrna and Alex so much.  And don't even get me started on how much I am going to miss Yesenia!!  But it is such a Tender Mercy from the Lord that I live so close to Colorado.  I will be able to visit after my mission and I will be able to keep in touch with these people for the rest of my life.  And I might just die without Hermana Flores.  She is such an incredible person and missionary.  We have grown so close and I love her so much.  It will definitely be sad to part haha.  But we have a yr together on our missions and more than likely we will be able to see each other quite often.  Maybe not for a few months, but it will happen. 

   Ok, enough whining.  I am excited to start a new adventure and meet some amazing new people.  I don't know where I will be going yet, they purposely don't let us know until Tuesday morning when we leave.  They know it drives us missionaries crazy.  And I wonder who will be my new companion.  Everyone thought I was going to be training.  And President even called us asking if I would be willing to train and then asked Sis. Flores if my Spanish was good enough to train.  So we really thought it was going to happen.  But I guess not.  I have to learn a lot more before that can happen haha.  which is completely fine with me.  I guess we will see what happens.  Oh and transfers are horrible because of packing.  who knew that I could have so much stuff after only 4 months...  Needless to say, our room is a mess at the moment.  And 1 great thing about being transferred....I won't have to listen to a barking bird all morning long!!! Yay!!! 

   Anyway, this week was just a normal week.  Except we have 12 new investigators!! Which might be a record number for this mission haha.  It has been great to find new people with potential to teach and who are ready to accept this message.  Jaime went to Denver with his son for spring break and wasn't able to meet with us.  We are just praying that he has read and prayed about the book of Mormon.  Teodoro is a man we are teaching who wants to get baptized and know the truth so bad.  He wants to get baptized but just wants a reconfirmation about the truth.  He said he would ask God and let us know tonight!!  So exciting!  Then Israel and Fanny, who we have been teaching for awhile, said that they know the church of Jesus Christ and the Priesthood power were restored on this earth again.  But they will pray these week to know specificly if they should be baptized!  And then Lorri and Franciso are reading the Book of Mormon and trying to schedule work to come have the chance to come to church.  And Jeny is working a ton but we have faith that she will soon have a miracle happen in her life.  there are just so many great people prepared by the Lord!  And that is only half of them.  I am sad to miss out but know it is not all about me.  It is about helping these people reach salvation. 

   Being a part of the work of the Lord is such a huge privledge.  It brings a sense of happiness into our lives.  When we know we are serving God and his children and making a difference in the world.  I challenge everyone back home to go out with the missionaries.  Honestly, we can't do our work without members.  They are the strongest link in the chain towards baptism.  It might seem scary, but all you truly need is your testimony.  that alone invites the spirit and the spirit is the true teacher during our lessons.  So this week pray for missionary opportunities and dedicate a time during the week to go out with the missionaries and help in bringing to pass the eternal life of man.  So many blessings will be given to you.  this I can promise.

   This letter was a little whiney and boring.  Only about transfers.  so I apologize.  Anxiously await for next week when you can find out where I will be!!  (Haha I just had a reality tv show moment flash through my mind.  If only I had an awesome radio voice.)  I love you all!!

-Hermana Adair

Hermana Flores loves deer.

Saying goodbye to some Hispanic members.

Our joke of the day

Us walking dogs in the wind and wearing our highly fashionable glasses that Joe from the Old folks home gave us!!

I just thought you would like these 2 pictures.  But they're not aloud to go on the blog haha

(We decided to put them on anyway!)

Hermana Flores and I.

Then me and Yesenia's granddaughter!

April 21, 2014

So this week is transfers.  Which means that this weekend was just full of stress and worry.  And everyone,  I have very very VERY bad news.  I am leaving Eagle.  :'(

    I am not excited to leave Eagle.  I love the people here so much.  And as I have made it very clear in my previous letters, these people are so prepared!  They are all going to get baptized and I won't be here to witness it.  And so much is happening here these next few weeks.  The big fireside we have been planning with the members, our Spanish branch (ugh don't even remind me of that), English classes, SO MANY THINGS!!  ahh it's eating me inside haha.  But this is all part of the mission and those are very selfish thoughts.  I truly do know that the Lord needs me somewhere else and that these people here in Eagle need someone else.  That Sister Flore's new companion will be amazing and be able to help this valley in ways that I was never able to.  But I am truly going to miss Eagle.  I will miss the ward, well mostly the Hispanic members haha.  I will miss Myrna and Alex so much.  And don't even get me started on how much I am going to miss Yesenia!!  But it is such a Tender Mercy from the Lord that I live so close to Colorado.  I will be able to visit after my mission and I will be able to keep in touch with these people for the rest of my life.  And I might just die without Hermana Flores.  She is such an incredible person and missionary.  We have grown so close and I love her so much.  It will definitely be sad to part haha.  But we have a yr together on our missions and more than likely we will be able to see each other quite often.  Maybe not for a few months, but it will happen. 

   Ok, enough whining.  I am excited to start a new adventure and meet some amazing new people.  I don't know where I will be going yet, they purposely don't let us know until Tuesday morning when we leave.  They know it drives us missionaries crazy.  And I wonder who will be my new companion.  Everyone thought I was going to be training.  And President even called us asking if I would be willing to train and then asked Sis. Flores if my Spanish was good enough to train.  So we really thought it was going to happen.  But I guess not.  I have to learn a lot more before that can happen haha.  which is completely fine with me.  I guess we will see what happens.  Oh and transfers are horrible because of packing.  who knew that I could have so much stuff after only 4 months...  Needless to say, our room is a mess at the moment.  And 1 great thing about being transferred....I won't have to listen to a barking bird all morning long!!! Yay!!! 

   Anyway, this week was just a normal week.  Except we have 12 new investigators!! Which might be a record number for this mission haha.  It has been great to find new people with potential to teach and who are ready to accept this message.  Jaime went to Denver with his son for spring break and wasn't able to meet with us.  We are just praying that he has read and prayed about the book of Mormon.  Teodoro is a man we are teaching who wants to get baptized and know the truth so bad.  He wants to get baptized but just wants a reconfirmation about the truth.  He said he would ask God and let us know tonight!!  So exciting!  Then Israel and Fanny, who we have been teaching for awhile, said that they know the church of Jesus Christ and the Priesthood power were restored on this earth again.  But they will pray these week to know specificly if they should be baptized!  And then Lorri and Franciso are reading the Book of Mormon and trying to schedule work to come have the chance to come to church.  And Jeny is working a ton but we have faith that she will soon have a miracle happen in her life.  there are just so many great people prepared by the Lord!  And that is only half of them.  I am sad to miss out but know it is not all about me.  It is about helping these people reach salvation. 

   Being a part of the work of the Lord is such a huge privledge.  It brings a sense of happiness into our lives.  When we know we are serving God and his children and making a difference in the world.  I challenge everyone back home to go out with the missionaries.  Honestly, we can't do our work without members.  They are the strongest link in the chain towards baptism.  It might seem scary, but all you truly need is your testimony.  that alone invites the spirit and the spirit is the true teacher during our lessons.  So this week pray for missionary opportunities and dedicate a time during the week to go out with the missionaries and help in bringing to pass the eternal life of man.  So many blessings will be given to you.  this I can promise.

   This letter was a little whiney and boring.  Only about transfers.  so I apologize.  Anxiously await for next week when you can find out where I will be!!  (Haha I just had a reality tv show moment flash through my mind.  If only I had an awesome radio voice.)  I love you all!!

-Hermana Adair

April 14, 2014

I am sitting here at the computer and I really can't think of anything to write.  This week just seemed to go by without anything truly happening.  Which is kind of true.  Every day we had a full schedule full of lessons.  Literally every hour was filled.  BUT, as he always does, Satan tried really hard to mess up our week.  The majority of our lessons fell through, and it was very sad.  Very disappointing that all of our hard work was for nothing, which of course is never really true.  But it sure did feel like it this week.  But we have been praying and fasting to see miracles in this area.  We have so many people who have been prepared and who are so close to accepting this message and changing their lives!  They are so close!  Just another step or two and they will all be there.  But Satan knows exactly where to put obstacles and make the people trip right before that final step.  As missionaries we honestly get terrified when things start going good and the people are progressing, because we know that something will be happening shortly.  But that is not faith.  Faith is knowing that no matter what Satan will do, the spirit and power of God will always be so much stronger.  That as long as we have faith and keep working hard and being obedient, then we WILL see miracles happen.  I can testify of this because I have seen so many miracles happen in this little area.  I think I mentioned how many people were living here between Eagle and Gypsum, only around 5000 people.  THAT IS INSANELY TINY!!  But guess what??  This is the area that baptizes the most in the entire stake, which is the biggest stake in the country.  What??  How does that happen.  It is because God's hand is over this valley.  These are his children and he is preparing them to accept the glorious message of the restoration.  Because of this I know that we are about to see some HUGE miracles here.  And I am so excited!!  Just our Spanish branch is a miracle from God.  But I am also scared, because transfers are next week!!!  These six weeks went by so fast!  And I am not ready to leave because there is so much going on here.  But I also have a testimony that God has a perfect plan, and I am willing to follow his will, no matter how difficult it may be. 

    We are teaching a girl named Jeny.  She is 21 yrs old and from Colombia but was adopted and brought here about 8 years ago.  Honestly I love her so much!  She has had so much struggles in her life and is a strong fighter.  And she is ready to change her life and change the world as well.  And she is beginning to understand that this message will help her do it.  But for the past 3 weeks she has been working at her new job every day until about 11 at night and we haven't been able to see her.  But finally we had a lesson with her and she was able to be reminded about what the spirit felt like.  She said she believes that the book of Mormon is true but we invited her to pray and truly ask God.  So that she would have no doubt.  She is so close to accepting this message.  But she her life is also very chaotic and there are a lot of things working against her.  But I know that once she finds out the gospel of Jesus Christ was restored, then nothing will stop her from following the truth.

     We also had an Amazing lesson with a man named Jaime.  We have taught him before, around February, but he was really not interested then.  But now he has so many questions and truly wants to know the truth.  We taught him the restoration and he asked so many questions.  But at the end of everything it made sense to him. I loved teaching that lesson.  There was such an excitement and the spirit was so strong.  I know that once he reads to book of Mormon and prays, he will receive an answer.  And he will want to know everything.  We are so stoked for him!

    We have a ton of people like this who we are teaching.  Who are "Golden Investigators" in the correct mission terminology. 

   The situation with our ward hasn't improved too much.  But we are still working on it.  The Stake President came to our ward yesterday and he is making some changes to help.  He is very aware of the problems that are here and he wants to change a lot of things for the better.  He wants a Spanish branch just as bad as we do.  He came up to us yesterday and told us that he knows the Hispanic members will grow so much stronger and bigger once the branch is started.  He wants to help these people listen to the gospel in their own language.  He thanked us for all the hard work we are doing and told us to keep it up.  That meant so much to us.  We feel like we are hitting our heads against a wall at times and aren't able to get anyway.  But like I said before, there are also so many miracles here, and our stake president is one of them. 

    Lets see, Alex is great.  He is one of the best kids I've met.  Yesenia is AMAZING, as always.  We had dinner with her and her daughter and then had a family home evening about Easter and the life of Christ.  It was great.  Her daughter loves us just as much as Yesenia and I know that one day she will get baptized.  Hopefully soon she will realize how much she wants what her mom has.  I can't wait to send pics as soon as I get a new camera chord.....(mine got lost) which is why I haven't sent pics in awhile!  And there is nothing in Eagle to buy!!!!  But hopefully soon I will be able to send pics. 

    And I love my companion to death.  She is the most sweetest person and so christlike.  We get a long so well and my true personality really comes out with her.  She keeps me motivated and we teach good together.  Which makes us think one of us will get transferred.  You can't grow while you're in your comfort zone.  She goes to BYU Provo and we can see each other often, which is awesome.  Oh, mom and dad, I have already invited her to our house for Thanksgiving.  She can't fly home to Virginia and can't spend it alone in her dorm!!  So I hope that is ok :)

    My testimony has grown so much this week, and it just grows more and more every day.  I love my mission and the people I am meeting.  But what I love even more is the message that I am sharing.  It is a message of love, happiness, light, and hope.  I love learning to feel the Savior's love for the people here and truly dedicating myself to them.  Leaving behind all selfishness.  (But of course I am human and seem to fail at that a lot of the times) and watching people take the steps to change their lives for enternity!  I love you all and am so thankful for everything! 

Love,

   Hermana Adair

April 7, 2014 

This was one of the best week's of my life.  Seriously.  Not much matches up to it.  But numbers wise, this week was pretty low.  But the majority of the time numbers do not reflect hard work.  A lot of things are out of our hands, like General Conference and Zone Conference.  Which took a lot of time out of our week for teaching lessons.  But still, best week ever.  Honestly, I don't remember much about it until Friday haha.  So I will start with Friday.

   Friday was our Zone Conference, which was held in Glenwood Springs, and it lasts basically all day.  Which is fine because I LOVE Conferences!!  First of all, I love to see all of the missionaries and talk with everyone!  At times it truly feels like a huge family, there is always an eternal perspective.  A lot of these sisters I will stay in touch with for the rest of my life.  At times it is super weird to look around and be surrounded by missionaries.  It is weird to realize that I am one of them as well.  But I love being a missionary!! 

    Anyway, zone conference, we hear from so many different speakers about how we can be better and help our different areas so much more.  It gives me such a boost every time.  The Lord is Hastening his work and President Murdock is very eager to assist him.  We have set some high goals for our mission which will require a lot of hard work and faith.  So a lot of the talks was about having the faith to see miracles in our area.  And one of the ways we show our faith is through hard work and diligence.  Believing that everything we do is getting us closer to finding those children of God who have been prepared to listen to the gospel of Jesus Christ.  And also that through exact obedience we will be able to have the Gift of the Holy Ghost to guide us at all times.  Man, I am super grateful that I have no problem being obedient.  I loved the quote from Conference, "mature obedience is the Savior's obedience."  So true.  Sister Flores and I have been praying for the faith to see miracles in our area.  Just this week I found our there are only around 3 thousand people in the town of Gypsum.  Which means there are maybe 2 thousand in Eagle.......um do you know how many people that is.  Like none.  Especially for a missionary.  No wonder I feel like I know everyone here now.  But we both know without a doubt that there are people prepared here.  They are so ready for the gospel they just don't know it yet.  And we are ready for this area to build up so much.  And I have already seen such a hug difference in this valley.

    Our little branch will be starting at the end of this month and we are so excited.  And the members feel so blessed at this moment.  It has been a very humbling thing to witness such strong testimonies of faith and perseverance.  In Utah everything about the gospel is handed to us on silver platters.  You never have to work to go to church or show your diligence in the gospel.  I believe that the youth truly aren't having those moments where they need to rely on their testimonies.  Which might be why a lot of them don't have testimonies until later in life.  That is how it was with me.  Everything was a habit until I was humbled by God enough to look down and see what had been in front of me the entire time.  The truth to happiness in this life and the eternities.  But I am so thankful for the foundation I was raised on, so I knew where to look and turn to for help.  Anyway, I keep getting distracted, a lot of exciting things are happening here!

   Now I am onto Saturday!!!!!!  First of all, General Conference was AMAZING!!  I loved the overall message of helping those around us and just loving them and being grateful for what we have.  So simple but so necessary for our salvation.  On Sat.  Between the sessions of conf.  was Yesenia's baptism.  That woman was completely ready to be baptized.  She has such a strong testimony and knew how important this step was in her life.  The only thing she wanted was her family to be there with her.  She is divorced and sometimes she doesn't get the support she needs from her kids.  But they all showed up, and her 16 year old son brought her flowers.  And she had also invited friends to come and the entire ward was there because they love her so much!  ah if only I could truly explain how special she is.  We went in the changing room with her and she just kept saying she felt so happy in her heart and that she could not wait.  When she went into the font she was so nervous, she does not like attention on her haha.  Our ward mission leader, Brother Wait, was baptizing her.  He is an amazing man and helps us so much.  But I love being a missionary.  We get the best view of the baptism because we are waiting for the person at the steps of the font with a towel.  So we could see Yesenia's face the entire time.  first it was nervousness, then during the prayer it was complete peace.  When she came up from the water you knew automatically that something was different in her.  There was a physical change, a light in her presence.  It was a miracle to be able to witness this.  Directly after, in the dressing room, as soon as the door closed, Yesenia broke down crying.  She was so happy and so overcome with the spirit that she did not know what to do.  I sat there and held her while she was crying and dripping wet from the font.  It was such a tender moment for me.  One that I will never forget. 

   Once she changed out of her clothes she grabbed both sister Flores and I and hugged us so tight and just said thank you.  Then we went back into the chapel for her to be confirmed.  Yesenia was confirmed and given the Gift of the Holy Ghost.  There was not a dry eye in that room.  The spirit was so thick that you could feel it moving around between the benches and touching every person in that room.  After her confirmation we sang, Nearer my God to thee.  Yesenia sobbed throughout the song and her youngest son just held her. 

   But the story is not finished yet.  Yesenia's wanted her family to be a part of the program so bad.  So she begged her daughter to say the closing prayer during her baptism.  Her daughter agreed but felt so nervous.  So on Thursday we went over to her house to teach her 23 yr old daughter how to pray.  Her daughter, Yesenia #2, said her first prayer and cried.  Everyone cried in her house.  She said it was because she was tired but we all knew what it truly was:)  Especially Yesenia, she was so content in that moment.  Anyway, so Yesenia's daughter walks up to say the closing prayer.  And she says one of the most beautiful and sincere prayers I have ever heard.  She begins crying because of the spirit.  I don't know if I can explain the strength of the spirit that was felt.  I mean, I cried like a baby.  and that is definitely saying something.  As you can tell, this afternoon was so special.  I truly wish that words could do it justice.  I am eternally grateful to be apart of her life and expecially through this with her. 

   Sunday was also a great day.  All of the Hispanic members came to the chapel to watch conference with us!  I loved seeing them all together in that room and listening to the words of the prophet.  Especially with Yesenia and her family :) And between the Sunday sessions they all brought food so we had a huge party!  We set up tables and chairs and just ate while talking to everyone.  When I leave I will miss these people so much.  Thank goodness I only live a few hours away.  One of the many blessing of serving in Colorado!!!  Conference was amazing this year and I learned so much.  I cannot wait for the Ensign to come out so I can reread all of the talks and truly study them.  And have I mentioned how much I love my companion, Hermana Flores???  Because she is incredible and has so much love and kindness in her.  We work so well together and she is truly another sister to me.  Why does God keep blessing me with so many great people in my life???

   I love my mission.  I could go on and on about all of the things I am learning and all of the joys I have felt, even through the stress, insecurity, and sorrow.  It is an amazing experience.  and guess what?  Yesterday was my 5 month mark!!!  What!?  I am almost 1/3 of the way done.  Time flies by so fast. 

Thank you for all of the examples I have had in my life.  And for the love and support I feel from everyone!!

Las Quiero!

-Hermana Adair

March 31, 2014

         Well, this week was super hectic.  And this letter won't be too long, which I apologize for.  I don't have too much time today but still want to let you all know that I am alive and doing fabulous!! 

   Monday evening and all day Tuesday we did exchanges with the Sister Leader Trainers.  I honestly love them so much and it was great to learn how to be a better missionary.  I was with Sister Gibbons and she is awesome.  She is basically the spitting image of Belle from Beauty and the Beast and her voice is identical as well.  It was a little creepy haha.  But she is so real and I clicked with her really easy.  So I always love exchanges.  But this week was also a little rough.  This area is kicking my butt haha.  And Sister Flores' as well.  We had worked so hard to have appointments almost everysingle hour of every single day.  We set up times for members to come with us and everything.  But everything was falling through this week.  Oh man, it gives me a headache just thinking about it.  But we are working hard and praying hard with faith that we will see miracles happen in this area.  And then this weekend, for some odd reason, I went on exchanges again with Sister Dotto, who is the other Sister Leader Trainer.  But instead of staying in Eagle, I went to Glenwood springs.  I think this was a way to get me out of my area and allow me to have a breather.  The other sisters know how hard this area is(one of the hardest in the mission) and they didn't want me to get overwhelmed.  But it was honestly super needed.  So they were inspired by God.  I was able to talk to Sis. Dotto and also learn so many new things.  My favorite thing about my mission is the relationships that I am forming.  I have met some amazing people who care so much for me and we are able to support each other.  People who I will stay in touch with for the rest of my life.  Especially my companion, Sister Flores.  She is the kindest person I have ever met and so centered on Christ.  We have so much fun together and find ways to keep smiling even through the challenges here. 

   We have some amazing investigators who are progressing like crazy!  Yesenia is getting baptized this weekend and we are so excited!!  It will be the best day of my life!  Then a 21 yr old girl named Jeny is reading the book of Mormon and loves it.  We want to ask her to be baptized this week.  Israel and Fanny are still preparing for baptism, although it might take a little longer then we expected to get them there.  Are we have been finding so many new people to teach!!!  We have never had this many people.  So we truly are seeing so many miracles from God. 

   So while this week was hectic, it was good.  I was able to see God speak to me through other people.  And let me know how much I am loved by him.  Oh and Women's Conference was AMAZING!!  I learned so much and felt the spirit so strong.  I cannot wait for this weekend. 

   But I have such a strong testimony that we truly have a Father in Heaven who loves us so much!  More then we can ever comprehend.  As a missionary I have been able to feel a fragment of his love for the people here, and it has changed my life.  I will never doubt that he has a plan for me and will get me through any struggle and challenge. 

   I love everyone back home and have been able to feel so much support this week.  Never forget that you are always in my prayers. 

-Hermana Adair

Us with Griselda.  She is a lady in our ward.

Then us with Yesenia and the hearts we made for her on her fridge!  I love that woman!

A crazy snowman we found.  It was freezing!

Then all of the sisters in my district.

Alex learning how to tie a tie with Elder Morales!  How Cute!

With the whole family before Cecilia and Adrianna left for mexico!

Hna. Noffz has a bad back.  So this is how she studies in the moring :)

Me with Sister Moser and Sister Noffz.  I was with Sis. Moser on exchanges in Glenwood Springs.