Now that she had her visa, and her flight to the Philippine's the next Monday, she had another delay..... Remember her shoulder dislocation in Taylor? Well, she had another dislocation while serving in Show Low, that she didn't tell me about. This dislocation happened while she and her companion were playing tennis with the elders, right before she was to leave for the Philippines.... I received a phone call from Pres. Robinson while we were camping at Pineview Reservoir, telling me of the second time of dislocation, and that they had cancelled her flight to the Philippines. He was really sweet, and hadn't told Emily yet. I was grateful that he and Pres. Newman had made the decision to cancel her flight without me. I wished him luck telling Em. I could hear emotion in his voice, and told me how much they loved and appreciated Sister Adams. On Aug 20, 2018, at 10:42 PM, President Marc B. Robinson wrote: Brother and Sister Adams Sister Emily Adams was seen by an ortho surgeon in Mesa today. he examined her but did not do an MRI. Given her History of dislocations he said she has a 100% chance of another dislocation in the next year. It is his opinion that with each dislocation the chance of success of surgery to repair it decreases. He recommended surgery. We have conveyed that information to Salt Lake. The decision to have her return home for the surgery and rehab is made by the Brethren, not me or the doctors here. We expect an answer from Salt Lake in the next day or two. And I would expect that they will want her to return home. Would you be available any day and time this week to pick her up? If there are days or times that won’t work please let me know. President Newman: Please let me know if you have any differing opinions about what is being proposed or if you concur in the direction this is going. Thanks. We love Sister Adams. She has been an amazing missionary while here. President Robinson I support this. Let’s get that shoulder repaired so she can get back out to the mission field. All the best, Jan Jan Newman President Elk Ridge Utah Stake We were able to get Emily into Dr. Blake Gillette a couple of days later. His PA is in our ward, and they got us in for appts. over and over again when there weren't appts. available. We are so grateful for them! Em had surgery on August 28th to repair her torn labrum, and all went really well! She was to have her arm in a sling for 6 weeks and 6 weeks of physical therapy thereafter. So many tender mercies have been recognized as we look back on the happenings since the start of her mission. It was tough being home when she just really wanted to be serving. We tried to keep her busy so that she didn't go stir crazy while she was recovering and in limbo. I truly loved my time with her while she was home. Her friends were busy with college, getting married, and boyfriends and jobs, and so she was my sidekick for most of the time. I will treasure this time with her forever. Here are a few things that she was able to catch while she was home for 2 and a half months. Best friend Talia Christensen's weddingFIRES Bald Mtn. in the front yard, and Pole Creek in our backyard. We had to evacuate our house for 10 days. We loaded the boat, and all of our pictures, and family dvd's, and a few days worth of clothes. We stayed at Em's cousin Elizabeth's house for a couple of days in Springville. Gma, and Gpa Taggart's over the weekend, and then at Aunt Lori's in Orem for 4 nights. She was in Greece, and offered her house to us. Not one house was burned even as the fire was pushed toward our city with winds. It came down the mountain towards us, and stopped and went back up. The mountain is being renamed miracle mtn. Our first Sunday back after the evacuation, we attended sacrament with 3 other wards, and the Payson stake provided a luncheon for us afterward. Here are a few things our stake pres. shared with us... President Newman reminded us of the special fast we had last Nov. for more snow. We prayed, and received so much in Feb. that they had to cancel church. Our creator has the ability to take care of His children if we ask. Last Sunday after a special fast in our stake, there was no rain in the forecast, but we had rain for 5 minutes in Elk Ridge, and then a double rainbow. It wasn't enough rain to put out fires, but a sign of our Heavenly Father's love and concern for his children. "He is there, & He is aware." He told us how important our continued faith will be for upcoming, and bigger trials we will face. He asked, what can we do to build our faith in Heavenly Father, and how can we be better prepared? We need to trust in His mighty hand. He reminded us how the beauty on our mtn. is still left intact. It is a mtn. to remind us of miracles. We sang the first 3 verses of How Firm a Foundation, & it was awesome, and then verse 5 When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply. The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design. Thy dross to consume, thy dross to consume, Thy dross to consume & thy gold to refine. Cousin Alicia Geary's weddingGirls trip to NauvooLiberty Jail, Kansas City Temple, Farr West, Hawns Mill, Zions Camp, Adam Ondi Ahman, & finally Nauvoo. The William Gheen home behind Erika, and Emily was one of the places my parents lived when they served their mission in Nauvoo. Erika has been here before, and Emily wasn't born yet. It is a special little house with special memories. It was fun to be able to see the Nauvoo Temple from the front porch of this house this time. Carthage Jail, and the Nauvoo Temple. Em and I were hoping to do sealings of ancestors, but the temple was closed for some extensive maintenance on some of the windows. Capitol ReefHiking, Halloween, Tucanoes for Zach's bday and to celebrate finding out she was going to get to go to the Philippines next week where she was orginally called! She tried some weird food that she didn't really like (she's going to be fine in the Philippine's, I think.) The temple, Payson, and City Center. We will miss Emily like crazy, but we are so excited to hear about her adventures in the Philippines as she shares the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints!
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I got my visa!! Thank you so much for all the fasting and prayers! It really is a miracle. I have loved Arizona so much, but I'm so excited to be going to the Philippines! I will be leaving on Monday, August 20th. It doesn't feel real. I'm still not sure if I actually believe it or not. This week we got to see Clarice and her little crew a bunch, which is always the best. On Tuesday we had dinner with them and I haven't laughed as hard as I did in a long time! The Malherbe's came and part way through someone said, "Hey this is like Thanksgiving with the pilgrims and the Indians!" We all died laughing because Clarice and her family is Navajo Indian. We also had a lesson with them on Wednesday. We taught the Plan of Salvation and talked about temples. It was the coolest thing to see their faces light up with excitement when we taught about and were looking at pictures of the temple. They all got so excited and even more excited when we said they could go inside once they are baptized and turn 12. Sunday was awesome! This week we had 7 people we are teaching come. We didn't think we could get more then we did last week but we had faith and sure enough we were able to reach our goal. Sorry for the short email! I love you all so much! Thanks again! Nagapasalamat gid! President Newman received this and forwarded it to us. If this paper is right, she will be going to the Philippine's on August 20th.
Pictures from a hike this morning.It was another exciting week! We had zone conference on Tuesday. It was so good. We met with Clarice and her kids again. I'm so happy for them. The whole time they wanted to plan for the baptism, because of how excited they are! Thursday I had language Skype again with Sister Schenk and Elder McNiven. We do this every week, and I am so grateful. It is the best. On Friday we had a cool lesson with a girl named Makayla. Earlier this week we got a text from a lady in our ward saying that her daughter finally could be taught by missionaries. They have been praying this day would come for the longest time. Her biological father finally agreed to let her take the lessons. They need all the prayers they can get, because the father could change his mind on any given day. The spirit was so strong during that lesson. After we had finished, Makaylas mom looked at us with tears in her eyes, and said she felt the Holy Ghost so strongly bearing testimony that every word we said was true. She said it took her back to when she heard the restoration for the first time. We also got to teach Alyza. I haven't ever talked about Alyza, but she is pretty special to us. Alyza is a 10 year old girl that is so excited about the gospel, and loves when we come by to teach her. It's a weird situation, because her parents want her to be taught, because they know churches teach good morals and values, and they want that for their daughter. The parents on the other hand let us know they are not interested.... at least so they say. We had a break through last week. While we teach, Alyzas dad sits in a chair in the corner and works on his computer. Every once in awhile he will look up and just stare at the wall. We have no doubt he is listening. This last time we shared a video about who we truly are in the eyes of our Heavenly Father. The video talked about our purpose as spirit sons and daughters of God. During this I glanced over, and saw tears filling his eyes. Sunday was a good day, We had 6 people come to church, and one of them was Corinda. She has a testimony, and is ready, but hasn't been able to go to church because of work. She was there Sunday, so she is still on date for baptism on the 18th of this month. Sunday night, I finally got to teach Sister Tsosie in Ilonggo! I taught the Restoration. She thought it was the coolest thing to hear the first vision in her own language. It really touched her heart. She wanted me to meet her mom, so at the end, we Skyped her mom who is in Bacolod! Something someone said really stuck out to me this week. They said, "the work isn't just hastening, It is urgent." Pray for missionary opportunities this week:) Love you and thanks for everything you all do! A few pictures proving Emily is still weird, and I love it. :)EM PLAYING CARDS with Corydon Cooley and Marion Clark. According to the legend, the city Show Low was named after a marathon poker match, where the stakes were a 100,000 acre ranch. After no one seemed to get the upper hand, one player decided to end the contest by declaring to the other, "show low and you win". The other player produced a deuce of clubs (the lowest possible card) and won the ranch. Show Low's main street is named "Deuce of Clubs" in remembrance. |
Sister Emily Adams
Philippines Bacolod Mission April 18, 2018-October 2019 Mailing Address
Sister Emily Adams
Philippines Bacolod Mission Galo St. between Lacson & Mabini Brgy.22, Bacolod City 6100 Negros Occidental Philippines Archives
January 2020
Companions Provo, Utah MTC
#1 Sister Anna Wilde From Dallas, Texas Taylor, Arizona
#2 Sister Jamie Stuart (trainer) Pleasant Grove, Utah & #3 Sister Kendall Richards Idaho Falls, Idaho Show Low, Arizona
#4 Sister Brooke Casebolt Roy, Utah Manila, Philippine's
#5 Sister Perry Serving in the Iloilo mission from Fiji Sagay, Philippines
#6 Sister Lauren Schenk (Trainer) Syracuse, Utah Sagay, Philippines
#7 Sister Ashley Ellis Highland, Utah Pulupandan, Philippines
#8 Sister Andrea Camille Sales Isabela, Philippines Hinigarin, Philippines
#9 Sister Castillo Sta. Cruz Zambalis, Philippines. Hinigarin, Philippines
#10 Sister Natalie Miner Pleasant Grove, Utah Cadiz, Philippines
#11 Sister Kate Blakeslee Meridian, Idaho Bacolod, Philippines
#12 Sister Kalyx Christensen San Diego, California Bacolod, Philippines
#13 Sister Stephanie Garcia Pangisan, Philippines Bacolod, Philippines
#14 Sister Santa Barbara Marikina, Manila, Philippines Bacolod, Phililppines
#15 Sister Eliza Clark Corvallis, Oregon |