07/13/2015

From: Ronald Adair <ronald.adair@myldsmail.net>
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 11:01 AM
Subject: Hey, Elder, I just blinked twice and our GPS says we just past 3 towns!

Dear Family and Friends,

Hello! This last week has been stellar! Last Monday Elder Worthen and I went to the basketball court in Miller literally three times! We went and played for about 2 hours and then went to get Elder Worthen a haircut. Afterward we didn't know what else to do so we went and played some more! And then that night we went again in our proselyting clothes so we could teach and play ball with this guy we met there the day before named Jake. We played some more while waiting for him but he didn't show up! 

We went to go eat dinner with some members that just got sealed in the temple and the husband showed us the two huge hunting lodges that they rent out to people from all around the country! They are stinkin' nice! 

We did service three days in a row pulling weeds at the nursing home in Miller so that was fun!

The last night last week in Miller we decided that we should try to set something up with Jake again and it worked out! We played basketball with him and then taught him about The Plan of Salvation and he seemed to have received it well! We now have an investigator and we might try to put him on date for baptism next week in Miller! Woohoo!

Friday we had a wonderful District Meeting in Pierre and then went on exchanges with the Zone Leaders. Elder Worthen stayed in Pierre with Elder Thatcher and I went to Gettysburg with Elder Dibble. He played baseball in high school so we had a fun time talking about that. We helped some people move (in our proselyting clothes) and we got drenched in sweat! Haha but it was fun anyway and we were glad those people could receive some help moving. We did a lot of other missionary stuff too on the exchange but nothing too exciting. I did learn a lot though from Elder Dibble because he's great!

Church yesterday in Gettysburg was a good time and there were 20 people there this time. Afterward we had a lesson with this awesome guy named Sam again who is coming back to church and is way cool! He also has one of the best mullets I've ever seen!

Saturday Elder Worthen and I took a look around the Gettysburg museum in hopes we'd find a lady that worked there that Elder Dibble and I had tracted into the day before. She wasn't there unfortunately. But it is an awesome museum! Gettysburg is a very old town!

Anywho, I love and miss you all!:)

Elder Adair

07/06/2015

From: Ronald Adair <ronald.adair@myldsmail.net>
Sent: Monday, July 6, 2015 11:51 AM
Subject: Weekly letter to family and friends

Queridos Familia y Amigos,

I felt like typing a little Spanish:) Well this past week was interesting! 

Elder Worthen and I were driving around the town of Hoven last week and we saw a turtle on the road so we turned around and went and picked it up! I said, "Let's eat it!" and my comp said, "Ok and we can keep the shell too!" So we stuck it in our trunk and drove off. 

We drove over to Lowry and met with a member in our branch named Sam. He's 21 and he's from Utah. He was out in a big field (imagine that) and he was herding a bunch of cows. We showed him the turtle and then met him at his his house and watched all the cows get some water. Cows are HUGE! We also got to try his sweet rope swing he has

in his yard! After our lesson with him we drove home and stuck the turtle in our tub with some grass and water. He made a bunch of noise trying to get out all night! The next morning we butchered him and stuck the meat from his legs, heart (still beating), and liver in the freezer. We cut off his head FIRST THING so he would die, but his legs and muscles were twitching all the way until I cut them off! Freaky! We plan to eat it next week sometime. 

This past Friday we had a great District Meeting and then drove to Miller for my first time! Miller is a little farm town and it's slightly more active than Gettysburg. On the 4th of July we watched a bit of a cool parade, had a nice meal with the branch president's family, and watched a bit of fireworks from our car at night. There about 15-20 people at church and our branch members are awesome! The branch president's son is leaving on a mission in August to Ecuador!

Last night we were walking around and we saw this young guy playing basketball. We went to go talk with him and it turned out very well! He's a 20-year-old and he plays college basketball, so we instantly clicked with him since my comp and I are both 20 and will play college sports. We talked for a while with him and then the gospel was finally brought up. We testified and shared the first vision and he seemed somewhat interested! The Spirit was definitely there. I believe we met him for a reason. We also got to play some street ball against him and it was way fun!

Anywho, the Lord's work is moving forward! I love you all!

P.S. My Miller address is 

215 E. 4th St. 

Miller, SD 57362