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