03/28/2016

From: Ronald Adair <ronald.adair@myldsmail.net>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 9:50 AM
Subject: Easter! (week of March 21st- March 27th)

Dear Family and Friends,

I can't really think of much to write about this week. The weather was really nice for a day or two. Then it's snowed hard for a day, and now it's back in the 40's. All in all it's nothing to complain about! We had exchanges with Elders Brush and Swensen on Friday and Saturday. We all had a good time. Elder Swensen and I met with a less-active in his ward whose family has been struggling with testimony. Elder Swensen and I were able to bear solemn testimony of the Restoration and the Spirit was able to help them out a lot! We also got some referrals out of the visit too! 

Yesterday we had a good time at church and we ate Easter lunch and dinner with with a few member families and all the missionaries in our ward. It was so much fun! At dinner we played a game about how well we know our companions...and Elder Jarman and I lost. :/

We should be having a baptism for a 12-year-old girl we have been teaching who recently moved down here from Belcourt, N.D. to live with her grandparents! She is way ready to be baptized and is a pretty cool girl!

Yesterday was Easter Sunday, the most important day of the year. May we all remember the beautiful REALITY of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. He lives. He guides His people today. He wants us all to become members of His Church and discover the blessings found therein. The Holy Ghost is leading Heavenly Father's children to this Church. Because of the Resurrection, death has no sting and nothing negative has to have any lasting influence. We SHALL live again and we have the opportunity to inherit eternal life in the mansions of our Father.

Love,

Elder Adair

03/21/2016

From: Ronald Adair <ronald.adair@myldsmail.net>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2016 11:40 AM
Subject: Ballin' Hard (week of March 14th-March 20th)

Dear Family and Friends,

We had another great week! But it was somewhat of a struggle. But that's honestly what made the week even more worth it. We did a lot of tracting and we got yelled at by several very rude people. And people keep telling us we can't be in their building because they say we are soliciting! But whether we are soliciting or not, we are no one can legally kick us out of an apartment building that doesn't have a lock on the door. We are ordained ministers and we aren't selling anything and we have the freedom of speech given us by the First Amendment. That's my rant. The melancholy of getting yelled at is definitely lessened though when a beautiful college girl answers the door and talks with us:)

Yesterday was my 19 month mark! Sheesh this is going by quickly!

On Monday we balled hard with the Assistants and the traveling missionaries. The next day I was on exchanges with Elder Jolley in Fargo and we had some good success! We met some transgender... brothers (they were born with male genitalia) and it was very awkward when one of them said Elder Jolley had cute eyes. The whole situation was just sooo uncomfortable for many other reasons! When I was driving myself and him to Jamestown to go meet up with our regular comps, he fell asleep in he passenger's seat. So I decided to "be funny" and turn up country music on the radio really loudly until he woke up. He woke up about a minute later to me with a jokingly mischievous smile on my face and just calmly switched the music back to spiritual stuff. It was  funny experience:) 

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We celebrated by having a little get-together with Elders Laws and Hansen as we waited to go pick up their new companion at midnight. We had a bunch of green soda and root beer and some good salmon that I cooked up. Their new comp Elder Campbell is from Springville, Utah and he's a cool fellow. 

We were walking around the other day and we saw these two young guys playing basketball so we asked if we could play too. It was way fun and the kids were way good! I think the 11-year-old was about as good as me! He was makin' hook shots and fade-away jumpers like no one's business! 

One last thing to say is that we were definitely flirted with by a 67-year-old lady last night. The kicker was that when we asked her how old she thought we were she guessed in the 40's!

I hope everyone has a beautiful Easter Sunday on the 27th and celebrates the miraculous event of our Savior's Resurrection. What a beautiful thing it is.

Love,

Elder Adair