05/30/2016

From: Ronald Adair <ronald.adair@myldsmail.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2016 12:15 PM
Subject: 

Dear Family and Friends,

This week was great! 

On Monday there was a YSA Family Home Evening held at the Nelson's house and a bunch of people showed up! I think everyone had a really great time and hopefully we can help get more of those nights to happen:)

On Tuesday we were asked to go out to the middle of nowhere to help someone move, which was fun:) It was also 50 cent corn dog day at Sonic so we each got 10:)

On Wednesday we went out to Garrison and had a great time! We contacted a referral for a guy who has been inactive for 25 years. He jovially let us into his house and we taught him the Restoration. He wants to come back to church! While we were there he called his Mom who is a stalwart member and told her the missionaries were at his place and she was so excited:) We also had a great scheduled lesson with a nine-year-old and his less-active parents in Garrison. They want to come back to church too and also get their son baptized! They are very fun people to be around and they gave us some jalapeno cheddar moose sausage when we left.

On Thursday I was on exchanges with Elder Gates in his area and had a good time. We almost caught a snake while picking up trash at a park. 

On Friday we a had a stellar combined District Meeting about hope and also said goodbye in case any of us were going to get transferred. 

On Saturday we and all the other Minot Elders participated in a service project painting some walls in downtown Minot. That was a lot of fun:) We also got a call from one of the Assistants to the President and he told us Elder Beeson is the new District Leader! 

On Sunday we had a good time at church and also had a fun meal appointment with some nice members. We decided after dinner to walk around the block once to get back to our car. We felt inspired to walk the direction that would take us past the Ortiz family's house. As we walked past their house Brother Ortiz called us over and we talked with him and his nonmember friend and actually ended up teaching his friend in the Ortiz' home! It was a great blessing. Brother Ortiz also generously fed us some spaghetti after the lesson:)

Things are still going well! Minot is a great place and I'm so grateful to serve here:) I hope y'all have a great week! I come home August 15th!

Love,

Elder Adair