Elliot's June 27 email

Here's the latest email from Elliot.

Bueno!

Well that's a bummer about Travis! Every now and then something like that happens to a missionary and it's way lame. Let him know I love him though and I hope his foot heals quick!  [Travis Beach (pictured here)  is one of the great missionaries from Newhall First Ward and a great friend of the Adair family.  He returned this week from his mission to Houston, Texas, after suffering a severe injury to his foot.]

So being in Texas feels 100% like a whole different mission. It's hotter than hot** and we don't have a car, but I prefer not having one. Being District leader is a bit stressful, but isn't too bad. It just means a few more responsibilities. I have an awesome district so that helps out. We have 6 Elders as well as a senior couple, so it's an 8 man district. And apparently we're getting another senior couple this next month so it'll be 10 people! That's a large group, so I just hope everything goes well. My companion is Elder Joel Andersen from Orem, UT. He's a good guy and I think it'll be a good transfer together. This area had a baptism and confirmation Tuesday/Sunday, so that was really cool to be there to participate in the confirmation. They have a lot of success generally here in Texas so I'm excited, and the ward is great. It's been crazy getting adjusted to a new area every 12 weeks, but generally District Leaders stay in an area for 3-4 transfers, so I should be here for a good amount of time.

This week was a bit hectic. The Elders in Burkburnett had their car totaled, and they don't even technically live in their area, so we're trying to work out getting them a car and they're having to rely a lot on the help of rides from members. Fortunately our senior couple, Elder and Sister Parker are able to help them get to Wichita Falls for district meeting. And transfers was an all day ordeal as well. We didn't get back to our apartment until like 8:30. Then for a few days straight some members of the ward needed help moving... so it was all a bit loco. But the time that we were able to go out and proselyte was great. We taught quite a few lessons, including 4 yesterday, and the area is looking like it has a lot of promise, so I see good things happening here. There's also a lot of old Spanish work to go through, there used to be a branch here, and the ward is excited to get that moving forward. Apparently there are a ton of less-active, part-member spanglish families that just need a bit of help, so there should be a ton of work to do, which is always good.

Well I love y'all! Que pasen una buena semana!  [Have a good week!]

Con amor,

Elder Elliot Adair

**  Check out today's heat advisory for Wichita Falls after the jump.  It looks like a scorcher today in north Texas.

HEAT ADVISORY

FOR: WILBARGER, ARCHER, WICHITA, CLAY

EFFECTIVE: 10:52AM, JUNE 27, 2011

EXPIRES: 7:00PM, JUNE 27, 2011

HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * HEAT INDEX: MAXIMUM BETWEEN 105 AND 112 IN MOST AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS: THE RISK OF HEAT RELATED ILLNESS WILL INCREASE WITH EACH HOT DAY THAT PASSES. HEAT RELATED ILLNESS MAY AFFECT ANYONE... INCLUDING YOUNG AND OTHERWISE HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1.