Elliot's April 16 email and pictures

Here's the latest email from Elliot, along with three new pictures after the break.

Happy 50th dad! And congrats on the new firm. How's the first day going? What's the firm's name again? [Hinson Gravelle & Adair LLP opened today.] This, I'm sure, is a big week for ya, huh?

The storms this week blew by us here in Lawton with really no incident. We had some ice-cube sized hail come down on Friday but then nothing really after that besides a lot of wind. That's crazy about Woodward though. It wasn't in my area when I was in Clinton, they have their own branch. But I have a pretty good chance of heading back up to western Oklahoma next transfer. They're opening Weatherford up as its own area. President told Elder Measom, the district leader in Clinton, that the missionary who will open that up is someone who is already familiar with the area and speaks Spanish. I definitely fit the description. That would be pretty cool I think.

Our week here was pretty alright. We had to postpone "Jane's" baptism to this coming Saturday because her mom wasn't going to be able to make it to the confirmation yesterday. She's already passed her interview though so we're good to go. We found some new people to start working with this past week and things should keep going well with the work here.

Elder Aisake Teisina is awesome. He's from Bountiful, Utah and has been out for about 13 months.  Elder Jose Franco, originally from Guanojuato, Mexico but relocated to McKinney, TX about 7 years ago, is legit also. I think it'll be a good transfer together. They're fun to be around and both really good missionaries.

Well I'm doing alright here. I hope y'all are doing good too! Have a fun time at the graduation this week! Felicitaciones hermano and Kim!

Les quiero!

Elder Elliot

Oh and last week we went to the Holy City of the Wichitas. It was pretty fun. Here's a picture of Elder Franco, Elder Grover and I being fanned by Elder Olsen. As well as a couple other photos I thought you might like. Disfruten!

Elliot's July 5 email and some pictures

Here's the latest email from Elliot, along with a screen shot of his current apartment in Wichita Falls.  Also, after the jump, you can see a couple of pictures of Elliot with several other missionaries.

Hey Family!

Wichita Falls is awesome. The ward is great and very supportive of missionary work, it's younger, and a ton of fun. Yesterday we had the annual 4th of July flag raising ceremony and pancake breakfast, although no fireworks last night, due to the drought. It's super hot out all the time, but we take required breaks throughout the day.

Being District Leader is not super different than being any other missionary in most ways. It does mean more responsibility for sure though. I have to make sure everyone is doing okay, conduct exchanges, teach district meetings, report numbers, and try to help out the missionaries in any way they may need help, as well as take care of this area. It's nothing impossible, it just means that I really have to do my best to always follow the Spirit to know how to best perform in this assignment.

This past week was pretty awesome. We taught a lot of lessons and got 5 new investigators. We have a lot of appointments set up for this week, and I think we'll see a lot of work starting to click. We even have one investigator committed to baptism, but not with a specific date yet. Elder Andersen is a really good missionary and we're getting along well. We've made a goal to just simply teach more lessons, and we're trying to stretch ourselves so that we can jump start this area. It's working so far!

So I'm doing good. Hope y'all have a great time at Yellowstone! Say hey to everyone for me!

Con amor,

Elder Elliot Adair