New Week

Dear Family,
I am glad to see a new week. This past week has been a little rough.

Last Monday right after email we went to give a blessing to Brother Lemus, one of the members, they live in our area, but for some reason they were going to Union City ward. Brother Lemus was in really bad shape, and his wife was in hysterics, he was completely unresponsive, we gave him a blessing, and we gave sister Lemus a blessing as well, afterwards she felt a lot better, but brother Lemus passed away on Tuesday, that hit me hard. Last Thursday (2 weeks ago) we went over, and he seemed fine. His liver and his kidneys failed.

The funeral was on Saturday, on Friday we went to his viewing...

Yesterday around 8:30, we were trying to stop by a less active who lives in a 28 story building, she lives on the 9th floor. We went up and knocked on our door, and a voice, which sounds a lot like hers said "Who?" first in Spanish and then in English, I replied ""The missionaries" and she yelled "She's not home!" and then immediately the fire alarm started to go off. So we figure the buildings on fire or something, so we immediately start down the stairs to get out of there, and when we get outside we hear the fire trucks coming, so we stuck around for a sec to see what was going on, also, we ran into a different less active we've been trying to get a hold of, and set up an appointment amidst all the commotion. It was pretty crazy.

Other news Elder is doing really well, this past week we taught him the word of wisdom, he already understands about alcohol (spelling?), but in all these years he has been unable to quit smoking, and he has tried many times, but has been unsuccessful, but we promised him that through prayer he can overcome his addiction.

Also, Yeni dropped us this week. She apparently has been studying with the Russelites (Also known as the Jehovah's Witnesses) and doesn't want to "mix".

I hope all is well at home.

I love you all so much, and I hope you have a great week

Love,

Elder Isaac Ellsworth