This week has been amazing. Because the 4th was on a Sunday, we were not allowed to go to fireworks on the 4th, but we went last night to Summit (in the short hills area) and watched the show they put on there. It was awesome, I took some cool pictures, but I forgot my camera today so I can't send any pics today...
Yesterday also officially marks 6 weeks remaining. After todays email there are only 5 more weekly emails left, I can't believe it. On Sunday we got the transfer news, President Bahr called and told Elder Larsen that he is leaving, and he will be a district leader down in a place called Long Branch, apparently down in the new southern part of the mission. Tomorrow we have a all mission conference to welcome the new missionaries to our mission, and to have as well "mini-transfers" where Elder Larsen and I will be split apart, and I will get a new companion. Next week I will have the news of who. I am so grateful to have been with Elder Larsen. He is an amazing missionary, I have learned so much from him. He is the companion I've been with the longest on my mission, it has been great, we are sad to be splitting up, but I am also excited to see who my new companion will be.
I'm glad to hear that the 4th went well. The Canada Day party sounds like it was a blast. I am so excited to hear that Nick got the Melchizedek Priesthood. It will be a really great blessing in his life. I think it would be awesome to go with Nick to the temple, I hope he gets his call soon.
I'm glad to hear Great Grandpa Smith is doing well. I feel bad though, I've really failed at writing him. I think I've only written him once on my mission. As a matter of fact, I really have done terribly at writing any extended family, most P-days there is no time to write letters. I hope to be able to write a few letters next week, but I really haven't done very well when it comes to writing anyone. Thankfully there is the blog so everyone can at least read how I'm doing...
This week was amazing, we saw so many miracles. Just one that I briefly wanted to share, on Sunday we were a long distance away, but we had planned to be on the other side of our area, so we decided to follow our plans rather than just tract in the area where we were, so we went to try and stop by some potentials, and we saw this lady on the stairs in front of her apartment, so we went to go talk to her. We had met her a few weeks before, helping her to carry her groceries home, but she rents out a small room in an apartment, so she had told us we really couldn't come and visit her. Well, we saw her outside and so we sat down on the stairs and taught her a lesson on her stairs. It was really powerful. She is really prepared. We have another appointment to visit with her outside on Saturday again and she told us she really wants to come to church next Sunday. It was really cool, she is super prepared. Her name was Magdalena.
Things are going well here, I am so excited for this area. We are still hoping to get Joseph baptized soon, but we need to let him take his time. I feel we've been pushing him too much, and he need to take this at his own pace. I have faith he'll get baptized, but at his pace, not ours.
That's about all the news from this week. I hope that everyone is doing well, and I hope that things continue to go well. Have fun at camp Dad and Ian! And I hope that camp is going well for Nick. I hope to hear from you again next week.
Love,
Elder Isaac Ellsworth
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