Dear Family and Friends,
Well, if you were not aware, today is Wednesday, I usually email on
Mondays but because this week has been crazy busy I have not had the
chance! Life is really super busy these days, but things are going well
here in Antelope. This transfer is going by at an insane rate, which
is a little bit scary, it is allready I good portion into week 4 which
is pretty nuts, time just does not seem to slow down! We had a great
week last week though. I went on a couple of exchanges over the past
week, which stank because both times that I did, I learned a lot more
about some problems in the zone! On Wednesday I went with Elder
Comstock in his area, he is a stud! He took the lessons and got
baptized on June 12 2010! Right after that he started working and
saving up money to come out here on his mission. I feel pretty bad for
him though. Both of his first two companions have been the District
Leader, and neither has been a very good missionary or Trainer. So he
hasn't had much of a chance. He informed me about a lot of stuff him
and his companion aren't doing, and a few stupid things that they did
do, so that night we were on the phone with President, and the next day
on Thursday we had to bring them both in and talk with them, and find
out their side of the story. They were both very different stories,
which was annoying, I am glad that it was sorted out by President Weston
though! We also went on exchanges with another set of missionaries,
Elder Honeycutt, and Elder Frei. They are both not doing so well.
Their area is on fire, and they are actually working very hard, but they
don't get along at all! This week they were out and got separated on
their bikes, and they were apart for close to an hour! So there is a
lot of drama their, they both are awesome kids, but both are very
immature, and bull headed. What a headache! So I was on exchanges with
Elder Honeycutt, who I love a lot. He came out just 6 weeks before I
did, and he was actually in my zone for the first 3 transfers in my
mission. So it has been long time no see for us recently. We had a lot
of fun, and it was my first day of my entire mission riding a bike! My
butt was way sore afterwards! We biked like 15 miles throughout the
day just doing our missionary work. It was a lot of fun. Saturday we
had our Stake Correlation Meeting. As Zone Leaders we have to meet with
the Stake Presidency once a month and discuss the missionary work in
the zone. I was way nervous for this meeting, but it went well.
President Weston, and President Alston were both there (President Alston
is in the mission Presidency). It was a lot of fun, and they speak
pretty openly in that meeting. So there are some concerns with Ward
Mission Leaders, and Bishops, and they were just talking about the
problems. I was very suprised! On Mondays the Library here in Antelope
is closed, so we weren't able to get on except to send in numbers for
our zone, and Tuesday was way busy. There is a missionary in our
mission named Elder Barney. He is from our mission, and he has some
Physical handicaps. He can't walk on his own, and he speaks slow.
Because of it he can't serve a normal mission, so he comes out with us
in this mission. Tuesday to Friday each week he goes out with different
Elder who are in car areas, and spends the day with them. He needs
support as he walks, from a walker or from us, and he is a lot of fun.
So all day Tuesday he spent with us, on top of that we had our Zone's
Interviews with President Weston. So we usually have two District
Meetings, one on Tuesday and one on Wednesday, but because of Interviews
both were on Tuesday. They are an hour and a half each, so it took a
good part of our day. I love meeting with President though, he is such a
great man. He always inspires me to be the very best that I can. I am
grateful to be able to serve with him! He also dealt with our zone
drama! yay! So things are going good. I am loving this time here in
Cali. Also about our Investigators, we don't have anybody real close to
baptism, Mary is scheduled for May 5th but we will probably push it
back. We picked up a New Gator this week named Stephanie Bledsoe, she
is an awesome lady, who has been through a lot recently. I think she
had a recent divorce, she has a couple of young kids, and she wanted to
meet with us, so we are excited to teach her! Things are going well,
next week I will tell you more about my two wards, but I want a break
from typing now! I love you all, and hope for the best for ya!
Love Elder Ellsworth
P.S. you could get me the Reflections of Christ CD for my birthday
or the sequel to it Another Testament, other than that I am good.
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