Dear Family and Friends,
It always amazes me how quickly a transfer comes to pass.
It is so crazy because I feel like it goes week 1..2..6 and then it is on
to new challenges. So this week has been absolutely crazy.
President Weston has really changed how things have worked in the past
with the outgoing missionaries, but now it is a whole week affair. So on
Tuesday afternoon Elder Grover had his departing interview, holy cow if there
is a way to distract a missionary for his last week, I think that his might do
the trick. On Tuesday it was good though because we had Elder Barney with
us, so it was a great day. On Wednesday we were on exchanges with the
AP's. I was with Elder Rockwood, who is simply a beast mode missionary.
He is awesome, and we had a lot of success, and fun while we were
together. Thursday President Weston took all of the outgoing missionaries
for a temple trip together. So I got to see a bunch of my old buddies
there. That was a chunk of our day gone in a flash! The rest of the
day on Thursday went very well. We were able to teach a lot of lessons
that day, and we met a nice Philipino man who said that we could come back this
upcoming Sunday so hopefully good things pan out there. This Friday was
also strange. There was a south mission leadership meeting. Because
Elder Grover was going home a few days afterward, even though he is a zone
leader, he was not invited, so I was with both of our District Leaders in a
trio for the day. Finally on Saturday we had a normal day to proselyte
together. It was such a nice relief to have. I am so grateful for
the many lessons and things I have learned by serving with this Gentle Giant.
He has taught me a lot, and is such a good missionary. Plus I
promised him that when he comes to school in Utah, and that he can date and
marry my sister, so we will see him again!
Today was craziest day of my life. So we have the
missionaries that are going home stay with us the night before they go home,
well that was last night. So we had ten people staying over. Naturally
we didn't get to bed until 1 in the morning. Well the problem this time
is that because my companion was going home with them, I had to go to the
airport with them and the AP's to escort. Their flights started leaving
at 6 am and we had to be there at 5 am so I had to wake up at 2:30 am to
shower, and go back to bed until they were ready. So I am very tired
today. It was way trippy to go back to airport I haven't seen in 18
months. It was way weird. I also felt special kicking it with Elders
Rockwood and Norwood. Today I get Elder Simons around 2 pm so I am way
excited to start this next chapter of my mission. We are going to work
hard and be exactly obedient. It will be awesome!
I luv yo gutz!
Elder Ellsworth
P. S. I got a letter from the Ellsworth Grandparents yestzzz
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