Holy cow, I hate the heat. And this past week has been the hottest of
the summer, with a forecast of upwards of 107 for the upcoming week, being on a
bike is not too fun, when it gets tough to breathe because it is so hot! But other than that things are going really
good. This is really turning out to be a
odd transfer, I am not too thrilled about the situation that is going on right
now. I went from an area that is doing
very good, to a dead area once again. My
companion is a very good guy, but is lacking in the motivation category. It is a chore to get him out the door into
the heat. I can hardly blame him though. It has been a couple of miserable days last
week. Even standing in the shade I sweat
something fierce. Also another reason
for his lack of motivation is that we really don't have a whole lot going on,
so throughout the day we leave the house to go and knock doors, or to visit
less active members. A third and final
reason is that because of some things that happened last transfer Elder Allred
might be emergency transferred, which is another reason I am not thrilled with
this area yet. There was some laziness
and apostasy going on in this area. And
because of that I get to clean it up. I
am not happy about that. On Wednesday
this week President Weston came to our apartment and asked me some questions,
and looked through some papers. While
there he told me that the reason I was dropped from leadership and sent here
was so that next transfer I can train. I
am excited about that, but even that is a tossup. I could get someone really awesome or some
greenies can be a pain! I don't know I
am just kind of down this week, and not much hope for the rest of the transfer. I am simply going to do my best even though I
am not in control of everything else.
Also I have been having bike trouble this week. When I loaned out my bike in Antelope I get
it back with a ruined inner tube. So I
went and bought a new one this week.
While trying to put that stupid incredibly hard to put back together
tire back together I put a hole in my new inner tube. I took that out and patched it, then took the
tire to a bike shop and had them put it together, then while riding it today my
patch gave out and leaked again, so I took it back and bought a brand new inner
tube and had them put it in so I didn't wreck it or blow up and destroy
something. It was a very wise 16 dollar
purchase.
On the bright side, our sole awesome investigator Melody
is doing amazing. She is such a star she
came to church on Sunday again, and had many questions. We did our best to answer, as we taught the
Word of Wisdom she was so accepting and willing to change her coffee drinking
habits. She knows that these things are
true, and she won't let anything stand in her way of being baptized on the 25th
of August.
She is doing
great. Well that is all for the bright
side.
I am being a little sarcastic, I really am not that
annoyed, but things really are kind of tough right now. I am grateful to be here serving God, but I
wish it was not so hard right now. Don't
worry I will figure things out. Finally
this week I had my third mini missionary of the summer. His name was Micah Gandola from the Lincoln
Spanish Branch. He is a good kid, and
the hardest worker I have gotten yet. He
had the worst three days of the whole summer of heat with us. But what a trooper. Well that is all that I have to say at this
time.
I love you all
Elder Nick Ellsworth
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