Dear Family and Friends,
Well this week was going really well until Thursday morning when all of the sudden it turned from Summer to Winter in just one hour. That was kind of a bummer. I was loving the weather; even in the evenings when it was cooling off it was still not bad. But then a storm rolled in on Thursday and the Summer broke and Winter arrived. It will be very cold and rainy for the next few months until spring. One thing that I love about California is that in the winter as soon as the rain starts everything suddenly comes alive. All of the grass that was once nice and golden turns to fields of green lush grass. It is funny how the seasons are so different from Utah. But the leaves still act the same way aside from the grass.
Well this week was going really well until Thursday morning when all of the sudden it turned from Summer to Winter in just one hour. That was kind of a bummer. I was loving the weather; even in the evenings when it was cooling off it was still not bad. But then a storm rolled in on Thursday and the Summer broke and Winter arrived. It will be very cold and rainy for the next few months until spring. One thing that I love about California is that in the winter as soon as the rain starts everything suddenly comes alive. All of the grass that was once nice and golden turns to fields of green lush grass. It is funny how the seasons are so different from Utah. But the leaves still act the same way aside from the grass.
I had been struggling these past couple of weeks so this
week on Tuesday I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with President
Weston. It was very good, but I was warned I had to change a few
things or he would be forced to transfer me. It was not huge things but
just a few areas where I was relaxing and showing a bad example for Elder Ashby. So this week we made those changes and did a
bunch better. I am excited for the things that lie ahead.
This week I took Dad's advice and spent the best $150 of my entire life. There is a wonderful man in our area named Marcelo Gonzales. He is a Philipino man who is so poor. He has been looking for a bicycle so he can have some form of transportation, and I was thinking about giving mine (dad's) to him. I asked Dad, and he requested that I just buy him one so Dad could have his back. So I had $100 that I had saved up for the better part of my mission. It was all of the pocket change that I had I put into a jar, and saved it up. I thought and decided that this was the money I would use to purchase a bicycle for Marcelo. So we got ourselves a ride to Wal-Mart and I found him one that will suit him just fine, and a helmet and bike lock as well. As we delivered this Bike to him, he did not know what to say. But his face said more than he ever could have. He was so grateful to receive this gift that he didn’t know how he was going be be able to save up the money to buy. He didn't want to accept this bike but I insisted, and I went away with warmth in my heart despite the pouring rain. I am so grateful I was able to serve this wonderful man.
Life is good, not much else to say about it today!
With Love,
Elder Ellsworth
This week I took Dad's advice and spent the best $150 of my entire life. There is a wonderful man in our area named Marcelo Gonzales. He is a Philipino man who is so poor. He has been looking for a bicycle so he can have some form of transportation, and I was thinking about giving mine (dad's) to him. I asked Dad, and he requested that I just buy him one so Dad could have his back. So I had $100 that I had saved up for the better part of my mission. It was all of the pocket change that I had I put into a jar, and saved it up. I thought and decided that this was the money I would use to purchase a bicycle for Marcelo. So we got ourselves a ride to Wal-Mart and I found him one that will suit him just fine, and a helmet and bike lock as well. As we delivered this Bike to him, he did not know what to say. But his face said more than he ever could have. He was so grateful to receive this gift that he didn’t know how he was going be be able to save up the money to buy. He didn't want to accept this bike but I insisted, and I went away with warmth in my heart despite the pouring rain. I am so grateful I was able to serve this wonderful man.
Life is good, not much else to say about it today!
With Love,
Elder Ellsworth
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