This week was really
good! It doesn't feel like we did a lot but, I think we did. Honestly, I can’t really remember.
We had 2 baptisms and 2
conformations on the same day. It was
something really special. It even rained!
It was super cool! It would have
been cooler if it had rained during the actual ordnance, but you know, not my
will :).
There’s news for
transfers. I’m staying in Kasoa 2nd, but I will be getting a new
companion. His name is Elder Lundquist. He’s
from Kaysville, Utah and we were in the MTC together so we should have a lot of
fun. Don’t worry mom, we will continue
to work hard. :) . I love working, especially here. There are so many serious people here that
accept the gospel. We are working with a lot of families as well and that would
be so cool if they accept the message altogether. But, even if only one does I will be
overjoyed
In my study this week I
read Alma 18 3-4 and it reminded me of Mosiah 17 11-12. It stresses the importance of friends or
people we are around. They will change
the outcome of everything. Could you imagine if instead, verse 12 said and the
priests did fear also and king Noah fearing the judgments of god repented of
his wrong doings and his priests also? The whole story of him would change
because his friends. We can just
imagine. Sometimes we might think were the good friends but let’s make sure we
always choose the right.
I hope you all have a
good week and I’m doing fine and loving the work and trying to be better
always.
Elder Lundquist is the one on my right the blonde one. (I also have gained a
lot of weight since that picture.)
SLICED BREAD! This is something rich. Just
to show how Africa is I took a picture of sliced bread.
This was Georgina and
Ama (the 2 girls next to my companion)
We went to the temple
last week :) Super fun to wear a long sleeve shirt again
If you share anything I
say with the youth of the ward, have it be this: You never know how important this gospel is to
you until you are shoved out of your comfort zone. Please know when you have a good foundation;
you can fall back on it. Just try to
understand how important this is to you. THE ONLY CONSTANT you can keep in your
life and you have to decide to keep it. . You really don’t know what will be
taken away from you. For me, I expected America,
always, and then that was taken away and now I know. This
is really the most important thing. To quote Ghanaian "I beg" hold
fast to it and live what you know, no matter the obstacle in the way. It’s so much what your heavenly father wants
for you. Even a random 18 year old boy
in Africa can feel it (how much he loves you).
Love,
Elder Ellsworth
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