I gave a talk in sacrament meeting and then (actually I gave 2 talks: one in the Branch and one in the Ward) the Ward one was about Missionary work and the Branch one was pretty much just my testimony that Jesus is the Christ (Mosiah 3:17). The Ward talk I prepared for, but the Branch one I did not and I learned a lot from both. :) Now I don’t think I’ll ever be good enough to give a General Conference address because I don’t read what I write/prepare. I read a sentence then go off on my own so I lose my place :). Soo, yea… but it was still okay :)
This week was a difficult week for finding for my companion and me. We had 0 new investigators leading into Sunday, but with major blessings we were able to find 2 new investigators and we have worked out a plan to get more this week. The work is still going. I’ve had fufu about 5 of the 7 days this week. It’s not 7 of 7 because I don’t buy on Sundays and exchange on Saturdays. I don’t want to go home because fufu is too good!
My companion is sweet. It’s weird training a second time because I just expect him to know everything that my other trainee knows and he doesn’t. So, I had to take a step back and actually remember to train him and I feel like that will help me raise my kids one day because the second one will most likely need the same attention as the first :)
Also, this week I was super tired. Like way too much and so thank goodness for revelation because now I know why in the D&C section 84:33 it says why I was so tired and it’s all because I wasn’t magnifying my calling!!!!! What?? Who would have guessed, but it’s true. I got lazy but now I’m more focused and less tired so it’s pretty sweet!
This week was good overall :)
-Elder Ellsworth
Monday, February 26, 2018
Monday, February 19, 2018
2/19/18
I can’t spell. I’m sorry. This week was actually interesting so let me write well.
I got bit by a dog. That one scared me. I almost threw it off of the uncompleted building we were on but something told me not to, so I didn’t. :) My companion sacked it from that place. I wasn’t even messing with it, too much. I just raised its lip so I could see its teeth, so yea--it was probably my fault, but still! Now I can say I got bit by a dog. Don’t worry, no rabies so :)
Also, last week we baptized a man named John Sackey. He is a super cool person who is in a wheelchair and I love him. The baptism was kind of a problem because I didn’t fill the font enough. We planned it so he would sit down and I didn’t want to drowned him, so I made it low but it was too low. My companion had to go in and hold his knees so all his body was covered, but it was still amazing!
Also, on Monday evening we went to Kaneshie. Those of you keeping track, that’s where I was trained! So, I went back home! It was amazing, plus one of my good friends, Elder Stein is serving there so that was wonderful to see him again. We went there because my companion is serving in the Mozambique Mission, so he is going to the Brazil MTC. He is waiting for his visa and that is why we went to the area office. We sat there for an hour before the guy we were supposed to meet came. Then we waited another hour to be attended to and then another 2 hours because he took the other people first. When he came back to us, he told us we would have to go and come back on Thursday because some reasons…. and so I was like well flip! That kind of sucked but I wasn’t too mad because I don’t like being too mad. So, we left. On Thursday, we didn’t go because we didn’t have the right records. We were going to go again tonight but instead we left Sunday evening to Kaneshie again (another wonderful time with Elder Stein) and then off to the area office again. This time we were able to do everything on Monday, but we had to go out of the mission area. *I felt guilty, then thought it was okay. My companion had to go into the embassy alone and I was left on the street alone in the middle of Ghana. A part that I didn’t know so it was pretty scary---still outside the Mission. I felt terrible, but everything is okay. My companion and I just got back and came straight to the cafe :)
One really awesome thing that my district members are doing is in every lesson we teach we planned to use the Book of Mormon in every lesson. It is super easy to use the bible here. So, we planned to use the Book of Mormon and really focus on that. I have loved it and I will do it the rest of my Mission and it is so sweet. The Book of Mormon is my favorite thing ever! I’ve been sharing with almost everyone the scripture 2nd Nephi 28:3-4 (hope that’s right) but I share that with them to really help them understand that they should not believe us, but they need God to tell them the right way to go! All in all the Mission is sweet and I’m alive and working :)
-Elder Ellsworth
I got bit by a dog. That one scared me. I almost threw it off of the uncompleted building we were on but something told me not to, so I didn’t. :) My companion sacked it from that place. I wasn’t even messing with it, too much. I just raised its lip so I could see its teeth, so yea--it was probably my fault, but still! Now I can say I got bit by a dog. Don’t worry, no rabies so :)
Also, last week we baptized a man named John Sackey. He is a super cool person who is in a wheelchair and I love him. The baptism was kind of a problem because I didn’t fill the font enough. We planned it so he would sit down and I didn’t want to drowned him, so I made it low but it was too low. My companion had to go in and hold his knees so all his body was covered, but it was still amazing!
Also, on Monday evening we went to Kaneshie. Those of you keeping track, that’s where I was trained! So, I went back home! It was amazing, plus one of my good friends, Elder Stein is serving there so that was wonderful to see him again. We went there because my companion is serving in the Mozambique Mission, so he is going to the Brazil MTC. He is waiting for his visa and that is why we went to the area office. We sat there for an hour before the guy we were supposed to meet came. Then we waited another hour to be attended to and then another 2 hours because he took the other people first. When he came back to us, he told us we would have to go and come back on Thursday because some reasons…. and so I was like well flip! That kind of sucked but I wasn’t too mad because I don’t like being too mad. So, we left. On Thursday, we didn’t go because we didn’t have the right records. We were going to go again tonight but instead we left Sunday evening to Kaneshie again (another wonderful time with Elder Stein) and then off to the area office again. This time we were able to do everything on Monday, but we had to go out of the mission area. *I felt guilty, then thought it was okay. My companion had to go into the embassy alone and I was left on the street alone in the middle of Ghana. A part that I didn’t know so it was pretty scary---still outside the Mission. I felt terrible, but everything is okay. My companion and I just got back and came straight to the cafe :)
One really awesome thing that my district members are doing is in every lesson we teach we planned to use the Book of Mormon in every lesson. It is super easy to use the bible here. So, we planned to use the Book of Mormon and really focus on that. I have loved it and I will do it the rest of my Mission and it is so sweet. The Book of Mormon is my favorite thing ever! I’ve been sharing with almost everyone the scripture 2nd Nephi 28:3-4 (hope that’s right) but I share that with them to really help them understand that they should not believe us, but they need God to tell them the right way to go! All in all the Mission is sweet and I’m alive and working :)
-Elder Ellsworth
Triple stuffed chocolate Oreo.
Not sure what this is...
Monday, February 12, 2018
Monday, February 5, 2018
2/5/18
My time is small because we are going to the Senior Couples’ at 5. I PLAYED BASKETBALL and wow you get sweaty! It’s either because it’s here or I haven’t played in a long time. We were just doing around the world and I could have filled a 500 ml bottle with the sweat! It was fun and all in all I’m alive and well. I gotta run.
-- -Elder Ellsworth
-- -Elder Ellsworth
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