December 22, 2014
MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!!!!! Holy cow I can't believe its Christmas already. It came out of nowhere, I swear it was like Easter yesterday. Jk Thanksgiving was yesterday, Easter was last week. But really!! I'm not gonna have enough time to do all the Christmas letters I need to... Well, I just won't send any of them. No Christmas this year!!!! Ye-ah, that's better. :D Love you mom!!
So other than Christmas being cancelled, there have been a few exciting things happening this week, the chief of which is Barbara's baptism!! She is so awesome, I have so much respect for her. She relapsed for a few days after conquering the hardest first 72 hours, which would crush almost anyone, then turned to God and committed to quit again, and has done amazing!! God's power is manifest in her life, and she knows it. It's a miracle! She is so amazing. We're gonna have to wait a few weeks for her 10 yr. grandson, Tommy, he's not quite ready yet. But God has told us to forward with Barbara's baptism, so that's what we're doing! She's so ready for it too, she has so much faith. Really excited for Friday! Its going to be great.
The next on the imaginary agenda is the Christmas Conference!!! We had an all-day conference on Thursday up in (guess where) MUNCIE!!! Half the mission was there, and it was so fantastic. Very spiritual and uplifting, and our mission President pulled some strings and we got to watch 'Meet The Mormons'!!!! Absolutely wonderful movie, loved it so much. Amazing stories and life experiences. My favorite one was definitely the last one with the single mom whose son ends up going on a mission. That one really touched the depths of my soul. I hope they give us the movie as a teaching tool!!!! Everyone needs to see it, especially all those people out there with misconceptions about the LDS faith. It would help them all out a lot.
Can't really OH WAIT We got to go to the Columbus Temple on Saturday with our recent convert Paul!!!! It was AWESOME!!! We got to help with the ordinances and everything, got to feel the spirit, and it was an amazing experience. SO COOL!!! It brought back a lot of good memories. Go to temple everyone!! Its so cool!! :D
I want to wish you all a very merry Christmas!!!! Also, make sure you all keep the real meaning of Christmas in your hearts. Not just Christ's birth, but His entire life. He is the reason for all of this. Try to share the life of Christ with someone in the next 24 hours!! That's my challenge to everyone. Christmas is amazing!! I love you all, and wish you the best!! :D
-Elder Ellis
P.S. #sharethegift There's a really cool share the gift video that the piano guys put together with David Archuleta. They showed it to us on Thursday. :D Check it out!!
That's our Christmas tree. :D and Barbara
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