Wow, Centerville, Ohio!! Centerville is a suburb of Dayton, in case someone doesn't know where it is. Haha I've now hit every stake in the mission except for Fort Wayne! just finished by 4th 6-week area a week ago, and who knows, maybe this is the 5th 6-week area! Its ok though, its really cool being able to bounce around the entire mission. haha Fort Wayne, here I come!! last stake in the mission to serve in. Lets go!
Holy guacamole, this week was exhausting. Exhaustingly awesome!!! Me and my companion, Elder Conterio from Orem, Utah, were doubled into the Centerville ward on Tuesday! And holy cow, its been so great. We have been going non-stop for the entire week, just going ham getting everything together. Meeting all the ward members and investigators, as well as building up the teaching pool here. We've already been able to build a lot of trust in the past week, but there's a lot more that needs to be built, and a lot of members that need to get missionary minded. There are a lot of really good members here though, we've already gotten a handful of referrals, and they show a lot of promise. Missionaries have always had the attitude that its a hard area, so we've been put here to change that. No such thing as a bad area, just a bad attitude. God's power is not limited by how many rich people there are, people will still listen, and we've seen that in this past week. Nothing can stop miracles from happening. :D its been great!
Also, the bishopric got completely revamped yesterday, and that was a great turn for the better. The old bishop wasn't against missionary work, but he wasn't the most focused on it. This one is wayyyyy better, a complete rockstar. And we helped him with a service project on Saturday before we knew he'd be Bishop, so he really likes us. That helps. We are really excited for everything going on.
So, all in all, miracles are happening!!! We've seen God's grace this week. Grace is real, there's a lot of things that happened this week that really shouldn't have happened. But they did, because of grace. Its really cool to see God's hand working in people's lives. I am grateful for all the kindness you all have shown me! Thank you for being so great. Keep it real! Love ya!
-Love, Elder Ellis
p.s. Elder Conterio is awesome. Glad to be his companion.
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