Week 89 - Transfers have come again!!!!

August 17, 2015

    I'm not getting transferred! Very glad about it. I do feel bad for my companion though, he is getting transferred and he was only here for 6 weeks, 1 transfer. So I'll be getting a new companion!! Almost all of our zone stayed, 10/14 are staying. All of the companionships will be in the 2nd transfer of training now, and we'll see what happens in the other area, since they are both leaving. We'll see what happens! And they might be opening an area that they shut down last transfer. Life is good, I'll be sad to see Elder Hampton leave, we're really good friends. 

   
    So other than that, we've had a few cool things happen this week. Melissa and miles broke up, which is good because they weren't living some commandments, but things are postponed a little bit with them. Their desire is there, it's good. Miles will still be reactivated, and his kids baptized. And Melissa will too. Hopefully it's not awkward for them to go to the same ward... Haha good thing God's gonna take care of all of it! It'll work out somehow. Well, I'm outta time, I love you all! Miracles happen when we believe. It is truth.

- Love, Elder Ellis

                           Elders Hunsaker and Ellis eating with the Butlers for Caryn's birthday.

Week 88 - Faith like the Ancients

August 10, 2015

Sorry about last week, ran out of time/mostly forgot to send one out. :D

    So, having Faith like the Ancients, What does that mean? I dunno, go study it. :D

JK its having a lot of Faith and doing what God wants you to. Faith = Action. If there is no action, there is no Faith. If you want God's power, you have to do stuff to get it. Action is everything. If life is a mountain, we can't get to the top of it just by knowing that the mountain is true. We have to keep climbing until we reach the top. And that means until we die. So let's do it! :D There's the spiritual thought for the day.

    So we got to have some really awesome experiences this week!!! We got to do a super sweet service project for an old lady (The hoarder, the place from the pictures) and there was poison ivy everywhere, and spiders, and that humongous spider as well. The biggest spider I've ever seen in real life, literally. We had to go home and scrub really hard with dish soap to make sure we didn't die form the poison ivy. We were blessed, no harm came to us. 

    

    Also, Melissa is committed to be baptized!! YEAH!!!!!!  So amazing, its been an absolute miracle. It has been so wonderful teaching her and her family, they are some of my favorite people I've met my whole mission. Miles, the father, is a LA baptized 2 years ago, and they have 4 kids, 2 11 yr olds, 1 8 yr old(as of today) and a 10 month old baby. They are engaged, and are coming to church, and we found them my first transfer here. Its so wonderful! They are absolutely amazing, I am so excited for them. :D Really awesome miracles. The 3 kids are gonna get baptized as well. Jordan Faulring is also getting baptized! The first weekend in September, hes the 9 yr old son in the family we're reactivating. They were at church for the 2nd time in a row yesterday!!! Its so awesome. God's grace has been abundant.

    So yep, life is good! Transfers are in a week from Tuesday, and I hope to finish my mission here in Montgomery, but we'll see what happens. We'll know by next Monday, so we'll let you know! I love you all, thanks for everything!! Have a great week!! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

"For every act of obedience you are promised the presence of the Holy Spirit and therefore the presence of the atonement in your life." -Tad R. Callister

                              Organizing the Sisters at July transfers

Weeks 87 & 88 - Spider

August 10, 2015

Here's a nifty service project we had on Wednesday! Look at that spider, the thing was huge... The lady's house was infested with spiders and poison ivy, and yeah! It was great. A miracle we came out alive. :D