Week 82 - Transfers are next week!

June 29, 2015

     My companion dies in 8 days!!!!! And he is doing very well, he is super focused. Things are going well, things are on the incline. We've still got lots of work to do with everyone, so it will get better. Crazy crazy stuff, always busy, my brain isn't telling me anything that happened this week.... So yeah, life is good. Council meeting in Ohio tomorrow!!! That will take all day.

     Patrice should be getting baptized within the next few weeks!!! That'll be really exciting. And a Less-Active family that we're working with is coming back to church, so that's really cool too. Love you all! Have a great week! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

p.s. hahaha

                                       Mini missionary - Nate Hooper

Week 81 - Interviews

June 22, 2015

     So we had Interviews with our Mission President on Wednesday!!! That was really cool, lots of fun. We were there all day helping out with things, it was fun. Its always great being able to be ministered unto by President. And seeing others having good experiences with it is really cool too.

     Always lots of crazy things going on, we're very very busy, and it's nice. No time to stop and think about anything except the work. I love being busy out of my mind. It's great.

     Haha I never know what to say in some of these e-mails. Oh, so I got a mystery package this week!!!! OH MY GOSH it was so cool!!! I don't know who it is, but it was so sweet! It had Vanilla Almond milk and some other stuff in it, but I've really grown to love Almond milk on my mission. And it's supposed to be healthier too! But anyways, it was like the sweetest thing ever. so Thank you whoever did that!!!! I appreciate it.

     My companion goes home in 2 weeks!! Holy cow. He's doing really well though, not trunky at all yet. Very focused. Well, Life is great! Love you all, have a great week!! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

P.S. This is the Family History Center, where we have to spend a lot of time with paperwork and things. Yay!

                                        Mini-missionary

Week 80 - Watch out, car!!

June 15, 2015 Edited version

     Here in Montgomery, things are going well. Andre and Patrice are getting married on Saturday!!! Then they're going on a honeymoon to Jamaica, and then they're getting baptized in July. Its gonna be a great next few weeks. Jody-Zana, the 11 yr old we're teaching has a father that won't let her get baptized, even though this couple in the ward are a lot more like her real parents. So we got permission to go out of our area and talk to him and see if we can soften his heart a little bit and witness some miracles. So we're praying for that. She's really mature for 11, and she comes to church every Sunday and loves it, and she knows its true. It's great to see that they can get answers to prayers at such a young age. She's had to go through a lot that most people her age don't have to. It breaks my heart sometimes. But I know God will take care of her and everything will be made right in the end.

Love you all!!!! Have a wonderful week!!!! :D

Love,

Elder Ellis

                        Elder Ellis & Elder Marchello at Leadership Training Meeting

                                         Photos from Transfer Meeting on March 3

Edited out:

Man! I just got ran over by a car yesterday. We were walking across the street to talk to someone, and this car just piles right over my leg! So I'm in crutches now, it'll be at least a month before I can walk again. Yeah, it stinks. At least its not broken.

     

    So that last whole paragraph is..., none of it happened. :D Haha don't hate me. 

Love, 

The obnoxious Elder Ellis

Week 79 - The week of the Mini's!!!

June 8, 2015

     So starting last Saturday, our stake had a mini-transfer meeting for all the mini-missionaries. They're staying with us for a week, and doing everything that we do and everything missionary for 1 week. We've been working with the Stake Presidency a lot to make all of it work out well, and it has been going fantastic. Meeting went well, and the mini's have been having a great time ever since. They go back Friday morning. It's gonna be a party!!!

     

     Other than that, things have been going very well, Andre and Patrice are 2 of our investigators. They're getting married on June 20th and baptized soon after that. Their 2 children have already been baptized, 9 and 11, they just have to get married. So that's a week from Saturday, it's going to be a wonderful experience for them. The ward is completely involved, things are going great there. There's another 12 year old girl who's had an interesting life, and she's under partial custody of a wonderful couple. She's been coming to church for a long time with them, but can't get baptized because her father won't give permission. We met with them Monday, and hopefully can get things rolling with her father soon. There's a miracle waiting to happen there, I can feel it.

     Other things have been going on as well, but these are who we're most excited for. Life is great! Hope you all have a wonderful week! Love you!

-Love, Elder Ellis

                Photo from transfer meeting with Elder Bayly, former companion and trainee

                                       
                                              Mini-missionary

Week 78 - Montgomery, Ohio

June 1, 2015

Hehe yep! Montgomery Ohio! Technically Blue Ash is where we live at, but it's in the same area. So I have been transferred to my 8th area. and it is with Elder Marchello, who goes home in 5 weeks. He is a fantastic Elder, he is focused and works very hard. He just got called to English work last transfer. He's been Spanish his whole mission. It's a great companionship, it'll be good. The work is going well here. We've got people that we're working with for baptism and so that will go well. I'll be sure to keep you updated on how it all goes. OH YEAH, mini-missionaries are coming this Saturday! I'll send pictures. It'll be super fun!!! Love you all, have a great week!!!! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

Whoops, my address is 9213 Deercross Parkway, Apt 1A  Blue Ash, Ohio 45236 In case anyone wanted to know.  :D

P.S. Random picture of former companion Elder Price (Who just finished his mission last Tuesday) and on the far left is my current companion. And some other people.

Week 77 - Transfer Land!!!

May 25, 2015

     So transfer time has come upon us once again. And in the land of Centerville, Elder Conterio is staying, and Elder Ellis is leaving!!!!! Yes, I am getting transferred. So it's off to a new area and a new start!!! And no worries, I am not upset about it. I'm going where God wants me to go! I am sad to leave Centerville, there are just absolutely amazing members here, and I've gotten to know a few of them really well. So it's sad to go, but I know I'm going to a good place. SO yeah!!! Woohoo!!! I'll find out where I'll be going tomorrow, and let you all know as soon as I can. This is area number 8 I think for me, and companion 11. Wow, holy cow that's a lot! I guess none of them can stand me. hehe look out wife, it'll be a rough eternity. JK, if you don't get along with your companion, President will almost always make sure you stay with them to work it out. Haha it sure makes you grow. My mission really has been so great though, I've seen so many blessings out here. Met absolutely amazing people that I'll never forget, and had amazing experiences that I'll never forget. :D Life is so great. It really is.

     It's been a great time in Centerville, and I'm sure the work will continue to progress after I leave. There are a few people that are coming really close to baptism, and that are already committed to a date, so hopefully they'll continue to progress and make it there!! 

     Well, we'll see what happens tomorrow! Its always exciting. I Love you all, and have a great week!! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

                                              Elder Ellis at transfers in March 2015

Week 76 - Sacrifice

May 18, 2015

So this week will be a week of sacrifice.... Lots of hard things ahead, we've got deep, dark mountains to climb.... PSYCH, its just another week. :D I think sacrifice looks really good as a one-word subject line, so there we go.

   Haha this week actually is going to be super exciting! There's always sacrifices in life, but we've got great things planned out, and it's going to be tons of fun. We're helping to teach a Comparative Religions class in the High School tomorrow, that's going to be tons of fun, and we've got a graduation thing that we're helping with Saturday, and a special Youth Sacrament service on Sunday, and a Memorial Day Breakfast/Picnic next Monday! Yeah! Haha what a great week ahead, I'm so excited for it. :D

   Marci and Brittany are doing well, and a few other investigators are coming on board with things, the miracles seem to never cease. They sure never cease to amaze me. We are so blessed, in so many ways. It's been amazing to see the change in the ward and their attitude towards us. Haha the ward is becoming home for us! There is still plenty of work to do though, and helping the members see how missionary work can be very effective in very simple ways. I'm so glad to be sent here. I swear, I've just had the best opportunities on my mission, it has been so wonderful. Know that I love you all, and life is great! Have a good week! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

p.s. Elder Murdock took pics with my camera when I left it in their car... haha