Week 98 - Yo Temple!!!

October 19, 2015

Hola ya'lls! so we had a temple trip this week! It was super exciting! If you want to hear more shoot me an e-mail, my time on the computer is up. Love you all!! :D

p.s. Emily, our most progressing investigator, is back on the radar! She fought through Satan's opposition and she coming to church next Sunday. Heck yeah! :D

Week 99 - Yeah Yeah

October 26, 2015

Heck yeah! I am so sorry, I just can't stand e-mailing these days... Haha yeah. I'll just bear through it. 

     So Emily came to church yesterday! She's the one that tried to drop us 2 weeks ago, now she is committed to being baptized on November 7th!!! Which is like 3 days before I go home. Talk about miracles!!! It really is a miracle, she's reading the Book of Mormon every day, and she is making lots of friends in the ward, and it's just fantastic. Miracles happen, and we're so lucky we get to see them!! I'm grateful to have experiences like these, and I know they are only possible through the Grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. He is my Savior, and I love Him. I will live my whole life devoted to His cause. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

-Elder Cameron Ellis

p.s. Love you! Have a great week!

Totally forgot, Tony Hill went to the temple for baptisms last Saturday! Its the first time he's ever been, he's been a convert for about 2 1/2 years. He has just been reactivated, and its been amazing to see his transformation. He loved it so much! He's planning on going back soon. :D Love you all!

Week 97 - Heck Yeah!

October 12, 2015
So heck yeah! I am getting so tire of e-mailing, I'll just be honest... jabdsf;iubhasd;uifhbas;iudhf;iasudhfi;uasdhf;iuashdfi;uashdfi;uhsadi;oufiohass;iduifhf  I have some cool pictures!!!! Look at these:

Heck yeah. There's been some crazy opposition this week, but it worked out in the end. Our most progressing investigator tried to drop us and it was bad, but we've got another appointment with her on Thursday which was a struggle, and its a really good sign. It'll work out! God told me that He will take care of her, so I am not to worry about anything that happens right now. Its gotten sooooo much better, like not worrying about things. Ha! God will take care of everything, just try as hard as you can everyday. Heck yeah. I hope you all have an amazing week! Loves ya!!

-Love, Elder Ellis

p.s. those pictures are real: my companion with a skull in front of his face (ahahah) and $600 hot sauce. Holy cow! expensive hot sauce.

More pics:

Week 96 - General Conference

October 5, 2015

     Hey, so none of you probably knew this, but General Conference was this past weekend!!! Heck yeah! I'm sorry that you missed it... It was amazing.

     Haha jk, but it was really good. I am grateful for the leadership of these amazing men, they shine a bright light into this world of darkness.

     This week was absolutely crazy! But that's absolutely normal, but its still crazy. We had Transfers, and our zone got even younger than it was before. A bunch of new missionaries who just finished being trained, are now training brand new missionaries. There's a lot of training that needs to happen, and a lot of ground to cover. Haha its gonna be awesome!! Life is good, its always nice to be hard at work and have too much to do and not enough time to do it... well, not so much that last part. Time is so nice to have..... better use it effectively. 

     I hope life is good for all of you! E-mailing is getting harder to stay focused, but anyways, I hope you have a wonderful week! I Love you all!!! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis

Week 95 - Last transfer!!!

September 28, 2015

     Holy cow, this is the last transfer of my mission! Boy, its been a good one. We got the call today, and me and my companion are both staying! It'll be 6 months by the time I go home that I'll have been here, my second longest area on my mission. It was the last thing we expected, staying together. Pretty sweet though!!!! :D I'm getting killed by one of my very best friends, so that's pretty sweet.

     Yep, so I found out I fly home November 11, and that's the last thing that I'm gonna say about that. I have to stay focused these last 6 weeks, so please don't say anything about stuff that's gonna happen afterwards. Unless its super important, or you're my mom, then its ok. :D Haha its gonna be a good one!!! I am excited to work hard and to give it my all. This is the only time in my entire life I'll have this opportunity, so I'm not gonna waste a second of it!! Its too valuable, and it changes too many people's lives for me or anyone else to coast. Its gonna be a good one.

     I don't know if there was anything super exciting this week, other than all the amazing things that happen all the time. Life is really very good! Learning so much. I hope you always think of the Savior and what He has done for us. The purpose of our life is to change, so if we're not changing, we're not doing it right. Unless we're like Jesus, we've got things to change, and none of us are even close. And its wonderful!! Its such a positive thing, God loves us so much. We are worth so much to Him, every one of us. Its humbling to think that the most powerful being in the universe cares about ME. Just some random 20 yr old. But He does care, and I know it. And it has changed me. I love you all so much, have a wonderful week!!! Keep smiling!!!! :D

-Love, Elder Ellis     

6 MORE WEEKS!!!!! LETS GO!!!!!! NEVER SETTLE!!!!!!!!

Week 94 - Good Afternoon!!!

September 21, 2015

     Good afternoon! It's a bright sunny day here in Cincinnati with a degree of I don't know what, but it sure feels good. The Fall and the Spring are by far the best time of year here in Cincinnati! And most places on Earth. It's the perfect temperature, nice and cool, not too hot, not too cold. I always like a slight breeze, it feels great. :D

     

     So a lot happened this week like usual, and also like usual I don't have the mental capacity at the moment to write all of it. Our zone had interviews with President Porter on Friday!! It was fantastic, we got to do role plays and area book stuff, and ya! It was great. Everyone is doing well for the most part. Missions are sink or swim, and they're all swimming hard. It's always nice to talk to President, he is the most amazing person I've ever met. Changed my life, that's for sure.

 

     Haha yeah! That was the biggest thing that happened this week. There was a lot more, but it shall have to wait for the afterlife.... Or maybe just next week or something, one of those. I do want you all to know that the Atonement has truly changed my life. The person I used to be has died, and God has raised up someone new. The rest of my entire life, and my entire eternity is going to be different because of His Atonement that I have experienced as I've been out here on my mission. I am so grateful for the love, and light that He has for all of us. It makes life worth it, it really does. There is nothing He cannot redeem us from, or set straight in our lives. I love the Savior very much, and I will live the rest of my life doing the things that He would have me do. I love you all!! I wish you the best of weeks, and hope that you will feel the love that God already has for you. I say that in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Love, 

Elder Cameron Ellis

                                               Elder McEachern

Week 93 - Andre and Patrice!!!

September 14, 2015

OH MY HECK!!! MIRACLES!!!!!! Wow, so there have been so many miracles that have happened this week!!! It has been so amazing. So by far the best part about this week was last night, Andre and Patrice both got baptized!!! It was by far the best baptismal service I've ever been to, there was so much love, and the spirit was SO strong!! It was just so wonderful. I am still on the spiritual high from last night, every time I think about it I feel so great. Andre wasn't planning on getting baptized last night as of a week ago, but so many prayers of faith changed him and gave him the courage he needed to take that step with his wife. They've been investigating for over a year now, and the Elder who found them at the very beginning (far left), was able to come and baptize them! He goes home in 2 weeks. Me and him doubled up for Andre since he's 405 lbs. There were angels in that font helping us, that's for sure... The ward loves them so much, they're the ones who got married back in June my first transfer here. I cannot describe how wonderful it was. Its moments like this that make it all worth it. Every day is great, but these experiences really just light up everything. Haha yep! That is really all that needs to be said about this week, it was really good. It was crazy trying to get everything lined up for the baptism, and its always crazy haha, but life is so good. 

        I know this is the Church of Christ, and I know that He is running His church, through inspiration and revelation, through the Priesthood keys. From the Prophet down to every Bishop to every single member, God has set up the church of Christ to bless the lives of all who enter there. And it is to invite all others to enter therein, for it is only there that the blessings of salvation are available. Everyone needs this. I need Jesus just as much as every human out there. We all need him. And this path is how we fully access His Grace and His Power in our lives. It is real. It is true. Jesus is the Christ, and only His Atonement can save us. I so testify in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

   I love you all, have a wonderful week.

-Love, Elder Ellis