So one of the highlights this week was going to
this restaurant called the Yellow Deli. I will explain about it later. We also
had some exchanges and tune ups this week. Not much else to say here so let's
get on into it.
Monday was Halloween and because we couldn't go
out and proselyte, we went to Buffalo Wild Wings or B-dubs. Not much else happened.
Tuesday we met with Rebecca and Olivia. We are trying to help Olivia with her
questions and concerns right now. We
then went and just tracted a bunch. Not
much came from it, but in all reality, maybe a lot did. We helped people remember our Savior Jesus
Christ for just a little bit of their crazy day. So for dinner we had been given coupons to
have a free meal at the Yellow Deli. It
is run by a religious group called the Twelve Tribes. They are super nice and also have some really
good Root Beer. If anyone has seen Atlas
Shrugged, they kind of live similar to that -all living together in a community
and each person contributing. However,
there are some differences too. It is
more like a way of communism and all share 3 different homes and all are
required to work at the Deli. But they
are some of the nicest people ever. Some
of them even used to be Mormon.
Wednesday we went on exchanges and I went to
Dayton with Elder Thwaits. We first
helped a less-active lady by reading the scriptures and helping her understand the
principles it was teaching as we go. We
then tried a few people, but nothing came of it so we went tracting for a
little bit. We then went to the Seminary
class and helped out with the lesson this week. That night we had dinner and I cooked up some
chicken on the stove. It tasted great,
but not until after we fanned out the smoke from the detectors. When I say I smoked out that apartment, I
smoked it out! I walked out the front
door and when I was outside I looked back in and you could see this haze of
smoke throughout the whole house. It
took a lot longer than normal to clear out because their home has really high
ceilings and so all the smoke was getting trapped up there. It was pretty funny. I didn't even burn the chicken either so I
don't know what happened.
Thursday we switched back and then we went to
go get Elder Thomas his Patriarchal Blessing. Somehow he managed to come out here without
one so we went and got that done. We
later met with Jarvis and we talked about temples and family history with him. It went well and we had a great lesson. He also got some good news that his health
issues are curable since they caught it early.
Friday we had a nice little adventure. While on exchanges, my gear shifter broke off
while the other Elder was riding it so we had to go fix it. A member knew a good place to go and took us. I thought I was going in for a new gear
shifter, but it soon turned into a new gear shifter, new brakes (because my brake
pads were completely gone and it was now medal on medal), a new pedal because
one was broken, my spokes readjusted, an odometer added, and a well-lubed chain
(because it had no lube on it whatsoever). This just goes to show how much I know about
keeping up my bike and how much I rode on the mission haha. The nicest part was that all of this was given
to me at a discounted rate, like WAY cheaper than normal, and then member paid
for the whole thing. I was so grateful
for such nice people. I know God will
bless them for it. I will just say, my
bike now rides smoother than ever haha. I
guess that's what a bike is supposed to feel like when I ride it. After we got back, we spent most of our day
down in some ghetto part and tracted. We
found a couple potentials to go back and see. A member came tracting with us, which is
always super cool.
Saturday the Branch Missionaries were in charge
of cleaning the building so we did that in the morning. We then went to go see a potential and taught
her a little bit of the Restoration. There were a lot of distractions during our
lesson so it was a little rough. We went
tracting the rest of the time, but didn't have much luck.
Sunday we had church and then a Break The Fast
dinner with the YSA.
So this last Saturday, when we were tracting, a
very nice lady came out and wasn't interested, but as we gave her a pass along
card, she told us to stay handsome and beautiful and that she could see Christ
through us. That was a boost to me and
made tracting a little bit better. It
made me think, if we are living our lives in harmony with the gospel and the
commandments, then the light of Christ will shine brighter through us. Never in my entire life have I ever been told,
"I can see Christ through you, or you just have this spirit that radiates
off of you," than on my mission. Even
though it was never mentioned to me before, I hope that it was still there back
then and I hope and plan on it being there in the future. No matter if anyone says something to us or
not, we should always be living the gospel so that Christ can shine through us
and others will see that. When they do,
it might spark questions like, "how are you always so happy or how do you
just radiate light?" Then that is
when we can have missionary opportunities to share what we know and how they
can have that same feeling. So we all
need to make the changes necessary so that others can see the light of Christ through
us in this dark and evil world. This I
leave with y'all in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Ellison
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