Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Keep breathing, that´s the key!

"We dwarves are natural sprinters! Very dangerous over short distances!"
 
Hello lovely family!! I love you all and am grateful for the emails sent. My prayers are with you all, especially with Rachel´s tooth situation. The final stretch has finally come, and I´m going to sprint to the finish! Love you all very much, and I´ll see most of you next week. Much love,
 
--Elder Spencer Ellis



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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Lagos looking up!

Hello lovely family!
 
Great to hear the news, funny quotes from kids, and see pictures! I´m very happy everything is going so well for everyone!
 
Things in Lagos are going well. We´ve found some new people that look promising - a Brazilian family/friends group, a Brazilian couple (the husband was actually baptized a few years ago in Portimão, a neighboring city with a solid branch, but has been attending a different church for the past couple of years) and a Portuguese young man of 17. This young Portuguese kid, André, came to church on his own and liked it too! (Of course!) Yesterday was our zone conference, so we´re taking care of the Preparation Day essentials - groceries and internet - today. The zone conference went really well, and we´re really going to increase our efforts to focus on and find the elect. Then teaching and helping them be baptized will be easy as pie! (Apple... or chicken pie... take your pick.) So we´re going to focus on this young man André, and this 9 year old son of a less active woman who hasn´t been baptized yet. And all in all sprinting to the finish line!
 
Love you all, and I hope you have a great week!
--Elder Spencer Ellis



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Monday, September 6, 2010

Life at the Lakes

Hello lovely family!!
 
So life here in Lagos is going swell. (I´m pretty sure Lagos interprets as ´lakes´, but I don´t know of any actual lakes nearby. Just lots of beaches...) Anyways, Elder Brown and I have had a good week of hard work. We had some good lessons, and found some people that seem to have some great potential, but we are going to focus more on this week on helping these people to really start progressing and coming to Church. In other words, we´re going to try to work smart as well as work hard, and always follow the Spirit!
 
Everything´s going great though! We´re going to be playing ultimate frisbee as a zone today, so that´ll be fun. And we´ll be careful so as to not have any injuries. Can´t afford to slow down the work! Thanks everyone for your great emails of news and whatnot. Love you all tons! Thanks for all your help in ´cheering me on´ to sprint through the finish line!
 
Hope you all have a great week! Love you tons!
--Elder Spencer Ellis



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