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| M***** baptism - my first official baptism! |
Friends! Family! Salutations!
So I had my first official baptism on Friday!
VITTORIA! M****** got baptized and then confirmed yesterday. I was soo
happy! His uncle was able to make it and baptize him. I'm glad he was
able to be there to do it, it meant a lot more to M****** that someone
he looks up to was able to baptize him instead of some random
missionary. I stood in the circle to confirm him, which in itself
was a privilege. And yes, dear mother, I took pictures, but my email
time is already short enough as it is! So I will send them when I get
Facebook in a week or so.
I'm so psyched that Elder Moore is in the MTC now!
Fresno is about to get rocked! It's so cool that Elder Hamrick and Elder
Moore are in the MTC at the same time. I'm pretty jealous! The only
person who I knew in the MTC was a girl I knew from my EFY company. But I
met some amazing people there, so that was a great opportunity for me!
Well I've been pretty sick lately since I've been
biking around in the rain all the time. It just pours buckets of rain
and we're riding our bikes in it! It must be a ridiculous sight to see
us riding our bikes without handlebars, just cruising around singing to
ourselves, in the pouring rain. But I will have a car pretty soon. I'm
being transferred to Fairfield tomorrow night. I have mixed feelings about this. I'm excited to meet new people
and to be in a new area, but I'm going to miss the people I've met and I'm going to miss living so close by the beach. Here's my address mom - I know how much you
enjoy Google mapping where I live. 1242
Dana Dr., Fairfield, California. You're an expert when it comes to creepy
surveillance. I'm not sure what the apartment number it is yet, but I'm
sure you can figure it out. You excel in such things. Well I don't know
much about the area I'm going to, but I know I'm getting a car and my comps
name is Elder Kimball. Elder Haynie has said positive things about the area. I will actually be near other missionaries! I won't be banished
anymore. I will live near more than 5 missionaries! That'll be really
weird.
Well
yesterday at church it was fast and testimony meeting and the D***** family was there. They are a part member family that we've been seeing.
(Brother D***** was actually my very first lesson I taught on my mission.) So they were there and both of the D***** girls got up and bore their
testimonies and it was such a special thing for me. Elder Haynie and I
were freaking out when M***** got up. And when A***** got up after that
we were just fighting not to jump up and dance around. It's just so
amazing how much you love people on your mission. After meeting someone
for only 10 minutes I've learned to love them so much. I just see the potential
in them, and who they could be if they had a little help. If I come home
from my mission having gained only one thing, it would be that - just
developing a sincere love for people.
Well
this week was a little less eventful than normal - the baptism and
transfers being the main things. Right now my life is just packing and
getting ready for my new area. We have a lot of appointments and dinners
coming up in the next couple of days. Since I'm leaving, people really
want to eat with us or have us come over. Then I have to embark on a 6-hour car ride to the mission home. I'm trying to get excited about this but
it doesn't seem to be working. Well I'll email my new address in its
entirety when I know what it is. Love all around!
Love, Elder Hayden Ellis
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