so the story of sister ellis... where do i begin? this is like catching up on a journal when you haven't written for 3 days. is it really worth it to catch up? maybe yes... maybe no.
so. i guess i should explain a little bit of what has happened in my old... or new? area. i got a new comp ps. just in case i forgot that.... her name is sister zoller! she's from wisconsin. loves sports. (i dragged her up a mountain last monday. it was fun. i don't know if she considers climbing mountains a sport or not...) we get along WAY too well and talk way too late into the night. (with the lights OFF of course...) but everyone who knows me KNOWS i don't like going to sleep before midnight. meh. i try my best.
the first thing on my list of "to dos" this last week was "CLEAN THE DRAIN." i know this might not seem like a big deal... but i did not appreciate the fact that NO DRAIN in our house would work. so.... sister ellis might have gone a little crazy on the drains in our house this last week. suffice it to say... showering sounds different now that the water actually goes DOWN the drain and doesn't get stuck in the shower... music to my ears.
sundays are always full of miracles. both of the last two sundays have been FULL of miracles!
we got to church LAST week... and didn't have any real daters. we needed two. so... after our first meeting... (i'm back to 9 hours of church a day!) we decided we'd show god a little faith and go contacting. we literally just walked to the bus stop and back. because we only had like 20 minutes... but... nothing. ok. we did what we could! we went back to church... no investigators in meeting #2. woof. all that's left is to pray. so we prayed. did all we could for our RCs in the meetings... finally, we're running around trying to make sure the the elders investigator gets to the right class, and a member from the international branch (from cambodia) walks up with two girls and says, "i brought you some investigators!" we were floored. taught them. they wanted to get baptized! bam. does god answer prayers or what? we went home... feeling very tired. but SO GOOD!!!
monday. went to a monkey temple. had a monkey sit on my head... hopefully lice isn't a thing...
and then... the rest of the week disappeared! i really don't know where it went. hopefully... it went into being a productive missionary... i guess i'll reread my journal and figure that out later.
yesterday was good too. a little bit less stress because we had daters that we were about 99.9% positive would come to church. (as a missionary you learn that even the ones that confirm a bazillion times and that want to get baptized even have a way of NOT finding their way to church... hence the .1%)
but they all came. happy sister ellis.
and so did the REST of the investigators... we didn't even know we had! so we ended the day having 11 investigators come to church. i just think we inherited a lot of them from... everywhere. we'll see how they turn out this week.
other cool story of the week. AWESOME. are you ready for it?
we get a call on tuesday morning from a member talking about a girl that she'd talked to on facebook that wanted a book of mormon. gave us her number. sweet. then we get a call from the elders saying that they had someone for us to teach.... cuz they forgot to get a guy to help them teach. so turns out... she's the same person. a girl that found the church again... after about 5 years of not seeing the missionaries. her parents learned for a while... then the flood happened... and she just found the church again! and she's getting baptized on the 30th. :))))))
random things from this week:
made enemies with bus 356. but we made up on friday. it is actually a really convenient bus that always goes where we need it to... we just can't be in a hurry or it won't stop to pick us up...
i wrote a poem.
don't laugh.
2ish weeks ago in MLC we read about nehemiah rebuilding the wall of jerusalem.
i don't know why it ended up as a poem... but it did.
(read until about chapter 6...)
i'm also very nervous about sharing my "poetry" with people. lots of self-esteem problems with that one... hopefully it doesn't sound too corny!!!!
I CAN NOT COME DOWN.
a servant of god called to rebuild a wall,
to restore faith and hope to a nation quite small.
his enemies mocked him, and doubted his quest
they told him, "you cannot build this great wall - try your best!"
at midnight he walked 'round the city and knew
god would be with them, thought their numbers be few
he called them together, he called them by name
he told them their mission, the cost and the gain
they all started building, they needed each ONE
to build what was broken, to restore what was undone
it wasn't easy - building their wall
the enemy threatened to make their work fall
each man was important, wife, daughter, and son
each had a part in the great work to be done
while they were working, they were always aware
of great foes approaching, and their motives to scare
they kept building, despite all - and the wall grew in height
their foes started fearing in their growing might
they filled in the breaches, the holes in the wall
with rocks from all over, some great and some small
the wall as it grew, became quite a sight
but they did not stop - no - they worked day and night
with brick in one hand, and a spear in the other
they were willing to die so this work they could further
foes tried to distract them... to lure them from their task
but they were no fools, and would not do what they asked
their foes tried to call - and said, "meet us out here!"
but they were too busy rebuilding to hear
they said "i cannot come down! i am doing great work!
why should the work cease? what for should i shirk?"
they knew god was with them, behind and before
for how could mankind stop what god meant to restore?
sometimes in our lives, we all will be called
to rebuild what was broken, to strengthen what falled
a city without walls doesn't have much to claim
a great wall 'round a city gives much to it's fame
the walls in our lives we must effectively build
for the enemy's quick, and the devil is skilled
he'll creep through cracks we may leave in our wall
he'll search for our weakness, he wants us to fall
in our quest to build up the great walls in our lives
we must listen to those who god's grand will derives
a skilled builder will know you can't lay stones on another
and have that wall stand - no - you must have some mortar
the first law of heaven says we must obey
when we hear a command, we won't pause for delay
our love of our god makes us want to him follow
over river or mountain, in valley or hollow
"i'll go where you want me to go," i once said
and in jesus christ's footprints i've faithfully tread
jesus christ is our master, he'll tell us the way
to strengthen and bless our lives, if we will but obey
like builders of old, we have a great work at hand
while the enemy is approaching, we must take a stand
be faithful and fearless, and tho' fears may abound
we will repeatedly cry, "yea, i cannot come down!"
i love this work. i love you all.
have an awesome week!!! :)
sister e
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