Hello again! I'm having fun chilling out here in Ely. I'm starting to
really love it here. The people are awesome, and there are many humble people
here who are trying to improve their lives. Drugs are a major problem here. It
seems that everyone here has either used drugs, had a family member who
used/uses drugs, or has a friend who used/uses drugs. Ely being a small town,
drugs are one of the plagues that this town has. The church has a big presence
here, with only 4,000 or so people there are 3 wards, and about half the Ely
Stake is in Ely. Easily a third of the people here are LDS. Not all of them
active. So we have a lot of ground to cover. President Fullmer said that back
when Ely was a young town, people came from Utah to hide from the church, so
many people here have some Relatives or ancestors that were part of the church.
So there is a lot of work to be done.
There are a couple big things that happened this week. First, Elder
Davis and I went to Utah! I can Finally say that I've served my mission in
Utah. Don't worry, we didn't leave mission boundaries (although we took a wrong
turn and almost went to the Las Vegas west mission... But we didn't!) We cover
the Garrison Branch which is about .1 miles into Utah. It's really funny
because elder Davis is from cedar city, which is about 3 hours closer than
Reno.
The other Big things that happened... The Jakubisins passed their
baptismal interviews! They’re getting baptized on Saturday!!! And another part
member family we are working with, The Kelly's, we were able to set with a
baptismal date for March 18th! They're all progressing and are ready to make
this change in their lives! It's been a super exciting week!
That's about it for this week,
Stay righteous Y'all!
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