Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 9:03 AM
After the transfers I'm still here in Miami River Spanish 1! I'm not to suprised about this, but the Spanish work has taken a big shake up. Elder Klein was training his fourth, but he had to go home for surgery, and Elder Sealy went to become a Zone Leader. Putting us down 2 Spanish Elders. This past Transfer the mission had opened up another Spanish area in Dayton. This consisted of Elder Gonzalez, and his trainee Elder Roach. They were doing a good job up in Dayton, but circumstances persued and, their area was shut down after a transfer. This was not due to lack of lessons, rather a matter of being needed elsewhere. So with them being dissolved, Elder Klein was short a trainee, and picked up Elder Roach, and I picked up Elder Gonzalez! Now the funny part is that Elder Gonzalez had been doing English work up to the point of training Elder Roach. So he has been going through a change picking his Spanish back up. Now Elder Gonzalez has a Cuban mother, and a Mexican father if I am not mistaken, but his Spanish has the fast paced Cubano sound. It's not thick, but it's fast! We have already hit the ground running. though he has 15 months down, he has a greenie fire after serving in some areas that lacked a bit of missionary drive. Already we searching out new people, and getting a game plan together to work with President Maya better than before!
Now I ask if Dave had served in Mount Vernon the other day, because I ran into some just after the transfer meeting. The name; Brandy Adams.... Hopefully this rings a bell. We were in line at a Subway a couple blocks away from the temple, and I was just there minding my own business. There were a few people there that were dressed fairly nice, so I just assumed that they had just gotten out of the Temple session that runs during the transfer meeting. Brandy, who I didn't know yet looked at my badge, and said something to the effect of, "Elder Ipson, I haven't seen one of those for about.... X amount of years". I knew where this was going immediately! So I started to probe, and see what she knew. She told me that an Elder Ipson had baptized her a while back and she still lives in Mount Vernon. The funny part is the first name she remembered was "Danny". She made a remark that at one point she wrote him. I then gestured the name Dave, and she had a small reminiscing moment, before the crowd escorted her off. So, all in a matter of minutes I encountered the work of Uncle Dave, and I am fairly sure that she was doing work in the temple. Good work in The Ohio!
Now as for Elder Whittingham, he's home. It was weird to think around two o'clock on Friday that he was seeing his family... It kinda trunked me out. Not too bad though! Elder Gonzalez and I have a drive to go out and work. Trunkiness can no longer play a part in this work. In D&C 4 it lists of Attributes a Missionary should have. Trunkiness is not one of them... However Godliness is.... I've got big shoes to fill... I know that Elder Gonzalez & I are supposed to be together. As we set goals for the month of August, we knew the numbers that we wrote down were people that are ready to hear the gospel. So, we are out to find completely different areas. Try and find new people. We are excited to head out every day, whether we're on bikes or in the car!
Now I mentioned Andrea Batista, and her children Julio, and Pamela. I want so badly for them to come to church, and have the to kids baptized. Could you please put their names in at the temple?
Thank you for all the love that you send me. I love you all. Oh and T when we come out here to tour the mission, we're taking a man trip to Blue Ash Chili. You may have seen it on Diners Drive ins & Dives. Good Stuff!
Love you all until next time!
Para Siempre,Elder A. Ipson
The Great Ohio Columbus Mission
