down to two

It has been one whirl wind of a week.  I won't try to explain all the details because that would be boring, and not very important.

 

Elder Witherell as you know has been with us for 6 weeks.  While he was in the MTC he had a surgery on his meniscus which made him stay there for an extra few weeks.  As it turns out his other knee was hurting him, and after X-rays and MRI's we were told the news.  Friday morning we got a call around 9:00am that he would be returning home to have surgery on his knee in Texas.  That is where his mother has moved since he came on his mission.  By 3:00pm that afternoon Sister Ellsworth called to inform him that he would be leaving at 7:00am Saturday morning.  I can't tell you how painful it was to watch him go.  This is the second companion that has returned home before me.  Elder Ellsworth, Elder Witherell and I had such a good time together, and we would really miss him once he got his Visa, but we never thought that he would be going home.  Saturday morning was a pretty quiet day.  We met President Ellsworth at the Mission office, and took one last picture before departing.  As we departed Elder Ellsworth and I were crushed.  As a friend explains it is like losing a little brother.  The whole day got even worse as we were verbally assaulted, by a former member of the church over the phone, then shortly after we got lectured by the high councilor over missionary work.  It was not a very encouraging day.

 

Elder Ellsworth an I never realized how unified we were as a trio.  Just before we went to bed we realized that our sorrow was really because we could feel how Elder WItherell was feeling.  I can't really explain how that works, but we were sad simply because he was our brother, and his pains were our pains.

 

That really has been the event of the week.  On Sunday we had an amazing lesson in Elders quorum on giving blessings.  The interesting thing was that day we were involved in 3 blessings.  It was really special to have the opportunity to have a blessing from Elder Ellsworth.

 

We are about to start the month of July and our work is really struggling.  Every thing imaginable we are trying to do.  Call people, visit members, talk to people on the street, everything seems to lead to fewer people found.  Elder Ellsworth and I are putting ourselves in first gear and we are going to just work until we can't work anymore.

 

Hope all is doing well with everyone else.

 

Love,

Elder Will Davidson