3 months down!

Ello everyone!

       This will be a short email for once...So this week was different. Monday we had a Zone p-day and it was actually fun! We played football and these weird games that the sisters came up with. It was interesting. We had a zone pday because we were all going up to the temple! For us in Helston it was a 6 hour drive. It was so long. We planned to go -up there because it was President Shamos last week since he's going home. It was a great conference, but I didn't really know president that well, so it wasn't that sad for me to say goodbye to him. So we went through the Temple and it was wonderful as usual! I LOVE being in the House of the Lord! It's so wonderful! I learn something knew every time I go there. It was a little difficult because I've been really sick the first few days of this last week, so during the session I was dying cause I wasn't feeling well, but somehow I learned a few things! HA HA. While we were up there I met alot of missionaries that I haven't met before. I got to know a lot of them and they all asked me where I'm from, blah blah blah, and what area I'm from, I told them Helston...When they heard that I was a greenie in Helston they all said "Really? all greenies that served in Helston later became either a Zone leader or an A.P." haha I was like oh! well I'll be the first greenie out of Helston that won't be one of those leaders! Haha so yeah, a lot of pressure is on me to become a zone leader or an A.P!  

      So when we got home from London, I had to stay in bed for a couple days. I was very ill and had a really bad cold, headaches, etc. So I chilled for a couple days. I wasn't too happy, but I'm back and knocking now like a normal healthy missionary!

     This week we were visiting a member, and we had only been in her living room for about 5 minutes talking to her, and all of the sudden someone walked in her front door. It was her nephew and he walked in holding this rubbish bag and in it looked like a rifle or something. He reached in the bag and pulled out the OLYMPIC TOURCH!! He was one of the runners and he ran through Penzance! It was a real one! It was way cool and I even got to hold it! So I feel pretty satisfied from the last time I had an opportunity to hold the tourch a few weeks ago. I got a few pictures with it, itt was great!

Yesterday I had to say goodbye to one of our zone leaders, Elder Carter, is one of my favorite missionaries. He's such a stud! He's going home back to Cali, I'll miss him! I tried making german pancakes again, and I failed as you can see from that picture I sent you, I dont know what I did wrong, but it tasted like rubbish. So mom will have to help me out!

 

MOVES are this Wednesday!! I'm super pumped to get a new comp! I'm so ready to lead this area and I have a car and the best area in all the U.K.!! So hopefully I'll get a comp that is a little more sporty like, cause I want to have conversations about sports instead of Switzerland and boring stuff, haha no I love Elder Romer. He trained me well. 

I LOVE YOU ALL!! Hope all is well! I'm having a blast!

Cheers! :)

Hello!

      So this week was cool, last monday we went to Truro! It's pretty much the only city in Cornwall. They had a lot of shopping areas and a huge Cathedral. We were able to go inside of it and it was sketchy. I was kinda scared being in there. Man i love our Temples, much more peaceful and spiritual. That day we just walked around and enjoyed the sun! I bought a lime green soccerball and a Cornesh flag!! T

     That monday night we went knocking in a tiny village in Godolphin. We knocked on many doors and no success at all.. i knocked on one of our last doors for the day and this elderly woman aswered the door and looked at me and said "Friends??..!" I was like... "Yep! we are your friends! We want to share a message with you about the Book of Mormon!" she smiled and said "oh yes please come in!" So we did and we sat down and she gave us orange juice and some snacks.. she was really sweet, we got to know her and she loves animals and stuff...So when we were able to finally teach her after getting to know her for like an hour, we taught her the Restoration of course, and when we taught her she was just crying the whole time, it was great! She kept saying she feels so good inside and so was I! she loved listening to us! I gave her the Book of Mormon and asked her if she would read and pray about this book and ask Heavenly Father if its true, and she just kept crying and said "well I already know it's true!" It was awesome! When she realized I was actually giving the book to her she just started crying even more cause she was so grateful that we were giving her a free book. Ha ha. She promised she would read it "everyday". It all made sense to her and she just loved the message! She kept saying how gorgeous we were...haha. And also how grateful she was that we knocked on her door. She said she loves us so much as if we were her own kids. Ha ha. She is an 86 year old woman and she is so awesome! She kept saying how wonderful our parents are and said "Oh I just know that your parents are just so wonderful because they raised such wonderful boys that are willing to go out and knock on peoples doors to be their friends and teach them about Jesus Christ!" She just kept going on and on with these wonderful comments about us and our families. It was a wonderful experience!

      Five days ago we were on exchanges. I went to Red Ruth's area with another greeny (new missionary) so it was 2 brand new missionaries together. We were a little sketched, haha. We visited a few people and the missionary didn't know what to do or say half the time. So I was teaching the whole time pretty much.. haha it was great though because i learned alot about being prepared! Funny quick story: so we were on the bus, there was only about 6 people on this big bus. We sat behind this couple, a huge black guy and his lady friend. It was quiet until we stopped and picked up this one guy and the guy we picked up looked stoned. He sat kinda next to us and when he sat down he just started singing really loud in an african language. It was really awkward and annoying...ha ha I heard the black guy in front of us making fun of him, ha ha so we had to hear this guy sing for about 20 minutes with no one on the bus really. When our stop came we got up as well as the singing guy and when he stood up his whole butt was hanging out of his pants and when the black guy saw it he just threw his hands up in the air and said "AAAHHHH!!! come on!!! man!!" and smiled and looked back at me like are you serious man. We both laughed and said a couple of things and we got off the bus. Ha ha. It was funny. I don't know if this all made sense but it was funny! I filmed the guy singing for a little bit so I'll show you guys when I get home. :)

Well I wish I had more time to tell you about my week! A lot of sweet things happened! I witnessed the spirit so strongly in a teach during that one exchange I had, it was a feeling in my heart that I've never experienced in my life before. I felt so prompted to share a message about prayer with this one less active lady, and when I shared it, it just seemed like it was a perfect message she needed to hear, and she even said thank you so much for that message. It was the exact message I needed to hear, and she was teary eyed! :) It was a wonderful feeling I had that I will never forget! Anyways I gotta go play some ball! We're going to the temple tomorrow! It's my last conference with our current mission president! It's gonna be a sad day!

I love all of you thanks for all your support!

cheers!

Love Elda Kella! ;)

A quick letter & some good pictures...

 In the picture of Elder Romer and I, we were wearing our ugliest ties. The one I'm wearing is his tie...very ugly. So I challenged him to wear my ugliest tie, he did. We wore these ties when we went up to Zone Conference. It was the last conference with President Shamo because they are going home in a couple of weeks. When the meeting started, Pres Shamo started talking and then he looked at me and stopped talking and said, "Elder Keller.. That is the ugliest tie I have ever seen." Hahahaha it was so funny! Everyone started laughing and gave me crap for the rest of the day. So yeah that was funny. The other pictures are just places where we were doing come contacting. It was pretty cool. We actually taught some people on the big wall we were standing on. Anyways, sorry if it sounds like I'm being rushed, it's because I am.

I LOVE ALL OF YOU SO MUCH!! CHEERS !!!! :)

Basketball Win for an Appointment!

Ello!!

    So this week was pretty cool! As you see from the pictures I sent you, we went to the beach last p-day. It was awesome! It was cloudy, but still warm. We played football and had a BBQ on the beach! It was sweet! I stood on a big rock and got splashed...haha the water was freezing. It was a fun day!

   Throughout the week we had a couple exchanges. I was with Elder Sima one day (the black kid), and Elder Bailey. Elder Sima is from Botswana, and Bailey is from Northern England. It was pretty fun being with them. Elder Sima is my favorite, he is so funny! He is exactly like Chancy. We had a good exchange that day...The kid can hand out copies of the Book of Mormon like it's nobody's business...He's crazy! I learned a lot from him. Elder Bailey has only been out for 2 weeks, so I had the opportunity to kind of train a kid for a day, haha it was a lot of fun! We had a lot of laughs. We filmed ourselves singing "I'll make a man out of you," while we were driving, and it was hilarious. Our investigator John came to church yesterday and it was great! I taught a class about Prophets and John really liked it, so that's good. The 3 hours we were at church, John smoked 4 times, and he was only supposed to smoke 6 total yesterday, so I kind of feel like he has been lying to us about following the calendar we gave him. Hopefully he is not lying...I was kind of upset yesterday about that, but I have faith.

    We were proselyting on the beach, which I thought was cool! I don't remember if I told you guys this, but I found a full size basketball court outside on the beach! I was like ummm yes....My prayers have been answered, especially the fact that there was a group of guys playing! I felt the spirit of course, so I had to go talk to these guys, and so I did. I went up to them and said,"Hey guys, we're missionaries," etc., and I told them that I'm American and I've been dying to play basketball. They asked me if i was good and I said I'm alright, so they said "Alright mate! Come by on Wednesday and we'll see how good you are" Hahahah HECK YES!!! So I pretty much set up a fun fun fun appointment by playing ball with these guys! I said "Lets make a deal, if I beat you guys on wednesday, you have to listen to what my companion and I have to say about this wonderful book called The Book of Mormon," and they smiled and said alright. They were kinda cocky, but i was watching them play and they were not good at all, haha :) So I'm pumped to teach these guys on Wednesday! I gave them a pass along card and peaced out! Yess!!! I know the Lord will help me that day droppin triples! Haha I haven't played since I left home, so we'll see how it  goes.

   A few days ago we were studying one morning and the Bishop called and asked us to run to a members house asap and give this little old lady a blessing because she was not feeling well. So we jumped right up and went over and the lady looked and acted perfectly fine...She was the happiest I've ever seen her so i was a little confused. We talked to her for a while and asked how she was and she was smiling saying she was just fine, but a little ill. Later on we gave her a blessing. I did the annointing and Romer gave her the blessing. It was really cool, but a little confusing.

   Anyways.. I'm loving England! I'm starting to warm up with the people down here! I learn so much everyday. I love all of you so much and I hope everything is going well! Cheers! :)

P.s. A lot of people down here think I look like Cusco off of Empirer's New Groove, and they also think I look like Tom Cruise.....