No Doubt About That

Hey guys, hope everyone is doing well and enjoying their summer vacation. Things are going just fine for me. I did end up getting transferred so now I’m down in Costa Mesa. I’ll send you my new address as soon as I can. We are in a brand new apartment and it’s really nice (smells like new carpet), we just don’t have much stuff yet. We need to buy toilet paper and a shower curtain :) Elder Fraga and Elder Zelnick stayed in La Habra and a new elder is going up there, but I got sent down here in an English ward. It’s going to be super different from my last area and ward—no doubt about that. It’ll be a little weird since this is my first time being transferred, but I think I’ll be fine.

My new companion is Elder Chadburns. He’s from Morgan, Utah I believe. He seems pretty cool so far. He’s a little different from what I’m used to but there’s nothing wrong with that. A couple other elders told me I’ll need lots of patience with him so we’ll see what happens, but I know I’m here for a reason so I’ll make the best of what I have.
I guess this is a pretty small ward of less than 100 which is not a common thing for an English ward. I think everything will work out fine, I just need to get used to speaking/teaching English all the time.

This last week was super good. We had another great FHE with Silvia’s family, Erasmo, the Pantojas, and Sonia/Michelle/Rigo. We found some good people tracting this week and taught them some good lessons. One of them even came up to us and asked for a “Bible study” for her son. They weren’t able to do it this week so I guess the elders will go back next Sunday.

We ate dinner with the Ricos in Brea twice this week. Some people are so nice :) Tuesday night we taught English again and I even got to teach a piano lesson so Ashley who is 10 and is the daughter of Nancy Pantoja. Monse who is a daughter of Silvia and is 8 came too. It was fun teaching them the notes and a little about the piano. I left Ashley with some flashcards so hopefully she continues to learn.

Silvia is doing really well and will hopefully be baptized this coming Sunday. She’s a really good investigator and understands and agrees with all we teach/taught. Thursday night we had another FHE with the Brea Ricos after eating with them. We watched Joseph Smith Prophet of the Restoration. It was kind of crazy because the disc kept freezing, but we eventually got through it and it turned out well.

Friday we taught Thomas, our English less active who’s son is about to be baptized. He said he’d try to go to church more often. I think he’ll be self employed soon because he’s starting his own business so hopefully he’ll be more open on Sundays when that happens. That night we taught one of the guys we found tracting named Juan and committed him to baptism. It was a pretty cool lesson so hopefully everything will work out with him. The first time we taught him he was a little drunk so he didn’t remember anything the second time, but at least he remembered us.

Yesterday everyone was really nice and a little sad I was leaving. Nancy bought me a tie, and cake, and even a nice little card. We taught one last lesson to Erasmo then went to a baptism of Elder Gillespie and Elder Diaz. It took me a while to get everything packed and organized but thankfully I finally got it all ready on time this morning. Sorry I don’t know much about my new area yet. Hopefully next week I’ll be able to tell you a lot more information.

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well! Thanks for the continued letters and support. Have another great week!

Love,
Elder Curtis