Hello ;] I am on a library laptop this week. The rule is you have to be next to your companion when you are on the computer, so when there aren’t two open computers next to each other, sometimes we have to check out laptops. It’s kind of fun, but a little slower.
Today was a really fun day—so far at least. We had our activity first this time. We went and played Ultimate Frisbee with the district and James Hawkins (the 19 year old we are trying to get on a mission) and two of his friends came to play with us as well. It was like the best day of Ultimate ever :-) Afterwards we went back to the apartment to relax a little, shower, and I cut the hair of Elder Olsen and Elder Cromarty. Now there are only two people out of eight in the district that don’t have a haircut from me. I owe my skills and knowledge of the art of mowing hair to mom, even though dad taught me to mow grass, it’s a little different with hair because you do the edging last instead of first.
Anyway, now we are at the library and we will finish up and go do our grocery shopping last. There are only two cars in the district, so we get to drag another companionship around with us. I really like the people in my district—they are all really cool.
Tuesday we helped the Weigs put some stuff in their trailer and then later that day we taught them one last lesson. Hans’ mom has really warmed up to us and I think she is a very good potential investigator. Friday for Christmas we are going to go caroling in the evening and we’re thinking of going by her house for sure. We took James Hawkins to our lesson Wednesday night to teach Lori Wenzel who got baptized in July. We also had him come to a lesson Saturday with Michelle.
We taught Michelle Thursday as well and had Bro. Biesinger come with us. He is an amazing teacher and the perfect ward missionary. Michelle is doing really well and finally came to church yesterday. I think she enjoyed it and she even came to a baptism yesterday evening. It was especially meaningful for her because the man being baptized could barely walk—in fact he couldn’t walk at all until the missionaries started teaching him. I think he’s blind too.
Friday we had a really cool lesson with a Hungarian family. They were referred to us by sister Emrich and they are super nice. It’s fun to get a taste of the people Elder Nichols teaches. Too bad he’s not here to help with them haha. They are the Varga family and have two young kids. Saturday we ate dinner with the Hawkins and taught them about missionary work. They invited us to come over on Christmas so I might be calling from their house.
Yesterday night we had a fun time at the Emrich’s. We had a good lesson about scripture study and challenged them to read the Book of Mormon before their son Danny gets home from his mission next November. It’s not very fast, but they haven’t really done it before to it’ll be good for them. Bro. Emrich wants to do it twice before he gets home. He’s working to get back to the temple and he’s overcome so much. Having his son on a mission has really blessed their family.
It was really cool to have 5 people at church yesterday. Hailey sang a solo in the choir so her grandparents came. We also had Michelle and Oscar there, plus John Geyer so it was a good day—especially since sacrament meeting was all music, and a few remarks by bishop at the end.
I hope this holiday season finds all of you warm and cozy in the love of Jesus Christ. He is truly the reason for the season and we would do good to remember that. I love you all as much as all the pine needles on the Christmas trees and I will talk to you in a few days.
Love, Elder Curtis
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
E-ron
Wow, it seems weird that Christmas is approaching. With all the work we are doing (and the absence of snow) it doesn’t seem like it is Christmas time for real—though we have enjoyed some Christmas music lately. It’s back up in the 60’s and 70’s today. It gets down to the 40’s and 50’s at night though and we are always freezing in the morning :)
This week was a little slow and difficult, but it’s going to be all right. Michelle Christian was able to come to two of the ward Christmas parties, but not to church. It’s a little disappointing, because now she can’t be baptized on the 20th. We hope she can come the next two weeks so that maybe she can do it on the 27th. It’s been really tough—she’s really struggling financially, physically, and emotionally. The ward is helping out a lot, but they are trying not to make her dependant or needy so they don’t solve all of her problems.
We had that Persian man named Oscar at church yesterday so that was cool. He’s going to come till Christmas time and then he’s going back to Iran (don’t pronounce it like it’s written—they get mad haha. It’s E-ron) for four months. If he wants to get the lessons he has to get an interview before hand so we aren’t going to worry about it since he’s leaving soon anyway.
There was also this random guy from Australia at church yesterday who is originally from Afghanistan. I like it when people just show up to church—it’s so easy that way lol.
The Weigs are moving this week up north about five hours so that’s sad, but I’ll definitely stay in touch with them—they are such great people.
We got a media referral this week and went to teach the guy…and his name is Guy lol. Anyway, we had a first discussion with him, but he had lots of interesting ideas and didn’t agree with everything we said so we probably won’t teach him again unless he calls us.
Saturday I went on exchanges with Elder Olsen. They just recently got a car in their area because of a mid-transfer transfer, but he wanted to save miles so we still walked a ton that day—in the rain. Good thing I have such a good jacket :).
We are teaching a family in the ward (a wife and a husband) and they are both RM’s, but the husband doesn’t have a very strong testimony right now. It’s kind of sad, and you can feel it when you are around him, but he’s nice and the lessons go pretty well. They are the Wiegand family.
Thanks again for all your letters and prayers. I’ll talk to you next week. I love you all as much as all the rain drops in California!
Love, Elder Curtis
This week was a little slow and difficult, but it’s going to be all right. Michelle Christian was able to come to two of the ward Christmas parties, but not to church. It’s a little disappointing, because now she can’t be baptized on the 20th. We hope she can come the next two weeks so that maybe she can do it on the 27th. It’s been really tough—she’s really struggling financially, physically, and emotionally. The ward is helping out a lot, but they are trying not to make her dependant or needy so they don’t solve all of her problems.
We had that Persian man named Oscar at church yesterday so that was cool. He’s going to come till Christmas time and then he’s going back to Iran (don’t pronounce it like it’s written—they get mad haha. It’s E-ron) for four months. If he wants to get the lessons he has to get an interview before hand so we aren’t going to worry about it since he’s leaving soon anyway.
There was also this random guy from Australia at church yesterday who is originally from Afghanistan. I like it when people just show up to church—it’s so easy that way lol.
The Weigs are moving this week up north about five hours so that’s sad, but I’ll definitely stay in touch with them—they are such great people.
We got a media referral this week and went to teach the guy…and his name is Guy lol. Anyway, we had a first discussion with him, but he had lots of interesting ideas and didn’t agree with everything we said so we probably won’t teach him again unless he calls us.
Saturday I went on exchanges with Elder Olsen. They just recently got a car in their area because of a mid-transfer transfer, but he wanted to save miles so we still walked a ton that day—in the rain. Good thing I have such a good jacket :).
We are teaching a family in the ward (a wife and a husband) and they are both RM’s, but the husband doesn’t have a very strong testimony right now. It’s kind of sad, and you can feel it when you are around him, but he’s nice and the lessons go pretty well. They are the Wiegand family.
Thanks again for all your letters and prayers. I’ll talk to you next week. I love you all as much as all the rain drops in California!
Love, Elder Curtis
I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas
Hello again. I think last Monday it got up to like 89 degrees, but today it’s all rainy and cloudy. It finally started to get a bit cooler at night in November and now we are consistently running the little heaters in our apartment. I had a pretty good week I guess.
We are now teaching Michelle three times a week so it’s been good progress. The only problem is that she wasn’t able to come to church again yesterday. I guess she was in a lot of pain and she couldn’t really walk. She felt super bad about it though because she really wanted to come. I guess it will take a lot of prayers and faith to get her there this Sunday.
We taught a couple new people this week. We found them tracting. Two of them are Muslim families and one is an agnostic. I don’t know if they will work out, but one of the Muslim families is really interested. The father is named Oscar and he said he would come to church, but he didn’t make it. We are going to have to get him interviewed by a member of the mission presidency in order to teach him.
On Friday we ate dinner with the Jimenez family and taught the lesson and talked all in Spanish. It was pretty fun. After district meeting on Thursday we fed our district tacos for helping out with Michelle’s move. Elder Keeler really likes to cook—especially Mexican food, so he cooked up some great tacos for us.
We are really trying to get two baptisms this transfer so we can have a “white Christmas” as a mission. We will need lots of prayers and miracles to find the ones that are ready. The goal is for the mission to get 500 baptisms this year.
We also had a great lesson with Sister Weig on Saturday. Brother Weig is working full time about half a day’s drive north of here, so things are going tough for them right now. We took Brother Clark with us to the lesson. It was really good and she came to church yesterday so hopefully her resolve to stay strong is improved.
We also had some great lessons yesterday with the Emrichs (about temples and family) and the Doanes (about the Gospel of Jesus Christ).
I hope everyone has a good holiday season. Keep up the good work. Put your trust in God and do your part, then let him take over the rest and take you the last stretch. He sure does love each one of you. And I do too. I wouldn’t be here without all your love and support—before and during my mission. Keep praying for me a bunch, because I need it over here, and I’ll keep praying for all of you.
Guess I’ll talk to you all next week and on Christmas too. I knew it would come up fast, but no one believed me. Pretty soon it will be 2010! I love you as much as all the people in California,
Elder Curtis
We are now teaching Michelle three times a week so it’s been good progress. The only problem is that she wasn’t able to come to church again yesterday. I guess she was in a lot of pain and she couldn’t really walk. She felt super bad about it though because she really wanted to come. I guess it will take a lot of prayers and faith to get her there this Sunday.
We taught a couple new people this week. We found them tracting. Two of them are Muslim families and one is an agnostic. I don’t know if they will work out, but one of the Muslim families is really interested. The father is named Oscar and he said he would come to church, but he didn’t make it. We are going to have to get him interviewed by a member of the mission presidency in order to teach him.
On Friday we ate dinner with the Jimenez family and taught the lesson and talked all in Spanish. It was pretty fun. After district meeting on Thursday we fed our district tacos for helping out with Michelle’s move. Elder Keeler really likes to cook—especially Mexican food, so he cooked up some great tacos for us.
We are really trying to get two baptisms this transfer so we can have a “white Christmas” as a mission. We will need lots of prayers and miracles to find the ones that are ready. The goal is for the mission to get 500 baptisms this year.
We also had a great lesson with Sister Weig on Saturday. Brother Weig is working full time about half a day’s drive north of here, so things are going tough for them right now. We took Brother Clark with us to the lesson. It was really good and she came to church yesterday so hopefully her resolve to stay strong is improved.
We also had some great lessons yesterday with the Emrichs (about temples and family) and the Doanes (about the Gospel of Jesus Christ).
I hope everyone has a good holiday season. Keep up the good work. Put your trust in God and do your part, then let him take over the rest and take you the last stretch. He sure does love each one of you. And I do too. I wouldn’t be here without all your love and support—before and during my mission. Keep praying for me a bunch, because I need it over here, and I’ll keep praying for all of you.
Guess I’ll talk to you all next week and on Christmas too. I knew it would come up fast, but no one believed me. Pretty soon it will be 2010! I love you as much as all the people in California,
Elder Curtis
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