sick

well hello family and friends haha well this week has been one of those weeks... so thursday night i went to bed feeling fine and woke up at 5am with the worst feeling in my stomach i coulndt do anything to get it to go away i just sat on our couch and then went into the bathroom and started throwing up and it stayed like that till 7am it was the worst feeling ever but the pain didnt go away, today in the morning was the first morning i woke up with no pain but a member hooked me up with some medicine so that helped but yeah so been sick this weekend.

on other news our baptism that we have for this saturday well they dropped a bomb on us they said his wife is still married to her husband so they have been separated for 5 years and they have a son together but she takes care of him so we have to divorce her and then marry them so her new husband can get baptized haha so hopefully we can get it done quick and we have another guy that we are probably going to baptize within these next 2 weeks so im excited his wife and 2 young kids go to church every week but have about 10 months in the church so he will complete the family im super excited and hope they get sealed in a year so i can go with them!

in other news from the dirty city of the south i have not gotten any packages from anyone, but a question can you find me a fitted sheet bottom for my bed its super annoying it always falls off! so if you could find that it would be great, so today for p day we got together with some elders that are right next to us and went to one of the 2 malls in our area but this mall was super fancy i felt like i was back in the states again haha so i chilled with elder Smedley from utah hes pretty much the coolest haha we ate some Subway and walked around the mall then came back and played some 2 on 2 soccer and now e mailing home and might go for some tacos after i cant wait haha well i better get going i hope everything is going good on your end keep me posted about your plans dont worry everything will work out as long as you trust in the lord and prayand follow with FAITH so simple yet the most important part in this life, well i love you guys i better get going love ya.
Adios
Elder Curtis
the sheet is i think a twin and if you cant find that color just a dark brown. haha tell lia and sam i miss them soo much and give them hugs and cook me a marshmellow! well have a fun night and tell rick congrats! wish i coulda been there i love you guys

Earthquake!!!!

We got this from Josh on Friday but were out of town and didn’t even realize there was an earthquake in Mexico City! 5.9, was a pretty good sized one. 2 earthquakes in 2 months! Little scary! -Cindy
sooo guess what?!?!?!? i just felt an actual Earthquake!! it was crazy! we were walking and all the sudden it felt like i had just got off a merry-go-round and was dizzy and couldnt walk straight and then as we looked around everything was moving it was crazy!!! it happened like3 different times but they were close together it was awsome!!! hahaha so thats the big news for right now haha
hey! hows everyone doing? so you guys got to go down to safford thats always fun. Some of my best childhood experiences are with family growing up in safford i loved it! thats soo cool that jay and dustin are expanding soo much thats exciting i might have to get me a job down there when i get back talkin with all their mexicans haha so this week we have a lot of good families we are teaching and we put a baptism date with one for the 7th of june so im excited for that. on other news we played soccer again today it was loads of fun we played for about 5 hours and super tired now but other than that we have a kid from the ward leaving on his mission on wednesday and one coming back on that same wednesday so it will be cool to see one come back and it was funny to see the one getting ready to leave a little nervous of what to come and excited all in one it brought back some good memories to think ive got 10 months here only 14 months left its crazy to think about but yeah the earthquake was crazy!! it was soo sweet i want to be in a bigger one but not to big this one was a 5.9 so not bad, well i better get going its getting late and we have a family home evening to give i hope you guys are keeping up with the FHEs they are soo important! well i love you guys sooo much give sam and lia hugs i love you!
adios
Elder Curtis

Rain

hey hey well this week has been pretty good it started raining this week and it will be the rainy season till about september off and on so its pretty good to get something besides the heat but i like the rain it is something different, but it goes from bright and sunny to thunder and rainy in like 30 min its crazy so we have to be prepared for everything haha a taxi hit a puddle the other day and soaked us so that was no fun but people are still dragging this influenza crap out its getting old but whatever so this week in the church we had an awsome sunday with 4 new investigators and 3 old investigators which is a pretty good week for missionaries. we are looking to put some baptism dates this week. so today we went and played soccer for another 6 hours!! and even played a little basketball and the americans totally dominated the mexicans it was funny! so you guys got lia and sam on the same soccer team thats cool tell them to practice up for when i get back haha well other than that this week has been pretty normal nothing super exciting we have zone conference tomorrow at 8 with the President so im looking to learn a lot with him. well that it, i hope you guys have a great week! i love you guys give lia and sam hugs
love you
adios
Elder Curtis

hey so we found out about changes and both of us are staying in our area but we are getting a new zone and district leader so that should be interesting, (both of them were supposed to go home, but the swine flu restrictions held them up and prevented any missionaries from getting sent in) today we played soccer for a few hours with almost our whole zone and a few guys from the various wards so other than that it was a good day but nothing else too exciting.
but yeah with the prayer its soo hard for me in english i really dont remember the words the spanish comes to my head faster its kinda wierd but i love the language, well not a whole lot to say i kinda said it all yesterday but i hope you guys have a good week and tell everyone i said hi and i love you,
adios
Elder Curtis

Mother's Day Call

Okay we may have abused this privilage a little! We were able to talk to our missionary for a few hours. There was confusion with the times and the number so I actually talked to him for a bit on Friday. He had been at a members home actually making brownies! (thank you Crosby's for the cookbook, he's using it!) We called back Sat. night and my Mom and a lot of the family were able to visit with him. It was so cute to see the cousins lined up in the hall waiting for their turn. I had typed up some questions they could ask him if they wanted, that way it might ease up on the awkwardness. He said some were pretty persistent in getting answers. They laughed because he told them the worst thing he ate were the cactus and not the grasshoppers or cow brains they knew he had eaten. It was neat to see my brother in laws speak to him in Spanish and hear how well he's doing with the language. On Sunday he said we could call and finish up because we had problems with our calling card. We had family prayer via speakerphone and Dad asked him to say it....I was impressed he hadn't forgotten the word "fetch!" he asked if he could do it in Spanish because he forgot how to pray in English. Lia offered to teach him when he got home. ha ha. It was so sweet to hear our sweet missionary pray in Spanish, it just flowed out of him. I may not have understood much of what he said but it had to be one of the sweetest prayers I've ever heard. What a man he is becoming. Tha's what most everyone said that they were amazed how grown up he sounded. He's doing well! Still frustrated with the government for the panic over the swine flu...to know that they got on TV and reported false statements, was hard for him. He just is amazed how differnent things are down there. The violence and the drugs are everywhere. The members are good to him, one is even offering to "fix" his thyroid issues with acupuncture! If you know Josh you know he is freaked out by needles and won't let the guy near him. He said his clothes and shoes are holding up, and it a master with the needle. He manages to rip his pants frequently enough to stay in practice. Which is hilarious because he didn't want to take the sewing kit, saying he'd never use it! It sounds like he gets along great with this companion, which is a blessing. It was tough to tell him goodbye again. But I told him I was grateful for the wonderful letters and pictures he sends that really do help to know what he's up to and make us less homesick for him. It's hard to get out of him what he needs, he doesn't want to be a burden or cost us extra money, but he said he loves getting pictures! Anyway, he's doing great! It was one of the best Mother's Days I've ever had!
Thanks everyone! We love you!
Cindy