heys hows it going well im doing good this week has been a pretty normal week nothing exciting happened so not much to write about haha but im doing good today was a boring p day we didnt do anything just sat around and read books BORING. Well i dont have a whole lot of time but im doing good and i hope you guys are having a good time haha tell lia and sam i love them, i love you guys too! well i better go sorry its soo short
adios
Elder Curtis
Monday, January 12, 2009
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
New Companion
Well hows it going being back home?? Sounds and looks like you guys had a blast! I miss the SNOW soo much but I can’t complain about the weather it’s pretty much perfect here! It’s nice. Well it sounds like its nice and cold at home and Lia is missing school that doesn’t last for too long, so yeah my new companion..... hmmmm well he’s from just south of the border below El Paso and he’s a super neat freak!!! His first day he spent almost 2 hours scrubbing every surface of our bathroom haha and he sleeps with a teddy bear!!! haha he’s my second comp to do that! but yeah it’s alright we work good together so that’s what matters. That’s funny that Lia misses school I wonder how long that stage will last ha well that’s a bummer Jeff and macy had to work when you were there too bad. Well I’m doing good and enjoying it here I love it! I miss Lia and Sam a whole lot its weird being soo far away for soo long, well mom and dad you guys are the best parents ever I love you guys give Lia and Sam big hugs for me I love you all!
adíos
Elder Curtis
adíos
Elder Curtis
Christmas phone call!
This is from Cindy:
Seems like it's been a while since I've had time to update this...sorry. We went back east for the holidays and things have been a little crazy since. We got a very brief email the monday that we left from Josh telling us he would call on Christmas day at about 8:00 pm. I had given him a calling card before he left and we figured it would work....it didn't. He was able to call from a sweet ladies house and we tried to figure out how to make the call happen. I tried to call him right back but my sister in laws phone didn't allow calls to Mexico. He called back and gave us the info off his calling card and that worked for a bit. The whole time I talked to him family kept trying to figure out how to make the phone work so we could talk longer. He said we could call back the next day and we did and things worked out great. It was so neat to be able to hear his voice! He is doing awesome! I can't believe the changes in him. He has had 4 baptisms since he got to his new area. (still no word if the 16 year old girl ever got baptized from his last area). His first baptism that he was able to do he said stressed him out a lot! There were quite a few that day and they had to broadcast it to the chapel. So first one and there's cameras involved and she had like 4 huge long names. He survived! He said Christmas morning was great because they had one that day as well. Lia has been practicing her spanish and asked him if his shirt was still blanco or if he needed a new one. She cracks herself up. He loves his new area and there is a family there (the house we called too) that take really good care of him. He's loved getting the packages that have been sent and feels bad how much it costs. He's curious how everyone is doing and we racked our brain giving him as many updates as possible. He said one of the things he likes to eat is corn on the cob with mayonaise and green chili on it (we are supposed to get pics at some point) He said it sounds gross and smells worse but is surprisingly good. I was just amazed by his humility and how appreciative of all that is done for him. When I tell him how many people help with his mission or ask about him he is blown away. I asked him if it was hard for him to be there...he said of course it's hard work but it's what you do and what you are there for. He said it's so amazing to be there and to learn about the people, he has made some amazing friendships. While we were talking a car drove by and they yelled out "CURTIS!!!!", I said was that for you? he giggled and said yes, it's not hard to figure out which Elder he was. Made me feel good to know he is loved and being taken care of. He said they all think he's Mexican because he's gotten so dark. Wanted everyone to know how much he loves them and appreciates all they do for him. We have truly been very blessed. When it got time to end the phone call I couln't believe how hard it was to say Goodbye. We love him and miss him more than I thought possible. Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers on his behalf. We love you!
Seems like it's been a while since I've had time to update this...sorry. We went back east for the holidays and things have been a little crazy since. We got a very brief email the monday that we left from Josh telling us he would call on Christmas day at about 8:00 pm. I had given him a calling card before he left and we figured it would work....it didn't. He was able to call from a sweet ladies house and we tried to figure out how to make the call happen. I tried to call him right back but my sister in laws phone didn't allow calls to Mexico. He called back and gave us the info off his calling card and that worked for a bit. The whole time I talked to him family kept trying to figure out how to make the phone work so we could talk longer. He said we could call back the next day and we did and things worked out great. It was so neat to be able to hear his voice! He is doing awesome! I can't believe the changes in him. He has had 4 baptisms since he got to his new area. (still no word if the 16 year old girl ever got baptized from his last area). His first baptism that he was able to do he said stressed him out a lot! There were quite a few that day and they had to broadcast it to the chapel. So first one and there's cameras involved and she had like 4 huge long names. He survived! He said Christmas morning was great because they had one that day as well. Lia has been practicing her spanish and asked him if his shirt was still blanco or if he needed a new one. She cracks herself up. He loves his new area and there is a family there (the house we called too) that take really good care of him. He's loved getting the packages that have been sent and feels bad how much it costs. He's curious how everyone is doing and we racked our brain giving him as many updates as possible. He said one of the things he likes to eat is corn on the cob with mayonaise and green chili on it (we are supposed to get pics at some point) He said it sounds gross and smells worse but is surprisingly good. I was just amazed by his humility and how appreciative of all that is done for him. When I tell him how many people help with his mission or ask about him he is blown away. I asked him if it was hard for him to be there...he said of course it's hard work but it's what you do and what you are there for. He said it's so amazing to be there and to learn about the people, he has made some amazing friendships. While we were talking a car drove by and they yelled out "CURTIS!!!!", I said was that for you? he giggled and said yes, it's not hard to figure out which Elder he was. Made me feel good to know he is loved and being taken care of. He said they all think he's Mexican because he's gotten so dark. Wanted everyone to know how much he loves them and appreciates all they do for him. We have truly been very blessed. When it got time to end the phone call I couln't believe how hard it was to say Goodbye. We love him and miss him more than I thought possible. Thanks again for all your thoughts and prayers on his behalf. We love you!
Monday, December 15, 2008
Baptism tonight!!!
well hello everyone! well another monday is here so this week has been really good, on wednesday we got to go to the temple and do a session with 4 other zones and with our President and his Wife so that was awsome!!! it was soo cool we all went through together in the same session there were about 80 or 90 of us it was amazing i loved it, and i got 3 packages!! 2 from my family and one from shonna, but those are the only ones ive got so far ( the 2 from you guys was just christmas stockings and candy so yeah not sure about the other ones) so we set a baptismal date for a family of 4 for the 19th and we have 3 others for the 21st and we ave one TODAY at 7pm!!!! wooo hooo im really excited and we also have one on christmas day the 25th so i cant wait im excited, so we had an elder return from his mission this week and we were talkig to him and he served in Guadalahara south and he knew Elder Hamblin!! haha so we talked for a while, my comp also has a friend in rays mission too soo thats cool, oh soo yesterday we had a family who is investigating come to church with us and we got there just in time as they were starting when as soon as i sat down, the 2nd counciler came down to us and he asked me to give a talk!..... so i coulndt say no so i had to borrow a book of mormon and prepare a 5 - 10 min talk haha it was a little stressfull but it turned out good haha so this month is going to be crazy with the baptisms and for the rest of the month its going to be big "posadas" or parties till january 3, this is that time of year so it should be fun, there are piñatas everywhere and there has been the soccer championships going on all month so its crazyness well gotta go but ill try to send some pictures later today i love you guys soo much bye
elder curtis
elder curtis
Monday, December 8, 2008
special transfers!!!
wow this week has been sooo crazy, so first we had divisions on tuesday so in the morning we had a few meetings and then i went to Chalco with an elder who is one of our zone leaders Elder Sanchez, and it was crazy! we taught 7 really good lessons with some good families and then we did a lot of contacting in the streets because there are soo many people in the streets so we found 11 NEW PEOPLE!!! and they are good too it was such a big difference i loved it everyone we talked to accepted us to go to their house to teach them more another day so that was sweet! so then we headed back to our house that nght and we got a phone call from the zone leaders at 10 15pm and they said they had big news...... we had special transfers!..... so i figured my comp was leaving but they said i was leaving!!! i was soo happy and then they told me my new area was the delegation(delegations are like the burrows of new york harlem and stuff except there are about 15- 20 in our part of districto federal so its a huge city)..... Iztapalapa in the Quetzal ward, and so now im in the actual city, its in the districto federal about 30 or 40 minute metro ride from the Zocolo which is like the center of the city so its really cool and my new comp doesnt know ANY english so thats cool i like it, and his name is Elder Benavides hes from Monterrey Mexico and has been out 20 months, he goes home in march so thats cool, so his last comp was in my same group coming here and apparently they really didnt get along at all so thats why we had special transferes but everyone here compliments me on my spanish, they are surprised when i say ive only been here 2 months, everyone says like 10 months haha so thats cool i love this language its soo much fun to learn something new and be in a totally different culture and learning new stuff every day! sooo my area is really big! we have about 3-4 million people between 3 companionships so its really cool there are soo many people and they are the total opposite from my other area. these people want to learn so much about our church and are soo kind, so in my first 5 days here we set 7 baptismal dates for this month! and there should be plenty more i love it. so yeah that 16 year old girl from my old area, we convinced her parents to let her be baptized so that shouldve happened this past sunday but i got transfered, so yeah its going really good i LOVE LOVE LOVE being in the big city! its soo fun our area is one of the more poor areas of D.F. and one of the more dangerous but no one has messed with me yet haha so yeah thats the news this week and i put all my photos onto CDs so sometime this month ill get those sent out, the pictures are just kinda random pictures of stuff but oh well ill give you something to look at and put into scrap books and stuff well im not sure when ill be calling but when i find out ill let you know well i love you guys soo much thanks for everything haha i like the christmas pictures of you guys! give lia and sam hugs and kisses well peace out!
te amo!!! mucho!!!!
Elder Curtis
te amo!!! mucho!!!!
Elder Curtis
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