Stillwater - next to Wisconsin

Dearest Family and Friends!

     So to start off this email I would like to start with a little guess what?  I am getting transferred!  My new companions name is Sister Pead.  She came out the same time as me so we were in the MTC together.  She is also one of the Sisters that I was in the trio with in Bloomington (the one with blonde hair).  I am really excited to be with her, she is going to be awesome.  From what I saw the other day I really think that we will get along great.  Now I am going to a new area Stillwater, right next to Wisconsin.  I am pretty sure that we will be opening a new area.  So that means that it is a completely new area!  Wow!  I am really excited, this is going to be such an amazing opportunity.  It is going to take a lot of hard work because we will be working from scratch but I know that with the Lords help we will be able to do it.  I am also really excited for a change.

     This week in Shingle Creek was another great week.  Also I have been out on my mission for 3 months!  Crazy HUH!

Dinner with the Ramsey Family they are the best!

     This week we had Elder Godoy, who is a member of the 70 come and he is amazing.  I'm really sad because I left my notes in my apartment so I can't share everything that I wanted to.  But we had an investigator fireside that he spoke at and it was wonderful. He is like a general authority comedian.  We were all laughing so hard but at the same time he was very spiritual.  It was really great especially for our investigators.  

     Then we were also lucky because we had a mission conference where he spoke to us.  I wish I had my notes but one of the things that he said was “When some people get their mission calls they get to go all around the world, but here in Minnesota the world is brought to you.” 

     Minnesota truly is a melting pot of the world.  Everyone comes to Minnesota there are all kinds of ethnicity.  He also said that we are blessed because not only are we helping those here in Minnesota but at some point they will probably go back to their countries and then they will bring the gospel there as well.  I love Minnesota.

Taking Tamara to the Fireside

     Tamara - She is doing amazing!  She truly is converted now.  Earlier this week we were able to meet with her at her house with one of the young women.  We talked about the importance of prayer and then we worked on one of the Personal Progress values with her.  We read Alma 32 about faith.  It was an amazing lesson and she is starting to have such a great understanding of the gospel.  Once again it was great to have one of the young women with us.  It is always better to have members come teaching with us because the investigator is better able to relate with them and gain a new friend.  We have an awesome group of young women who are always willing to help out.  I really admire them for this because I know that when I was in Young Women’s I was never aware of the missionaries in our ward.  It’s great to see the youth willing to serve.  We were able to have a lesson with her yesterday and she is doing great!  She has progressed in so many different ways I am so excited for her.  I love listening to her prayers. She has changed so much instead of her just talking out loud now you can see and feel the difference.  I am so excited for her and I am really sad that I am going to miss her baptism on November 30th.  But I am so grateful that I was able to watch her conversion.  I know that this gospel is and will change her life.

     This week as the Mong Elders were tracting they found an investigator for us and he is wonderful.  His name Hung and he is Vietnamese.  They taught him the restoration and he felt the spirit so strong he left the room crying.  We were then able to go teach him and his fiancé Holly who has cancer.  They don't have a Christian background and he was in jail for a year.  While he was in jail he studied the Bible and he loved it and wants to continue learning more.  They both are very interested and were able to come to a baptism with us.  They felt the spirit so strong and then we had a lesson in our ward mission leaders home.  Once again the spirit was so strong and it was good for them to come to a members home.  They both have such great potential and it is going to be exciting to watch them make different changes to bring their lives in closer harmony with the Savior and His teachings.  We were so grateful for the Mong Elders and for their hard work in finding these honest seeker’s of truth.

The Kirkham Family!

Sister Curtis and Evey

     Guys - I'm sorry this is not my best letter.  I am really distracted because the library is closed today since it is Veteran’s Day.  So we are emailing at a member's house, the Kirkhams!  I love them!I am sad that I am leaving, but I am so glad that I got to spend one last day with them.  So I haven't used my time very wisely today...

     Also!  Congrats on the Mission Call Jake!  I am soo excited I have taught a man from Jamaica. They have the best accents!!! You are going to love it!!

     I love you all so much!  Thanks for everything and I am so sorry about this weeks email.... 

Sister Kendra Curtis

First Snow!

African Braid!