Hey Family and Friends!
So this week was okay. It wasn't extra special or anything. Things are good though. I said goodbye to one of my best friends Rachel. She was in the YSA ward with me and now she is leaving for her mission next week. It is crazy how fast time goes by. It was fun to have lunch with her and talk about all that she is going to learn in California. We are already planning the next time we will hang out in 18 months.
Last time seeing Rachel before she leaves on her mission
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She is the cutest! We are already planning on hanging out in 18 months! |
Then Sister Noe and I got our hair done by Wonderful. She is amazing at hair. She is a really good braider! It was really tight! But we loved it! (I also loved when I was able to take it out!) :)
This week we were able to go over to Sophia's house with the young women to go and help her mom get started on painting the trim on her house. We weren't able to do any painting but we did a lot of scraping and it went really well. There was a really good turn out and we were able to work with the young women. I have always loved the young women so much. It was one of my favorite things about church. It was really great for the young women to serve and it was really good for Sophia's mom so see some of the girl come and be willing to help out. It turned out to be a really good thing. They weren't able to finish but we were able to help her get started. Which is always the hardest part. Now we are going to be coming back over on Saturday with her home teachers and some of the high priests to help her finish the job. All of this service has been really good for her. It was good to start with the primary, move up to the young women and then finish with the high priest. We practically got everyone involved. She is very happy.
Then the next day we were able to go and have another lesson with them. We have taught her for about 3 months now so she knows practically everything. For our lesson we asked Sophia the baptismal questions. It was really good because we were able to see what Sophia remembered and we were also able to gauge where her mom's testimony is. Sophia has a great testimony of everything. We started off by asking her if she believed that God was her Heavenly Father? Then if she knew that Jesus Christ was the Son of God? And if she knew that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and restored the church back on the earth. She answered yes to every question and she explain why. But when we would asked her mom we came to find out that she doesn't have a testimony of any of that. She wouldn't tell us why either because she didn't want to tell us in front of Sophia. Technically we could baptize Sophia right now but we really want to focus on reactivating her mom first. We want Sophia to be baptized but we want her mom to have a testimony as well so they can grow strong together. The gospel truly does strengthen families and we want them both to be able to strengthen each other. Now our focus is going to be to help her remember those things that she once learned about. We are going to be meeting with just the mom because then she will be more open with us about her thoughts and beliefs. We are praying that she will be able to see the desires that her daughter has and then be able to soften her heart and be willing to learn more.
Look at this cute little puppy! |
This week we have been stopping by a lot of members houses so that we can get to know the members of the ward a little better. While we are at their house we try to share a message with them. We were able to go to the Fuluvaka's house and we were actually able to practice our teaching. Sister Noe and I taught their family and they pretended to be investigators. It was a really great experience. We taught them the first lesson that we teach everyone when we first meet them, the restoration. It was such a powerful experience. My favorite part is every time whenever we share Joseph Smith's story the spirit is so strong. They even commented about that, they asked if that was just because they already knew that it was true or if that was something that others felt the first time we taught them. I told them that the reason they felt something was because it was the spirit. That is how the spirit helps us to recognize truth. Almost everyone can feel something. But a lot of the time, it scares them. They don't want to believe that it is true so they fight it but those good feelings come from the Holy Ghost. They wouldn't feel good if they weren't from God. I love whenever we are able to practice our teaching with members because the spirit is so strong. It is cool to hear the questions that they ask and see the spirit in their eyes. Then after we taught the lesson we asked them if anyone came to mind. One of the girls said yes. She told us about one of her friends and about how she has invited her to activities before. We are so excited. I love when members are able to feel the spirit and then they are able to think of a specific person who needs it in their life.
This week we were able to go and say goodbye to some of the awesome interns that were here for the summer. They are all so great it is so sad that they have to go. But it was really cool because as we were saying our goodbyes to them we were also able to share a short message with them.
Saying goodbye to the Jakeman's |
We read a scripture to them 2 Nephi 2:8 “Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise."
My favorite part about this scripture is that is says "How great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth." I mean truly, how great the importance! Each and everyone of us has taken on the name of Christ when we were baptized as a member of the church. We may not all have his name on a black badge but we all have his name on our heart. We have the opportunity to make these things known. We were able to challenge the interns who were getting ready to leave to think about the different people who they were able to meet while they were here in Minnesota, and to think about who was placed in their paths while they were here and who is ready for the gospel. As we asked them this question you could see that they truly did know someone. Someone is in need of the gospel in their life. We are excited to talk to the interns before they leave and get the information of their friends, so that we will be able to share with them what has made each and everyone of us the people that we are today.
I love you all so much!
I hope you have a great week!
Choose the Right!
Love Sister Kendra Curtis
So we have some really strange Elders in our ward and they
like to draw. So we asked them to draw a picture that we
could but in the dinner calendar and this is what they drew...
we are not putting it in the calendar. ha
Minnesota is Gnome Sweet Gnome! |
Your hair is getting long Kendra!
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