26 Octubre 2015

This is gonna be a triple-post. I ran out of time last week and the week before! :P

So we had transfers, and Sister Rammell and Sister Pankratz transferred :(

So did the ENTIRE Naples house! So I am the only one in our district that is here from last transfer.

Elder Allen and Elder Cutler are still the ZLs and they are rocking it! The new DL is Elder Naressi (second Brazilian DL in a row!) and he is training (did I mention that they are Creole missionaries?). Naples English is also training. So I have two new sons and I'm greenie-breaking Sister Jones! She is the bee's knees and we are rocking Naples! :)

    I bought an elk blanket last week and it is the only thing that keeps me from freezing in our apartment. :) Elkie is awesome! <3

    Still doing tons of knocking, nothing out of the ordinary. We had to drop some people that weren't keeping commitments. :( They'll come around, though. I've learned to love people in a new way as a missionary. It is a blessing and a curse. :P

     Oh! The Sunday before yesterday, President Richardson and Sister Richardson came to Naples! <3 They spoke in sacrament, and Sis Richardson wanted me to translate for her talk which included a tree analogy. And I was like, "uuuhhhhh that isn't in Preach My Gospel! I don't know how to say that!" so I got a member to translate for me! :) whew! And President gave his talk in Spanish. It went really well! I talked to him, and it turns out that the first Spanish sacrament meeting talk that he ever gave in the mission was back in the Miami Lakes ward when I was there (at my request, lol!). And now this last one was his third! Cool stuff :) I'm glad that I've been present for two out of three. We also got to go to a Youth Fireside that Sunday night. President Richardson was giving the fireside and he had the ZLs and us show how we teach and answer a bunch of missionary questions that they youth had. It was great! :) I really do hope that they all serve missions. ANYBODY that serves a mission faithfully, obediently, worthily and diligently will never regret it, I promise!

    Our current STLs are Sis Burdett and Sis Alcazar (<< I KNEW that she was going STL! President hinted that! ;) ) And I got to go on a full-day exchange with Sister Alcazar in Rio Vista! We have always said "we're going to be companions one day", and we finally did! For a day, but still! :) It was neat! Their area reminded me of Sebastian; at least the neighborhood that we were in that day.

    This last week was mostly knocking. Everyday Sister Jones and I work our hardest, and focus on glorifying our Father's name and helping others come unto Christ. Sometimes it can be taxing when you don't see the fruits of your labors right away. You just have to put your trust in the Lord and be faithful. It is His plan, and everything will work out the way that He wants it to.

     What else has happened lately...? Hmm... Oh, we visited a member family from Bolivia and had them help us pick a street, and the 8 year old girl looked at the map and said, "*GASP* Bolivia!!" :D And then her older sister said, "That says 'Boulevard'." "Oh" said the younger one. It was too funny!

      For Halloween we had to be home by 7pm, so we hung out and watched some LDS Christmas movies :) It was fun! And then daylight savings hit. All of the missionaries are tired! We have a very set schedule, and the time change is messing with us, haha!

   Also, fast Sunday was really good. My testimony of fasting is growing, and I'm starting to go at it with a new perspective. :)

         Les quiero mucho! La iglesia es verdadera!

     Hasta el proximo lunes,

~Hermana Curnow