June 6th 2013

                                                                                                                        June 6, 2013

Dear Family!!!,

Hi, how are you guys doing? I'm excited to see the pictures. And I'm glad the fam is doing well. I don't even know where to start!

The days are SUPER long...but filled with adventure and excitement.  Like I said in the letter I'm in a trio of companions and that has
been kind of exciting.  It's a little difficult to coordinate schedules with all three of us, but we have only three in a room instead of six! Praise!

One of my companions, Sister Jones, is black. And she is hilarious.  We have this joke that in the pre-mortal life she was confused on which side
she was on and started going to Satan's side, but then our district was there going "Sister Jones, wrong way!"  (This happens a lot, because for the life
of her she can't remember where we are and just starts walking which ever direction she chooses.) Then Sister Jones replied "Oh my Bad! Bye Lu!".  Oh man
she always keeps our district on our toes. My other companion is very spiritual and musical.  Then there is me. :) But what's so cool is obviously you can tell that

we have very different personalities, when we teach investigators or when we're just with each other we're very united.  It's amazing what the Spirit can do to unite different people.

I love my district. All of us are going to Omaha.  The Elders in my district think it's the funniest thing in the whole world to make fun of our last name. They can't get over it.  I thought mission were supposed to make young men mature...FALSE! I was doing a role play with an Elder and the goal was to commit the investigator (me) to baptism.  So during the role play in all seriousness he says "Sister Curfew, will you commit to keeping your Curfew." Man alive, my district thinks it's hilarious.  Some people's kids...

Oh!! I met an Elder Curfew at dinner the other day.  We tried to talk family history, but alas I know nothing! He said he thinks he knows G-pa Curfew, and his name is Brandon and he has a twin brother...so if that rings any bells let me know...It was weird talking to someone with our last name. I was like Hey! No! That's my last name! Get a new one! Ha, yeah...:)

The other Elders in my district are incredible. I have been so blessed to be in the MTC with amazing people. :) It's been really cool to watch the all of us, especially the Elders, grow. 

The food is good, I don't have to cook it so I'm not complaining! Thanks so much for the Cliff bars! It has saved me from starvation in class and my tummy rumbling while teaching investigators. 

So we have this thing called TRC. Which is where we teach either less active, non-members, or members pretending to non-members.  It's been hard, but good to figure out my teaching style.  The key is to be simple.  If you make things complicated your lesson gets complicated.  It's also been great to figure out how the Spirit speaks to me, and as I listening to the promptings of the Spirit is one of the greatest feelings ever! We were teaching an investigator named Barbette, and while we were teaching her she just wasn't listening to us and my companions and I  were all have an internal panic attack.  We were like oh crap, this lesson is not going well, and there was much silent freaking out.  But, the Spirit saved the day.  I felt inspired to ask Barbette a question rather than teach her by talking to her. So I did.  By doing this we were able to figure out her specific needs and teach her not a lesson.  It was a really cool experience. :) (She was just a teacher not a real investigator, but we've made a goal to be real in all in role plays to make it a better experience.)

Well, I'm currently doing laundry and I'm getting death looks from other Sister's who want the computer...Email is big deal....:)

Tell Aunt Regina thanks so much for her package! I loved the skirt, and the snacks!!! That was so great of her. :)

Oh! So I get to call you guys before I fly out to Omaha.  We have to be on a bus at 3:00 am and our flight leaves at 6:00am.  So I can call you around 5:00-5:45am...So be awake...:)

Love you guys! Thanks so much for the letters and all the packages, it has meant a lot. Although it's kind of tough being in here, and there are a lot of ridiculous rules, I love it. It has strengthened my testimony and helped me grow so much.  I love this gospel.  I love learning of Christ rather than about Christ.  A goal that we have been challenged to do while on our missions is pick a Christlike attribute and work on one each week. Will you commit to doing that with me while on my mission? (I'm turning into a missionary)

Tell Blaine to start reading PMG now! It will help him a lot when he starts to prepare. :)

You guys are the best!! :)

-Love Sister Curfew. :)