March 31, 2014

Dear family,

I have heard so much about Divergent and I look forward to reading and watching the movie. Same with Frozen. Everyone keeps telling me how great Frozen is. I've listened
to the soundtrack and I liked that. I'm excited to watch all the new stuff when I get home. I agree it has been crazy. I hit my year mark in 2 months. Whoa. Doesn't feel like it's been

a year. It feels like I just got here. I still have MUCH to learn and am thankful I have awhile to learn it all. :)

That's cool that you're going to be more involved in MTM. I've heard some pretty rockin' stuff about that. I always wished I could go...or at least have a Sister version of MTM.

If you can sneak me a T-shirt..that would be great. :)

Mom thinks you need more culture? You listen to classical/opera music all the time. How much more cultured could you get??

I agree with what you said about missions building a foundation. My mission has for sure taught me how to work and serve and do it the Lords way and not my way.

Although I could be better at that. :)

Well this week was just like any other week. Except one of the Less Actives we were really close with got sent to jail. Turns out she had been scamming the church
for other 12,000 dollars. She completely lied to us and told us a lot of stuff that isn't true. And we just keep hearing different story after different story from the Bishop and the

Relief Society President, her case workers, and so on. I won't lie it really shook me up. I thought the Spirit was supposed to help with that kind of stuff. I sensed something
 was wrong but I didn't think it was that big of a deal. I was very frustrated because I am so naive and I trust a little to easily I guess. But Bishop helped us out and was like

when working with people who have problems we treat them innocent until proven guilty. So I guess that made me feel a little better, but still.

We had some very spiritual experiences teaching this week though. We met this 7th day Adventist who just let us right in when we tracted into her. And she was the

sweetest thing ever. She is basically LDS just isn't baptized. We gave her the Book of Mormon and bore testimony of it and I think one of the most thrilling experiences
of being a missionary is bearing testimony and instantly feeling the Spirit testify to someone else. It changes how they sit and all the sudden their body language changes

eye contact with them becomes very intense and it almost feels like your Spirits connect in a way. I don't know if that makes sense but it does to me. But that happened
with this lady. What she chooses to act on we'll see but the Spirit is something you just can't deny! I love it. :)

But I think my favorite thing that happened this week was the General Women's Broadcast. I loved every second of that. The speakers hit a lot of my concerns
when it comes to inadequacy.  I've noticed that I'm often comparing myself to other sisters and being  like well I don't have that talent so I will
never be good at teaching as they are. I know that's a form of pride, but I've been praying how I can stop because it sucks. I love that we have a church that 

through the Spirit, leaders speak to us as Christ would speak to us. The phrase "as a man speaketh to another" has popped up a lot in my studies and I  have come
to realize that Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ speak to us individually and they say things that we will understand and they talk to us just like we would talk to our
earthly parents. Again, I should probably know this but I was reminded of the reality of it this week.

Other than that we did a lot of service this week. I still love digging in dirt. We hand tilled a garden this week. That was fun. :) I'm still somewhat buff despite the

weight gain. (I blame Le Mars) We moved a family out of their house and I'm pretty sure I used new muscles...and yeah.

I'm lovin the spring weather. Can't get any better. :)

Well I love y'all

Love, Sister Curfew