Wednesday, May 7, 2014

April 28, 2014

Dear Family,
Glad to hear everyone is doing well. Oh my goodness there is a TON of change going on in Morgan. They closed Steph's down?? Where am I going to get my grasshopper shakes? Oh man. We have a Pretzel Maker? Soon enough our little town will be huge. Why can't they have something cool like a movie theater or a swimming pool? Ha oh well. Sounds like you had a cool Stake Broadcast. I am kind of upset I will miss the Ogden Temple dedication open house thing. But I'm excited for it to be opened again. It's so funny that we complained about having that temple closed. And here the nearest temple is like 50 miles away. We are so spoiled in Utah.
But this week was really good. :) Sister McCauley got strep throat though and we were stuck in for 3 days. That was not fun...I got so stir crazy I made her sit on the stairs of our apartment while I ran back and forth on the street. I don't do well being cooped up. Then again I don't think anyone does.
I also had interviews with my mission president. No fear. All is well. He almost made me cry. He told me that I have grown a lot and that it's one of the most incredible changes he's ever seen. Which was super nice. But now I'm like was I weird when I first got here?? But I"m sure that's not what he meant. haha :)
We also had a lot of miracles happen this week. One we had a member up and buy us bikes. They were used bikes but still. We had been praying for bikes because they're evil when it comes to miles. Speaking of miles we had a cool experience with that as well. So we were driving our car to get it inspected and it was farther away then we had expected. So we get the car back and we have 3 miles left of our allotment. If we got over one mile then I get my driving privileges taken away. Sister McCauley had already gotten hers taken away because she went over 17 miles last transfer. We get them taken away for 2 transfers. So we were kind of freaking out a bit. So we prayed. We thought of a member who was close by. She lived exactly 3 miles away. So we get to her house and sure enough we made it without going over one mile. Then that member preceded to take us out to lunch and she brought a Less Active young lady with her. Members here are so amazing. They always go above and beyond what we ask them to do. We just asked for a ride home and we got lunch and we were able to teach a lesson. So great. One of my favorite quotes is "Only the first mile is required." Just a reminder to make sure to go the second mile when it comes to serving the Lord. :)
Anyway. So we rode bikes the rest of the week. Now I notice the rolling hills of Nebraska...
Also my bum really really hurts. But it's all good. We had to ride our bikes to go pick up our car and it took us 4 hours to get there. One because our area is huge. Two because the wind was blowing so hard in our faces the whole time. So that was irritating. Three we may or may not have read the map wrong. But whatevs. We both were pretty patient we didn't even get upset. I was impressed with us. We were crazy tired, but we made it! Riding a bike in a skirt is...weird. But not horrible.
But yeah we had a great week. :) We're trying our hardest to find people to teach but for now we teach the members and find all of the lost sheep. :) Love you all!
Love, Sister Curfew

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