June 9th 2014

Dear Family,

I hope you guys had a good week. :) We had a great week. Full of thunderstorms
and tornado warnings. It was quite intense and I got some awesome pictures of the storms.

Do you remember the family that I talked about last week? Well Whitney is her name and she wants to get baptized. We didn't even ask her! A member did it for us! Sis Spilker actually did it.
She came up to us after church and was like so I invited Whitney to be baptized and she said yes...so is that okay? We were like...Um. YES!!  It was really cool. Members here are amazing!

We did a lot of yard work again this week. It's just that time of year. We mow this members lawn because they're older. Well while I was mowing my dear companion dumped water on my back. I may or may  not have earlier dumped water in her face so I kind of deserved it. But this member was watching us and we take turns mowing strips of lawn. And Sis Burch calls me in and is all mischievous and tells me how to work the hose (is that you spell that?) and I soaked Sis McCauley.  She was so mad. She didn't talk to me for like 10 min. Oh it was hilarious. :) She forgave me when I told her it was Sis Burch's idea. She got me back later though by scaring me in the middle of the night. It was quite rude. We have too much fun. :) We are receiving a crazy amount of member support all the sudden. We got another member referral this week. She doesn't want the missionary discussions but she needs help with her yard, but service softens hearts so we'll probably start teaching her.

We had some members take us down to a little town in our area called Firth. And we went to go see a LA who has ovarian cancer. And it's really serious. But she has a faithful visiting teacher and we showed her the "Because of Him" mormon message and it was one of the most powerful lessons I have had on my mission. She is so tired and so upset with what is going on. She has 5 kids and there youngest is 3. She was like I just don't want to die that's all I want. Unfortunately the odds are not in her favor. Her home teachers are going to give her a blessing so that'll be really cool.

Although it was a sad situation, we know that because of Jesus Christ all will be well. Which is what that message portrays. I"m not sure if you have seen it. But I know that to be true. :)

Anyway. It was another great week of my mission. It's crazy to think that a year ago I was just barely getting here and heading to Le Mars with Sis Watson. Where does the time go?

I love and miss you guys. :) I hope you're all doing great. Thanks for all of your prayers and your support they make a difference. If you could keep Whitney and Mr. Binckley (He is a Part Member who is so close!)  in your prayers that would be great. :)

Love you!

Love, Sister Curfew