winter wonderland, at last
as we speak it is currently DUMPING snow here in surrey, which is a Christmas miracle in itself since i was told all we ever get is rain (we're super close to the coast, my area goes right up to the ocean) but yes i am beyond thrilled about the snow <3
the biggest tender mercy of this week was while on exchanges with sister paxton (yay english work!) her cute member vanessa acuna came to a lesson with us. turns out, ray and diane heyman were her mission presidents in argentina!! i don't think i've ever been more proud to be their niece, she had a million lovely things to say about them. plus, i've been waiting for a random connection like this to come to be here in canadia, still not entirely used to the fact that i know no one in this country :) but yes. so grateful to be connected to good people.
more things:
- i taught a blind man and his blind dog this week
- every single one of you should go watch the light the world video. go to mormon.org. go to youtube. just take 2 and a half minutes you will be happier and filled with the spirit of christmas and want to be a good person :):)) I PROMISE.
- d&c 109:56
- i love you guys a lot. i feel your prayers.
- i'm learning to sing all the christmas hymns in spanish, also hna kartchner volunteered us to do a duet in sacrament meeting next week??? acapella???? also i just got asked to sing with two other sisters for multi-zone conference this week?? (hermana bronson please read this and please care) but yes for all of you who have endured extended car rides with me and my spotify, please just trust that missions change people and also change their musical abilities. we hope.
- this week i read alma 37 about little things. small and simple things. and i tried to explain to hermana kartchner my new theory that missions are simple a series of teeny tiny things. miniature decisions. whether your knees hit the floor at 6:20am or at 6:30. whether or not to knock one more door. whether to think about home or think about people who need you, here, inbetween doorsteps. and an elder who dies (goes home) next week shared his testimony this past week about the day that our sweet Heavenly Father will show us the effects of every pamphlet, every smile, every testimony, every uncomfortable doorstep encounter where we tried to share His Gospel, where we tried to be the lights we have been asked to be. someday, we will see all the good we have done. that goes for each of you as well. as you sit in class, as you drive to practice, as you run in the door to work, as you sit on your laptops and phones and tablets and take a few moments to read my rambling thoughts just know that. that i love you, God loves you, and quite frankly He's going to keep loving you whether you acknowledge it or not. and that good, grand, wonderful things come from the small, the simple, the weak, the hesitant acts of kindness, of bravery, of love that we offer.
i hope that made sense, but if not just know that i'm grateful for my mission, and that this restored gospel, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints brings good things to all of us.
xoxo
hermana reagan curtis
Hermanas Kartchner & Curtis
Hermana Curtis & Sister Paxton
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