I Am a Korean Taxi Service

Hey friends, another week of madness and miracles in Vancouver YSA!

We survived transfer week, which since we're the only sisters in Vancouver with a car meant that I spent a solid 11 hours just in one day hauling sisters around! We have the ferry, airport, greyhound bus terminal, and mission office in our area sooooo it was a grand exercise in faith that everything works out in the end hahah. I've come to the conclusion that leadership in the lower mainland is in reality just a glorified taxi service (just kidding, just kidding).

We had a great deal of miracles though whenever we found a minute to hop out of the car! Literally half our teaching pool is Japanese currently, so that's always a good time, and I made a new Latina friend this week named Andrea! She's soooooooo good. Like, so good. We set a baptismal date with her in our first lesson and found out that her mom has been attending the Mormon church in Peru for three months! GOD IS SO GOOD. FAMILY IS SO COOL. THE GOSPEL IS REALLY NEAT. It literally pulls people together. Ah.

Simone and Kaila are still killing it, just a few weeks after their baptisms and they're both already teaching with us and fulfilling baptismal covenants like I've never seen before. Still facing loads of opposition, but it's become so clear to me on my mission that Courage is a critical Christlike attribute for anyone who wants to find their way home to our Father in Heaven. Especially in today's world.

Speaking of covenants I just WISH I had enough minutse to explain how good my studies were this week. My entire mission I have looooved personal study. I focused a lot on why every covenant involves someting spiritual but also requires us to take physical action, whether that be getting in the water at baptism, taking the bread for sacrament, or temple covenants. I still don't understand it. But it's coming.

Also recognized how real the physical blessings of the Saviour's Atonement are. I woke up Sunday morning and wanted to DIE hahah I was so wiped. I prayed so hard for strength and though it didn't come all at once, it came like a sunrise. Hour by hour I saw so clearly that His power was present and lifting me, though it was nearly an undistinguishable progression.

Love you all!

Sister Curtis

(I think these pics include Thanksgiving, the Kims with their chicken nuggets to go on chopsticks of course, and some other happy things)