Semana 55: Regresare A Edmonton

Bonkers week in the books right here.

It was actually a really good week. We worked really hard and saw some miracles. Here's some highlights!

-talked to my boy Ahadi on the street (he's from the Congo) Well we gave him and his wife a church tour and turns out they have 5 kids. I about leaped for joy! They said they'd come to church but didn't, we're hoping next week tho. Prayers up for Ahadi and his family!

-then we had a new member come out of the works to help us with like all of our lessons, his name is brother Todd. Legend. He's a bit odd, but his testimony is fuego.

-had a sick lesson with our new friend Efosa. We explained the restoration and he understood completely. He said "I need to read this book!" That's right you do Efosa.

-my boy Pedro from Mexico was found this week. He's a funny man looking for truth, so we're gonna help him find it

So we got some crazy news this week. Our area is getting washed, so elder Osborn is going home and I'm going back down to Edmonton. Im honestly pretty stressed rn on so many fronts, from still feeling like I've been on my mission for like 3 weeks haha to having to figure out what the heck in the world we're gonna do about our teaching pool (we've got like 30 people were working with, oh and also 7 of them speak Spanish, and the elders coming up here don't speak spanish) so there are a lot of unknowns. But at the same time it's going to be a fun experience! Ik I'll learn a lot. I will miss Grande Prairie and all of the lessons I've learned here. I've grown more as a person here than at any other place in the world haha.

Pray for elder curtis and the people he's teaching up here in grande prairie! These next couple weeks will be the craziest of my life. 

Ether 12:27
And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them.

Chao,
Elder Curtis 


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