Semana 56: Mini Africa

Well this one was a week for the books.

My new area is called Londonderry. It is like a pizza slice of the city of Edmonton, probably about 1/8 of the area. But man oh man are there a lot of people here. I am not exaggerating when i say that 80% are black. I've met people from Sudan, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Ghana, Congo, Liberia, Eritrea, and Tanzania. And a couple other ones I've never heard of before. So that's been sweet.

 My new companion is Elder Arnold, he's so funny. We get along so well together. We're so busy i can hardly believe it. These past few days have felt like a whirlwind. We've had so many lessons and we literally talk with everyone, it's so nice. I'll be talking to someone on the street, then he'll go talk to someone else who walks by, and we'll just keep going back and forth until there are no more people. I love it. Life is good!

It was sad to leave Grande Prairie, but I know I'm where the Lord needs me. I'm extremely excited for the future! 

☆Spiritual thought☆

President Holland has a terrific conference talk called motions of a hidden fire. He talked about how he had a vision about how he needed to be more urgent, more faithful, and more trusting in the Savior. Now if an apostle of Jesus Christ needs to do better than I've certainly got some room for improvement! I'd invite you all to listen to it and look for where you can do better.

Chao,
Elder Curtis 


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