Curtis, William

Hey everyone! This is a fun milestone, my one hundredth preparation day and one hundredth week as a missionary! To be honest this week was pretty hard, we had just about every lesson cancel and for some reason we just could not seem to find anyone who spoke spanish. A lot of knocking doors and talking to Canadians haha. Sunday night I was in the apartment thinking about the week and I came to an interesting realization. I didn't have any regrets. I knew I'd given it my very best effort and had held nothing back. I knew God acknowledged and accepted my offering/effort. I thought of this quote from President Nelson:  "We all will experience illness, disappointment, temptation, and loss. These challenges can knock our self-confidence. However, disciples of Jesus Christ have access to a different kind of confidence. When we make and keep covenants with God, we can have confidence that is born of the Spirit." It's only taken me 100 weeks to learn this lesson haha. Pero...

Dear parents -  I am pleased to inform you that Elder  William   Curtis  will conclude his mission and be returning home on 12 Jun 2025. We have attached his travel itinerary for that day to this email,  for your planning.   We have also attached some information regarding tuberculosis that we have been requested to send you. Please review it with your missionary. This is an exciting time for your family. We know that there will be some adjustments ahead: in order to prepare, you may wish to review some of the articles the church website makes available to assist missionaries. We have attached three for convenience, but there are many more:  Finding My New Normal After My Mission   by Breanne Su'a   ( https://www. churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ liahona/2021/02/digital-only- young-adults/finding-my-new- normal-after-my-mission?lang= eng ) Covenant Living: A Guide For Returned Missionaries   by Sadie...

Hola todos! It's finally summer up here in Canada.  I'm not exaggerating when I say Canadians/Latinos up here choose how they treat you based on the weather haha  so it's been getting nicer outside and we've been seeing a lot more success! 1st off the craziest miracle has been for the last 4 weeks we've gotten a separate member referral from a different person in the ward which is just absolutely crazy! The second I arrived in this area I felt like we just had to work more with the members and all the hard work is paying off, our referral this week was the cousin of a recent convert named Ivan el Chileno (viva chile) we taught him about the Book of Mormon and how it's another testament of Christ, he loved it and we had another lesson this week. Such a king- love that man. Man latinos are so funny we had a special sacrament meeting for mothers day and the first hour was an hour and a half long. they had a missionary farewell, 2 musical numbers, 4 youth testimonie...

Hola todos! So last week was the beginning of my last transfer. Honestly super surreal, pero hay que trabajar aun mas duro. Literally got 5 weeks left like what the heck where did the time go? I finished the training of my hijo peruano (Elder Mauad) and sent him off to Lago Lindo. Gonna miss him a lot tbh he made his papa proud, now I've got elder Lopez as my last companion. Super stoked for these next couple of weeks we've got some cool friends hopefully ready to make a covenant soon. I've been doing a whole lot of reflecting on what serving a mission has done for me. To tell ya the truth I can't put it into words jaja. Maybe I'll try to do it in my last email. I often think about who I was before coming to Canada and who I am now. The difference is big. I'm grateful for a little more time to lose myself in the Lord's work. SPIRITUAL THOUGHT  "I have learned that the most crucial question we each must answer is this: To whom or to what will I give my l...