Week 99: La Chamba La Vaina

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 testimonies, then the elders quorum president gets up and says, "voy estar breve con mis palabras porque se que no tenemos mucho tiempo" and proceeds to give a 15 minute talk what a legend haha. V
But our friends loved it so that was all that mattered!

Loving my mission, loving life! Even when it's hard I know sacrifice brings forth the blessings of heaven. I already have seen some of those blessings serving the lord here in the great white North 

Chao!
E. Curtis 

El reycito El Ivan

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