7/29/13 Idaho Falls

Hey everyone it has been a great week here in Idaho Falls. I forgot to tell everyone last week but the area that I am in is a biking area. It really sucked at first but I have grown to love it. I have a pretty good tan on my arms and it forces me to work out so I am getting in shape. The biking was really hard at first but it is getting easier and I'm not getting too sore anymore but unfortunately the bike I am currently using is just a loaner for right now and I will have to go get a bike soon. We have 3 baptismal dates and hope to have one more on Tuesday!! The names and dates are Karissa Myrdahl which will be on Aug 1, Tahja Snook which will be on Aug 17, Shannon Hill on Aug 24, and the one we hope to place the invitation to on Tuesday is Kailey for Aug 17. Some of these people are struggling a lot and will need a Heavenly Father's help to be ready by the date that we have invited them to be baptized. Other than that we have just been doing a lot of searching trying to find more people to teach which is always a tedious process but has to be done in order to progress the work of salvation. I love you all very much and look forward to talking to y'all next week.

Love,

Elder Curtis

7/22/13 Idaho Falls

So everything is going good so far in Idaho Falls. Funny story my companion is actually from Spring, Texas but went to a different high school and we were in different stakes. We have a couple mutual friends but never knew each other before the mission. Whats even funnier is that I have only been out one week longer than him because of the transfer schedule of the ogden mission so most likely we will be on the same plane home. But yeah everything is going really well with me and him he is an extremely good missionary and has a very strong testimony. So some may have heard that I am senior companion but really we are co-senior companions and he has been in this area his whole mission so basically he is really the senior companion. I look forward to seeing what comes of this transfer and what Idaho Falls has in store for me! Well I'm off to do some grocery shopping now. I love y'all very much and pray for the best for y'all! :)

Here is my new Idaho Falls address:

 

Elder James Curtis

285 Plantation Circle 

Idaho Falls, Idaho 83404

7/15/13

Well I'm going to Idaho Falls!!! I will be leaving Paris, Idaho and going to the Idaho Falls South Zone on Wednesday! So as y'all can probably tell I am pretty excited to be going to Idaho Falls once I found out that I was moving into this mission this was one of the places that I wanted to serve before I went home. Maybe some of my friends/old roommates will come visit me. Tolan has already told me that he will come and feed me and my companion lunch sometime when I am up there so I am pretty excited about that. It's going to be a little weird at first being on a mission so close to where I was going to school but I think it's going to be a lot of fun and after my mission I will be able to go back and visit the people there. But yeah well I better go and start packing now. :)

Missionary Fireside

Email from James to Mary:

"Hey Mary there is a missionary musical fireside that will be this Sunday, June 30th at 7:00pm in Roy (near Logan) and since I'm leaving the mission my mission President said that I could invite you and Steve if y'all want to come that would be awesome! Well I hope y'all come."

And here's the picture proof of their meeting up: