9/9/2013

It has been a pretty good week here we had a baptism on Saturday! Karli Schmitt was baptized and her 16 year old brother  was able to baptize her which was awesome! It was an amazing program and a great experience to be able to see that. So as for me and Elder Viana most likely he will be going back to Spanish work on Wednesday so I may be getting a new companion soon. So it will probably be a short companionship but it has been fun while it lasted and hopefully this new one will be just as fun. The work is going really good here but after a few baptisms our teaching pool is a little low right now and we are constently trying to find more people to teach. We average about 13-15 lessons a week but they want us to be teaching at least 20 lessons a week. I was able to go on exchanges with the zone leader this week which has really helped me to strengthen as a missionary and realize how to become the missionary that everyone wants to be. I have been reading a book called the Continuous Atonement and it is super good and I am on chap. 3 and recommend all to read it! It was one of my birthday presents, thanks mom and dad :), and it is really good in breaking down the Atonement and making it very simple to understand and how to apply it into our everyday lives. The best part about it is that it is very helpful for people that may think that their sin is too big to be forgiven or they think that they can't be forgiven for the same sin multiple times. It is a real convidence booster and everyone should read it. If y'all would like to pray for some of the investigators in my area right now our current progressing investigators are Monica and her son Ivan, Florence, and Shailyn McAbee (Alysha Cook's daughter). I love y'all very much and GO TEXANS!!!!!!!!!

Love,
Elder Curtis