Hi, This is a picture Sis Holzapfel took yesterday as the couples were getting ready to attend a temple session. It was a lovely day.
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Blessings, Conny/ Sister Curtis
Friday, September 28, 2012
Conny Curtis September 24, 2012
Sept. 24, 2012
What a lovely past week we had. Three of the days were spent in the Birmingham Temple with our missionaries. We say “our” as we truly do love each as our own and being in the temple with them was a special privilege. When Elder Koelliker was here for the mission tour, he brought instructions that the missionaries be given more opportunities to attend the temple. The Brethren have realized that, when possible, those young missionaries who are given the chance to attend the temple regularly remained committed to temple attendance when completing their missions. In the past the mission has had each Zone take turns attending over and five week period. This took place twice a year. In order to follow the direction from Salt Lake, this time they had a morning and an afternoon session so that all six Zones could attend in a three day period. All but one of the sessions were private sessions held during times when the temple is normally not opened. We so appreciate the workers that willingly gave of their time to come in and make this possible. There was a special feeling knowing that the missionaries had the temple all to their self. It was so quiet and reverent with a very sweet spirit among all there, workers and patrons. The temple is beautiful, much like the Gila Valley temple. The detail work, especially in the carpets, is stunning. Sis Van Kampen, the Matron, said the carpet here is the most detailed of any.
The temple has a small garden area. This time of year all over Alabama you see yellow butterflies that have migrated here. They don’t fly in large groups, but can be seen with threes and fours together any place there are flowers. This garden was full of them, but they were much too fast for me to catch on camera. In the other picture you can see the beginnings of Fall on the temple grounds. Beautiful.
Spending this much time at the temple left us with projects to take care of back at the office. It seemed that Elder C’s phone never stopped ringing. Of course, he had to take care of the issues, but we had other things on our minds as we had been asked by the President to speak in a small branch in the southwest part of the mission on Sunday. He was supposed to speak, but had something come up so we were being sent in his place….now, how is that for a way to disappoint the congregation? Anyway, we have had this in the back of our minds ever since he asked us nearly three weeks ago, but now needed to put the finishing touches on our talks and hadn’t left ourselves much time to do it. We had decided that since we were traveling that far, three hours, and needed to be there at 9:00 a.m. Sunday, we would leave Saturday and take in a few historical sites then spend the night. The only problem, the place we were going had no motels within fifty miles. Selma was the closest town. We called the Elders serving there to get an idea of what we could find and they insisted that they contact a couple they stay with in Magnolia where the church is located. They didn’t really give us a chance to say “no” and next thing we knew they had made the arrangements with Butch and Brenda Martin for us to spend the night. It turned out to be a nice thing, but I’ll write more about that later.
Even though it was out of our way, we drove to Montgomery first to try and see a few things in that area. We did see some beautiful churches and antebellum homes. One of the homes had been built by the AL Governor who served during the Civil War. There were many other places we had planned to visit, but our AC on the car wasn’t working for some reason and it was a warm day. Also, the phone just kept ringing and we were spending more time on the side of the road talking to missionaries than looking at things so finally gave up on Montgomery. A good thing that came out of this side trip, however, was that we had to take the road to Selma where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. led the freedom march in 1965. Over 800 people, black and white, marched from Selma to Montgomery to stand up for the rights of the blacks to vote. Once we reached Selma we stopped at the bridge where “Bloody Sunday” took place on March 7th, 1965. The march had begun with a much smaller group and when they reached the bridge over the Alabama River that leads out of town, the group was met by a patrol on horseback that beat them back with clubs. While we were looking at the memorials to those who had been there, four black women came up. Two of them had marched with the group and when we showed an interest they were eager to share their experience with us. They said “Bloody Sunday” was a terrible, terrible day. There were people bleeding and beaten and they were driven back. We asked what happened next and were told that Dr King met the people at Brown’s Baptist Church where they re-grouped and with an even larger crowd began the march to the State Capitol once again. More and more people joined along the way. There are historical markers on the highway showing where they stopped to camp. They said it was terrible as they were met with opposition all along the way. I know some, including Martin L King, were put in jail. It made us want to go back and read about the event in more detail. It was so interesting hearing these women tell of the terrible things that the blacks faced during this period of history. We were so happy we got to visit with them and left each with a big hug. There is a museum near by, but it was closed when we arrived.
From here we drove to the Brown (not sure that’s the full name) church and saw the memorial there. It is right in the middle of a large section of project housing. We were told later that this is not a safe place to go. Selma is a very poor city and many places are not safe, but not knowing, we spent a couple hours driving through the back roads taking in as much as we could. In the south, people sit out on their front porches or yards and we were waving and smiling at everyone. I did refrain from taking pictures, although, I really wanted to. We did find some neighborhoods where the home were well kept and even found some beautiful, large houses. We can’t help wondering what kind of chance some of those we saw have. Our missionaries say it is a hard place to work, but they have found some success.
We told the Martin’s not to worry about dinner for us so we made the hour drive to their place arriving around 7:00. These were pure country roads with only a few houses spotted along the way. There are fewer trees and more open land in that part of the state. We saw some nice homes and wondered what would bring people out there. It turns out this area is known for its paper mills. Everyone we met at church either works at or are retired from one of the three mills there. The Martins live on a large section of acreage and of all things, raise goats. He was an engineer for the Georgia Pacific Mill but is now retired and has a herd of several hundred goats. He sells them at auction and said most of them are shipped north and sold to the Muslims for religious use. They were very gracious and interesting hosts.
They live in a large log cabin that they built with the help of their seven children who are now all grown. His family goes way back in that area. In fact, we learned that most of the members of the small branch are related. They made us feel very comfortable and welcome and we had a good night’s sleep.
Speaking of the branch, one of just three buildings still standing from the early 1900s is located here. It was here that some of the first members of the church in AL lived and for a long time it was the District of the whole Montgomery region. His mother had kept a book with pictures of missionaries that had been there dating back to the time the church was built. I looked through it hoping to find my father among them, but with no luck. I’m anxious to get out his journals when I get home and see if I recognize some of the places he served here in the south. We were blessed once again to learn the history from those who lived or had loved ones who lived it. The area was beautiful and the people kind.
The members raised money to build a new chapel back in the 1970s and this building was bought and is kept as a historical site by the States Cemetery Society as there is a lovely cemetery behind it. We felt we were going back in time as we toured the inside. Paul had to pound the pulpit and the young Elders rang the bell….it has a ‘real’ church bell.
As for the Sunday meeting, there were about 27 in attendance, including us and two Elders. The members were strong and devoted to their small branch. We were told they usually have only one speaker and that sacrament meeting is over when the speaker finishes his or her talk. For the first time ever, Paul had enough time to give his WHOLE talk. It takes about ten minutes for announcements, song and sacrament and the rest of the time was ours. I think it went well, but we were no replacement for President Holzapfel. The members welcomed us with warmth and kindness, but when they invited us to stay for a pot luck dinner they had planned for the Pres. we knew there had to be some disappointment that he was unable to come. If that was the case, they didn’t show it to us, though. We ate our share of the delicious food which we finished off with the best pee-can pie we’ve ever tasted. Having this experience gave us one more side of Alabama to add to our many good memories. Again, the country is beautiful and the people are friendly and loving. How blessed we are to be here.
We send our love and best wishes for a wonderful week. You are in our thoughts and prayers always.
Love Mom and Dad / Elder and Sister Curtis
Monday, September 10, 2012
Karen Mosley in China!!!
Hello!
I've had lots of requests for updates on what it's like for us in China. I have finally had a moment to start a blog. I'm not familiar with blogging, so it's pretty simple and plain, but I promise fun pictures which is what most people want! If you'd like to take a look, here's the link:
Hope you enjoy a taste of life in China!!
Love,
Kirk & Karen
Saturday, August 18, 2012
Conny Curtis July 27, 2012
Good Evening,
As promised, this
is a continuation of the letter I sent just a few days ago. We have had so many
wonderful experiences, but first I want to go back to the transfers. I
mentioned the new missionaries coming in and said briefly that we were losing
many of those who have been here since we arrived. We have become close to them
and it was an emotional goodbye. We had
ten leave; among them Elder Burdette, our first trainer, Elder Bowles, who
taught me how to use the phone in referrals, Elder Fisher, who lives in our old
Sunny Mesa Ward back home, Elder Ruff who ordered more media from me than any
other missionary. He reminds us of our son Jarad….a hard worker and so
caring. Also, Elder Klabacka, who has
been an assistant to the Pres. much of the time we’ve been in the office so we
have worked closely with him and Elder Hawks, who is another hard working
missionary and has become a dear friend. He and Elder Curtis have a fishing
date set up for when we get home. I
could share something special about each one and am holding back tears as I
mention them. A few of them admitted to
being on the verge of tears that day as well. When we dropped them off at the
hotel they wanted to just keep hanging around. They weren’t ready for their
mission experience to close. We love and
miss them.
Usually the
demands of Transfers become even more urgent once the actual day is over as I
then would update IMOS on the computer with all the new information and would
have people calling immediately for a roster with all the changes. This was
always time consuming and a challenge.
For several months, however, Salt Lake has been asking all the Mission
Presidents to take over this responsibility.
Pres. H tried it once soon after I started in the office and it ended up
being such a mess that it took us weeks to get it back in order. I’m not saying it was Pres’ doing; IMOS has
made a lot of improvements since then.
In fact, the last transfer went quite smoothly for me. Now, I don’t do any of it….none. I have to admit I felt a little left out and
I also have to admit, I was a little pleased to see that even the Pres. and
assistants took several tries before they got all the kinks out of the
roster. Another issue this brings is
that while they are working on transfer scenarios the weeks before the actual
transfers many of the programs that the rest of us in the office use are
blocked from us. It’s all a process and is for the good. Everyone, including Salt Lake, will learn and
continue to improve. This means nothing
to most of you, but Sis Sessions, who I took over for, may find it interesting.
My job definition has definitely changed, but there seem to be new things
coming up to still keep me on my toes and Elder Curtis can always use more of
my help. There are changes being made on
IMOS for car care as well. Changes can
be and are good!
The Birmingham
Stake was holding a 9:00 to 3:00 Family History Fair the Saturday after
transfers and I was asked to get a group of missionaries together to help with
the day’s activities. We had Elder C and me as well as two Elders and two
Sisters who serve in that building. We helped put together and serve the lunch
and then were asked to just mingle and make our presence known. Out of the 175 or so in attendance, about a
third were non-members and four of the class presenters were also not members.
We were very impressed with how well everything was arranged and how lovely the
building and displays were set up. They had two or three classes going on each
hour throughout the day. From the few that we were able to listen in on they
were very professionally done. A lot of
good information. Sis Anne Norris from
our Branch had made the whole thing happen and on all accounts, it was a
successful day. We were glad we could help and be a part of it. Our young
missionaries represented the mission well.
People stayed the full day which is always a good sign that things are going
well.
As soon as we
walked in the door after finishing with the Family History Fair, Pres.
Holzapfel called and asked if I would be in charge of the food for another
event coming up the next Wed. The former
Governor of Alabama had called and asked if the Mission would host an open
house for a group of youth from one of the mega Baptist Churches in
Birmingham. His brother is Pastor of the
church and with the political climate these days; he wanted his congregation to
know something about these ‘Mormons’.
This isn’t the first time that President has met with other churches,
but it was the first time a BAPTIST church had requested to come to one of our
buildings. I didn’t have a lot of time
or resources to plan with. They expected
around 30 youth between 14 and 18 years of age plus their leaders. I was warned that nothing I did would measure
up to the grand events of their church (we’re told it looks like a small
college campus) so just don’t have cookies and punch, but also not to
worry….????? Ummmmm We already had plans to be away from the office
much of Monday and Tuesday so I had to rely on Costco – good old Costco chocolate
mousse cake. It was a success and so was the evening.
There was a good
turnout. We met in the RS room where our
Branch Pres. explained how he was called and how all of our leaders and
teachers are regular members of the church who have been called to that
position for a season and serve without pay while carrying on their lives with
normal responsibilities (work, school, parenting etc) Next, two Seminary
students explained how they meet each morning at 6:00 for scripture study. They then showed clips of outstanding youth
that are known nationally and are members of the church. President also talked and explained some of
the similarities of our church and theirs as well as some of the differences. He is so good at this with his great
knowledge of religion and the scriptures. The group was then taken on a quick
tour of the building (as I said, theirs is mega so this wasn’t expected to be
too impressive) They ended in the chapel where the young missionaries sang a
beautiful Christian hymn and then a question and answer time was opened. We had expected the whole evening to last
only an hour, but there was a good interest and many questions were asked. Again, Pres. Holzapfel is the perfect one for
this type of exchange. We were all impressed.
Refreshments followed along with mingling with youth from the two wards
meeting there for YW/YM and Institute.
All good….
Thankfully
because of helping the Sat before I knew where to borrow a table cloth and some
decorations. Taking pictures of the
group didn’t seem appropriate. Chocolate is always a way to win people over.
Paul and the missionaries were great help
We have a Branch
baptism on Saturday morning. I’ll write
about that next time. We’ve had some other good things going on this week, but
this is enough for now. Paul says if he
were writing he would just share spiritual thoughts and events, but for me,
these things are spiritual and have brought joy to our missionary service. God bless each of you. We send our love, Elder and Sister Curtis Mom/Dad
There
were several displays of well known people who came from Alabama…..didn’t know
there were so many in all fields, sports, history, music, government, and so
forth. Interesting
Karen Mosley August 2012
Hello!
We have just finished our two grueling weeks of training for the China Teachers Program at BYU. We learned so much, but still feel intimidated about the idea of going to China as English Professors to teach graduate and PhD students at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in Chengdu. We know the Lord will magnify our efforts and we are ready to get started! We leave in 10 days!
We had a busy summer. My mother passed away in May, then my husband's mother passed in June. We are happy that their suffering is over, and feel blessed that we were able to serve them in their final years. It's hard to say goodbye, but we feel them with us still. We then had two new grandbabies born! I wish I could bring you all treats to help celebrate! Liam Kirk Mosley was 8lbs. 9 oz., and Cecily Weed was 5 lbs. 12 oz. Cecily was so small that the doctors worried about her and warned us she may have issues, but she is 100% healthy and whole and we feel extremely blessed and grateful for all the prayers in her behalf. We were able to gather all of our children and grandchildren in Washington for a reunion in July. It was a great chance to say goodbye and get filled up with memories before we leave.
China is an amazing place. We have learned so much and look forward to our chance to meet some of the Lord's 'lost sheep'. We have been cautioned to warn our friends not to speak of our service as being missionaries. We are NOT preaching the gospel, and we are NOT set-apart missionaries. There are no missionaries in mainland China, and if the government hears through rumors that the Church is sending missionaries there, we could encounter problems. So please don't tell anyone that the Mosleys are "on a mission" to China. We are going over to make friends and set examples and help educate those who we hope will seek truth and find it when that door is open to them.
We certainly miss our special time serving as ordinance workers. May you all be blessed in your service and know our hearts are with you.
Much love,
Karen & Kirk Mosley
Conny curtis August 4, 2012
Aug 4, 2012
To begin this
week’s news, I want to report that for the month of July the Mission had the
largest number of baptisms ever recorded since the mission was created in 1979.
I’ve already sent you pictures from some that we attended. Last Saturday we were involved with the
baptism of a new member in our own branch.
She has been attending ever since we were assigned to the branch and we
have helped teach during the Sunday Gospel Principals class. She has gained a strong knowledge of the
teachings and truthfulness of the gospel and it has been a pleasure to see her
progress. We were able to pick her up the morning of her baptism and be there
for her that day. There was a nice
Branch turnout. After her baptism Regina
bore a sweet and heartfelt testimony.
Now we need to follow through by mentoring her reading in the Book of
Mormon and encouraging others to continue fellowshipping her. Was a nice day.
This is the kind
of news that we most enjoy sharing and remembering from our mission. In the first two years that President
Holzapfel has been here, the baptism numbers have been higher for the mission
than years past. As he began his third year as Pres. in July it looks like that
growth will continue. There is an urgency throughout the church to reach out to
those who have been and are being prepared to receive God’s word. The
missionaries were told by Elder Gonzales that no matter how many times they
have gone to an area, there are still those being prepared to accept God’s
message. The work is there.
This has been a
busy time of travel for us and the mission as the individual Zone Training
meetings were held for Aug. It seems
that we had just attended them for July.
This time they weren’t all held on the same day so we were able to go to
three of the five. We learned while in Huntsville that the two stakes that make
up that Zone have been asked to separate and each stake will become a Zone as
is requested by Salt Lake. As of next week the mission will have six Zones to
cover. I have to admit, with all the changes that are being requested by
Mission Headquarters, things do finally seem to be running more smoothly and
the work gets done faster and more efficiently.
I guess all the beta testing and having our computers bringing
frustrations to our lives, is now paying off. I know the person that will
replace me will have it much easier and even Paul’s responsibilities are a
little less hectic, although, there are STILL issues with tiwis and then just
human error (accidents, lost reports, etc) that will probably always be there
to some degree.
Anyway, we
attended the Birmingham Zone on Wed, then Huntsville on Thursday and Elder
Curtis went to Tupelo on Friday. I had a
dentist appointment for a rootcanel so was unable to go that day. As always, it was great to be with the young
Elders and Sisters. We have some
fantastic Leaders and they are the ones that did the training based on what
they had been instructed by the President.
Besides traveling
to the different areas for the training meetings we took one day to deliver a
new car to our Sisters serving in Tuscaloosa (over an hour from the office) and
then took their car South East to
Tuskegee (past Montgomery) so that we could retire the car from there. All of
this was necessary because there had been a wreck and one of our 50 cars was in
the repair shop. I won’t even go into
the headaches that caused Elder C. The mission is only allowed 50 cars so this
left six missionaries with just one car in an area where a car was badly
needed. It took some juggling, but for
now everyone is getting by the best they can with a little help from Elder
C. On the day we made this exchange we
ended up being on the road for nearly eight hours…..whew! There had been a bad
accident on the freeway and we took all back roads. We saw some beautiful country and went places
we’ve never been, but after a long day, the slow driving was not what you would
call pleasant. Oh well, looking back we
remember the good…like meeting Elders Withers and LaCour in Tuskegee. They were
just WALKING up to their place when we arrived. It was well over a hundred that
day and they were out there working hard. We call Elder Withers the “hundred
door a day man”. He never stops and
Elder LaCour is right there at his side. They were both dripping with sweat and
we thought we would melt just standing there talking to them. We didn’t spend
much time as they had to head out (walking) to another appointment. Good, good Elders.
I’ll close by
writing about more mission “Hellos and Goodbyes”. We had a luncheon at the mission home as a
welcome party for Elder and Sister Specht, who arrived in July and are serving
in MS, and a farewell party for Elder and Sister Halley who have completed
their 18 month mission. We will miss the
Halleys. Besides their great missionary
efforts, Sister Halley was in charge of planning our Couples’ outings and she
did a super job giving us opportunities we probably would have missed if not
for her. We were pleased to meet Elder and Sister Specht. They are lively and outgoing and will be a
nice addition to the mission.
We will miss him
along with so many others. Already we
are preparing for the next group to come in and the next ones to leave. That’s mission life and we love it!
“For ye shall go out with joy, and be led
forth with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into
singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.” Isaiah 55:12
This seemed like a good scripture to end with. It is so beautiful here in Alabama and as we
take in the beauty of the countryside and even more so, the people, we feel to clap
our hands with joy for the blessing of serving here and the work we see being
done.
Blessings and Love to each of you,
Elder and Sister Curtis
Mom/Dad
Conny Curtis July 21, 2012
July 22, 2012
We finished
another transfer last week, but before I get into that I want to write about
the baptism or baptisms, six of them, that we attended in Ensley Branch a week
ago Saturday. Ensley is a suburb of
Birmingham and might be compared in some ways to Harlem of New York. The Branch
there is all black from the surrounding neighborhoods, however, there are
several families from other wards around AL that have been assigned to serve
there. With so many baptisms, there was
a large turnout. We have gone to the
town of Ensley many times as there is a shop where we have the hitches for our
bike racks put on the new cars and we use them for other needs as well. Nice people. Several times in Columbiana ward
we had a former African Am. Branch Pres and his wife from there visit and
developed a friendship. For these and
many other reasons we have planned to visit the ward. This occasion seemed to
be the right timing; not only for the baptisms, but our dear Elder Burdette has
been serving there and this was his last baptism before finishing his
mission. All in all, it was a great
experience. Two of the girls taking part
were the twin daughters of a member that Elder Burdette and his companion
tracked into. The mother had become
inactive so not only were her daughters brought into the church, but she was
re-activated. It was sweet to watch her tender tears of joy. Among the others
being baptized were the husband and daughter of a member, very sweet, and the
older daughter of another branch member.
There was also a young man from the branch who is just now old enough to
turn in his mission papers. He was
baptizing the ‘seventh’ of his friends that night. Here he has had SEVEN baptisms before he even
reached the mission field. There was a joyful and sweet spirit there and we
were blessed to witness it. We visited with the Branch Pres afterwards and he
said this is a rough part of town. There have been shootings and robberies all
around the church and several families in the branch have faced heartache, but
still remain faithful. We met many delightful people. The missionaries love
serving in this area.
As is always the
case on transfer week our days were long and full. On Monday we took five of our visa Elders to
the airport to head for their various destinations. One of them was Elder McRae from Thatcher and
in visiting I’m sure we have some family connections somewhere along the
line. My Mother’s sister Hazel married a
McRae. He was a good missionary. They all were and will continue to be.
Tuesday we were to
pick up sixteen new missionaries at 2:00 p.m.
First we heard their flight in Salt Lake had been cancelled. All morning we waited for an update. Finally plans were in place to meet them at
3:00, but then we heard the plane was arriving early. Pres and Sister Holzapfel actually greet them
as they come off the plane and we stay with the van in a waiting area until
they call to tell us they are ready to be picked up. Two thirty came and went, three thirty came
and went, (we were getting updates all along) At four thirty we finally got the
call that they were at the curb. There were only 14 as two visa waiters missed
the connecting flight and were stranded in Atlanta. Still, it took the van and two other cars to
get them all loaded and on our way. Twelve of them are fulltime assigned to
Alabama and four are visa missionaries. As you can see from the picture, there
is only one Sister. A side note here, Sister Palmer was called and trained as
English speaking, but the mission needed another Spanish speaking Sister. Pres
H had ordered all the materials, including a Sp nametag, and when he did his
interview with her he asked to see her MTC nametag then handed her back the
Spanish one he had for her. She was more
than a little surprised, but is a sharp girl and accepted the challenge and we
know she will do well. We have already enjoyed spending time with them all.
They have some big shoes to fill as so many of our choice missionaries are
completing their missions over the summer months. This time we had an Elder from the Ivory
Coast in Africa and one of the visa Elders is from Joe and Wyndi’s ward back home.
Joe was his home teacher. That was a
fun connection. New missionaries to
love.
There were many
changes taking place in the way transfers were handled this time around. One that we thought worked really well was
taking all the new missionaries straight to the Mission Home. Usually we go to the office where the
President takes each one in his office for an interview and Elder Curtis meets
with them about their driving records, etc. This meant a lot of sitting around
time for the missionaries in a crowded office after an already long day. Following this we went to the Mission Home
for a formal sit down dinner and then rushed off to their hotels. The plan this time was to have a serve
yourself buffet dinner while Pres did his individual interviews and Elder C
gathered the information he needed. When the missionaries finished eating they
gathered in the living room and were able to visit in a relaxed way. We had four, or at least there were four that
night, that play the piano…all very well.
They kept us entertained by taking turns playing from classical to
ragtime and all in-between. Yes, there
were some nice hymns mixed in as well.
Elder Dalo from Africa plays beautifully. He said a friend of his began
teaching him and he found he had a natural gift and love for music. Spending the evening this way took a lot of
stress off everyone and the missionaries were able to have an earlier bedtime
than usual.
We were to pick up
the missionaries at the hotel early the next morning for the transfer
meeting. A call from the President woke
us up saying that we needed to be even earlier. About half of the luggage had
not come in with the plane and around 1:30 that morning it had been delivered
to the mission home and needed to be picked up. That was good news…whew and
whew! Poor Pres seems to never get to sleep.
Another change
with transfers was the presentation of information for just the new
missionaries. Usually they gather AFTER
the general meeting which has never worked well. All they were interested in
was what was this new companion going to be like, and where were they headed.
Now they had them arrive an hour before the others for the training and the
meeting was laid out so each person stayed on schedule and everyone was able to
present their part. For the first time
in months Elder C was able to go over the driving and car care information from
Salt Lake. It seemed to go well. All of
transfers went well. We did have a man
sent from Salt Lake to audit all the tiwis, but he had been working on it since
Monday and had already met with Elder C several times so for once we weren’t
tied up in the parking lot and were actually able to sit through all of
transfers, including listening to Pres Holzapfel remarks.
We had taken all
of the bikes for the new missionaries to the Stake Building the day
before. We have done that the last few
transfers and it makes it much easier so handing out bikes even went smoothly
for us. All in all, it was the best
organized and most relaxing transfer day we have experienced. That’s not to say there weren’t issues, but
all ended well even though we did worry watching some of the Elders drive away
with their cars stuffed to overflowing with luggage (is that even safe?)
Well, it is now
bedtime on Tuesday and I have only covered half of what went on since our last
letter. There is much more that I want to record for my own records, but it has
been a long day (we drove for over eight hours taking care of different issues)
Tomorrow we have another special event that we are helping with so it will be
busy and exciting as well. This letter
is going to have to be sent in segments, which is probably okay with you. There
is plenty enough for now anyway. I’m too tired to even proof read it. …headed
for bed – yawn! Hope you each have a goodnight and a great day tomorrow. We love you-
Blessings always, Elder and Sister Curtis Mom/Dad
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