hey how is it going? how are things in cache valley? Things in ecuador are good but hot but I can´t change that how is my niece? tell her I love her
She is good. She has gotten a few more teeth. She is getting big. She is getting really closes to being able to walk. I'm going to be in the car for about 15 minutes to email me back and I'll respond when I get to Grandmas. Mom, Michelle, Taylor and I are going to go shopping today to get stuff for Michelle's wedding. We are hoping to find her wedding dress.
cool have fun shopping with the girls
We will. It is really cold here now it snowed a little bit last night. Have you done any more baptisms?
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
2008_12_08 Week 7 Balzar Michelle
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:24:54 -0700
Hey Curtis!
The wedding plans are coming along. I have finals this week and a talk on sunday,so as soon as that is all over I can actually get going on the wedding plans and stress over only that. I have three finals this week and one project that still isn't finished, but things are good and I'll get it all done. I love you and miss you so much! How are things going over there? Are you liking it? Is it fun?
Love always, Michelle
Things are going good mom has an email from me with a bunch of stuff in it but things are good and I am loving it.
Hey Curtis!
The wedding plans are coming along. I have finals this week and a talk on sunday,so as soon as that is all over I can actually get going on the wedding plans and stress over only that. I have three finals this week and one project that still isn't finished, but things are good and I'll get it all done. I love you and miss you so much! How are things going over there? Are you liking it? Is it fun?
Love always, Michelle
Things are going good mom has an email from me with a bunch of stuff in it but things are good and I am loving it.
2008_12_08 Week 7 Balzar Dad
Dear Curtis
I hope you week has been good. Mine has been ok. Wednesday Kavin is going to go duck hunting with Todd and me. I think we are going to go to Bear River. It is snowing today I hope we get a lot today. I have not been hunting since Braxton got his swan so I am ready. The other night we cleaned all the shot guns. We did yours. We will do the 3006 a night this week. Skyler called me this morning. He is going out duck hunting in the snow. He got laid off from work so he has go alot of free time on his hands.
How are the people doing that you are teaching? I think Mom told you she took the day off and went to Logan to look for Michelle a wedding dress. Shara is going with them.
Have you seen any different birds there? What are they and what do they look like? Let me know when you are on and I will keep looking for an email.
I Love You, Love Dad
There aren´t a lot of wild ducks that I have seen but they have a typeof domesticated muscovy duck here and also domesticated whistling duckor tree duck. the teaching is going good The baptism yesterday was good too well I gotta go I love you
Curtis, are you done for the day?
I hope you week has been good. Mine has been ok. Wednesday Kavin is going to go duck hunting with Todd and me. I think we are going to go to Bear River. It is snowing today I hope we get a lot today. I have not been hunting since Braxton got his swan so I am ready. The other night we cleaned all the shot guns. We did yours. We will do the 3006 a night this week. Skyler called me this morning. He is going out duck hunting in the snow. He got laid off from work so he has go alot of free time on his hands.
How are the people doing that you are teaching? I think Mom told you she took the day off and went to Logan to look for Michelle a wedding dress. Shara is going with them.
Have you seen any different birds there? What are they and what do they look like? Let me know when you are on and I will keep looking for an email.
I Love You, Love Dad
There aren´t a lot of wild ducks that I have seen but they have a typeof domesticated muscovy duck here and also domesticated whistling duckor tree duck. the teaching is going good The baptism yesterday was good too well I gotta go I love you
Curtis, are you done for the day?
Monday, December 8, 2008
2008_12_01 Week 6 Balzar Dad
Dad emailed Curtis on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:55:00 -0700
Curtis emailed Dad that same day
Dear Curtis
How was your Week? How did the baptism go?
I was going to go duck hunting Wednesday but I woke up at 3:00 am sick with the Flu so I sent clain out with Kavin, Stew, kavin's Principal and V. Principal. They did not get any they got some shots but not ducks. I spent most of the day in bed.
Thanksgiving we went over to Curtis and Camie Cox to work on the house Josh, Kavin Clain and me put 5 new windows in. I think they are going to go back on the13th to do some more work. They have not done much work in the past two years. Then we went over to Georgiann to eat dinner.
Skyler came down yesterday to get your address. I had him help me give Mom a blessing Clain slammed her head in the truck door Saturday night i think she has a concushion she is doing a lot better now.
Sorry about last week I got busy and did not get back to check my email. have you been teaching a lot of lessons? How was your sunday? I will check back later I Love You,
Love Dad
my week was good the baptism with Jesus didnt happen she doenst want to get baptised right now so we will have to work with her some more and then maybe we have two baptisms this Sunday. Allison and Christopher. Allison asked me to perform the baptism.
That sucks that clain and kavin and the group didnt get any birds maybe next time Im glad that you helped out curtis and kami I wish i could have been there to help out too.
A note from Mom
We got home late on Saturday night after going to the Forgotten Carols in Logan as a family. Clain had been asleep all the way home. He got out and I got out. I was gathering stuff up to take in the house and reached down to pick up a bottle from the floor in the back seat of the truck when Clain slammed the back door shut so he could go past to go in the house. My head got caught between the door and the hard part of the passenger seat where the seat belt hooks in. I immediately had a very bad headache. It doubled me over on the front seat and I laid there and cried for a few minutes. It hurt so bad that I cried for a half hour or more. I have not hurt that bad since Braxton was born.
I went inside and took some pain medicine, washed my face and put ice on my head. After a bit it eased up so I could stand it. I went to bed and was able to sleep. When I woke up Sunday, I still had a really good headache, but I was very grateful for the rest. I considered staying home from church, but determined that Satan was not going to win this day and I would go no matter what. I took more pain medicine and got ready for church. I endured church and tried hard to concentrate on the meetings, which were really good that day. I had to take more pain medicine while at church, but I stuck it out. I asked Craig if he would give me a blessing after church. He said he would and he would call our home teacher and see if he could come help.
After lunch I laid down for a bit. Then Skyler Gailey came down. When I heard Skyler's voice, I thought that Skyler could help Craig give me a blessing, so I got up and asked. Skyler was very willing to help. Immediately after the blessing, the pain started to ease up. I had a good afternoon and evening and I have felt pretty good ever since. The pain was very intense prior to the blessing, but I have had very little pain since the blessing, just an occasional twinge or two. I count this as a small miracle in my life. I am grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord as He tenderly watches over me and my family. I am grateful for Curtis's desire to serve a mission. I know our family is being blessed because of his service.
Curtis emailed Dad that same day
Dear Curtis
How was your Week? How did the baptism go?
I was going to go duck hunting Wednesday but I woke up at 3:00 am sick with the Flu so I sent clain out with Kavin, Stew, kavin's Principal and V. Principal. They did not get any they got some shots but not ducks. I spent most of the day in bed.
Thanksgiving we went over to Curtis and Camie Cox to work on the house Josh, Kavin Clain and me put 5 new windows in. I think they are going to go back on the13th to do some more work. They have not done much work in the past two years. Then we went over to Georgiann to eat dinner.
Skyler came down yesterday to get your address. I had him help me give Mom a blessing Clain slammed her head in the truck door Saturday night i think she has a concushion she is doing a lot better now.
Sorry about last week I got busy and did not get back to check my email. have you been teaching a lot of lessons? How was your sunday? I will check back later I Love You,
Love Dad
my week was good the baptism with Jesus didnt happen she doenst want to get baptised right now so we will have to work with her some more and then maybe we have two baptisms this Sunday. Allison and Christopher. Allison asked me to perform the baptism.
That sucks that clain and kavin and the group didnt get any birds maybe next time Im glad that you helped out curtis and kami I wish i could have been there to help out too.
A note from Mom
We got home late on Saturday night after going to the Forgotten Carols in Logan as a family. Clain had been asleep all the way home. He got out and I got out. I was gathering stuff up to take in the house and reached down to pick up a bottle from the floor in the back seat of the truck when Clain slammed the back door shut so he could go past to go in the house. My head got caught between the door and the hard part of the passenger seat where the seat belt hooks in. I immediately had a very bad headache. It doubled me over on the front seat and I laid there and cried for a few minutes. It hurt so bad that I cried for a half hour or more. I have not hurt that bad since Braxton was born.
I went inside and took some pain medicine, washed my face and put ice on my head. After a bit it eased up so I could stand it. I went to bed and was able to sleep. When I woke up Sunday, I still had a really good headache, but I was very grateful for the rest. I considered staying home from church, but determined that Satan was not going to win this day and I would go no matter what. I took more pain medicine and got ready for church. I endured church and tried hard to concentrate on the meetings, which were really good that day. I had to take more pain medicine while at church, but I stuck it out. I asked Craig if he would give me a blessing after church. He said he would and he would call our home teacher and see if he could come help.
After lunch I laid down for a bit. Then Skyler Gailey came down. When I heard Skyler's voice, I thought that Skyler could help Craig give me a blessing, so I got up and asked. Skyler was very willing to help. Immediately after the blessing, the pain started to ease up. I had a good afternoon and evening and I have felt pretty good ever since. The pain was very intense prior to the blessing, but I have had very little pain since the blessing, just an occasional twinge or two. I count this as a small miracle in my life. I am grateful for the tender mercies of the Lord as He tenderly watches over me and my family. I am grateful for Curtis's desire to serve a mission. I know our family is being blessed because of his service.
Monday, December 1, 2008
2008_12_01 Week 6 Balzar
Mom wrote to Curtis on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:11:53 -0700
Curtis replied back on Monday at 9:01 am
Hi Curtis,
Just a few questions today, then please tell us about the past week. Have you gotten the packages I sent? If yes, what condition were they in?
No
Have you gotten any letters or Dear Elders? Who are they from? What dates are they from?
Yes both from you the one I read today was about the wheat and dry ice
Who is your District Leader? What elders are in your district? Who are their companions?
in my district there are 16 elders
me and my companion
Elder Williams and Sanches Gringos
Elder Norgran and Anderson Gringos
Elder Janampa and Jargerui Elder Janampa in my district leader
Elder Fuentalba and Estrada
Elder Arana and Ricconi Elder Arana in our Zone leader and Elder Ricconi is the other district leader
Elder Moran and Verastegui
Elder Chiza and Faundes
Elders Chiza and Moran are otavalanios natives of Ecuador they are allowed to keep their hair long while they serve their missions
Who are your Zone Leaders?
Elder Arana is my zone leader
In the photos you sent last week, can you identify the elders for us? At least your District Leader and Your Zone Leaders.
Elder arana is the elder on the far right and there are two elders between elder janampa and elder arana and Elder Ricconi is directly above elder janampa
Why does the elder on the front row on the left have on white pants, a vest, no tie and white slippers?
I am not for sure why he is dressed that way but he is one of the otavalanios elder Chiza and elder Moran is on the top row on the left
Did you get a photo of the six people on the motorcycle? That had to be funny! It is funny just to imagine it.
No but I see all the time motorcycles with four and five people on them
Thanks Curtis.
Love,
Mom
This saturday we had scheduled 3 baptisms but one Carlos De Barco he will be in Guayaquil at school so we will re schedule the other two are Allison and her brother Christopher the baptism will be moved to sunday morning because with allison and christopher two members are getting baptised and one of the two wont turn 8 untill sunday so we changed all of the baptisms to sunday so that they didnt have to come to balzar twice Allison asked me if I would baptise her so I will have another baptism this sunday. this last wednesday I had an inter cambio where elder arana took my place in balzar for 24 hours and I took his place in Quevedo with his companion Elder Ricconi it was neat to be able to work in a different place and with different people. Today is the cambio but No one in our zone got changed everybody is staying where they are at.
Thanks Curtis. Tell us more about what you are doing. I have to run upstairs and check on some switches that don't appear to be working. I will hurry, but while I am gone, please just write more about what you are doing. Why did they do the inter cambio? Does cambio = transfer?
Cambio is change or transfer yes. They do the inter cambio so that the leader of the zone gets a chance to check on our area and the people we are teaching and it is a chance to learn new things from other people. There is an elder that is leaving today for utah that is done with his mission he is the one that trained elder bejar his name is elder Jeremy Ruppe he lives in orem 208 East 2000 North Orem, utah 84057 his phone number is 1-801-221-7955 and his email address is the_gleameye at Hotmail.com talk with him about the mission he should be able to tell you lots about the mission. Check out the web page www.megn.org select my name and the password is ******* this site is the one I can order things on
Okay. I will get hold of Elder Ruppe. It will be fun to talk to someone who has been down there and really knows what is going on. I will also check out the web page you sent. Did you get to talk to Elder Ruppe much at all?
How come you are on the email earlier today? Do you have plans to do something different today?
No I didnt talk to him at all but he trained Elder bejar so he would know a lot about elder bejar too you could also check out the web site www.pepsi.com.ec or ecu I cant remember which but this is the site that was on a bottle of kola galleto so I think it will have all of the pepsi products in Ecuador
Cool. I am looking at the www.megn.org site right now. I will have to translate to understand much. One entry looks like your passage to go get your sense, one is something about light and one is focus for the house of the fourth. What is that? The home page has a message that I think is from the old mission president. What kinds of things do you use this site to order?
that is refunds one is for my passage to get my senso the other is a lightbulb for the house a foco and the other is the electicity for two months
Sorry, I was wrong. The home page has a message from Elder Arana. Maybe he is replacing someone else that was serving in the office. It also has a message from the Nurses about requesting medicines. What medicines do they send out to you?
what ever you need my companion recieved lamacil for atheletes foot from the enfermeras
Cool. It looks like they have a place for you to put in referrals that you get to other areas of the mission. And it looks like there is a place to track how well the members you baptize are being retained or kept active in the gospel. There is a place to place orders and a place for reimbursements. What does Giro mean? The translator doesn't have that one.
Giro is the money we recieve every two weeks it is called a giro. well I gotta go I love you lots Bye
I love you, too. I hope to hear more from you next week. Write more of your experiences when you can. Have a great week.
Okay. It is good to know that you can get the stuff you need to help you with your health. Do you have to have shots for anything or wormer medicine while you are there?
I dont think so but before I leave the mission they will give me a strong pesticide that will kill anything that I have gotten during the mission aparently it is so strong that they cant get it in the states well I gotta go by mom I love you Remember Who You Are
Thanks Curtis. I always try to remember I am a daughter of God. You are His son and He is proud of you!
Curtis replied back on Monday at 9:01 am
Hi Curtis,
Just a few questions today, then please tell us about the past week. Have you gotten the packages I sent? If yes, what condition were they in?
No
Have you gotten any letters or Dear Elders? Who are they from? What dates are they from?
Yes both from you the one I read today was about the wheat and dry ice
Who is your District Leader? What elders are in your district? Who are their companions?
in my district there are 16 elders
me and my companion
Elder Williams and Sanches Gringos
Elder Norgran and Anderson Gringos
Elder Janampa and Jargerui Elder Janampa in my district leader
Elder Fuentalba and Estrada
Elder Arana and Ricconi Elder Arana in our Zone leader and Elder Ricconi is the other district leader
Elder Moran and Verastegui
Elder Chiza and Faundes
Elders Chiza and Moran are otavalanios natives of Ecuador they are allowed to keep their hair long while they serve their missions
Who are your Zone Leaders?
Elder Arana is my zone leader
In the photos you sent last week, can you identify the elders for us? At least your District Leader and Your Zone Leaders.
Elder arana is the elder on the far right and there are two elders between elder janampa and elder arana and Elder Ricconi is directly above elder janampa
Why does the elder on the front row on the left have on white pants, a vest, no tie and white slippers?
I am not for sure why he is dressed that way but he is one of the otavalanios elder Chiza and elder Moran is on the top row on the left
Did you get a photo of the six people on the motorcycle? That had to be funny! It is funny just to imagine it.
No but I see all the time motorcycles with four and five people on them
Thanks Curtis.
Love,
Mom
This saturday we had scheduled 3 baptisms but one Carlos De Barco he will be in Guayaquil at school so we will re schedule the other two are Allison and her brother Christopher the baptism will be moved to sunday morning because with allison and christopher two members are getting baptised and one of the two wont turn 8 untill sunday so we changed all of the baptisms to sunday so that they didnt have to come to balzar twice Allison asked me if I would baptise her so I will have another baptism this sunday. this last wednesday I had an inter cambio where elder arana took my place in balzar for 24 hours and I took his place in Quevedo with his companion Elder Ricconi it was neat to be able to work in a different place and with different people. Today is the cambio but No one in our zone got changed everybody is staying where they are at.
Thanks Curtis. Tell us more about what you are doing. I have to run upstairs and check on some switches that don't appear to be working. I will hurry, but while I am gone, please just write more about what you are doing. Why did they do the inter cambio? Does cambio = transfer?
Cambio is change or transfer yes. They do the inter cambio so that the leader of the zone gets a chance to check on our area and the people we are teaching and it is a chance to learn new things from other people. There is an elder that is leaving today for utah that is done with his mission he is the one that trained elder bejar his name is elder Jeremy Ruppe he lives in orem 208 East 2000 North Orem, utah 84057 his phone number is 1-801-221-7955 and his email address is the_gleameye at Hotmail.com talk with him about the mission he should be able to tell you lots about the mission. Check out the web page www.megn.org select my name and the password is ******* this site is the one I can order things on
Okay. I will get hold of Elder Ruppe. It will be fun to talk to someone who has been down there and really knows what is going on. I will also check out the web page you sent. Did you get to talk to Elder Ruppe much at all?
How come you are on the email earlier today? Do you have plans to do something different today?
No I didnt talk to him at all but he trained Elder bejar so he would know a lot about elder bejar too you could also check out the web site www.pepsi.com.ec or ecu I cant remember which but this is the site that was on a bottle of kola galleto so I think it will have all of the pepsi products in Ecuador
Cool. I am looking at the www.megn.org site right now. I will have to translate to understand much. One entry looks like your passage to go get your sense, one is something about light and one is focus for the house of the fourth. What is that? The home page has a message that I think is from the old mission president. What kinds of things do you use this site to order?
that is refunds one is for my passage to get my senso the other is a lightbulb for the house a foco and the other is the electicity for two months
Sorry, I was wrong. The home page has a message from Elder Arana. Maybe he is replacing someone else that was serving in the office. It also has a message from the Nurses about requesting medicines. What medicines do they send out to you?
what ever you need my companion recieved lamacil for atheletes foot from the enfermeras
Cool. It looks like they have a place for you to put in referrals that you get to other areas of the mission. And it looks like there is a place to track how well the members you baptize are being retained or kept active in the gospel. There is a place to place orders and a place for reimbursements. What does Giro mean? The translator doesn't have that one.
Giro is the money we recieve every two weeks it is called a giro. well I gotta go I love you lots Bye
I love you, too. I hope to hear more from you next week. Write more of your experiences when you can. Have a great week.
Okay. It is good to know that you can get the stuff you need to help you with your health. Do you have to have shots for anything or wormer medicine while you are there?
I dont think so but before I leave the mission they will give me a strong pesticide that will kill anything that I have gotten during the mission aparently it is so strong that they cant get it in the states well I gotta go by mom I love you Remember Who You Are
Thanks Curtis. I always try to remember I am a daughter of God. You are His son and He is proud of you!
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