July 13, 2009
Hey Everyone,
Well this week has been full of sickness for us here in Belgium. On Tuesday, my companion was having really horrible stomach problems, it was actually the 3rd day in a row that it had been that way, except that it kept getting worse. Now he could barely walk anymore, so we took him to the hospital. We ended up staying there all day and got back late at night. They gave him some pills and told him to rest. That night the recently baptized member, Aurelie brought us over some really good French food to make us feel better. She made the BEST ratatouille that I have had me whole mission and some good bread, with some super good garlic Humus. And also some Belge zucchinI soup. It was really good. Well the next day my other companion the new guy, started pooping out straight blood, so of course we had to take him to the hospital too. Continue reading ‘Week of Sickness’
24 September 2008
Dear Family,
I made it okay after my first day at the MTC. It was extremely long, it felt like a week. All we did was go over expectations and guidelines.
I am still sick, it isn’t getting better, if anything its getting worse. That made the day feel even longer, and miserable and hard to concentrate.
I had to get more shots, a HEP A Part II, and an influenza shot. Aft that I picked up my books. I have SO MANY BOOKS! Sherry wasn’t kidding when she said 16 pounds of books. All of the languages get different books but I swear it was at least 20 pounds! I have 3 huge French Textbooks, a French “Prêchez mon Évangile” (Preach my Gospel), that orange church grammar/phrase book that we saw at the BYU bookstore, a French Bible, a really nice French Triple Combination (it is a leather one with gold sheets like my american one), this monstrous binder with like 3 reams of paper in it, a bunch of planners and handouts, this huge French dictionary. Which is like 2,000 pages and weighs 5 pounds by itself and a ton of those church packets in French also. Plus I always need to carry my english copies of all of that stuff too. My pack can’t fit it all. But it should be OK because I will only need to carry around my French copies starting next Monday.
Continue reading ‘I Feel Sick’
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September 24, 2008 in
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Tags: Adventure, Book of Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family, Mormon Missionary, MTC, Provo Utah, Scriptures, Sick, Tears.
Well, the day has finally arrived. Elder Curtis began his service as a missionary at 11:30 AM MDT today.
With all of the final list checking done and bags packed (by Mom of course), he put on his favorite new suit and tie. We loaded his bags into the car and headed to the MTC. At the MTC we were greeted by a host of volunteers that worked with such precision that it almost appeared to be an intricate ballet. We were motioned to a specific spot on the curb and a cadre of volunteers descended on the car like the best valets. Doors flung open and everyone was carefully helped out of the car, except the driver who was given specific instructions on where to park. The luggage was unloaded and I was off to park the car. (This crew of elderly volunteers would have made any pit crew not only proud but jealous.) Elder Curtis and his Mom were directed to the luggage drop off point and in a few minutes we were back together and ready for pictures.
The Field is White and Ready for Harvest
Continue reading ‘The Long Goodbye’
