Week 32 - It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." But really it was just the best of times.

This week was not half as exciting as last week… sorry.  But it was still the best!

This week we were invited to sing with a bunch of other missionaries at an English Stake Conference.  It was fun, but the English meeting was really weird.  I'm thinking about visiting the Spanish Ward a lot when I get home!

How was the Super Bowl?  Who won?  I learned the hard way last night that it's a really bad idea to go knocking on SuperBowl Sunday night.  To put it simply, this lady (probably drunk) thought that we were trying to break into her house and almost called the cops.  But- she didn't.  Entonces todo seta bien. :)

My spanish has improved in leaps and bounds.  Several times this week I had the realization that I was talking or understanding Spanish with no trouble at all.  I have been understanding words I have never heard before.  The gift of tounges is real!

This week, I felt like a real missionary.  We were hid from, had doors slammed in our faces, were sworn at, and had people telling us right and left that they didn't want to hear what we had to say and that they were already saved leave us alone, and yet this has been the happiest, most fulfilling time of my life.  I know that when we follow the commandments, every single one of them, it does not matter the bad things that happen or the mountains we must climb- because we will always have the support of God and will always have a peace of mind, and there is where we find happiness.  We believe in a God of miracles.   I know that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever and that if we only have the eyes to see and the ears to hear we will not only find miracles on our right and on our left, but there will be so many it will seem like we are walking through a fog of them.  The greatest miracle of all will be the miracle that we see in ourselves.  I know that as we come unto Jesus Christ and are obedient we can be free from all guilt and filled with hope of infinite promises.

So if knocking on doors is really hard, why do we do it?  Because we find people like the Perez family who ARE GETTING BAPTIZED THIS WEEK!!!!  And on Valentines day too! How cute, right? :)  So look for pictures of that next week.

I hope more exciting things happen this week because I really have got almost nothing.

I love you guys!  I hope all is well wherever you are, and that you are all warm and safe.  Please let me know if there is anything that I can do for any of you.  :)

Always,
Hna McCurdy

ps. This is us and the other Sister Missionaries in our zone, but they are English.  We all bought the same skirt and then wore it to zone meeting and all the Elders were SUPER confused.  Fun times.

ppss.  This is Elder Galante, fresh out of the Missionary Training Center.  He was really tired.  His spanish is amazing.  And so is his German.  And he went to Provo High School.  Go Bulldogs ;)