Welp (last group email :()

Well I apologize for not having written last week, last week on Pday we went to Lampa to visit some people up there (strengthen) (converts), and we got back with very little time to write. Last week we had the wedding, which was a really great experience.  The ward really came together and worked really hard to make it special for them, and it was indeed very special. and frustrating and stressful. actually i cut my hair today and I HAVE 1 WHITE HAIR FAM so that's that I'm officially old like my mom.  she'll probably punch me for that when i see her.  Then on sunday the two that were married, Gerardo and Carolina were baptized, along with Gerardo's mom (Gladys) and his little sister (Miriam). It really was a special experience, we got to meet our new mission president President Bentley, who came to the baptism (you guessed it mom). They were confirmed this week after passing a whole week of trials (more stress for me), but now they are doing really really well, tonight we are going to start family search accounts to go to the temple with them on Saturday. Gladys is very very emotional and excited to be able to do the baptisms of her two parents, who passed away when she was young.  I love these people so much and it is a special kind of hurt to have to leave them, but I know that the gospel will always be in their lives and that the Holy Ghost will be their guide from here on out, so when I am not around to tell them not to do stupid junk, the spirit will. When I'm not around to comfort and help, he will.  The gospel has built such strong bonds between me and these people, and it will be very hard to leave but I know that I will not leave them alone. I love the mission, I encourage ALL of you (every single one) to go on one, because it is an experience that has changed me forever in ways that are hard to explain.  Don't give up everybody !!  I know that God loves us and wants to help us through the hard times in our lives, my testimony of the things that I have come to learn and love in the mission will hold me firm and close to the Lord, and I invite you all to look for that same testimony, in a way that will change you and mold you to be able to achieve that divine potential that god has for each of you.  He did not create us to FAIL, our agency is not our chance to fail and make wrong choices, it is our GIFT to make the correct ones and grow closer to God.  Take those right decisions, CHOOSE THE RIGHT !!!  I love you guys and will see you real soon.  Hopefully we will do a party or something when i get home.
Elder McCurdy
p.d. check out my blog for some sick photos