Jordan Roy Curtis

Our son Dustin and his wife Amy, have a new addition to their family.

Early this morning just after 2:00am,

Jordan Roy Curtis joined our family, without the help of the doctor. (Doctor had plenty of practice all day long and into the night though)

Jordan is our 39th grandchild. Who is going to be # 40?????

Thank you Amy; and Dustin, for almost delivering this special little package. Love to all of you, Roy & Patty

Lia & Sam

Taken while we were in Mesa for Adam & Kim's sealing.

It has been a privelege to be able to view the Temple on a daily basis, especially at different times as the colors change or the fog comes in, or at night.

We can't wait for the Gila Valley Temple to be completed.

Temple

We had two people from our Branch who were going through the Temple today. We had the opportunity to attend also. The one young lady is engaged to the returned missionary son of our Branch President.
It was a special treat to go through with her and with a gentleman who was baptized since we have been in the Branch. Slowly, our Branch is gaining more Priesthood holders.
We are going to miss our association with each of them.

Sometimes you just want to reach out and put your arms around the light of the Gospel, and then take that light and share it with others, so that they can feel the warmth and love of our Savior.

What a privilege it is to be in His service, and to see the lives of others change.

What an opportunity all of us have to be an example to others, so that they can see that we are not hiding our "light" under a basket, but rather we strive to embrace it, and live it, and share it.

We love you,

Time, where did it go?

It is hard to believe that our Mission is nearly finished. So many things to do and try to get finished. Our last day will be special as all departing missionaries will be a the mission home for lunch, then we go to the Temple for a session, then back to the mission home for dinner and then testimonies.

On Wednesday, parents will pick up their missionaries, some will be taken to the airport, and like us will try and finish packing everything, to get ready to leave.

We will miss our experiences here, but at the same time look forward to having time with our family and being able to hold our grandkids.

We get to speak in Church this coming Sunday, the 9th. We'll let you know how that goes.

Love to all of you, roy & patty

Like Josh, we have our new Mission President. President & Sister Wade, and their 3 children. We love them, and he is so inspiring.

Our mission is pushing for a record month in baptisms this transfer. There have been so many miracles that the missionaries are reporting on.

It is sad that we will only have a couple of months under his leadership, but at least we will have had the opportunity to know them.

We have our apartment inspections coming up this next week. We get to go and inspect 5 apartments and see how clean?? the missionaries are keeping them.

We've had some hot weather for a couple of days, up to 96, but then within 2 days it cooled off again. The swimming pool at the Nursery sounds like so much fun, and the pictures are great. We'll have to wait until next year for some fresh picked corn.

Love to all of you, dad/roy & patty

I'm setting up my I-Phone to be able to send items to our blog.

Some people just don't like the light of the Gospel shoved down their throat! You just have to feed it to them a little at a time.

July 4th.

Our 4th of July was really good. We had a wonderful concert that was as good as any that we have heard. In the InterStake Center, there is a 1,500 seat auditorium. On our "Temple Hill" they have a Temple Hill Choir, and a Temple Hill Orchestra. They were so good, playing many of the patriotic songs.

When the concert was over, hundreds of people gathered in the parking lot overlooking the Bay to watch the fireworks from all over. We went to the Visitors' Center and helped them close down at 9:00pm, then the missionaries who worked there went to the back where it is all glassed in and watched. Everyone outside had to have blankets and coats as it got chilly.