JULY 17, 2014: BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE FOR BROTHER CURTIS

JULY 17, 2014

Thursday night, 17^th, we were part of plans for a birthday celebration for Brother Curtis.  The Curtis family are in USA and have left Dad here for a few more days.  Amy and I went with the Swopes to take him to dinner at a Thai restaurant and had a great time visiting!  We then left and met the rest of the family at the Carpenter home and were there to surprise Sam Curtis when he arrived to give a supposed “Missionary Discussion.”  It was a fun surprise.  

Sister Swope had made a great cake and they had ice cream and it was all fun.  The Carpenter Family is the non-member family that our branch has supported as the father was ill and near death.  The came to church today without any extra help from the branch.  Roger Carpenter had some major heart issues and was in ICU in Shanghai in April when we arrived in Suzhou.  It is a miracle that he is alive and today, he walked to church with his family.  It is a miracle.  Dad was just assigned as their hometeacher and last Sunday I was asked to be Sister Carpenter’s Visiting Teacher.    He is British and Sister Carpenter is from Indonesia.  They have 3 children who love coming to church and participating in Primary and Young Womens