Oh great story in this email..... the Lord knows when people are ready to hear the Gospel.
I sent Mitchell a package this last week. He needed his coat that we had purchased at home but he was heading to his mission in the hot of the summer in Oklahoma so i told him i would send it to him when it started cooling off. Doesn't seem it would be cooling off anywhere because we are still so hot in Arizona but i guess other parts of the country do have seasons and fall weather. so i packed up his coat and a couple long sleeve white shirts and some goodies and treats for him and his companion. He had also been asking for a tape recorder so he can use it like a journal because he can't seem to find the time to write in his journal. so i got one and decided to have all the family talk on the tape before i sent it, so he could hear us. I had Kael talk into the microphone and it was the funniest thing cause he kept putting it to his ear so he could hear mitchell talk back, but then i rewound the tape and he heard his voice and he thought that was so cool to hear himself.. fun stuff i am sure Mitch will treasure that tape forever and hopefully we will send him another one when Claire starts talking.
Elder Houston's email
October 11, 2011
hey family!! so i got the package! ahaha thanks soooo much just in time it starting to rain and get cold again haha and thank you for the tape!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahah that was soosooooooo coool and made my week that much better haha kael is soooo funny i miss that lil guy ah but soo good to hear from everyone even if it felt weird it was not on my end ha loved it. oh and just so you know mike n ikes and hot tamales have modified food starch in em haha but elder treasure will love them ;) haha love you all thanks sooo much.
so this last week was so amazing!!!! main reason why is that we got this new amazing golden or diamond investigator her name is courtnie. her friend from utah refered her to us. so we went over monday and she ended up feeding us and we got to teach her ! ha and she really liked it and go way interested so we went back like the next day to teach her again and she really opened up to us and had been praying to find answers. she kept the commitments we gave her and then she ran into some bad stuff. she went online to learn more because she was really interested but ran into alot of anti!!! i very strongly dislike anti haha. we were going to meet and teach her again and she actually called us to warn us she had alot of hard questions and that she was going to bash hahah like crazy huh she is the best i love her haha so nice. any way we went over to her house and tried to answer the questions best we could. by the time we left she still wanted to learn and still had some issues and we were so nervous she was not going to want to learn any more or meet but as we were saying bye she was like so when is church ? haha we were like huh? haha we told her when and she said k ill be there. oh and by the way she is about 30 and has a 6 year old and 16 year old and an 18 year old. any way she said ya we will be there and ill bring collin the 6 and monica the 16. we so excited! but lil worried but so sunday came around and we had been praying sooo much for her and her family and even put signs up all over our apartment that said to pray for her ha and it just proved that prayer is so real and totally works ! sunday came and so did courtnie!!!!! and monica and collin!!!! and it was soo perfect the ward welcomed them all so much ah it was so perfect and she loved it they all did! it was great!! they made friends with the jones family and even had dinner at there house and they answered so many of there questions and ah it was perfect ah man Heavenly Fathers love for us is sooo strong. every thing is going so great with her she is so happy and she actually bought us groceries ! like alot of them haha she is awesome. but ya it was an awesome week just like every week. but hey sorry i got to go but oh no worries about meds i got them and should be great for a while ha i figuring this all out ha finally and im eating well and feeling great thanks so much again for the package of goods loved hearing your voices love you all sooo much stay safe and thanks again love elder houston
Monday, October 24, 2011
FIRST CONFERENCE ON MISSION.....AWESOME
Elder Houston's email:
October 4, 2011
hey family !
whats up ! oh man conference was so awesome! haha it was still hard to stay awake in some parts i wont lie haha i dont know what it is about church benches but man the put me out haha. ya Pres. Monson was so funny in preisthood session haha he like did this dance looking thing hahah with ya could have seen it mom but ya so many great talks like Hollands, and Eyrings. speaking of which when you all get it at home if you happen to get an extra one you should totally send it out me way ! ha like when it in the ensign. thats so crazy!!!! dads in the young men presidency! what does he think of it?? ha. does he still have meetings out the wazoo ?. haha thats so weird about the state center not being a stake center any more ha we are in a stake center in chesterfeild its way nice not as big as ours tho so that will be weird for it to just be a normal church building. thank you so much for the letters mom i love then sooo much. sorry running out of time so just a little that has been going on, this will be brief ha. but so i have been seeing some members from the branch every once in a while they were walking around spring feild ! haha its awesome that i not so far that i still see them. but, anyway i found out that that girl, crash we were teaching in mt grove got baptized!!!! wooooooooooo it made my week to hear that i finally feel like im making a difference! its such a great feeling to just know the joy and the great things she has waiting for her through this gospel. im so excited for her. it makes me just realize how lucky and blessed i was to be able to choose to have such amazing parents that chose to be so strong in the church and to help you to choose to have the joys it brings thank you mom and dad for loving me so much to showing me these things and letting me to use my agency to choose and grow you are the perfect examples of a loving Heavenly Father who wants the same thing for all his children and im honored to be able to help him do just that to give other the opportunities to make the choice its the least i can do for all he has blessed me with. i love you family soooo much sorry have not been able to tell ya much that has been going on the past few letters ha i trying but you know me haha love ya so much and i will write you back asap.
ps ha mom i couldnt get into a endo dr it takes 6 months i guess to do that but i found out a way to get every thing taken care of so no worries im good :) ha and i will look for package thank you so much oh and ya that money i had to spend was on food i talking to pres to help me out cuz food is alot more money here ha dang gluten free haha but no worries it not a problem he said. love ya sorry got to go bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "pray like everything depends on the Lord. work like everything depends on you" quote by my sister :)
October 4, 2011
hey family !
whats up ! oh man conference was so awesome! haha it was still hard to stay awake in some parts i wont lie haha i dont know what it is about church benches but man the put me out haha. ya Pres. Monson was so funny in preisthood session haha he like did this dance looking thing hahah with ya could have seen it mom but ya so many great talks like Hollands, and Eyrings. speaking of which when you all get it at home if you happen to get an extra one you should totally send it out me way ! ha like when it in the ensign. thats so crazy!!!! dads in the young men presidency! what does he think of it?? ha. does he still have meetings out the wazoo ?. haha thats so weird about the state center not being a stake center any more ha we are in a stake center in chesterfeild its way nice not as big as ours tho so that will be weird for it to just be a normal church building. thank you so much for the letters mom i love then sooo much. sorry running out of time so just a little that has been going on, this will be brief ha. but so i have been seeing some members from the branch every once in a while they were walking around spring feild ! haha its awesome that i not so far that i still see them. but, anyway i found out that that girl, crash we were teaching in mt grove got baptized!!!! wooooooooooo it made my week to hear that i finally feel like im making a difference! its such a great feeling to just know the joy and the great things she has waiting for her through this gospel. im so excited for her. it makes me just realize how lucky and blessed i was to be able to choose to have such amazing parents that chose to be so strong in the church and to help you to choose to have the joys it brings thank you mom and dad for loving me so much to showing me these things and letting me to use my agency to choose and grow you are the perfect examples of a loving Heavenly Father who wants the same thing for all his children and im honored to be able to help him do just that to give other the opportunities to make the choice its the least i can do for all he has blessed me with. i love you family soooo much sorry have not been able to tell ya much that has been going on the past few letters ha i trying but you know me haha love ya so much and i will write you back asap.
ps ha mom i couldnt get into a endo dr it takes 6 months i guess to do that but i found out a way to get every thing taken care of so no worries im good :) ha and i will look for package thank you so much oh and ya that money i had to spend was on food i talking to pres to help me out cuz food is alot more money here ha dang gluten free haha but no worries it not a problem he said. love ya sorry got to go bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! "pray like everything depends on the Lord. work like everything depends on you" quote by my sister :)
I KNOW MY REDEEMER LIVES
Elder Houston email:
September 26, 2011
hey family,
sorry this week soooo much has happend and im not sure how much i can write in email so i will write yall another letter. haha drake was like shot at in a gun fight of a bunch of mexicans like talk to sis thompson she could prob tell you or show you the pictures its crazy!!! haha but he is ok. but ya i have put on quite a few pounds too i weigh 171 lbs!!! my i a fatty haha. oh by the way i got permision to go see the endo doc do so i think i am going to go like this week if possible i almost out of stuff haha but do you want me to see the one that you gave me??. so about the emails ya send me them if ya can if not no biggy i just dont have not enough time for everyone and i try to at least email everyone a every few weeks ha its hard ha. so how did hunter like his letter and card ?? oh and did ya like that talk i sent i loved it and thought it would be a good fhe thing. oh ok ya ill try and write more and some stuff thats been going on so you can forward them to pres and them . by the way how is cameron doing !? i sent him a few letters and i just got them all back like a week ago so i dont know if he has got any im sorry tell him i said hi and sorry i have not gotten the out i think someing wrong with the address i have or something dono. i emailed shalyse but i forgot to tell her that thats fine she can send the blanket then. ahh sorry i out of time but i will write you a letter sorry cant forward that. i have some REALLY life changing things happen this week its been a very spiritual week i have never felt so close to God and the Lord in my entire life nor then i ever think i could. He has been answering my prayers like im talking face to face with Him it has made my faith in Him become undeniable. i KNOW my Redeemer lives and i know he knows therefore i can never deni it. I love you all and i hope you all are doing good and i cant wait to get my lettter!! love you!!
love elder houston
September 26, 2011
hey family,
sorry this week soooo much has happend and im not sure how much i can write in email so i will write yall another letter. haha drake was like shot at in a gun fight of a bunch of mexicans like talk to sis thompson she could prob tell you or show you the pictures its crazy!!! haha but he is ok. but ya i have put on quite a few pounds too i weigh 171 lbs!!! my i a fatty haha. oh by the way i got permision to go see the endo doc do so i think i am going to go like this week if possible i almost out of stuff haha but do you want me to see the one that you gave me??. so about the emails ya send me them if ya can if not no biggy i just dont have not enough time for everyone and i try to at least email everyone a every few weeks ha its hard ha. so how did hunter like his letter and card ?? oh and did ya like that talk i sent i loved it and thought it would be a good fhe thing. oh ok ya ill try and write more and some stuff thats been going on so you can forward them to pres and them . by the way how is cameron doing !? i sent him a few letters and i just got them all back like a week ago so i dont know if he has got any im sorry tell him i said hi and sorry i have not gotten the out i think someing wrong with the address i have or something dono. i emailed shalyse but i forgot to tell her that thats fine she can send the blanket then. ahh sorry i out of time but i will write you a letter sorry cant forward that. i have some REALLY life changing things happen this week its been a very spiritual week i have never felt so close to God and the Lord in my entire life nor then i ever think i could. He has been answering my prayers like im talking face to face with Him it has made my faith in Him become undeniable. i KNOW my Redeemer lives and i know he knows therefore i can never deni it. I love you all and i hope you all are doing good and i cant wait to get my lettter!! love you!!
love elder houston
TIME.....NOT ENOUGH
Elder Houston's email:
September 19, 2011
hey mom sorry going to be another short one i got hooked on drakes past few emails and coltens haha they are crazy drake almost died!!! so crazy but alls well. i will send you two letters this week haha crazy right? it cuz we got all rained in this last week but hopefully you get it soon and i still loving everything and learning more and more oh and tell hunter when he gets his letter that the scripture that i wanted him to read was moroni 10:3-5. and i sent some things to do for family night with the boys. hope every thing is well sorry so short and i get time to read emails but there are just sooo many cant do it in an hour. i hate it, but love you soooo much and hope everything is well. pray for ya nightly love elder houston
September 19, 2011
hey mom sorry going to be another short one i got hooked on drakes past few emails and coltens haha they are crazy drake almost died!!! so crazy but alls well. i will send you two letters this week haha crazy right? it cuz we got all rained in this last week but hopefully you get it soon and i still loving everything and learning more and more oh and tell hunter when he gets his letter that the scripture that i wanted him to read was moroni 10:3-5. and i sent some things to do for family night with the boys. hope every thing is well sorry so short and i get time to read emails but there are just sooo many cant do it in an hour. i hate it, but love you soooo much and hope everything is well. pray for ya nightly love elder houston
FIRST TRANSFER - SPRINGFIELD MISSOURI
So Mitchell's first transfer.....sounds like a great companion and a great place!!
Elder Houston's email:
September 12, 2011
hey family !!
- i got transferd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it came to fast i was just starting to get comfortable in mt grove and things were really picking up we hade 4 baptisms!!! but its all good i know this is where the Lord wants me, with out a doubt. so the place im in now is the chesterfield ward in springfield south stake. its the smallest area in the entire mission ha and my with the smallest missionary in the entire mission hahah. elder treasure is his name and working hard is his game ! haha dont let his size fool ya ha. but man i love its here sooo much !! springfield is alot like mesa its a city and a suburb area so i on a bike finally ! woot woot my leg are lil sore but its a good sore shows that im feeling the work now ha. oh and before i forget my adress is 2935 w. maplewood apartment c106 springfield missouri 65807 . so now yall can write me so letters haha and sorry i have not yet i will tho i promise transfer has been crazy. but where was i oh ya i LOVE this place and mom you will too ha. so the ward is super active its like 85% active so ya awesome and they are all like young or old familys and they are almost all doctors or nurses! haha no way i dying out here haha jk knock on wood. oh and get this the bishop and his son are celiacs tooo!! haha more of my fellow messed up stomac people!! ha so the ward is really aware of it and they ALL feed us like we eat dinner every night so thats way nice. we are way spoiled here ha. and mom you shouldnt have to worry about me not finding stuff here to eat either because they have a store here called price cutters and oh man the have a HUGE section for gluten free!!!! woooo haha even more then back at home. it just a little pricie. but ya missionary work wise here its alittle slow but thats about to change we have an awesome mission ward leader and he is helping us out with loads of less actives and me and elder treasure going to try ever harder to find some investigators and ya oh man im so pumped its going to be great. ha well sorry i have to go sorry about draging that on but just wanted to ease some stress on mother she sounded pretty worried in her last letter ha, love ya mom!!. ha ok well i will right soon and now you know my address so same to ya love you all be safe. oh and hunter and anthony stay outta trouble a little ok haha jk i know you all are good and keeping mom happy love yall talk to ya soon !!
elder houston out
Elder Houston's email:
September 12, 2011
hey family !!
- i got transferd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it came to fast i was just starting to get comfortable in mt grove and things were really picking up we hade 4 baptisms!!! but its all good i know this is where the Lord wants me, with out a doubt. so the place im in now is the chesterfield ward in springfield south stake. its the smallest area in the entire mission ha and my with the smallest missionary in the entire mission hahah. elder treasure is his name and working hard is his game ! haha dont let his size fool ya ha. but man i love its here sooo much !! springfield is alot like mesa its a city and a suburb area so i on a bike finally ! woot woot my leg are lil sore but its a good sore shows that im feeling the work now ha. oh and before i forget my adress is 2935 w. maplewood apartment c106 springfield missouri 65807 . so now yall can write me so letters haha and sorry i have not yet i will tho i promise transfer has been crazy. but where was i oh ya i LOVE this place and mom you will too ha. so the ward is super active its like 85% active so ya awesome and they are all like young or old familys and they are almost all doctors or nurses! haha no way i dying out here haha jk knock on wood. oh and get this the bishop and his son are celiacs tooo!! haha more of my fellow messed up stomac people!! ha so the ward is really aware of it and they ALL feed us like we eat dinner every night so thats way nice. we are way spoiled here ha. and mom you shouldnt have to worry about me not finding stuff here to eat either because they have a store here called price cutters and oh man the have a HUGE section for gluten free!!!! woooo haha even more then back at home. it just a little pricie. but ya missionary work wise here its alittle slow but thats about to change we have an awesome mission ward leader and he is helping us out with loads of less actives and me and elder treasure going to try ever harder to find some investigators and ya oh man im so pumped its going to be great. ha well sorry i have to go sorry about draging that on but just wanted to ease some stress on mother she sounded pretty worried in her last letter ha, love ya mom!!. ha ok well i will right soon and now you know my address so same to ya love you all be safe. oh and hunter and anthony stay outta trouble a little ok haha jk i know you all are good and keeping mom happy love yall talk to ya soon !!
elder houston out
ELDER HOUSTON AND MORE DRUNKEN TALES.....
This is one of my favorite emails. I love that Mitchell is having such awesome experiences. The story about Adam and the power of prayer and how Heavenly Father knows how to show these missionaries what to do. Mitchell is growing everyday and learning what his Heavenly Father expects of him.
Elder Houston's email
August 29, 2011
hey family
so how has every thing been going ?? so i got my food boxes ! haha thats alot but so awesome ! thanks loads. i agree on not doing that again by the way you spent over 50 bucks!! but thank you sooo much sorry i didnt read your last week email so i couldnt reply on it ha dads was right to just send it and i eat like a dang cow out here so i dont thing there will be much left by transfers ha. thanks for the shirts too i loved them!!! ha now i dont have to try to explain to anyone what they look like haha cuz truck drivers out here are alot different ha but ya thanks. oh and the recorder is awesome but not what i was looking for but it will work i want some thing kinda like so i can use it and send the tapes home or pack them away kinda like a journal i dont have time to write in journal so i thought it would help ha. but ya no worries on it will work :). you spent too much on me already. oh ok so went to doc to day and got perscriptions filled but went to walmart to pick them up and they want 100 bucks !!?? why it was like 120 or something and i told the doc if i could get the pens i would like to but he was like ya you can so i dono if thats why its soo much or what and then the dork didnt get me perscriptions for the needles!!? so ya i still good on insulin for lil while but i dono what to do i will prob call sis merkley tonight but ya just lil confused sorry dont mean to be a pain. and i need strips soon too i think and i dont think i got that either hahah i dont think i know what im doing and it not helping ha sorry. but any way i have a pretty cool story that happend this week that i wanted to tell ya about.
so this week has been pretty great we have gotten like three new investigators and another one this sunday. the merritt family is one they are like set the are getting baptized some time in the near future! way cool. then there is a girl named crash i not sure i told you about her or if i did sorry ha but she is way cool and she kinda has a set date of sep. 17 to be baptized !! then the other one we have we have not got to really meet yet so dono bout them but way cool i just hope i dont get transfered this time ha.
but any way the highlight of this week was one of our old investigators adam and brandee they are the younger couple that have been seeing the missionaries for a while now and have not been to reseptive until just like two weeks ago. ha so it was last week i cant remember the day but we were sleeping. ha and i woke up cuz my blood sugar felt sooo low so i woke up and got some juice and went pee. i was sitting in bed when i heard like this pounding noise. i was like what ?? then i heard it again! some one was pounding on our door! i looked what time is was and it was 3 o clock in the morning !! i was like elder!!! haha. any way we finally got up and went to the door because the person what not going away! we open it up and we see adam drunk out of his mind ! hahaha more drunk people ! i dont know what it is about us and drunks but we sure do atracked them ha anyway. he was really mad and worked up about life i guess he has been having a really hard time he cant find a job and he has a lil girl and his wife to take care of. every one gives him such a hard time for it but he really is trying to make a good life for them its just really hard. so we were trying to give him advice not really knowing what to say just going as the spirit directed. we accually said some pretty powerful things and he liked it but he was so worked up and made he wouldnt listen he just kept saying ive prayed and i prayed and nothing is getting better and im about to just give up im done guys im done. it really was so sad to see he is such a good guy and so i looked around as it was quiet and saw that all of us me adam and elder blatter where folding our arms. ha man it was like the spirit kicking me in the face!! i said hey lets say a prayer and so we did and i dont even remember any thing i said but man could you feel the change. the holy ghost felt like he was now in our little circle. when i was done we looked at adam and he just was quiet.. then after a minute of quiet he looked up and said wow guys i feel really good. im not mad any more ha. it was such an amazing feeling i have not felt the spirit so strong it so long you could almost see it it was so thick the feeling was just indiscribable.. he ended up talking and feeling alot better and then went back home. im out of time but i just wanted to share this with ya to show ya that the power of prayer is so really and we need to do it alot more ha sorry got to go i love you all so much and ill write soon hope ya liked story cuz i loved the expirience i will never forget it love ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-elder houston
Elder Houston's email
August 29, 2011
hey family
so how has every thing been going ?? so i got my food boxes ! haha thats alot but so awesome ! thanks loads. i agree on not doing that again by the way you spent over 50 bucks!! but thank you sooo much sorry i didnt read your last week email so i couldnt reply on it ha dads was right to just send it and i eat like a dang cow out here so i dont thing there will be much left by transfers ha. thanks for the shirts too i loved them!!! ha now i dont have to try to explain to anyone what they look like haha cuz truck drivers out here are alot different ha but ya thanks. oh and the recorder is awesome but not what i was looking for but it will work i want some thing kinda like so i can use it and send the tapes home or pack them away kinda like a journal i dont have time to write in journal so i thought it would help ha. but ya no worries on it will work :). you spent too much on me already. oh ok so went to doc to day and got perscriptions filled but went to walmart to pick them up and they want 100 bucks !!?? why it was like 120 or something and i told the doc if i could get the pens i would like to but he was like ya you can so i dono if thats why its soo much or what and then the dork didnt get me perscriptions for the needles!!? so ya i still good on insulin for lil while but i dono what to do i will prob call sis merkley tonight but ya just lil confused sorry dont mean to be a pain. and i need strips soon too i think and i dont think i got that either hahah i dont think i know what im doing and it not helping ha sorry. but any way i have a pretty cool story that happend this week that i wanted to tell ya about.
so this week has been pretty great we have gotten like three new investigators and another one this sunday. the merritt family is one they are like set the are getting baptized some time in the near future! way cool. then there is a girl named crash i not sure i told you about her or if i did sorry ha but she is way cool and she kinda has a set date of sep. 17 to be baptized !! then the other one we have we have not got to really meet yet so dono bout them but way cool i just hope i dont get transfered this time ha.
but any way the highlight of this week was one of our old investigators adam and brandee they are the younger couple that have been seeing the missionaries for a while now and have not been to reseptive until just like two weeks ago. ha so it was last week i cant remember the day but we were sleeping. ha and i woke up cuz my blood sugar felt sooo low so i woke up and got some juice and went pee. i was sitting in bed when i heard like this pounding noise. i was like what ?? then i heard it again! some one was pounding on our door! i looked what time is was and it was 3 o clock in the morning !! i was like elder!!! haha. any way we finally got up and went to the door because the person what not going away! we open it up and we see adam drunk out of his mind ! hahaha more drunk people ! i dont know what it is about us and drunks but we sure do atracked them ha anyway. he was really mad and worked up about life i guess he has been having a really hard time he cant find a job and he has a lil girl and his wife to take care of. every one gives him such a hard time for it but he really is trying to make a good life for them its just really hard. so we were trying to give him advice not really knowing what to say just going as the spirit directed. we accually said some pretty powerful things and he liked it but he was so worked up and made he wouldnt listen he just kept saying ive prayed and i prayed and nothing is getting better and im about to just give up im done guys im done. it really was so sad to see he is such a good guy and so i looked around as it was quiet and saw that all of us me adam and elder blatter where folding our arms. ha man it was like the spirit kicking me in the face!! i said hey lets say a prayer and so we did and i dont even remember any thing i said but man could you feel the change. the holy ghost felt like he was now in our little circle. when i was done we looked at adam and he just was quiet.. then after a minute of quiet he looked up and said wow guys i feel really good. im not mad any more ha. it was such an amazing feeling i have not felt the spirit so strong it so long you could almost see it it was so thick the feeling was just indiscribable.. he ended up talking and feeling alot better and then went back home. im out of time but i just wanted to share this with ya to show ya that the power of prayer is so really and we need to do it alot more ha sorry got to go i love you all so much and ill write soon hope ya liked story cuz i loved the expirience i will never forget it love ya!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-elder houston
BUILDING THE LORDS KINGDOM
Hi everyone i hope you are enjoying Mitchell's emails. He is growing so much from week to week. It amazes me how he has grasped the Gospel and how he has become such a great missionary in such a short time. He keeps telling me sorry for not writing very long letters but he really is. I didn't expect but a few lines or a paragraph. He is definately not Tori, haha but maybe in time (well probably not) But he is Mitchell gotta love him!!
Elder Houston's email:
August 22, 2011
sup family
so sorry i have not been writeing much alot has been going on we been on like three exchanges this month haha its awesome like one with elders in my district then the zone leaders and now the assisstance !!! im a lil scared of them, they in high power haha it'll be fun tho, i know it. so not much new happening that i can think of today sorry i kinda in the clouds today but we did get two new investigators and the said that will get baptized already. one is a part member family the merritts and the other is a 16 year old girl who is sooooo awesome! i know will get baptized as long as her parents let her but she is cool haha.
so some things new that i have learned this week isssss..... oh in abraham 3:22-23 that is scripture mastery by the way but it tells what spirits are made of which i totally didnt know ! way cool. and i watched the joseph smith: the prophet of the restoration movie the other day and i highly recommend yall to watch it for family night its soo awesome i love it one of my favorites. one of the quotes i been using from it this week is that we are building the lords kingdom. but he is also building us as we do. ha way cool and the lord will rarely call us when we are high he calls upon us when we are at a low to do his work. anyway ha ya i think thats all i got haha
sorry not much to say but mom i been geting your letters and haha its ok about calling pres haha i dont think he likes me very much i get the feeling he thinks i a winer! hahahaha. but ya i calling for appointment today and setting it up i have a full vile of insulin i just stated on it my last one so no worries still good. ill be ok ill figure every thing out. oh and feel free too send food cuz i out of money this month haha but no worries ill be ok and i think pres might be hooking me up with a lil more money cuz mine is soo exspencive but ya. oh and have you not got my sd card yet?? i got your letter today saying you didnt that not cool hopefully it will make it soon. oh and sorry jumping around but ya i might spend a lil this week on food so just keep checking the account i still have like 80 bucks of cash from when i left so should be good no worries kk !!!! haha i love ya sorry got to go ill write you tonight ill have time im sure and again no worries kk haha you funny in your letters and tell rocky i said hi and give him hug for me ! and tell dad so sorry i have not written him yet i will i love him sooo much and you sooo much love yall talk to ya later
-elder houston
Elder Houston's email:
August 22, 2011
sup family
so sorry i have not been writeing much alot has been going on we been on like three exchanges this month haha its awesome like one with elders in my district then the zone leaders and now the assisstance !!! im a lil scared of them, they in high power haha it'll be fun tho, i know it. so not much new happening that i can think of today sorry i kinda in the clouds today but we did get two new investigators and the said that will get baptized already. one is a part member family the merritts and the other is a 16 year old girl who is sooooo awesome! i know will get baptized as long as her parents let her but she is cool haha.
so some things new that i have learned this week isssss..... oh in abraham 3:22-23 that is scripture mastery by the way but it tells what spirits are made of which i totally didnt know ! way cool. and i watched the joseph smith: the prophet of the restoration movie the other day and i highly recommend yall to watch it for family night its soo awesome i love it one of my favorites. one of the quotes i been using from it this week is that we are building the lords kingdom. but he is also building us as we do. ha way cool and the lord will rarely call us when we are high he calls upon us when we are at a low to do his work. anyway ha ya i think thats all i got haha
sorry not much to say but mom i been geting your letters and haha its ok about calling pres haha i dont think he likes me very much i get the feeling he thinks i a winer! hahahaha. but ya i calling for appointment today and setting it up i have a full vile of insulin i just stated on it my last one so no worries still good. ill be ok ill figure every thing out. oh and feel free too send food cuz i out of money this month haha but no worries ill be ok and i think pres might be hooking me up with a lil more money cuz mine is soo exspencive but ya. oh and have you not got my sd card yet?? i got your letter today saying you didnt that not cool hopefully it will make it soon. oh and sorry jumping around but ya i might spend a lil this week on food so just keep checking the account i still have like 80 bucks of cash from when i left so should be good no worries kk !!!! haha i love ya sorry got to go ill write you tonight ill have time im sure and again no worries kk haha you funny in your letters and tell rocky i said hi and give him hug for me ! and tell dad so sorry i have not written him yet i will i love him sooo much and you sooo much love yall talk to ya later
-elder houston
LEARNING SO MUCH
Elder Houston's email
August 16, 2011
hey so this is just a quick lil hi not any freaking time to write my family !! but alls well i promise im learning soooooo much out here its crazy and my faith tho at times was being tested is growing sooo much stronger the more i learn but i guess thats kinda how it works huh haha got figure ha. but found some thing cool in the scriptures you all might like to read. so in the bible dictionary i think or iit was the topical guide i was just skimming through and saw urim and thummim or how ever it is spelt haha but ya and read up a lil about it and the at the end it tells ya to go to d&c 130 like 6- 12 it talks about some cool stuff i didnt know about then it says in there to go you revelations 2:17 and so i went there and read and it was so crazy it talks about our new names!!! like that just took me so be surprise like thats in our temples and its in the bible ! like it just goes to show that joseph smith truely did receive Revelation for temples and all of what we have now. it was a really cool feeling was defiantly a faith booster ha i recommend ya to read and check it out its cool stuff it talks about but ya. so i gotta go soon sorry this late but love ya oh and ya soo i might need ya to send a lil bit of some food for me this i dont know why i have none this month but ill talk to pres merkley about my freaking expensive food haha but ya i liked the cream of rice you sent last time it was way good and they dont have it here but ya so send some of that if ya can and again ill talk to pres bout helping me out just a lil and oh about the doctor stuff doctors in mt grove are reallly not good like some of them like sell drugs and ya just any small towns are really not good so i dont know about the primary care you gave me in mt grove but ill talk to sis merkley about any lds ones maybe or something sorry to be a pain they just a lil weird here in small towns so i dont trust doctors here neither does elder blatter and i trust him ha ill let ya know asap kk annnnd i think that might be it oh i got the heathnet card thank you and i have not made apointment like i said wierd doctors i will tho soon kk no worries and ill write you soon about all the stuff that happens and did you get the camera sd memory card yet?? oh and if you can find a really cheap tape recorder thing at home send that with food i kinda want to use that as a journal if i can just want to try it out it easier but sorry got to go love you so much thank you for help with all this stuff i know i am pain but i doing ok and am still alive haha right. ill write ya letter soon love ya !!!!!!! tell every one at home love em too and chase and shalyse too and kael and claire sorry i have not written them especially chase ha i was thinking about that guy the other day he helped me out alot but love ya mom kk cya
August 16, 2011
hey so this is just a quick lil hi not any freaking time to write my family !! but alls well i promise im learning soooooo much out here its crazy and my faith tho at times was being tested is growing sooo much stronger the more i learn but i guess thats kinda how it works huh haha got figure ha. but found some thing cool in the scriptures you all might like to read. so in the bible dictionary i think or iit was the topical guide i was just skimming through and saw urim and thummim or how ever it is spelt haha but ya and read up a lil about it and the at the end it tells ya to go to d&c 130 like 6- 12 it talks about some cool stuff i didnt know about then it says in there to go you revelations 2:17 and so i went there and read and it was so crazy it talks about our new names!!! like that just took me so be surprise like thats in our temples and its in the bible ! like it just goes to show that joseph smith truely did receive Revelation for temples and all of what we have now. it was a really cool feeling was defiantly a faith booster ha i recommend ya to read and check it out its cool stuff it talks about but ya. so i gotta go soon sorry this late but love ya oh and ya soo i might need ya to send a lil bit of some food for me this i dont know why i have none this month but ill talk to pres merkley about my freaking expensive food haha but ya i liked the cream of rice you sent last time it was way good and they dont have it here but ya so send some of that if ya can and again ill talk to pres bout helping me out just a lil and oh about the doctor stuff doctors in mt grove are reallly not good like some of them like sell drugs and ya just any small towns are really not good so i dont know about the primary care you gave me in mt grove but ill talk to sis merkley about any lds ones maybe or something sorry to be a pain they just a lil weird here in small towns so i dont trust doctors here neither does elder blatter and i trust him ha ill let ya know asap kk annnnd i think that might be it oh i got the heathnet card thank you and i have not made apointment like i said wierd doctors i will tho soon kk no worries and ill write you soon about all the stuff that happens and did you get the camera sd memory card yet?? oh and if you can find a really cheap tape recorder thing at home send that with food i kinda want to use that as a journal if i can just want to try it out it easier but sorry got to go love you so much thank you for help with all this stuff i know i am pain but i doing ok and am still alive haha right. ill write ya letter soon love ya !!!!!!! tell every one at home love em too and chase and shalyse too and kael and claire sorry i have not written them especially chase ha i was thinking about that guy the other day he helped me out alot but love ya mom kk cya
CRAZY WEATHER IN MOUNTAIN GROVE
Elder Houston's email:
August 8, 2011
hey so whats up!!!
not much here.. alls been pretty quiet with the investigators but got a few new ones ! which is awesome! but also had to kinda drop a few they just wont stick with commitments :( its way sad because i want soooo bad for them to just get it ! ha but they dont and its ok they just not ready elder blatter said. he said some times that happens its normal. but ya ok so holy cow this place has the most crazy bipolar weather in the world !! hahah its has been soo hot some days then out of no where it drops 20 degrees and its a down pour of rain!! so crazy ha and kinda fun, like last night ! oh man we where at these members house for dinner and like its all nice and sunny and we eat dinner and go out side to look at like land and cows and goats and stuff and out of no where this huge crazy storm just rolls in!. haha it seriously was like a bad dream or like a scary movie haha we where like driving home and these branches where falling and they kinda lived in the middle of forest stuff in no- where-ville ha so ya leaves in the wind where going as fast as we where and we where going like 45 down this street haha. SO AWESOME! ha. it was pretty cool i was waiting for the tornado warning to go off but never did just loads of trees fell over. haha oh and all of mtn groves power was out for few hours and we only had this little tiny flash light haha. and all the stop signs at this intersection by our house where going crazy they looked like they were dancing ha its amazing they didnt snap or something. but any way thats all that really went on crazy this week ha sorry:/. but thats awesome about all the mish calls!! ya ryan emailed me but i have not got time to read it yet i getting behind on emails sorrry tell him sorry i will write and the webbs too and tell cyni and g ma and pa that i trying to write them today too but ya. thats awesome bout work too and dad got up!!! ahaha awesome!! but sorry gotta go i will write ya today we got lots of time ! cuz of rain.
love ya family !!!!!!!
-Elder houston!!
August 8, 2011
hey so whats up!!!
not much here.. alls been pretty quiet with the investigators but got a few new ones ! which is awesome! but also had to kinda drop a few they just wont stick with commitments :( its way sad because i want soooo bad for them to just get it ! ha but they dont and its ok they just not ready elder blatter said. he said some times that happens its normal. but ya ok so holy cow this place has the most crazy bipolar weather in the world !! hahah its has been soo hot some days then out of no where it drops 20 degrees and its a down pour of rain!! so crazy ha and kinda fun, like last night ! oh man we where at these members house for dinner and like its all nice and sunny and we eat dinner and go out side to look at like land and cows and goats and stuff and out of no where this huge crazy storm just rolls in!. haha it seriously was like a bad dream or like a scary movie haha we where like driving home and these branches where falling and they kinda lived in the middle of forest stuff in no- where-ville ha so ya leaves in the wind where going as fast as we where and we where going like 45 down this street haha. SO AWESOME! ha. it was pretty cool i was waiting for the tornado warning to go off but never did just loads of trees fell over. haha oh and all of mtn groves power was out for few hours and we only had this little tiny flash light haha. and all the stop signs at this intersection by our house where going crazy they looked like they were dancing ha its amazing they didnt snap or something. but any way thats all that really went on crazy this week ha sorry:/. but thats awesome about all the mish calls!! ya ryan emailed me but i have not got time to read it yet i getting behind on emails sorrry tell him sorry i will write and the webbs too and tell cyni and g ma and pa that i trying to write them today too but ya. thats awesome bout work too and dad got up!!! ahaha awesome!! but sorry gotta go i will write ya today we got lots of time ! cuz of rain.
love ya family !!!!!!!
-Elder houston!!
DRUNKEN TALES.....
Elder Houston's email:
August 3, 2011
hey family.....
whats up family! so not much going on. this week been pretty cool we went on exchanges will these elders in my district haha and his name is elder mike jones haha hunter might like that haha hes pretty funny. he's from phx too he lives like on thunderbird road and i forgot the other one ha. hes been out for a whole year on Thursday!! he said hes going to burn a shirt haha its like tradition i guess cool huh. oh so like two nights ago me and elder blatter had a pretty interesting experience ha. so it was monday night and we had just got in for the night and were planing for tomorrow and this old guy that we had been seeing steve richie is his name he is also from mesa too haha small world but ya he called us. he sounded a little weird and he said he needed a blessing so we thought ok we should prob go. man it was sooooo weird being out soo late it was like ten at night hahah that sounds soooo weird coming from me huh haha. but any way he lives just out of town at this RV park like campground thing ha any way. we got there and he came out and man was he wasted haha he was soooooo drunk. i dont know if i told you about steve before but a little back round on him. he grewup in mesa az was a born a member of the church he was preparing to go on mish and got sucked into the draft to go to Vietnam. it really mad him mad so he stated to drink alot he then got out of army went back to home in mesa still drinking and smoking now too became a truck driver got few DUIs and now has warrants out for his arrest and he doesnt want to pay them so he just left and when to missouri ha he now there living on the military checks in a motorhome kinda like our old one we had. anyway we had been trying to work with him to bring him back to chuch but cant get him to stop drinking. any way so ya he calls us we go over he super drunk. oh and so we had a really crazy lightning storm the other night and i guess it hit a tree ! right next to his motor home like a few feet and it messed up the tree pretty good ha and really freaked him out ha. he thinks God is pissed at him! haha so he is showing us it and stumbling over him self and he is like yelling haha. so we finally get him into his home and sit him down. he then takes out his patriarchal blessing and he says he wants to share it with us. as he starts reading it i wont say what it said but as he read it he started to cry and told us he failed it, he failed his mission here. he wants so bad to stop but cant like. the only way i could describe it is like in gladiator with russell crow and when he sees his family hanging and burnt and he had snot and tears going down his face. thats what steve looked like ha. it was so sad tho to see this ex military guy from nam soo sad i started tearing up too. even tho he was drunk and farting all over the place ha.. the spirit of him reading his blessing and pouring out his heart to us.. i really felt it so strong and kinda felt his pain he was going through. i think it was ment for us to feel that to remind us of the atonement and that our Savior also felt that and much more when he took upon the sins of the world.. it was such a testimony builder and made my love for the savior grow soo much im so greatful that He was willing to do that for me and for steve and all of us to make it able for us to repent and to better know what we go through to better help us. i truly love the Savior with all my heart.
well i got to go i hope that all made sence and you were able to felt kinda the same experience we had i love ya all!!! oh and i got your email and letter about insurance thats awesome!! thanks so much for working that out and keep me updated on where a dr might be and ill try and figure the rest out it will work out i will write ya soon too love ya and hope all is well with the family and you are all safe i love you and keep up the missionary work and living like a missionary LOVE YOU ALLL SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH :) talk to ya again soon be safe
love- ELDER MITCHELL HOUSTON
Elder Houston's email:
August 1, 2011
hey mother soo ill answer some of your questions while i have time but all it well this week same ol stuff i cant really think of anything to crazy happening. sorry i think my memory is geting worse out here like since i dont write down when cool stuff happens right away i forget about it!!! its soooo frustrating ! but it cool haha dad is awesome and funny i feel same way at times thats funny he rewrote it haha i love him! its cool he dont have to write back all the time just every once in a while. but yes got my scriptures and thank you sooooo much. haha and the weather is sooooo nuts out here it by polar like the other day we ran out of miles in the car so we had to walk around and it was soooo hot like in 90s then out of no where like we walk in this dudes house and walk out and it was in the 70s and pouring rain !!! hahah. awesome i love it so we got to run around in rain for lil till we got to our car. but ya it been prtty hott and waaaayyy humid all the honker bugs are coming out now they are GINORMOUSSS haha. so i dont know about the diabetes doctor if i should get one did you talk to sis merkly i know there use to be a diabetic missionary our a lil while back so ask what he did but ya maybe pray about it ? ha sorry. oh and i good on insulin for a lil while i just opened one and still have anther full one. sorry got to go i will write again this week and i going to freaking send my sd card soon !! ahaha sorrrry but oh and food is good kinda i just ran out this month but i good for now i just got more money and oh i spent a lil on my card so just check it out but make sure weird stuff is not getting taken out just check it when you can thanks mom love ya talk to ya soon love ya!!!!
August 3, 2011
hey family.....
whats up family! so not much going on. this week been pretty cool we went on exchanges will these elders in my district haha and his name is elder mike jones haha hunter might like that haha hes pretty funny. he's from phx too he lives like on thunderbird road and i forgot the other one ha. hes been out for a whole year on Thursday!! he said hes going to burn a shirt haha its like tradition i guess cool huh. oh so like two nights ago me and elder blatter had a pretty interesting experience ha. so it was monday night and we had just got in for the night and were planing for tomorrow and this old guy that we had been seeing steve richie is his name he is also from mesa too haha small world but ya he called us. he sounded a little weird and he said he needed a blessing so we thought ok we should prob go. man it was sooooo weird being out soo late it was like ten at night hahah that sounds soooo weird coming from me huh haha. but any way he lives just out of town at this RV park like campground thing ha any way. we got there and he came out and man was he wasted haha he was soooooo drunk. i dont know if i told you about steve before but a little back round on him. he grewup in mesa az was a born a member of the church he was preparing to go on mish and got sucked into the draft to go to Vietnam. it really mad him mad so he stated to drink alot he then got out of army went back to home in mesa still drinking and smoking now too became a truck driver got few DUIs and now has warrants out for his arrest and he doesnt want to pay them so he just left and when to missouri ha he now there living on the military checks in a motorhome kinda like our old one we had. anyway we had been trying to work with him to bring him back to chuch but cant get him to stop drinking. any way so ya he calls us we go over he super drunk. oh and so we had a really crazy lightning storm the other night and i guess it hit a tree ! right next to his motor home like a few feet and it messed up the tree pretty good ha and really freaked him out ha. he thinks God is pissed at him! haha so he is showing us it and stumbling over him self and he is like yelling haha. so we finally get him into his home and sit him down. he then takes out his patriarchal blessing and he says he wants to share it with us. as he starts reading it i wont say what it said but as he read it he started to cry and told us he failed it, he failed his mission here. he wants so bad to stop but cant like. the only way i could describe it is like in gladiator with russell crow and when he sees his family hanging and burnt and he had snot and tears going down his face. thats what steve looked like ha. it was so sad tho to see this ex military guy from nam soo sad i started tearing up too. even tho he was drunk and farting all over the place ha.. the spirit of him reading his blessing and pouring out his heart to us.. i really felt it so strong and kinda felt his pain he was going through. i think it was ment for us to feel that to remind us of the atonement and that our Savior also felt that and much more when he took upon the sins of the world.. it was such a testimony builder and made my love for the savior grow soo much im so greatful that He was willing to do that for me and for steve and all of us to make it able for us to repent and to better know what we go through to better help us. i truly love the Savior with all my heart.
well i got to go i hope that all made sence and you were able to felt kinda the same experience we had i love ya all!!! oh and i got your email and letter about insurance thats awesome!! thanks so much for working that out and keep me updated on where a dr might be and ill try and figure the rest out it will work out i will write ya soon too love ya and hope all is well with the family and you are all safe i love you and keep up the missionary work and living like a missionary LOVE YOU ALLL SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH :) talk to ya again soon be safe
love- ELDER MITCHELL HOUSTON
Elder Houston's email:
August 1, 2011
hey mother soo ill answer some of your questions while i have time but all it well this week same ol stuff i cant really think of anything to crazy happening. sorry i think my memory is geting worse out here like since i dont write down when cool stuff happens right away i forget about it!!! its soooo frustrating ! but it cool haha dad is awesome and funny i feel same way at times thats funny he rewrote it haha i love him! its cool he dont have to write back all the time just every once in a while. but yes got my scriptures and thank you sooooo much. haha and the weather is sooooo nuts out here it by polar like the other day we ran out of miles in the car so we had to walk around and it was soooo hot like in 90s then out of no where like we walk in this dudes house and walk out and it was in the 70s and pouring rain !!! hahah. awesome i love it so we got to run around in rain for lil till we got to our car. but ya it been prtty hott and waaaayyy humid all the honker bugs are coming out now they are GINORMOUSSS haha. so i dont know about the diabetes doctor if i should get one did you talk to sis merkly i know there use to be a diabetic missionary our a lil while back so ask what he did but ya maybe pray about it ? ha sorry. oh and i good on insulin for a lil while i just opened one and still have anther full one. sorry got to go i will write again this week and i going to freaking send my sd card soon !! ahaha sorrrry but oh and food is good kinda i just ran out this month but i good for now i just got more money and oh i spent a lil on my card so just check it out but make sure weird stuff is not getting taken out just check it when you can thanks mom love ya talk to ya soon love ya!!!!
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH YOUR COMPANION
Look Mitchells closet haha looks like is momma doesn't live with him
Yep his momma isn't there to nag him about his bed!!!
This is the Branch in Mountain Grove. Its a store they turned into a church
Elder BlatterMitchell's Trainer
I bet Mitchell had a hard time falling asleep in these chairsHi everyone i am of course soooo behind on Mitchell's emails so i am not quite sure how i am going to do his emails to catch up..... so bare with me. But please notice and pay attention to some of these first emails he sent ane then some of the ones now. HUGE difference!! he has grown so much in the last couple of months. I know that some of them are hard to read and i try to fix and edit them so hang in there and please enjoy.
Also i am gonna post some pictures from his first area in Mountain Grove. I have not gotten any from his new area yet but i will keep bugging him.
Elder Houston's email
July 25, 2011
hahaha nope not really some basket ball tho so thats pretty sweeet and we go over to this old peoples house every mondaythe dixsons, they are funny we always eat lunch then play this board game they made up. its kinda like Sorry but a lil different its way fun tho. but holy cow this week has been sooooo up and down. like with every thing. like with me and my comp. we got in a fight the other day ! just yelling ha not punching no worries ha. like he is sooooooo awesome some times but weird ha and othertimed he just gets soooo mad at the dumbest stuff, i dono i try soooo hard to be nice and help him see the bright side but i just couldnt take it any more. and i know that im not prefect and that i can be a pain at times so i work on it. he just thinks nothing is wrong with him and wont gives people chances like with our investigators and is really lazy about some stuff ahhhhh. haha sorry i cant say anything bad about him he is a good missionary and i need to just stop being a winer and deal with it haha i trying. ha but we off and on all the time. our investigators are doing pretty good too we had a alot of promises that would come to chuch and they all ended up falling through :(!!!!!!!!!!!! but it ok i trying to keep spirits high and we keeping with them. this week has just been a hot cold week for sure. but how is dad ?? how was his b day did he get his card yet?? oh and i got your package thank you sooooooooooo much!! sorry i will keep better care of these ahah i wont lose them. i still miss my old ones those were with me from when i was 8!!! and i still have my p blessing i just lost me lil mini one you made me in it. is that bad if some one finds it and reads it?? hope not. so how is the insurance stuff workning out ?? oh and my sd is still here haha i took a few more pictures for yall ha but ill send it today for sure kk. sorry this was long email i only have 10 minutes left :(
love you
Working hard in Mountain Grove
Elder Houston's email:
July 19, 2011
hey mom
sorry we came to email tuesday the library was too packed yesterday. but i will write ya i wort and got dad a letter for his b day haha it funny hopefully he like it. i know kael will haha. but not much going on this last week we suppose to have alot of people come to church this week tho like 6 ! it makes me pretty happy because i have not had anyone come yet :(. but its cool. and every one is progressing pretty well so thats awesome too. but nothing too crazy i will keep ya up dated on then spirital moments when i get them haha. but i have been learning alot about my self this week and its defiantly been a week of thinking ha. but any way sorry ha.
i know hunter he is smart kid and this IS the only and true church. it took me untill the past year to find that out finally for my self and the mission helped alot like way alot. i know my faith even out here has been shakin a few times from stuff i didnt know tho. but every time it has i have just knelt and prayed and was reasured of the lds church. so i know with all my heart it is the truth. its too hard to even desribe the things ive learned out here so bare with me haha sorry :/ ha. but maybe if he is really trying to see different stuff tell him to read the book of mormon tell all those kids to tell them to read it and them pray to know if is true tell them to read moroni 10: 3-5 and they will know all they need to know in this life sorry i feel like i blabing on but i hope that helped a lil and i know they will be ok especailly Hunter, he just needs to live worthally and the holy ghost will always testifiy these things. oh and my challenge for yall haha is too LIVE LIKE MISSIONARYS for a month. read and study every day have personal study and then companion study ( family study) ha k just try to do it if ya cant every night it ok. ha make sure you pray too before and after night and morning. and look for people that need the gospel and share it with them. i know with every bit of my heart that the blessing will pour out for you all. it might get hard at first like either 12:6 but i know you will be blessed and it will help. oh and try not to just ready but to share as you read share your testimonys and things you might have learned kk.
well i have to go sorry this is weird email but i hope it helped i love you so much and i love being able to talk to ya mom now i know how tori feels ha and i love all the letters and emails i can get but no worries if you cant all the time no stress k i love ya and i know you do tell dad i sent him a card and i hope his birthday is a good day and that i love him sooooooo much and wish i would have learned more while i was younger ha should have listened haha but love you all and tell tori sorry i didnt have time to read her email but i love her too!! and i wrote cam so he better write me back how is he?? love you all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye talk to ya soon oh and i will write you and i sending that sd card soon sorry ha
love you !
July 19, 2011
hey mom
sorry we came to email tuesday the library was too packed yesterday. but i will write ya i wort and got dad a letter for his b day haha it funny hopefully he like it. i know kael will haha. but not much going on this last week we suppose to have alot of people come to church this week tho like 6 ! it makes me pretty happy because i have not had anyone come yet :(. but its cool. and every one is progressing pretty well so thats awesome too. but nothing too crazy i will keep ya up dated on then spirital moments when i get them haha. but i have been learning alot about my self this week and its defiantly been a week of thinking ha. but any way sorry ha.
i know hunter he is smart kid and this IS the only and true church. it took me untill the past year to find that out finally for my self and the mission helped alot like way alot. i know my faith even out here has been shakin a few times from stuff i didnt know tho. but every time it has i have just knelt and prayed and was reasured of the lds church. so i know with all my heart it is the truth. its too hard to even desribe the things ive learned out here so bare with me haha sorry :/ ha. but maybe if he is really trying to see different stuff tell him to read the book of mormon tell all those kids to tell them to read it and them pray to know if is true tell them to read moroni 10: 3-5 and they will know all they need to know in this life sorry i feel like i blabing on but i hope that helped a lil and i know they will be ok especailly Hunter, he just needs to live worthally and the holy ghost will always testifiy these things. oh and my challenge for yall haha is too LIVE LIKE MISSIONARYS for a month. read and study every day have personal study and then companion study ( family study) ha k just try to do it if ya cant every night it ok. ha make sure you pray too before and after night and morning. and look for people that need the gospel and share it with them. i know with every bit of my heart that the blessing will pour out for you all. it might get hard at first like either 12:6 but i know you will be blessed and it will help. oh and try not to just ready but to share as you read share your testimonys and things you might have learned kk.
well i have to go sorry this is weird email but i hope it helped i love you so much and i love being able to talk to ya mom now i know how tori feels ha and i love all the letters and emails i can get but no worries if you cant all the time no stress k i love ya and i know you do tell dad i sent him a card and i hope his birthday is a good day and that i love him sooooooo much and wish i would have learned more while i was younger ha should have listened haha but love you all and tell tori sorry i didnt have time to read her email but i love her too!! and i wrote cam so he better write me back how is he?? love you all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! bye talk to ya soon oh and i will write you and i sending that sd card soon sorry ha
love you !
Monday, October 10, 2011
FINALLY PICTURES
This is Elder Houston with Elder Houston??......Yes this is Mitchell's cousin he is heading to Mexico. They saw each other a few times at the MTC
AAAWWW his buddy Elder Schnepf.....hanging at the MTC. Michael is heading to the Baltics. it was so cool that they got to see each other a few times.
boys will be boys.......i dont think Mitchell was very comfortable!! haha
Mitchell getting his first haircut......first one that his momma didn't do!!!
ok everyone i am gonna SLAM you all with tons of pictures in the next few posts......These are some great pictures from the MTC. You can't ever get enough of those. ENJOY!!!!BUSY BUSY IN MISSOURI
Ok you fellow followers of the blogs......I am attempting to get caught up with my son's mission blog. I so appologize for being so bad at getting this done. Its been really hard to keep up on both his and Tori's blog. Sister Houston will be home in a couple of weeks, so hopefully in the next few weeks i can get some pictures on and get caught up on Mitchells mission....He is doing so good and i want everyone to see what a fantastic mission he is already having. Please write to him!!
Elder Houston's email
July 11, 2011
hey its me again,
sssup from missouri! ha. Oh man this week been pertty ordinary....until this weekend!!!! now its was awesome!! so first i will tell you about shay and jason. they are the hippies i told you about they are so cool i love them. but any way so we had not heard from them like in a few weeks and were getting kinda worried. then i was reading your letter that you wrote me mom about how tori was having that same problem with one of her invistigators and you said hers worked out great. soo i started to not worry as much. then like later that same day we got news that they are going to get married!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! so awesome its not till October buttttt they are totally set on it and they have even set a baptism date right after!!!!!! on the 14th of that month!!!!!. it was seriously the coolest thing aw i love them ! haha and we get to go to the wedding ha its gonna be so cool she wants tie die dresses and hers is going to be like patch work white or something and everyones going to be bare foot hahaha. she ever is wanting to get baptised in a river ahah oh man im soooo pumped.
then also we saw jack again this weekend and ha we got him to cry again hah a good cry tho and helping him to want to read the book of mormon more! like along with the bible. oh man he is coming soooooo far he is the coolests dude ha and he loves me and elder blatter ha he gets so excited when we come over we always have such a great lesson with him its soo crazy. i dont think he knows that he is teaching me soo much every time we go to teach him ha. he has such a strong spirit with him its so cool. haha oh and get this he loves cowboy western stuff like me!! ha he was showing me all his sweet movies and collects the coolest old antique stuff too haha hes awesome i wish you could meet him! ha. haha oh one thing that was pretty nasty about dinner tho ha. so he been having depression proplems because the army and he been addicted to pain pills bad and he just went through that nasty divorce with his wife that he still loves like ALOT ha but any way so he had not been out in a while and apparently been in his fridge lately ha. so when we made dinner he wanted some milk with it and you know i cant say no to milk ha. so we all got huge glasses. haha like it tasted kinda funny at first but i just thought its probably like fat free or something ha. and milk is alot so i just drank it. hah well after he left the room we checked it just to see hahah and it was expired!!!!!!!!! it was so sour haha. so we had some stomac probs just a lil that night ha but not too bad.
so i cant remember if i told you at all about amber but she is an investigator that i met like on my second day here. she is a newly single mother of 4 boys. she just got a divorce from a highly abusive husband :(. like if i could meet this dude i would oh man! totally jerk. she is the nicest funniest lady. like that guy is a tard. but any way she is so cool like just knowing her for the couple weeks we do me and elder baltter love her. she just has this different way of looking at things she notices things alot of people would miss. ha shes awesome lets just say that ha any way we taught her on saturday and the spirit was soooo strong like i was even crying like a lil baby with her haha she trust us soo much i told want to say too much but she was telling us how she left him and everyone gave her sooo much crap for it because he was rich and all this stuff and she feels so bad because her boys miss him. and man she loves her boy sooo much and she is just been through sooo much more than i could even imagine and still is and now struggling with money and man it seriously tares me apart to think anyone has to go through what she has and yet stilll she stays soooo strong and knows it will be ok and is growing so much and loving the gospel its so cool to see it makes this work so great.
but sorrry gotta go hope i made sense in all that has been going on. i had to type fast love you all and just want you to know this is the full true restored gospel i know it with out a doubt in my heart and it blesses soooooo many lives and god loves and knows each and everyone of us as individuals. love you family i will write ya hopefully this week some time thank you for everything.!!
love elder houston
ps sorry bout spelling hah :)
Elder Houston's email
July 11, 2011
hey its me again,
sssup from missouri! ha. Oh man this week been pertty ordinary....until this weekend!!!! now its was awesome!! so first i will tell you about shay and jason. they are the hippies i told you about they are so cool i love them. but any way so we had not heard from them like in a few weeks and were getting kinda worried. then i was reading your letter that you wrote me mom about how tori was having that same problem with one of her invistigators and you said hers worked out great. soo i started to not worry as much. then like later that same day we got news that they are going to get married!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!! so awesome its not till October buttttt they are totally set on it and they have even set a baptism date right after!!!!!! on the 14th of that month!!!!!. it was seriously the coolest thing aw i love them ! haha and we get to go to the wedding ha its gonna be so cool she wants tie die dresses and hers is going to be like patch work white or something and everyones going to be bare foot hahaha. she ever is wanting to get baptised in a river ahah oh man im soooo pumped.
then also we saw jack again this weekend and ha we got him to cry again hah a good cry tho and helping him to want to read the book of mormon more! like along with the bible. oh man he is coming soooooo far he is the coolests dude ha and he loves me and elder blatter ha he gets so excited when we come over we always have such a great lesson with him its soo crazy. i dont think he knows that he is teaching me soo much every time we go to teach him ha. he has such a strong spirit with him its so cool. haha oh and get this he loves cowboy western stuff like me!! ha he was showing me all his sweet movies and collects the coolest old antique stuff too haha hes awesome i wish you could meet him! ha. haha oh one thing that was pretty nasty about dinner tho ha. so he been having depression proplems because the army and he been addicted to pain pills bad and he just went through that nasty divorce with his wife that he still loves like ALOT ha but any way so he had not been out in a while and apparently been in his fridge lately ha. so when we made dinner he wanted some milk with it and you know i cant say no to milk ha. so we all got huge glasses. haha like it tasted kinda funny at first but i just thought its probably like fat free or something ha. and milk is alot so i just drank it. hah well after he left the room we checked it just to see hahah and it was expired!!!!!!!!! it was so sour haha. so we had some stomac probs just a lil that night ha but not too bad.
so i cant remember if i told you at all about amber but she is an investigator that i met like on my second day here. she is a newly single mother of 4 boys. she just got a divorce from a highly abusive husband :(. like if i could meet this dude i would oh man! totally jerk. she is the nicest funniest lady. like that guy is a tard. but any way she is so cool like just knowing her for the couple weeks we do me and elder baltter love her. she just has this different way of looking at things she notices things alot of people would miss. ha shes awesome lets just say that ha any way we taught her on saturday and the spirit was soooo strong like i was even crying like a lil baby with her haha she trust us soo much i told want to say too much but she was telling us how she left him and everyone gave her sooo much crap for it because he was rich and all this stuff and she feels so bad because her boys miss him. and man she loves her boy sooo much and she is just been through sooo much more than i could even imagine and still is and now struggling with money and man it seriously tares me apart to think anyone has to go through what she has and yet stilll she stays soooo strong and knows it will be ok and is growing so much and loving the gospel its so cool to see it makes this work so great.
but sorrry gotta go hope i made sense in all that has been going on. i had to type fast love you all and just want you to know this is the full true restored gospel i know it with out a doubt in my heart and it blesses soooooo many lives and god loves and knows each and everyone of us as individuals. love you family i will write ya hopefully this week some time thank you for everything.!!
love elder houston
ps sorry bout spelling hah :)
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