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!!!!