MY BEST WEEK

Yes i am back to blogging...... so sorry its been so long since i posted any of Mitchell's emails. I was really hoping to get some pictures from him. but haha not..... you know Mitch, such a procrastinator!!! Then the Holidays came and it got crazy busy for me..... so i will try to get caught up in the next few weeks and hope and pray for some pictures.... But in the mean time enjoy his emails. He had a great Thanksgiving and Christmas was so fantastic. We all loved talking to him and well more to come on that.

Elder Houston's email:
November 21, 2011

hey family!!!!!
how is it going !! im so excited for thanksgiving !!! we have a few meals set up even with a non member family! haha so we can eat and still do the Lords work how cool is that!!. but ya oh and transfer calls are this saturday!!:( and we are pretty sure elder tresure is leaving !!! im so bumbed! he has helped me sooo much to grow and progress to be a better missionary! he has been in this area for 7and half months so we pretty sure he getting the boot ha but its ok he is needed else where to bless liives. i cant be selfish and take all the blessings ha.
hahah sorry the suprise is a lil more difficult then i thought it would be to get out this last p day. we have a zone party and went bowling and it took up a lot of pday, but i will get it out this week and i will write yall and send my pictures if you send me more for the holidays!!! ha i have not taken alot of springfield. i still working on taking more. elder treasure has helped me too do it more cuz he is all artsy fartsy ha so he likes pictures but ya.

so this week was pretty sweet still teaching mostly the same people and they still progressing we went over to courtnies house to teach her about prophets. and we found out that she is now 99.9 percent sure this is the true church haha so we getting closer !!! and man oh man satan is so working on her he is so stinking sneaky!!!! ahhh! her boy friend got evicted from his house and his lil 6 year old boy and she is really nice and wanted to help so she was thinking of letting him move into her house!. and we were so scared and didnt know what to say but me and elder treasure have been praying to be more bold and i have found out lately that Heavenly Father doesnt answer prayers like that by just making you bold. ohhhh no haha He gives you opportunitys to be bold so that you can grow! ahah so we just said ,"NO" courtnie you cant and gave her some other stuff to think about that might help him and how we must stay obedient! always and the Lord will provide a way we told her we would fast for the boy friend and see what else we can to do. anyway she called later that night and said hey we thought about it and its better if he does not move in haha ! it was awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!. way cool to see those things happen. oh and another thing that was way cool that courtnie have happen was, i guess like a few nights ago she was taking a nap and this is a very sacred thing, so i will make sure not joke around with it and take it lightly. but she was sleeping and she had a dream about her mom, who has died. and her mom was talking to her and she was asking her questions and her mom just kept saying, " follow the missionaries". crazy right! and she was nervous about telling us this because she was afraid that people would think she was crazy. its so weird tho because this was the second time one of my investigators has told me this has happend! in my first area this guys grandma came to him like that and said this is the true church! and these are some of the most down to earth people telling us this, like not some drugys haha but it just made me think, like it talks about i think in the scriptures of a prophet said that our family can talk to us. and then it came to mind oh man thats like the spirit of Elijah. thats some deep stuff. ha or like on back to the future "Heavy" ha. anyway i thought that was pretty cool but times up sorry kinda blabbed again hope it made sense and ya but love you all so much i will write you today and send ya stuff ha love ya!!!!!!!!!!!
elder houston