TRANSFERS......STAYING IN SPINGFIELD...and HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Saying farewell to Elder Treasure....Awesome friend and missionary.

Elder Houston's 21st Birthday package from home..... silly stuff that reminded us of him..

He said it was the best birthday EVER!!!!!

yummy...... cereal bowl with a straw......cant get any better than that.

sorry oops picture.... i will figure out how to get it off later..

Elder Houston's email:

January 9, 2012

Hey family !

so transfer calls came on saturday and i found out im staying in springfield mo and elder treasure is going to bentinville. its the place where walmart started haha if you look on the back of great value stuff it says it haha its funny but ya he was put into a zone leader spot up there, which is crazy he barely out a year. he will rock there he is such a stud! ill miss him but my new comp is elder golder, i meet him on thursday he has been out for three months im lil nervous to take over the area for sure but i know with the Lords help even i can do it.

thats so awesome about kim ! im glad it was caught early! and i have been keeping margaret in my prays !! :( im hoping they have at least told taylor about it by now !! the poor kid. holy cow! no! you never told me that jamie was prego !! thats awesome tell them congrats for me!! and amber was too!!!!! holy cow ha and its a girl! woot woot thats awesome well they are both some very lucky babies to be part of such amazingly wonderful families. and sweeet for anthany too!!!! thats so exciting, ill defiantly write him this week. tell him congrats and to watch out just like capt. moroni after he won a battle he didnt just sit around and celebrate he got right back and preparing for the next thing. satan knows he is so close and he will do ALL he can to make sure he messes up, so tell him to always be putting on the armor of God by reading and praying going to church and all that we can do to have the spirit and be ready to defend the attack. he is very sneaky! and plays dirty. when your on the Lords side you never loose !!

GO JESUS!! ha " our religion is not doctrine in cold storage . it is not theory. it means more to us than a beautiful plan to be admired. it is more than a philosophy of life. to one of our practical turn of mind, religion is the spirit in which a person lives, in which he does things, if it be only to say a kind word or give a cup of cold water. our religion must find expression in deeds." the mere belief in God in not enough. that is a trick of the adversary. " God will not be mocked. when He has offered to us a gift , when he has placed within our reach a blessing, when he has invited us to partake of a feast and we ignore it, we may be sure that we shall suffer the distress that will come to those who refuse the blessings of the Lord when they are offered." intense right. haha that was some of the stuff we read in church on sunday. never settle for just good enough is what i got out of it. this life is about progression. we should always be striving to be our personal best and never sell our self's short. we have such potential with the help and enabling power that comes from the Savior.

well this is what i not what i wanted to really share with ya haha but it works haha. oh before i forget mom i need that endo drs number again haha i lost it. oh and there is no email on monday this week it moved to tuesday kk. well i got to go. ill send ya my pictures today so look for them and ill look for the package haha 21 too wierd well i love you all soooooooo much

it is so amazing the more i grow closer to the Lord the more i love you all haha. its kinda a good thing that me and tori didnt come home at the same time cuz there would have been just wayyyyy to much love in that house haha! that sounds wierd haha.

a mission is awesome and so are you all..... i love you so much and i hope that you all know that. thank you stay safe and talk to you next week
love elder houston