FAITH?....HOPE?.....CHARITY?......

Elder Houston's email:
April 9, 2012

hey mom,
ok wow what a week!!!! this has been crazy!!! i dont even know where to begin. first off glad you got my package. the books i want to read i just have not the time at this moment to read them. they were given to me, so i will prob ask for them later, but for now just put them in my room or somewhere. ha ya it is hot already. its really early this year i guess. thats what everyone is saying. oh and ya i like the sweaters. the brown one does not really match with anything i have but i like the black one and i will be asking for them when it gets cold again.
ok so about my area and the walgreens stuff. i already took care of it. its in my district so we go to bartelsville every wednesday. so when i running low i will go over. and i got my walgreens card in springfield before i left and talked to them and they said it would work at any walgreens and my meds would be there i just need to get there number and make sure i call ahead of time. if you could get the number for the closest one and send it to me that would be awesome. and sister merkley knows too. she called me, so i thought you had called her ha but i guess not. but ya i will be ok on meds for now. oh and no its not a car area its walk/bike area ha ya and i will tell you why in this next paragraph haha.
soooo ok this has been the most craziest week ever on my mission by far. so i cant remember what i told you in the letter i sent you but this is what i know now. so my companions name it elder hamlin he has been out for 23 months he goes home the end of this transfer. he is really trunky. he also is one of those missionaries that does not like rules at all. so that doesnt help at all either ha. he is a really good teacher tho and i think he could be the best missionary if he kept the missionaries rules. to make his tunkyness even worse, the area we are in is getting closed for the missionaries at the end of this transfer too. so he feels anything we do anyway will just be in vain.
pawhuska is acually areally cool place its very old and cool looking. it was where the first troop of boy scouts was made, cool huh. where alot of the indians live, the osage indians. apparantly jenifer gardner and the guy in dare devil are filming a movie here. anyway its a really cool area. i will take alot of pictures for you. the ward is really small too its got like 35 to 60 members and only about two of them acually live in pawhuska. the church building is smaller then mesa highs seminary building ! but its way cool. the people here are very cool. there is a huge cathalic church here and the members feed us and watch out for us haha, more then the members of our church do hahah. but i think its just because they not in town. there is one family that we hang with alot of the time. the dad is a member. they are really cool, hendrins is there names. so ya thats alittle bit about the area and the people not much is going on :/
so the missionaries that come here are not the best at following the rules. it has been really killng me. i feel i am losing so much time and its not my time but the Lords and its killing me! my companion will not follow the schedule. he listens to music and we dont really work, just walk around and hang out. im not really sure what i should do. i know its only the begining of the transfer and i shouldnt be complaining already. its been hard though knowing that im missing out on sarah and courtnies baptisms to be here and do nothing anyway..
enough downer stuff !!!! im still alive and i will do all i can to do what i am supose to do for the next 6 weeks left of pawhuska ha
"faith, hope, and charity are ACTIVE principles, not passive ones. if we do not DO them, we dont HAVE them. its that simple" quote of the day and i will do my best to go and do what the Lord will have my do with what i can. " there is only one day that...i have to live for, and thats today. there is nothing [i] can do about yesterday except repent, and there may be no tomorrow. the thing for us to do when [i] arise from [my] bed as God gives [me] a new day, is to take whatever comes to [my] hands, and do it to the best of [my] ability.
i love you all so much. i pray that i might be able to keep the promises that i have made... talk to you next week. ill try and write to ya this week and tell ya alittle more about what is going on and maybe you can help. hopefully this email made sense .
love elder houston