AWESOME WEEK

hello everyone... I am back....sorry about not blogging lately...My computer crashed... urg!!!!
Mitchell has had quite the busy 6 weeks.. he was in Rogers only 6 weeks and then was transfered to Cassville to train and start up a new area... so busy as a bee... and he has had some really awesome stories and experiences. hope you enjoy and get caught up on his missionary life.
i am still begging for pictures too...soon i hope.....
Be sure to write to Mitchell at his new address... he would love some letters for the Christmas Season....
Elder Houston's email:

November 19, 2012

 :) . soooo this week was awesome!! so much good stuff... this area has so much happening. its just a matter of time and hard work to make it happen! but before i go on! 

   well this week was full of many things and one of the main ones was the spirit!!! it was so strong with us this week, it was so great! we were guided to two new families that are ready to hear the message of the gospel.

on wednesday we had interviews with pres shumway and training too and wow it was so awesome! pres Shumway is surely called of God. he is so amazing. he loves the Gospel soooo much and it just makes me want to love it even more! ha

oh hey ! you remember how i was telling you our ward mission leader is a dairy farmer! he hooking me up with fresh straight from the utter milk!! its awesome!! there are sooooo many cows out here. it is oldly beautiful. i want to take papa out here soon. he would just love it and my ward mission leader his name is bro pointer.

oh this week i got sick somthing that has just been going around and i ask my comp for a blessing and i totally forgot it was his first one! the spirit was so strong as he gave it to me. alot of the time was just silence, but so powerful non the less. he is so awesome. and it was so cool because right after i felt a burden being lifted from my shoulders. im not sure what the burden was, but i just felt like flying and was so happy and at peace, it was way cool.

sunday was probably the best of all the week  of course haha. there was a member of the stake pres that came to speak to us in third hour and guess where he was from!!!!!..... Scotland!!! holy cow! so cool! his mum and dat where here from Scotland too. they were visiting him for the holidays. but he talked to us about some deep stuff ! and he was soo funny too. it just got me so pumped to learn! ha i have no idea why it was just awesome and wow the spirit of elijah was tugging on my heart. i want to find more about our name ! and family! haha after i listen to him talk i really wanted to listen to my braveheart music too haha. i love me some bagpipes.

so along with a scottish brother we also met a guy in our ward from england super awesome brother. and a family from the Virgin islands! he sounds like the guys on the pirates of the Caribbean haha. we had dinner at there house and taught there kids they just adopted.

then the end of our sunday oh wow sooo amazing!!! so we went over to one of the girls that we are teaching and she has really been progressing and coming to church. she is sooo strong in her faith and loves the Lord sooo much. we had been going over a few times just answering her question and helping her understand the book of mormon more. but this particular time when we got there i just could not think, the spirit was so powerful and in my heart saying stop what you are doing now and teaching her the Restoration. which we had done before or the other missionaries have i mean. so i thought hmmm well better do it. so we did and as we did the lesson seemed to be going well until we got to the part about the proper priesthood authority and the great apostasy... she was so over whelmed with emotion. she began to put things together and the spirit taught her at that moment what she needed to hear. she ask that is what was needed, the priesthood, then my baptism was not right? we explained to her a little more and she just broke out in tears, she was so sad. she felt offended and MANY other feelings and thoughts. we talked to her a little more to help her understand. it was such a powerful time with the spirit baring such a witness. she finally said i dont know why im so sad, but i know that it  must be because its true. i am hurt but that is because i know what you are telling is true. i know that if we would have gave that lesson any other time, when she would have heard that message she would have been so offended and probably stopped meeting with us. but our Heavenly Father knew what we didnt know. He knew we would need the spirit so strong because with the spirit she knew and felt that is was true, so she could get hurt and maybe a little offended but she knew the truth and was left to make her choice and exercise her agency. this life is a test and there are a few things that are needed to make up a test and choice is one of them. im so excited for her and her next steps that are coming. she is ready and we left her with those things to pray about and she loves the Lord so much i know she will make the right choice, she is prepared.

 what a great week it was and im ready to keep it going! :) woo hooo!! im so thankful for sooo many things but i want you all to know how much i love you all i have the best family the best friends  i love you and hope you have a great thanksgiving feast !! talk to you next week.  the gospel is true!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

love elder houston