LOVE IS IN THE AIR....AND A BAPTISM

Elder Houston's email:
February 19, 2013

haha heyyyyy you guyssss
sooo this was an awesome week!! we had the best valentines day ever!
adam and leah got baptized !! haha on the day haha that is going to be
easy to remember now ha... so awesome brings a new meaning to love :) ha
it went so perfectly and was totally suprised, but i got ask to do the
confirmation like last minute! the spirit was so powerful!! i really for
the first time, i think was totally lead by the spirit as what to say. i
barely new this guy and i just was completely, head to toe filled with
love for the brother. i could feel just a small amount of Heavenly
Fathers love for the man and how happy he was that one of his lost
sheep came back unto the fold. im going to miss that feeling soo much.
to be able to feel that indescribable love for Gods children. that love
for a complete stranger it is so wonderful.
  Pres. Hinckley and the Book of mormon say it best, the essence of life, wherefore, my beloved brethren,
pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye
may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are
true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons
of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall
see him as he is; that we may have this hope; that we may be purified
even as he is pure
moroni 7:48
Love is the very essence of life. it is the pot of gold at the end of
the rainbow. yet it is more than the end of the rainbow. love is the
security for which children weep, the yearning of youth, the adhesive
that binds marriage, and the lubricant that prevents devastating
friction in the home; it is the peace of old age, the sunlight of hope
shining through death.
i love my mission so much i love every bit of it and im having the
time of my life sprinting to the end !! everyone says that we
sacrifice two years of our lifes to be out here. if this is sacrifice
then i want to sacrifice all i have to the Lord for all my life
because i have never felt so happy when i do
the principle of sacrifice.
and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding,
and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and
sacrifices.
mark 12:33
"sacrifice is the very essence of religion; it is the keystone of
happy home life, the basis for true friendship, the foundation of
peaceful community living, of sound relations among people and
nations. without sacrifice there is no true worship of God."
Pres. Hinckley at it again... man i love the things he says.. 
well got to go... i love you all and will talk to you next week
love elder houston