Colten wrote an email today, but he only had 30 minutes so it was pretty short. He got to shake Russel M. Neilsons hand and saw 7 other apostles and apparently the prophet was there but he didn't see him. He was glad to hear everyone was doing good, and he misses and loves everyone.
He said he will write another letter soon to talk about more of what has been going on. Will let everyone know!
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
2nd Week in the MTC
Hey everyone!
Heres another email from elder houston! As you can tell, he evidentally doesn't know what goes at the end of a sentence.....A PERIOD!!!!! Its kinda hard to read his emails sometimes, but I still love them! Ha ha! Enjoy!
hey mom time for my update the language has been really tough this week i cant explain how hard i get really dicouraged sometimmes and for like 5 days i was really frustrated but then one of my teachers who is dear friend to me now his name is hermano stocking he is seriously awesome he just come behind me and asked hats wrong and i told him and he said to P'OWN SATAN to put himn in his place because im better then him then later that night my other teacher hermana hatch shared a scripture with me in our interview cause she saw i was discouraged and it was 2NE 28:28-30 its was the most amazing thing ever especially 30 and i prayed really hard and now im doing really good i understand what is being said and i can speak with my companion for like a few hours with very little english its really amazing my progression within 2 weeks the spirit is definately with me also i really have had my testimony grow about prayer and temple prayer no matter how weird it is to do that prayer hahaha i put justins name on the list and have praying a lot for him like every prayer and look what has happpened its quite amazing........ so the only bad news is theres these elders that are next door to me who are idiots theres three rooms of them and the dont go to sleep even though theres supposed to be no talking at 10 15 and then lights out at 1030 i have talked to them 3 times a elder in my room talked to the 1 time and then one night at 1045 my companion omg is rediculous made me laugh and actually a lil embarressed he got up before i did cause im on top bunk and he walked out and said are you kidding me right now like are you serious right now you need to be obediant in all things and this is one of them and walked back in my room omg i was embarressed he is a dork he like walked in and was like yea i said that like a bad a and i was like yup you did good job elder hahahaha omg and he just is so proud of himself he said that was mean for elder tingey let me tell you and then told me he actually felt bad after he said it hahahaha basically im sick of these kids and giving them one more chance till i get in there face i love my sleep and they interupt it all the time making me tired im getteing stonger elder wright is so awesome we are like best bros and elder buhler and elder terry im sad that elder wright and elder terry are leaving to peru if they get there visas to fgo to the peru mtc but we are plannning on staying in touch ummmmm im about to run outa time tell dannnet if she wants to send me something i could really use some SPITS the flavor is spicy and fruit snacks ill write a ltter elder houston love you
Heres another email from elder houston! As you can tell, he evidentally doesn't know what goes at the end of a sentence.....A PERIOD!!!!! Its kinda hard to read his emails sometimes, but I still love them! Ha ha! Enjoy!
hey mom time for my update the language has been really tough this week i cant explain how hard i get really dicouraged sometimmes and for like 5 days i was really frustrated but then one of my teachers who is dear friend to me now his name is hermano stocking he is seriously awesome he just come behind me and asked hats wrong and i told him and he said to P'OWN SATAN to put himn in his place because im better then him then later that night my other teacher hermana hatch shared a scripture with me in our interview cause she saw i was discouraged and it was 2NE 28:28-30 its was the most amazing thing ever especially 30 and i prayed really hard and now im doing really good i understand what is being said and i can speak with my companion for like a few hours with very little english its really amazing my progression within 2 weeks the spirit is definately with me also i really have had my testimony grow about prayer and temple prayer no matter how weird it is to do that prayer hahaha i put justins name on the list and have praying a lot for him like every prayer and look what has happpened its quite amazing........ so the only bad news is theres these elders that are next door to me who are idiots theres three rooms of them and the dont go to sleep even though theres supposed to be no talking at 10 15 and then lights out at 1030 i have talked to them 3 times a elder in my room talked to the 1 time and then one night at 1045 my companion omg is rediculous made me laugh and actually a lil embarressed he got up before i did cause im on top bunk and he walked out and said are you kidding me right now like are you serious right now you need to be obediant in all things and this is one of them and walked back in my room omg i was embarressed he is a dork he like walked in and was like yea i said that like a bad a and i was like yup you did good job elder hahahaha omg and he just is so proud of himself he said that was mean for elder tingey let me tell you and then told me he actually felt bad after he said it hahahaha basically im sick of these kids and giving them one more chance till i get in there face i love my sleep and they interupt it all the time making me tired im getteing stonger elder wright is so awesome we are like best bros and elder buhler and elder terry im sad that elder wright and elder terry are leaving to peru if they get there visas to fgo to the peru mtc but we are plannning on staying in touch ummmmm im about to run outa time tell dannnet if she wants to send me something i could really use some SPITS the flavor is spicy and fruit snacks ill write a ltter elder houston love you
Thursday, June 17, 2010
First Email Home
Hey everyone! here's coltens 1st email from the MTC!
ok well i love the mtc its the best place on earth even better then disney land it comes pretty close to the lake hahaha ny companion is awesome we learn off each other everyday and he is a goofball ill write you a letter explaining more about him spanish is coming along i can pray and testify already as you can tell with my other letter i miss all of you a lot but the crazy thing is im not even home sick but that might be because i still feel like im in scout camp hahaha well the food isnt anything to yours mom but its still exceptable i think you would agree i am backed up i think i dont go to the bathroom very ofeten which really worries me cause i eat a ton i have gain 5 pounds already!!!!!! no bueno but i have made friends with everyone in my district we have a really good time i just started working out with elder wright he is really buff he is going to peru with his companion elder terry the rest of us are going to mexico 6 in tuxtle and 4 in idk how to spell it cuernavaca hahaha sound it out my favorite elders are elder wright elder terry and elder buhler they are awesome elder harris to idk all of them are great last night we decided we all missed the ccamping trips with the boys haha so we decided to plan a lake powell trip for after we get back me and elder buhler always get oranges and play with them cause we dont have any balls to thrugh around!!!!! untill they break then our life is shattered untill the next meal i love learning the language me and elder tingey(my companion started learning the first desussion today in spanish its mui mal but we are getting it slowly but surely we both feel like everyone is progressing in the language but we are not its crazy how much we are learning in our short time but it is good if you can print up those pictures sister jones sent me and send them to me and any other ones you and amber took im really ucurious how they turned out sister jones sent me hers they are awesome i want to show my district so if you could that would be awesome also if you could send a lot alot a lot of those really good white mints that dad always has someone gave me some and they help me stay awake in the boring parts of my day but they dont sell any here also snacks me and my roomates need snacks anything is good!!!!! oh yea there are 2 other elders in my room with me elder martinez and elder adres they are good guys well i only have 5 minutes i love you all tell justin and amber i will write them a letter to respond to there dear elder things i love hearing from you guys so stop being shy maybe get braiden to draw me a picture and a family picture would be good to when they get printed ummm idk what else i have time to tell you uhhh i love you!!! make sure you always smile and are happy!!!!!!
Asalamaleka one love
Elder houston
ok well i love the mtc its the best place on earth even better then disney land it comes pretty close to the lake hahaha ny companion is awesome we learn off each other everyday and he is a goofball ill write you a letter explaining more about him spanish is coming along i can pray and testify already as you can tell with my other letter i miss all of you a lot but the crazy thing is im not even home sick but that might be because i still feel like im in scout camp hahaha well the food isnt anything to yours mom but its still exceptable i think you would agree i am backed up i think i dont go to the bathroom very ofeten which really worries me cause i eat a ton i have gain 5 pounds already!!!!!! no bueno but i have made friends with everyone in my district we have a really good time i just started working out with elder wright he is really buff he is going to peru with his companion elder terry the rest of us are going to mexico 6 in tuxtle and 4 in idk how to spell it cuernavaca hahaha sound it out my favorite elders are elder wright elder terry and elder buhler they are awesome elder harris to idk all of them are great last night we decided we all missed the ccamping trips with the boys haha so we decided to plan a lake powell trip for after we get back me and elder buhler always get oranges and play with them cause we dont have any balls to thrugh around!!!!! untill they break then our life is shattered untill the next meal i love learning the language me and elder tingey(my companion started learning the first desussion today in spanish its mui mal but we are getting it slowly but surely we both feel like everyone is progressing in the language but we are not its crazy how much we are learning in our short time but it is good if you can print up those pictures sister jones sent me and send them to me and any other ones you and amber took im really ucurious how they turned out sister jones sent me hers they are awesome i want to show my district so if you could that would be awesome also if you could send a lot alot a lot of those really good white mints that dad always has someone gave me some and they help me stay awake in the boring parts of my day but they dont sell any here also snacks me and my roomates need snacks anything is good!!!!! oh yea there are 2 other elders in my room with me elder martinez and elder adres they are good guys well i only have 5 minutes i love you all tell justin and amber i will write them a letter to respond to there dear elder things i love hearing from you guys so stop being shy maybe get braiden to draw me a picture and a family picture would be good to when they get printed ummm idk what else i have time to tell you uhhh i love you!!! make sure you always smile and are happy!!!!!!
Asalamaleka one love
Elder houston
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Last Goodbyes
PEACE OUT!!!
Houston we have a problem! It's time to let you go!
Colten & Jace 
Colten & Stevie
Colten & Cooper
Colten & Braiden
Colten & Grandma Jeannie
Colten & Grandpa Tom
Colten & Amber
Colten & Houston
Colten and Josh
Colten and Justin
Colten & Dad
All the Boys
Smile through those tears we want a happy missionary!
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
Wakeboardin' Missionary
How does a potential Elder spend his last moments as a civilian?
WAKEBOARDING!!!!
Colten & Justin
Josh & Colten
Surfing too!
The Boys
Colten has such a love for wakeboarding that he did it every spare moment he had up to hours before he became an Elder. What a nut! That's why we love him so much! He gave us some memorable pictures to come home with!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Deep Sea Fishing
Colten went deep sea fishing with Dad and Bobby Stallings and here are their pictures!
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