4th Baptism!

ok well this wek was pretty crazy i am going to start with th best thing that happened this week then i will advise you with the other stuff and with your wonderful email you sent me.

ok so this lady i dont really remember how to call her in english. younge lady not important well she is just chosen off the wall i tell you what. so basically we have nt been able to see her for a week and then she wasnt going to come to church because she was feeling sick but our member called her up and said please come its going to be super sweet. so she came we made an appointment for wednesday to teach her and prepare her for her baptism. we always had to teach her in the church so we arrived at the church and called her up to ask where she was. she was sick in bed sleeping haha we had to tak to her sister. well its was really hard to except that because she is so ready to be baptised. thursday morning we had a planning sesh with my comp and we got on the subject of monica and we said well i think it would be better if we give her name to other misionaries who live closer to her and can go to her house to see how she is doing. so i sent a message. asking for her direction. hahaha she text back and says hey i feel a lot better today and i want to see you guys at the church today at 4. whoa. ok then we started preparing a lesson for her and i tell my comp that i dont think she is going to be baptised this week i think she is going to want to wait. my comp says to me listen do yuo want her to get baptised this week or no. i said yes. then he said ok do you have the faith that she is going to be baptised this week or no. i said well of course duh and he said ok then. lets do it.so we said a prayer and off we went. we went to the lesson she starts telling us everything that has happened that was amaznig that her parents are trying to make a better effort to have a better relationship with her and that she is reading the book of mornon non stop and cant put the book down. and sometimes it just stumps her so she has to take a break and then go back just all this amazing stuff. then she says listen i was talking to my sister and asked if i get baptised this weekend will you come and support me and he lil sister was pumped up out of her mind and even baught her dress whoa!!!! and she says listen i want to be baptised this week like we made this goal to do and asked if it was still possible to do it. i said yes and she was stoked nearly cried hahaha and then she had a few doubts but we cleared t all up she says she doesnt want to wait haha that this wekend is her baptism. we set up her interview friday and her baptism friday. i had the oportunity to baptise her. but the best part of it all was this........ we entered the water. she is smiling excited. we set up and i say the prayer. baptise her and when she comes out of the water she is smiling huge and she asks. am i perfect? i said yes you are perfect smiling back at her and she is just i dont know super happy in the perfect state like a child. but when i left the water i was just full of joy and happiness i couldnt hold it in. i went to the bathroom to change. i kneeled in my wet clothes to offer a prayer of thanks. i started to cry because i was so happy. then i felt an angel from heave rest his hands upon my back and fire went through my whole body. from my shoulders to my ears to my feet and back up. and i just cried. giving thanks to our father in heaven to have the oportunity to help my sister find the straight and narrow path. there is no greater feeling then this i tell all of you with all my heart that there is nothing better then i could be doing right now. the joy of helping these people helping them find what we have.

well that is my story well i have another one hahaha last night we were walking and idk we had a few options to do. to go to a few different houses. we decided to pass by one sister to see if she has time to come with us to a lesson. she open the door and is like elders what the heck are you doing its really late. it was only 7 and she invites us in.she doesnt look to well. and she starts to tell us everything that has happened and has passed that she hasnt slept for like 3 days and her head is killing she is on the erge of crying. and i offered a blessing she says please. we give her the blessing and we end. she is sobbing. and knows that she is going to recieve the help she needs. we let her go so that she could sleep. and rest and as wee walk out the door she is always asking if she can help us and i said. the only help you can give us if you go to sleep right now i gave her a promise that she is going to sleep and the lord is going to bless her. she starts crying again and says thank please pray for we tonight so i can sleep so we did i and know tht she couild sleep we gotta check up on her but after that i was of fire just pumped up out of my mind i dont know but we pass this homeless guy. just sitting on the ground no shirt no shoes. looks super sad. well you know how i am with the homeless i just have to try to hlp. we sat down next to him and he really didnt want to talk to us but i got a glimpse of what he is going through the way the people were looking at us and the looks oh i hated the looks. he had his head down. we shared a message with him and stood up we invited him to stand with us. i gave him a hug and then my companion did to i dont know i was inspired i didnt care i had a white shirt and tie this man needed a hug so we gave him one. he still didnt smile but i always see him walking. there was one moment when i really was thinking who could we go to give him a place to sleep i thought of a few but i knew they would just be like elderes are you serious come on. so i didnt.

super sweet mitchell got his call i am super stoked for him. i have been waiting forever for him to get out ther you know everynight thinking about him sharing our stories that we have had together with my investigators but now it is his turn to get ut ther and show the world that the lord loves everyone and that no one is alone.with colton tieman i wish i had a way to send him a messgae i am also proud of him that he decided to make that desision to wait i really hope that he can wait and get out there he needs it.

package still have not recieved it do you have a tracking number or something i can try to find it?and the thing with recieving blessing i am sure that you guys are jus living the way you should and choosing the right i hope my little brothers are listening to my letters and i hope they read them. its going to be a rough time growing up i think in texas because it is like that but as role models we can only teach then to do good and hope they make the right decisiones. ñuckily i have you and day as parents and my sister amber and big brother justin and i learned from you guys and had lots of pressure because i didnt want to fail my father in heaven. i have never drank or smoked in my life because of those things. i have touched alcohol here more then any other place because i always dump the bottles out when the drunks offer me.

i love you all i hope everything is just dandy trust ion the lord in all you do so that we can alweays be happy.

elder houston