Oct 5

After being in Tapachula for 9 months this transfer thing has got to be hard to grasp for Colten! He loves his new area, though! Great post-conference email!

whoa ok so craaaaaaaazy week

so conference was way sweet i loved it so much ahhh i cant believe i took so much advantage of it when i was home i loved every minute and super sad when it was over every talk was super powerful and really hit me hard in the heart and gave me a renewal of energy and then what a suprise so saturday.

ok sorry so friday night my comp finds a cist on his neck and he started freaking out hahaha so we called the president gave us a number to a bishop that was also a suprise but anyways he says listen come to the stake center tomorrow at 11 for vconference and we will check you out. hmmm where would be the stake center..... MACTUMACTZA sweet i got so stoked that was my first area i was rewally hoping that i was going to see some of my investigators that i taught and well i didnt see anyone and then when the session ended i went and we were talking to the bishop and i see to younge girls who looked really familiar well i asked them hey sorry i have a question are you guys the daughters of david... they turned around... ELDER HOUSTON!!!!!!! we have been looking for you and asking for you since we left. ahhhhhhhhh!!!! so sweet they were 3 when i was there laura lissete and there mom iris and her husband well is a member but i was luike yea!!!! you remember me and i asked if they were baptised obviously they were in conference and they said yea we were so sad but we were baptised january 22 2011 yes!!!!!!! i was so jazzed and then more conference that really pumped me up and it was the last weekend of transfers and man.... what a suprise.

i got transfered to TONALA right on the coast and the beach is in our area. and i am district leader i am incharge of 5 missionaries. ya what the heck how am i going to be district leader!!!! one of those things that you dont really feel ready to be honest i am so scared elder rawlins is going to trauin and my new comp is elder martinez. he is awesome to be honest and the worst thing is that well were both new in the area and we dont know wherew anything is!!!!! and then even worse they eat lots of fish here!!! i hate fish!!!! i dont know what i am going to do i will have to do what i have done from the beginning of my mission i have to learn how to eat it and learn how like it i guess dang!!!!! i am preatty nervous big change but it will be ok the lord knows what he is doing. elder tingey is my zone leader and elder rice is in my district pretty awesome.

thanks for your stories i loved them and that is awesome about ryan we will be able to talk spanish when i get home even though he is going to talk wierd but its ok.

this week was sweet we have a baptism next week and it will be good i am in a branch another new thing but i have to go now i love you guys so much thanks for all your support.

elder houston