Colten reported to Ogden until Visa Comes

Not sure if I let all of you know that Elder Houston was sent out in the field to Ogden Utah, because the visas for his district didnt come in as hoped. He will be in this area until the visas arrive, which could be up to 9 weeks. Once they receive them he should fly out of there pretty quick since he is so close to the MTC. Anyway, good luck reading this email, his typing has not improved ha ha!


hey mom second day in the field!!!!! pretty lame to be honest right now cause i havent been able to work buts its ok so listen to thi my comp is elder guthrie!!! yes the guthrie that lives in our mesa arizona steak totally nut oh my gosh story for you so i get my comp and we go to the aprtment omg rediculous i about flipped hahaha i walk in and the place is messy trash everywhere and the bathroom is nasty my room is trashed from english missionaries so the first thing i did was start cleaning hahaha i decided that would be better then eating dinner hahaha so my spanish is terrible out here i dont understand to much what these locos are saying but im learning and they are helping me the best they can hahaha i takl to them in spanish and they talk to me in english hahahah last night i went prosolyting kinda just to meet the members and get a relationship since we are both new to the area oh by the way is in bountiful hahaha but we had no luck hahaha no car for us so we just walk to the closest members hahaha we tract for about 2 1/2 hours it was fun i guess people know who we are here and always gives us rides my aprartment smells like smakers lived in there so my suit smells nasty hahaha drake is going to mexico!!!!1 in torreon hahaha thats where my teacher hermano welling served hahahah drake is going to die its going to be great hahaha thay sweep there dirt there i live with 2 other elders elder casillo and elder hairy hahaha idk if thats how you spell it ellder casillo is from chiuahua and i talk to him about mexico and he said tuxtla is the prettiest place ever hahah he has a heavy mexican accent so its fun to talk to him hahha lets see i dont know what eldse i can say oh i just went to the boutiful temple omg sooooooo pretty there i love to go to the temple its great well i hope i am not here any lonnger then a month but i am super pumped to be here i am really excited to get to work hahaha hopefully i can find enough spanish non members and give them a espiritaso ahhaha that means a spirit in the face hahaha and baptise them the elders that live with us just set 2 baptism dates last night so thats exciting hmmmmm crap i forgot to bring my adress so i guess you can just email me it seems like we get a ton of time to do this hhahaha well i love you all thats all my news so far hahaha dad is coming outa me when our house is dirty hahaha but other then that i am really happy !!!!!!



elder houson
oh ps please forward these emails to hermana hatch and hermano welling i sent a package home with there adresses on it hahaha love ya

Latest on Colten's Visa

hey mom ok so the visas lazy people took a 2 week vacation and they are moving the consolate building so no worries about that then also there is a mean man that works there that only signs like 3 visas a day he is mean but what ever i will pray that he will stop that stuff hahaa i hope you got my letter i gave a lot of information if there is anything else you would like to know dear elder me today i cant answer back cause i am only aloud to write letters on wednesday and i have to be completely obediant or blessings wont come to me or you guys hahaha as for the bag it was exactly like the one in the picture so thank you so much i am going to buy a carry on bag whe it is time to leave to relieve a lot of weight cause i have been told we can take our back packs and a carry on bag which is awesome so you can send the blanket when it is done they put names in for re assignment and we can be reassigned to either texas, colorado , or california so idk what is really going to happen i hope we can leave soon cause my teacher showed us pictures of his mission and it made me want to leave so bad i am always day dreaming about it ahhaha i love it i love being a missionary it is so fun hahaha we just speak spanish all day and we only have teachers like 1 hour a day for each teacher so the rest of the time is study time or practice teaching its great i hope you guys are doing good tell dad thanks for his letter and tell justin thanks to i will write him a letter cause im about to be done with my time i am really glad that everything is good tell mike and josh to just be happy and thats all i am really greatful for justin and im glad to see him coming around and taking care of things it makes me so happy and now he just has to learn how to get a long with josh send me a picture of a truck they are doing construction here and there trucks are hidious i would like the best one and i want to see this new horse!!!!!!! so i need some pictures i got a haircut i look like a goober haha love you

elder houston

SUPRISE!!!

So mom got a phone call and this man said, "Como Es Ta?" That's right!!! It was Colten!!! He only had 5 minutes, but he called to tell Mom that they didn't get their visas, and they have 3 more weeks in the MTC! If they don't get their visas by then they will send him out to another mission! Bummer! We were so excited to hear from him!!! Mom got to talk to him, then me and I got to tell him about Me and Josh being able to go through the temple as early as september!!! He was so excited!!! He said he's been praying for us! He kept saying how excited he was! It was awesome,I am so glad i got to tell him and hear his reaction!!! It was great! Anyway that made everyones day too bad no one else got to say Hi to him! We're just that special!!! He sounded so grown up it was crazy! I hope he still goes to his mission in Mexico!

Tuxtla Gutierrez Mexico Temple

This is the temple in Elder Houstons area! Its a small temple but looks gorgeous!

email for the week

hey mom i got 4 min hahaha ummm i bought you a recorder and i sent it im doing good idk if ill have a letter with it but once you send me that bag ill be sending my backpack home and some other things so its ok but remember i only have 2 weeks left in the MTC wooooohooooo haha its crazy how time is flying the days are long but the weeks are fast haha ok i need some pictures maybe of me and jake to and i need a picture of one of our trucks hahaha hmmmm whatelse oh yeah we taught this nigeraguan on saturday he was a volunteer hahaha and we did so good the second lesson is rough but we are getting there. hahaha we haven't practiced it much there are so many people here i know its really weird and we are almost the oldest district its great hmmm but please try and send that bag as soon as you can so i know how much stuff to send back i don't want to weigh to much i understand your busy hahaha its great right well i love the gospel annnd i love you guys all!!!!!!
Elder Houston

Email from Elder Houston

mom!!!!! i love you hahaha and i love all of you i have given amber and josh an assignment hahaha you guys better do it i never knew how important it would be till i got here mom i love you and dad i love you!!! tell me how things are doing and tell the boys to write me!!!!!!!!!! i love you guys ill write!!!!

Colten gave amber and josh an assignment to have family prayer every night. Its amazing how much missionaries grow up in the mtc and even in the mission field.

MTC Pictures

Here are pictures that Colten sent home with a letter.

Provo Utah Temple

Colten in front of the Provo Utah

Elder Tingey(Colten's Companion) and Elder Houston

Elder Buhler and Elder Houston

Elder Houston

Elder Houston and Elder Wright

Colten's New Friends Badges

Elder Wright

Elders in his district

Elder Houston and Elder Tingey

Left to Right: Elder Terry, Elder Houston, and Elder WrightColten's Shadow

Elder Houston and Elder Wright

Colten says, "The picture with the Chinese Guy in the grey suit, is Brother Legit, he subbed for us for like 4 days. He was Awesome"

Elders in Colten's District.

Colten Says: "Left to Right: Green tie is Elder Mckay, Red tie is Elder Harris, in front of him is Elder Martinez, behind him is Elder Adres, then in front of him is Elder Tingey, behind him is Hermano Welling our most amazing teacher ever in the world, In front of him is Me wearing the tie Carrin gave me, then behind me is Elder Odell, and behind him is Elder Lemon (weirdest guy ever!!!), up front Elder Rice, in the yellowing stunning tie, behind him is Elder Wright (my BEST FRIEND!!!) then way in the back is Elder Terry ( Other BEST FRIEND!!!), and in front of him in the purple tie is Elder Buhler (My other BEST FRIEND!!!) We are all really good friends!

Elder Houston

Elder Tingey and Elder Houston

Colten Says: "there's a picture of me and 3 other elders in regular clothes. I'm on the left wearing a bicycle shirt, then Elder Wright, Then Elder Buhler, and Then Elder Terry. These are my boys. They are awesome, Elder Wright and Elder Terry already left for Peru."

Elder Houston and Elder Wright

Colten Says: "you will see a picture of a lady in front of a white board, That is Hermona Hatch, she is awesome."

Elder Hatch and Edler Houston

ColTEN Says: "ok so you will see a picture of me with 2 tall guys, the one on the left is Elder Shoun and the other is Elder Gonzales aka GONZO. Elder "Gonzo" has been here in the MTC for 14 weeks! He is going to Tampico Mexico! He is awesome!"

ELder Houston Studying

Hope you guys all enjoy these few pictures of the many he sent home!