well it was really awesome to talk to my family oh man i miss you guys so much hahaha but hey yeah its already about a year in i am glad that everyone is happy and doing good well work no but you guys are doing good which is awesome. i am the same as yesterday i am stil sick but i am better its going away but i need to buy my medicine i think we are going to go to the store after this well actually i have to get a haircut. because my hair is going getting long and well i need to get lookin fresh so were ganna see what they can do hahaha.
well we are getting ready for a few baptism coming up i hope they go through theres one guy that finally broke down he has been really rough but idk what happened but some members went to visit him and he promised to be baptised this saturday we have to go and teach him everything this week and then we have others that need to learn to so we will see what happenes
well the other things that i needed or wanted theres eye drops called rhotos i would like a few of those but the white caps. also music from the church some with words some without if possible guitar music of the himns i am dying i listen to the same thing everyday and the churh music that i have bought is terrible because idk bad quality but please please please. and the last thing is a oil holder the one amber gave me is a little broken one of the seals fell out and well it leaks a little bit of oil and i dont know why but they dont have them here in the temple or the members just know were they can look idk but that would be sweet a silver one tht is pretty sweet. i rememberd these things last night.
well the only thing more that i want to tell you guys that i didnt talk to you guys well with coop a little and stevie but lately i have been working with only drunk people that drink there life away and its very hard to tell them that i am not going to come back to help them becaue well they need it. but there is one man that one day he asked me for money so tht he an go to the hospital because his wife was having a baby and she got really sick and maybe almost died well thats what her kids told me. well he asked me for money but he was also drunk. i had no money to give him but i stated to bare my testimoney to him and he kept asking me for money. then i jus tstopped looked at him in he eyes because he had a stare pretty strong but by this point i was a little annoyed but i shook it off and put my arm around him and looked staight in his eyes and asked how much did his drink cost.he pushed me away and said hey we arent talking about that. and i said listen how many drinks have you had. if you hadnt have drank would you have the money to go to the hospital. are you chossing your family first or are you choosing alcohol first what is more important. he kinda got mad and just said are you going to help me or not and i told i have no money to give him and that i am here to help him repent.well the moral of the story is that alcohol is straight from the devil. i have a hard time with it here. and i am relly grateful that i had never tried it. i want to ask everyone who reads my letters to never drink and if you had repent if you havent already just like the prophet said just be clean for one more time again in your life be spotless before our heavenly father. this life is hard if there is alcohol where your at well leave. avoid it all cost.and well the same is with chastity is something so sacred and something that should only be shared with your wife or husband. its very sad i walk in the streets just seeing how people live and its a shame ad its very sad to see. just like jesus taught even if we lust we have commited sin in our hearts thats really the only things that i wanted to share today is please dont touch alcohol or drugs and stay clean it will protect your spirit and your sould. satan only has power over us when we sin and his angels only have permission to go into our bodies if we sin. be clean and be happy i love you all
mom again happy mothers day and my wonderful sister. i love you all so much i hope everything is just fantastic here is a picture of my kid elder gonzales hes a good kid and he is learning a lot.
love you all
elder houston
Monday, May 9, 2011
Monday, May 2, 2011
Another Baptism!
orale!!! well a lot has happened this week my comp went home. i didnt have a comp for a few days so i was with some other elders and well i played some futbol and well i basically ganna be pro by the time i get home
ok to explain the pictures number one elder waldron before he left and well this pose wasnt the best idea i didnt enjoy it but well i had a good time with him. the nest picture is the rain i believe wooohooo we have some good storms and in this picture and the next i am with elder flanigan he is a goofy guy kinda awkward but i love him to death he has this camera that is waterproof and well we took tons of pictures. oh how much i love the rain. the next thing i have is called the rambutan it is fantactic its kinda like a grape but way better you gotta breat it open and then you enjoy the deliciosness you suck on it and your mouth just waters its great. the last picture well thats the baptism we had i will explain it in a sec but it was amazing this baptism. juans dad well he wanted to be baptised and he chose hermano juan to baptise him what a blessing i saw this day. quick explination. juan and his wife yenni you read it like jenny well they ae my family i will take a picture of my mamita with me because she is my mom aswel but this family they aer always ready to help me when i had a infection in my face they helped me out and well yenni tells me that elder waldron and i are the angels of her house because everytime she starts to get sad and her faith is a little shaky well we always show up to help her and and to make her strong again she is the daughter of my mamita here and her husband well he is just sweet i love the guy to death
ok the baptism. well it was rough. elder waldron left all of a sudden on thursday and it was right befor the baptism. at night we showe up and gonsalo asked me look my wife is drunk again really he was really hopeless and sad but i helped him understand and he asked me look i am ready to be bptised am i aloud to do it without my wife becaus i really just want to be aptised. i said well absolutely!!! excited for him yes ssad for maria but pumped for him because he is excited. well he had his interview on friday and we got there early without the district leader and well maria didnt drink because she is sick and she is yelling at some neighbor when we showed up i walked in and told the sister to sit down and well she listened which was great haa she started to say lots of bad words and i said listensister i dont want to hear those words leave your mouth and she said i am sorry guerito which means whitey but i just get mad when people treat my kids bad and even worse she was still drunk. i sat down and started to testify of jesus and that he loves everyone and that he would never say bad things like that and she apologized then said listen i am not going to be baptised i gave you the chance to baptise me and well you didnt take it and well ow i am just going to drink and its your fault well that really annoyed and i said listen sister i am going to tell you straight up the only person you have to blame is yourself its your own fault that god tells me i cant baptise you because you are drinking and well i told her off i felt really bad after because she got up all mad and what not and said well i am not going to talk to you good night and she went to bed and well i left annoyed outside. then i felt really guilty i felt how dare me to talk to a daughter of god lik that my own sister i am out here helping everyone and when someone annoys me i tell them off well i had to humble myself everyon was outside and well i grabbed a chair and i went back in and sat next to her bed and said maria i want to talk to you but she ignored me and acted like she was sleeping. i said a prayer and asked for forgivness and that heavenly father can guide me in what i am going to say. i said maria i want to say sorry for the way i talked to you because i shouldnt have done that its just that i get so sad when i see you drink nad that your kids and really sad because they want there mom and i know that you will be happy when you get baptised. well she woke up and told me well we will see what happenes but i drink. this week we are going to help her a ton my new comp and i have aplan in what we cn do to help her out so that she can be baptised.she also told gonsalo that if he gets baptised she is going to leave the house. he started to doubt and well he won he decided to be baptised. she left but came back drunk. in his baptism he was reall happy really content and well he was baptised and he came out. after he got changed. well in the lessons i always left with a hug and well it was always awkward he didnt want to give me a hug but he did anyways but when he left out of the bathroom he walked up to me and said how about a hug and i gave him one and he started to cry. he said thank yu hermano elder houston for everything i am so happy even though my wife isnt here i am so happy and you always came to the house to help me out thank you so much i hope that you keep coming. i almost cried hermano juan cried and yenni. it was really great.i am very thankfull for what he said and now we are going to get his wife to be baptised i know it
the lord loves us with all his heart and well i will tlk to you guys more about my stories when i call home i will call on sunday at like 6 we changed time to but we went one hour ahead but at 6 my time i will call that way i can talk to dad and justin just ake sure your all in the house i love you all.
elder houston
elder houston and else flanigan
ok to explain the pictures number one elder waldron before he left and well this pose wasnt the best idea i didnt enjoy it but well i had a good time with him. the nest picture is the rain i believe wooohooo we have some good storms and in this picture and the next i am with elder flanigan he is a goofy guy kinda awkward but i love him to death he has this camera that is waterproof and well we took tons of pictures. oh how much i love the rain. the next thing i have is called the rambutan it is fantactic its kinda like a grape but way better you gotta breat it open and then you enjoy the deliciosness you suck on it and your mouth just waters its great. the last picture well thats the baptism we had i will explain it in a sec but it was amazing this baptism. juans dad well he wanted to be baptised and he chose hermano juan to baptise him what a blessing i saw this day. quick explination. juan and his wife yenni you read it like jenny well they ae my family i will take a picture of my mamita with me because she is my mom aswel but this family they aer always ready to help me when i had a infection in my face they helped me out and well yenni tells me that elder waldron and i are the angels of her house because everytime she starts to get sad and her faith is a little shaky well we always show up to help her and and to make her strong again she is the daughter of my mamita here and her husband well he is just sweet i love the guy to death
ok the baptism. well it was rough. elder waldron left all of a sudden on thursday and it was right befor the baptism. at night we showe up and gonsalo asked me look my wife is drunk again really he was really hopeless and sad but i helped him understand and he asked me look i am ready to be bptised am i aloud to do it without my wife becaus i really just want to be aptised. i said well absolutely!!! excited for him yes ssad for maria but pumped for him because he is excited. well he had his interview on friday and we got there early without the district leader and well maria didnt drink because she is sick and she is yelling at some neighbor when we showed up i walked in and told the sister to sit down and well she listened which was great haa she started to say lots of bad words and i said listensister i dont want to hear those words leave your mouth and she said i am sorry guerito which means whitey but i just get mad when people treat my kids bad and even worse she was still drunk. i sat down and started to testify of jesus and that he loves everyone and that he would never say bad things like that and she apologized then said listen i am not going to be baptised i gave you the chance to baptise me and well you didnt take it and well ow i am just going to drink and its your fault well that really annoyed and i said listen sister i am going to tell you straight up the only person you have to blame is yourself its your own fault that god tells me i cant baptise you because you are drinking and well i told her off i felt really bad after because she got up all mad and what not and said well i am not going to talk to you good night and she went to bed and well i left annoyed outside. then i felt really guilty i felt how dare me to talk to a daughter of god lik that my own sister i am out here helping everyone and when someone annoys me i tell them off well i had to humble myself everyon was outside and well i grabbed a chair and i went back in and sat next to her bed and said maria i want to talk to you but she ignored me and acted like she was sleeping. i said a prayer and asked for forgivness and that heavenly father can guide me in what i am going to say. i said maria i want to say sorry for the way i talked to you because i shouldnt have done that its just that i get so sad when i see you drink nad that your kids and really sad because they want there mom and i know that you will be happy when you get baptised. well she woke up and told me well we will see what happenes but i drink. this week we are going to help her a ton my new comp and i have aplan in what we cn do to help her out so that she can be baptised.she also told gonsalo that if he gets baptised she is going to leave the house. he started to doubt and well he won he decided to be baptised. she left but came back drunk. in his baptism he was reall happy really content and well he was baptised and he came out. after he got changed. well in the lessons i always left with a hug and well it was always awkward he didnt want to give me a hug but he did anyways but when he left out of the bathroom he walked up to me and said how about a hug and i gave him one and he started to cry. he said thank yu hermano elder houston for everything i am so happy even though my wife isnt here i am so happy and you always came to the house to help me out thank you so much i hope that you keep coming. i almost cried hermano juan cried and yenni. it was really great.i am very thankfull for what he said and now we are going to get his wife to be baptised i know it
the lord loves us with all his heart and well i will tlk to you guys more about my stories when i call home i will call on sunday at like 6 we changed time to but we went one hour ahead but at 6 my time i will call that way i can talk to dad and justin just ake sure your all in the house i love you all.
elder houston
Sorry the pictures are out of order from when colten was explaining them.
elder houston and else flanigan
Baptism for Juan's Dad
Elder Waldren before he left.
elder houston and elder flanigan
rambutan (the grape like fruit he was talking about)
inside the rambutan
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Easter!
this week was really rough lots of things going on with my comp and lots of hard lessons because i feel so alone. i felt like i was teaching everyone by myself. didnt feel like the spirit was with me what a blessing we have when we do things right and we can have the spirit with us. my comp has decided to go home. its his own desicion he doesnt want to serve. and i dont understand. right now i am just waiting for my new comp basically. we are here and waiting for more information. his parents called us and i talked to them that was a joke. i cant speak english mothersday is going to be reallt fun let me tell you hahah it literally i feel like a mexican which is awesome because i cant speak english it was really funny because i kept starting to talk in spanish to his parents but i got through it he spoke with his parents then to president and then to me and told me that he is going home. and its not a desicion that is like well i dont feel worthy he just has no desire to serve at all. and its really hard to work. he works and teaches and helps but the truth is that tyhe spirit has not been in a lesson we have had for a whole week and maybe its because i am pretty bummed out this elder has saved my life to tell you the truth because with elder reys i was about dead and fed up with the things and the lord knew and sent elder waldron to me and he has pumped me up to be serving. i have never been happier o be out on my missio because of him and the truth is its very hard to see him leave.
in the mtc there was another elder that went home i dont know if you remember he but he wnt home and my teacher always used this analogy of a war that we come out and fight and when he told me this well its got me soked up to become a warrior just dominating satan. and well i never thought that i would fall . but when elder waldron got here he picked me up by the collar and in the beginning was dragging me by the collar and now its the other way around. its very hard to see my brother in arms fall. and when i tried to pick him up it didnt work i dont know if you is just to heave or what but i couldnt do it and he is goin home. he choked. i gave him water and he drank he passed out i gace hm air and proteccion from everything around i stood over him for days and nights so that the enemies cant touch him he wakes up i give him water he starts to stand but is weak and tumbles ever the rocks as we walk. i pick him up but we get to the edge he is wabling and when i grab him its to late satan hit him and i couldnt block it. and he fell. he did fall into the arms of our saviour because i now that he wont go inactive the reasons and the way he talks is just and i respect him and he is alway going to be a faithful member but i hompe for the best for him because the truth is the people need him here. they need his haert to touch theres and its very hard to see hi turn away in that aspect because i see his potencial.he came as an angel and maybe he leaves as an angel but all i know is that he is leaving with at least one convert and thats me.
other then that maria drank tuesday and couldnt be baptised but this week we are going to win. she starting drinking coffee which i was just really in shock. like sister what do you mean you are drinking coffee remeber the word of wisdom well. coffee is included she is still a little confused but i am glad she isnt drinking coffee is easier to get rid of. her reason is that when she is hungry she ant take it so she drinks a little coffe and she is good hahaha i laugh with her a lot she is really funny. theres a picture of her and juan she is behind juan and then there id rosy she is just a precious little thing hahaha and then there dad giving me a peace sign he is ready to go.
for easter here is great theres a few pictures there that you can see. the catholic church has a car with this huge speaker and the preists walk in fron to lead with a microphone its great they sing this song but they same the same thing over and over and over haha and they just walk all over town sweating a ton. i have a video for the night hahaha its really funny i felt like if they saw me taking a video they were going to turn into zombies and try to get me haha but it was really funny
i know that this email wasnt to great but i ove you all mom i am stoked to talk to you on mothers day and to others as well tell dad not to worry i understand the life he lives hahaa but he whelps me everyday in all i do because i always use stories from our family and the truth is i am greatful for all our family i am happy that i grew up have the example and proteccion from my family and thta you all have always loved me unconditionally. i love yu all i love you mom!!!
elder houston
in the mtc there was another elder that went home i dont know if you remember he but he wnt home and my teacher always used this analogy of a war that we come out and fight and when he told me this well its got me soked up to become a warrior just dominating satan. and well i never thought that i would fall . but when elder waldron got here he picked me up by the collar and in the beginning was dragging me by the collar and now its the other way around. its very hard to see my brother in arms fall. and when i tried to pick him up it didnt work i dont know if you is just to heave or what but i couldnt do it and he is goin home. he choked. i gave him water and he drank he passed out i gace hm air and proteccion from everything around i stood over him for days and nights so that the enemies cant touch him he wakes up i give him water he starts to stand but is weak and tumbles ever the rocks as we walk. i pick him up but we get to the edge he is wabling and when i grab him its to late satan hit him and i couldnt block it. and he fell. he did fall into the arms of our saviour because i now that he wont go inactive the reasons and the way he talks is just and i respect him and he is alway going to be a faithful member but i hompe for the best for him because the truth is the people need him here. they need his haert to touch theres and its very hard to see hi turn away in that aspect because i see his potencial.he came as an angel and maybe he leaves as an angel but all i know is that he is leaving with at least one convert and thats me.
other then that maria drank tuesday and couldnt be baptised but this week we are going to win. she starting drinking coffee which i was just really in shock. like sister what do you mean you are drinking coffee remeber the word of wisdom well. coffee is included she is still a little confused but i am glad she isnt drinking coffee is easier to get rid of. her reason is that when she is hungry she ant take it so she drinks a little coffe and she is good hahaha i laugh with her a lot she is really funny. theres a picture of her and juan she is behind juan and then there id rosy she is just a precious little thing hahaha and then there dad giving me a peace sign he is ready to go.
for easter here is great theres a few pictures there that you can see. the catholic church has a car with this huge speaker and the preists walk in fron to lead with a microphone its great they sing this song but they same the same thing over and over and over haha and they just walk all over town sweating a ton. i have a video for the night hahaha its really funny i felt like if they saw me taking a video they were going to turn into zombies and try to get me haha but it was really funny
i know that this email wasnt to great but i ove you all mom i am stoked to talk to you on mothers day and to others as well tell dad not to worry i understand the life he lives hahaa but he whelps me everyday in all i do because i always use stories from our family and the truth is i am greatful for all our family i am happy that i grew up have the example and proteccion from my family and thta you all have always loved me unconditionally. i love yu all i love you mom!!!
elder houston
juan
juan's dad
easter
more easter
Monday, April 18, 2011
Birthday Wishes!
whoa well thank you so much for my birthday emails there great i love to hear from everyone of you . crazy my day of my birthday is 20 an d i am going to be 20 pretty crazy and kinda weird. everyone that asks for my age is like what!!!! you 20???? i was going to say you are like 26 or something. thats terrible apparently i look like older or something. waybe the mission is taking a toll on me who knows
well the truth is i did get my wish i a m staying in tapachula for another 6 weeks super pumped bout that but in the sme time we are going through struggles. well me no my companion. he seriously is a miracle out here for these people but for some reas on that i do nt know he wants to go home. i have prayed and prayed. he knows a lot and he teaches super he knows spanish better then me and i have 3 months on him and everyone just loves him. i dont know what his going on with him he doesnt even know why he wants to go home he just says that its something he feels but i am praying that he doesnt go because he needs to stay here.
well lots see a lot has actually happened...
alma is a investigator that well she is very hard headed but finally after 4 and a half months she has a baptism date and we are going to baptise her in her pool she is really weird like that and she says that she is going to marry jesus. well i dont think that is going to happen but i guess we will see her baptism is the last sturday in this transfer 28 de mayo wops español i didnt mean to but ok from there maria mother of juan has come out of her transe and wants to be baptised saturdy we are going to do that one in the church and we have to heat up the water for gonsalo because he a problems he is kinda old and has certain sicknesses i guess that he cant be in could water and well when you guys know mexico you will understand that hot water doesnt exist hahha but we will heat up some buckets or something to warm the water. from there they will be baptised saturday if they can win and not drink or smoke. maria told us i have no idea why i started drinking but noww she is good hahaha i hope. juan was pretty sad but now he is pretty stoked again to have his family in the church with him.i gave him and hs little brother hold to the rod thingies juan never takes it off ahaha and he shows it off today i am going to give him some music i have in english because he wants to learn english so he can talk to you guys when you come pretty excited for that he always asks me when your coming hahah everytime and he is like hello whitey i need to learn english so i can talk to your parents haha i would love to bring him to our house to live maybe someday in the future i home. from there i have made a really good friend he lived in the us in florida and west virginia something like that and he has a boy there in florida he is starting a business selling fruit and other thing so that in like 7 years he can get papers and go see his kid i told him that i wioll hook him up with a job haha so he is going to work for me in 14 months. i gave hime 200 pesos so he doesnt go to jail because he has to pay for a loan and he needed help haha he is a member inactive but he came to church with us and he said he is going to build his store on the gospel he will pay him tithing and everythiung pretty awesome we always drink coke with him or these delicious ice thingies hahaha fr om there we have found one of my brothers i feel like he is one of my bros in heaven that i told him that i would find him here and he is progressing and his girlfriend and his mom haha th ey are all super awesome he played soccer w ith us this morning his name is fabian. i am learning how to play soccer haha when i get home i am going to find a league to play hahaha i love this sport seriously but it doesnt beat wakeboarding that i will miss this year in powell but still hahaha no its ok i dod miss my board and i wiss the water but i am also really happy doing what i am doing. also my dad is going home today. elder crane has finished him mission and he is headed for his house. later in the afternoon we will be c oming back to write again because my comp needs to get some advise from his dad . i hpe he wins. i dont understand what is passing his mind but i hope in some way i can clear the smoke from his eyes so he can see straight. also yesturday i found out the my first baptism justine. well she got married nd dint invite me haha well more serious she is 15!!!! an d she is pregnant. really sad i cant belive it but i hope she goes back to church
oh yeah!!! juan is a teacher whooohoooo hahaha he got his aaronic priesthood on sunday super awesome and i am so pumped for him. but he is really confused in what it means haha he asked me if he can give blessings hahaa but today we are going to teach him.
i did recieve all my goodies and my blanket and all my shirts that i will probably give them all away here in tapachula haaha maybe we will see i hope not.but we will see i am definately going to need more hold to the rods hahaha thats for sure ahaha.and unfortunately for some reason my pictures in my camera are erased i am pretty sad about that because i had some sweet ones but luckily i send the good ones to you guys so please print them and save them hahaha.
ido have to tell you though my adve tures with these naed kids continue well in that colony where juan lives hahaha. its very hard to teach maria the truth. we taught her chastity and word of wisdom and were like ok well ther e are 5 things that we cants partake and another 3 things for chastity well that ws like aweek ago and we are teaching repentance and were like ok there 5 things that we have to do to repent. number one and i used my hands again hahha first we understand what we have done and that we have sined so this is called realization en español reconocer haha and then the second thing ok we have to stop sinned and drp the sin that we have and get rid of the bad things thats called let go or dejar haha ok maria what is the first step to to repentence. she says we cant drink alcohol we cant go with other men and we cant smoke and drink coffee or tea or drugs and we have to talk good and think good. hahaha good hermana thats the law of chastity and word of wisdom but for repentance the first thing is then somebo dy helpd her. then i said ok maria the 2 step is??? no alcohol ...... hhha again haha its really fun and excited but she has in her mind that the fingers mean chastity and word of wisdom haha which is good but she isnt under standing wvery fast haha but i love it.
but on a more serious not..repentence is a blessing that we have from jesus so that we get rid of our sins. and the truth is that we have to repent everyday so the satan cant trick us so easy and can drag us down. the other d ay alma said that some lady in her old church i guess is some kind of profet said that she has demonds following her and are with her. she started crying and then she talked to us about it. and this is what i told her kind of laughing. i said ok hermana are you ready to hear the truth? she said ok tell me. i said elder waldron and i have lots of demons with us and so do you all the leaders of the church have demons following them and tracking thm all the way up to the prophet and she was like what you mean to tell me that i have demons?!! nearly cried and i saidyes hermana you have demons and so do i but where is your heart? she said well with our lord jesus christ. i said exactly and there re demons with us because satan is trying to drag us down and blind us so that we fall.he said his angels to us so that we fall and trick us and theres nothing that we can do about it.but when our heart is in the write place nothing can happen. my comp once tod me some drem tht somebody had. there was a man standing with jesus or someboady like him maybe an angel and they saw 2 men in the distance. and he lifted the vale and said what do you see. the man said well the one man has like 2 demons flying around him and the other has liek 20 circling him. the angel said. and who do you think is the most rightous the man says well the man with 2 angels because he doesnt have any demons a round him. the angels says well your wrong the man with 20 demons around him is the prophet....well why would the prophet have 20 or more demons around him. well i think and believe its because that satan has to try his hardest to make the righteous fall and the sinners well yea they are fallen and easy to trick and drag around. how true is that in our lifes, remeber tht satan is with everyone of you and he is trying his hardest to drag us down and take away what we have i love you all i ask you all to repent everynight and study your scriptures and learn how to win. thank for my birthday email nd thank you for your love that you always give me.
elder houston
well the truth is i did get my wish i a m staying in tapachula for another 6 weeks super pumped bout that but in the sme time we are going through struggles. well me no my companion. he seriously is a miracle out here for these people but for some reas on that i do nt know he wants to go home. i have prayed and prayed. he knows a lot and he teaches super he knows spanish better then me and i have 3 months on him and everyone just loves him. i dont know what his going on with him he doesnt even know why he wants to go home he just says that its something he feels but i am praying that he doesnt go because he needs to stay here.
well lots see a lot has actually happened...
alma is a investigator that well she is very hard headed but finally after 4 and a half months she has a baptism date and we are going to baptise her in her pool she is really weird like that and she says that she is going to marry jesus. well i dont think that is going to happen but i guess we will see her baptism is the last sturday in this transfer 28 de mayo wops español i didnt mean to but ok from there maria mother of juan has come out of her transe and wants to be baptised saturdy we are going to do that one in the church and we have to heat up the water for gonsalo because he a problems he is kinda old and has certain sicknesses i guess that he cant be in could water and well when you guys know mexico you will understand that hot water doesnt exist hahha but we will heat up some buckets or something to warm the water. from there they will be baptised saturday if they can win and not drink or smoke. maria told us i have no idea why i started drinking but noww she is good hahaha i hope. juan was pretty sad but now he is pretty stoked again to have his family in the church with him.i gave him and hs little brother hold to the rod thingies juan never takes it off ahaha and he shows it off today i am going to give him some music i have in english because he wants to learn english so he can talk to you guys when you come pretty excited for that he always asks me when your coming hahah everytime and he is like hello whitey i need to learn english so i can talk to your parents haha i would love to bring him to our house to live maybe someday in the future i home. from there i have made a really good friend he lived in the us in florida and west virginia something like that and he has a boy there in florida he is starting a business selling fruit and other thing so that in like 7 years he can get papers and go see his kid i told him that i wioll hook him up with a job haha so he is going to work for me in 14 months. i gave hime 200 pesos so he doesnt go to jail because he has to pay for a loan and he needed help haha he is a member inactive but he came to church with us and he said he is going to build his store on the gospel he will pay him tithing and everythiung pretty awesome we always drink coke with him or these delicious ice thingies hahaha fr om there we have found one of my brothers i feel like he is one of my bros in heaven that i told him that i would find him here and he is progressing and his girlfriend and his mom haha th ey are all super awesome he played soccer w ith us this morning his name is fabian. i am learning how to play soccer haha when i get home i am going to find a league to play hahaha i love this sport seriously but it doesnt beat wakeboarding that i will miss this year in powell but still hahaha no its ok i dod miss my board and i wiss the water but i am also really happy doing what i am doing. also my dad is going home today. elder crane has finished him mission and he is headed for his house. later in the afternoon we will be c oming back to write again because my comp needs to get some advise from his dad . i hpe he wins. i dont understand what is passing his mind but i hope in some way i can clear the smoke from his eyes so he can see straight. also yesturday i found out the my first baptism justine. well she got married nd dint invite me haha well more serious she is 15!!!! an d she is pregnant. really sad i cant belive it but i hope she goes back to church
oh yeah!!! juan is a teacher whooohoooo hahaha he got his aaronic priesthood on sunday super awesome and i am so pumped for him. but he is really confused in what it means haha he asked me if he can give blessings hahaa but today we are going to teach him.
i did recieve all my goodies and my blanket and all my shirts that i will probably give them all away here in tapachula haaha maybe we will see i hope not.but we will see i am definately going to need more hold to the rods hahaha thats for sure ahaha.and unfortunately for some reason my pictures in my camera are erased i am pretty sad about that because i had some sweet ones but luckily i send the good ones to you guys so please print them and save them hahaha.
ido have to tell you though my adve tures with these naed kids continue well in that colony where juan lives hahaha. its very hard to teach maria the truth. we taught her chastity and word of wisdom and were like ok well ther e are 5 things that we cants partake and another 3 things for chastity well that ws like aweek ago and we are teaching repentance and were like ok there 5 things that we have to do to repent. number one and i used my hands again hahha first we understand what we have done and that we have sined so this is called realization en español reconocer haha and then the second thing ok we have to stop sinned and drp the sin that we have and get rid of the bad things thats called let go or dejar haha ok maria what is the first step to to repentence. she says we cant drink alcohol we cant go with other men and we cant smoke and drink coffee or tea or drugs and we have to talk good and think good. hahaha good hermana thats the law of chastity and word of wisdom but for repentance the first thing is then somebo dy helpd her. then i said ok maria the 2 step is??? no alcohol ...... hhha again haha its really fun and excited but she has in her mind that the fingers mean chastity and word of wisdom haha which is good but she isnt under standing wvery fast haha but i love it.
but on a more serious not..repentence is a blessing that we have from jesus so that we get rid of our sins. and the truth is that we have to repent everyday so the satan cant trick us so easy and can drag us down. the other d ay alma said that some lady in her old church i guess is some kind of profet said that she has demonds following her and are with her. she started crying and then she talked to us about it. and this is what i told her kind of laughing. i said ok hermana are you ready to hear the truth? she said ok tell me. i said elder waldron and i have lots of demons with us and so do you all the leaders of the church have demons following them and tracking thm all the way up to the prophet and she was like what you mean to tell me that i have demons?!! nearly cried and i saidyes hermana you have demons and so do i but where is your heart? she said well with our lord jesus christ. i said exactly and there re demons with us because satan is trying to drag us down and blind us so that we fall.he said his angels to us so that we fall and trick us and theres nothing that we can do about it.but when our heart is in the write place nothing can happen. my comp once tod me some drem tht somebody had. there was a man standing with jesus or someboady like him maybe an angel and they saw 2 men in the distance. and he lifted the vale and said what do you see. the man said well the one man has like 2 demons flying around him and the other has liek 20 circling him. the angel said. and who do you think is the most rightous the man says well the man with 2 angels because he doesnt have any demons a round him. the angels says well your wrong the man with 20 demons around him is the prophet....well why would the prophet have 20 or more demons around him. well i think and believe its because that satan has to try his hardest to make the righteous fall and the sinners well yea they are fallen and easy to trick and drag around. how true is that in our lifes, remeber tht satan is with everyone of you and he is trying his hardest to drag us down and take away what we have i love you all i ask you all to repent everynight and study your scriptures and learn how to win. thank for my birthday email nd thank you for your love that you always give me.
elder houston
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
April 11 2011
i swear this package thing is rediculous hahaa i just wish haha ok so i got it and the blaket is amazing i was so pumped i showed hna champo everything and she loved it she laugfhed at my long hair haha so did i i look really weird with long hair haha.andwell it turns out that it was in the post office for 2 weeks hahahah and they were about to send it back to you guys but hna champo got there just in time hahaha
well yea it was sweet because juan was going to see his parents be baptised but the mom drinks she a alcoholic and she is strougling has to wait a week and i hope she didnt drink today because if she did well she cant get baptised this saturday. they are really awesome people she only doesnt understand hahaha she always says welll i i am not baptised right now so its not a sin yet hahaha funny but at the same time sad. i send i message to everyone who recieves my emails and especially to my little brothers. STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL. and its not a game its really sad to see these people just tormented and controled by alcohol the other day we were with the husband gonsalo and we went to his house and maria the wife wasnt there and she didnt return till the next day but gonsalo and the kids were hungry and there was no food in the house and no money. we ddnt have any money to give them only some strawberries that i bought. we came back the next day and we found out that shje was drinking. alcohol has literally taken over her life that her family doesnt get to eat because she was drinking we are helping hewr a lot and she wants to get rid of alcohol but her son adam doesnt have to much fath in her. really sad her husband really wants to get baptised but he wont do it without maria.we are going to go to here hgouse everyday until she sees and gets rid of this habit
other then then that we had 2 other baptisma of a bro here that he didnt come to church so we have to change his date and his gf but we will see he wants us to go to his house every day this week because we have transfers this week well monday we will see what happens i dont want to get transfered at all i am super happy to be where i am and i want to stay one more transfer to see juans parents be baptised and my bro fabian with his girl rotzel and his mom rebecca but we will see and also alma she is a investigator that is dying to meet you guys hahaha and juan is stoked for you guys to come he asks me everyday when you guys are coming haha i say 14 months then i think 14 months what the!!! tim e is crusen and i hate it because i have to much work to do with so little time. we
well the truth is i am out of time and i have to go to work i will send pictures next week this computer is terrible i love you all i am happy and i am here serving the lord with all my heart be good}
elder houston
well yea it was sweet because juan was going to see his parents be baptised but the mom drinks she a alcoholic and she is strougling has to wait a week and i hope she didnt drink today because if she did well she cant get baptised this saturday. they are really awesome people she only doesnt understand hahaha she always says welll i i am not baptised right now so its not a sin yet hahaha funny but at the same time sad. i send i message to everyone who recieves my emails and especially to my little brothers. STAY AWAY FROM ALCOHOL. and its not a game its really sad to see these people just tormented and controled by alcohol the other day we were with the husband gonsalo and we went to his house and maria the wife wasnt there and she didnt return till the next day but gonsalo and the kids were hungry and there was no food in the house and no money. we ddnt have any money to give them only some strawberries that i bought. we came back the next day and we found out that shje was drinking. alcohol has literally taken over her life that her family doesnt get to eat because she was drinking we are helping hewr a lot and she wants to get rid of alcohol but her son adam doesnt have to much fath in her. really sad her husband really wants to get baptised but he wont do it without maria.we are going to go to here hgouse everyday until she sees and gets rid of this habit
other then then that we had 2 other baptisma of a bro here that he didnt come to church so we have to change his date and his gf but we will see he wants us to go to his house every day this week because we have transfers this week well monday we will see what happens i dont want to get transfered at all i am super happy to be where i am and i want to stay one more transfer to see juans parents be baptised and my bro fabian with his girl rotzel and his mom rebecca but we will see and also alma she is a investigator that is dying to meet you guys hahaha and juan is stoked for you guys to come he asks me everyday when you guys are coming haha i say 14 months then i think 14 months what the!!! tim e is crusen and i hate it because i have to much work to do with so little time. we
well the truth is i am out of time and i have to go to work i will send pictures next week this computer is terrible i love you all i am happy and i am here serving the lord with all my heart be good}
elder houston
Monday, April 4, 2011
April 4 2011
hahaha well i think my message to justin just about did it for me nah just kidding no i sent him a pretty good one you should read it but this week was rough no i still havent recieved my package and idk what to do about it haha well theres actually nothin i can do.hahah the truth is this week was rough i have a lot of thinking about home and i really miss you guys i really miss home but i had a blessing by my comp and now i am better and some advise from my big bro gets me pumped up realdy to go but this week we have 2 baptisms planned for the mom and dad of my buddy juan haha i think he is excited he is always boared but i hope i can help him get excited i am pretty sure he is about to get the aaronic priesthood. pretty excited for that and some other converts are getting really to do some baptism for the dead well i sure hope so. yes i got to see all of the coference but it was all in spanish pretty riough i am not used to listening to such big words but hey i got some notes hahaha but really i loved prieshood session the best like always. but i did miss the dinner with my dad and brothers i really look forward to prieshood session every year to be with my dad and brothers and no dad i am not coping you or trying to steal your words but its the truth. listen to the prophet and the apostols one talk said we need to prepare ourself so lets get ready hahaha really i went blank to. it was a rough week but we are working hard i promise
this picture is of my companion trying to make tortillas haha por littlñe things hahaha but they were delicious. with some salt. dont woprry mom when i get home i am going to help you learn how to eat like a real mexican and then marrio flores can say yes now thats real mexican food hahaha because the way i eat here is nothing compared to mi amigos. its delicious there but they are missing a few huge things hahaha for example tortillas in every meal. we dont use silverwear we use tortillas and it is amazing.
i am stoked for mitch like you have no idea and i am sad because once again i dont have anytime to send him a message that can really help him i am going to do it next week but i sure do love the kid and for eveyone else to.
well to be honest i am completely blank amber dont hit your kids the prophet has tought that we dont do that. babies cant lie you know hahaha no just kidding braiden you shouldnt lie.
well here is a little something i wrote to justin
right now i am living in this challenge and it is going to push to your limits when you dont think you can go anymore you return to the house eat a little snack and get to relax for a minute then you start thinking of all of your day that had just passed. you will go to your room with your comp and fall to your knees from exauhstion and begin to pray sometimes you will cry sometimes your calm who knows. but what you do know is that your working for the lord and he is really happy with you.and in your prayer you plead for help every night because really you will need it everyone does.but when you wake up your pumped and ready to go again. throughout the day your busy busy busy and you work and work and work. but your happy.your work until you cant even walk and your still happy. sometimes its even nesesary to give a hug to a bum that has no home and you get to tell him that everything is ok and that he is a child of god and his father loves him and wants him to be clean. sometimes you feel angels walking next to you and sometimes sometimes your are torn to peices because your brothers dont accept the invetation or you see them fall into the chains of satan and you will cry for them and pray for them. but in these moments you feel something amazing its something like your running your hands through the clouds of heaven.
the truth is i really feel that way there is nothing better that i have every dedicated my life. i dont think i will be an apostol one day but i will always be a diciple of christ and follow what he wants. and i hope that my hand never leaves these clouds that i have had the opportunity to touch and feel and love
please follow the cousils of our leaders its like holland said every talk and message was from the heavens and from the angels. and they have all recieved that from our father.
sorry this week was lame but i love you all i hope i get my package soon maybe try and call them.idk. i love you all!!!
elder houston
this picture is of my companion trying to make tortillas haha por littlñe things hahaha but they were delicious. with some salt. dont woprry mom when i get home i am going to help you learn how to eat like a real mexican and then marrio flores can say yes now thats real mexican food hahaha because the way i eat here is nothing compared to mi amigos. its delicious there but they are missing a few huge things hahaha for example tortillas in every meal. we dont use silverwear we use tortillas and it is amazing.
i am stoked for mitch like you have no idea and i am sad because once again i dont have anytime to send him a message that can really help him i am going to do it next week but i sure do love the kid and for eveyone else to.
well to be honest i am completely blank amber dont hit your kids the prophet has tought that we dont do that. babies cant lie you know hahaha no just kidding braiden you shouldnt lie.
well here is a little something i wrote to justin
right now i am living in this challenge and it is going to push to your limits when you dont think you can go anymore you return to the house eat a little snack and get to relax for a minute then you start thinking of all of your day that had just passed. you will go to your room with your comp and fall to your knees from exauhstion and begin to pray sometimes you will cry sometimes your calm who knows. but what you do know is that your working for the lord and he is really happy with you.and in your prayer you plead for help every night because really you will need it everyone does.but when you wake up your pumped and ready to go again. throughout the day your busy busy busy and you work and work and work. but your happy.your work until you cant even walk and your still happy. sometimes its even nesesary to give a hug to a bum that has no home and you get to tell him that everything is ok and that he is a child of god and his father loves him and wants him to be clean. sometimes you feel angels walking next to you and sometimes sometimes your are torn to peices because your brothers dont accept the invetation or you see them fall into the chains of satan and you will cry for them and pray for them. but in these moments you feel something amazing its something like your running your hands through the clouds of heaven.
the truth is i really feel that way there is nothing better that i have every dedicated my life. i dont think i will be an apostol one day but i will always be a diciple of christ and follow what he wants. and i hope that my hand never leaves these clouds that i have had the opportunity to touch and feel and love
please follow the cousils of our leaders its like holland said every talk and message was from the heavens and from the angels. and they have all recieved that from our father.
sorry this week was lame but i love you all i hope i get my package soon maybe try and call them.idk. i love you all!!!
Monday, March 28, 2011
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
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