well today is another pday
hhaha well today is special day its juans birthday hahaha big 15 and well thats a big thing here you know but he doesnt want to do anything haha so were ganna take a cake to him and smash his face in it hahah should be fun i think i am going to look for something to give him but we will see what happens.
this week was pretty sweet haha we had some pretty crazy lessons to be honest and one well its ganna be short because well i kinda want to forget it hahah sunday morning.... i am writing in my jounal heating up some water to shower because i am a big baby and i dont like cold water and well my comp walks out of the bathroom and we hear elders!!!!! elders!!!! elder!!!! rang our doorbell and we were both not dressed to go outside haha in our garments and i was like crap wheres my clothes haha ran got some pants and we ran outside. well theres this guys outside with a cain looks pretty legit and well he tells us elders... my uncle has a bad spirit in him and i cant take him out alone. haha what!!!!!! crazy we went with him to well do the lords work. and well thats all i want to share haha we took him out i believe be but we gotta go back so we can check up on them how things are going. it was an experience that well maybe i didnt know exactly what to do and well supposuvly my comp is a expert haha i started laughing at one point because well my comp is a lil rediculou at times i got some good stories with him when i get home. but the man was able to stand and speak with us when we left.
haha another stroy we thought we were ganna get killed one night. like i have said before we live in a house with 2 floors we live on top and another family below us and well we have the tank of water on top of the house and well when it starts to over flow well one its wasting water and 2 the lady under us gets ticked because it falls behind he house. well we get ready for bed and we go to sleep i am in my hammock and well i go to sleep normal. and then i wake up. haha i was like what the did i hear the door bell is night time. i stayed in my hammaco for a sec and was like i should probably go check so i woke up my comp and said hey someone rang the doorbell and he was like WHAT!!! why!!!! really mad. i was just like yea man somebody is here and so we put on some clothes. when we walk out of the room we see outside 4 feet running up the stairs outside to go to the roof. haha my comp is like freak grab the phone and i said why haha we gave me the look and my comp is panicing almot and so what does he do he starts turning on all the lights haha im just like dude now we cant see outside so he goes in the room to check outside and its the dang lady below us because the water was overflowing hahaha super funny to be honest becaus eit was like panic and my comp is really funny without trying.
this saturday we have 2 baptism planned keep them in your prayers please maru and luis it should be good i am excited and thank you for your prayers because maria came to church and was sober. really excited because they are really a great family. i only have those 2 stories its been a great week learning alot and have lots have fun and having some very spiritual experiences. the ones that when you leave them your spirit is drained and he are just like super tired ahaha i love you family!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
elder houston
ps. as quickly as posible do you think you could send me hynm book in english a small one haha that would be useful love you!!
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, July 18, 2011
July 18
tough week
well this week was a little tough we had a baptism the planned haaa well the kid came to church and planned his whole baptism with the ward and everyone was getting pumped haha and well the same sunday he took off to tuxtle to work hahah and didnt say anything to us he will be coming back in august and i will still be here haha so we will baptise him when he getts back. also we have 4 baptisms coming up july 30 pray that they all go through one sister we are waiting for her papers to come back because she had to change them then we gotta get her married to her man and then splash some water on her face haha oh wait i mean dunk her hah they are all ready to do erything only in the process of waiting.
another well in the past she has had 2 or 3 baptism dates planned but she never showed up or said no in the last moment. well now she is ready to be baptised she has come straight up and said my goal is to be baptised in your church and we are pumping them up for the temple so they can have a eternal family. so excited haha they are really good people to be honest the husband has had some trials but know he is rteally trying to get out of them he is a member but he has been really thrown off and little by little we are putting him back on track with his wife.
the other is a sister that mmm her bf is a meber and they want to get married and well the brother arturo his last wife they didnt get married and she isnt a member and well everything fell but he has found a sister that is golden she is awesome she is really pumped up to have a eternal family tomorrow we are going to visit them pretty excited.
the last one her name is maru she is awesome really relaxed in the beginning we were teaching her family and well basically all of them started attacking us and the church and then said now they dont want to learn more apostasia is what it is but its ok maru is excited and well lets just hope she follows through with her promise.
for there we are trying to put the members to work so that we can lift up this ward they are struggling and i am running out of ideas. so we started working with the return mssionaries to use there idea and combine them and well do a super mega spirit bomb on this area so that they get on track. pretty pumped up. the end of this transfer i will have 9 months here pretty exciting. i am working hard there a picture of juan there after the baptism we had.
well really nothing happened this week super crazy onlt that me and my comp like to teach lesson 2 plan of salvation because we made a puzzle ahaha and its sweet.and we made lots and lots of plans.
i hope everything is just awesome at home and everything is going great. remember that the lord needs you guys to work becaus we will see a day that the lord will take away the missionaries in the whole world and if we dont pay attention and work now we are going to be quit lost in what we should do. work hard please and remeber that th lord is watching over all of you and remeber that he loves you!!!!
elder houston
ps 2 things did you ever order more hold to the rod keychains?
and the other is... well i dont want to ask but i am running short on money right now i have 400 i think i will be good but if you could put a lil in my account it would give me some relief haha sometimes i panic you know. today i gotta by some new shoes!!! yaa haha the ones i have well i have taken them to a guy like 3 times cause they keep breaking haha love you and thanks a ton!!!!!
well this week was a little tough we had a baptism the planned haaa well the kid came to church and planned his whole baptism with the ward and everyone was getting pumped haha and well the same sunday he took off to tuxtle to work hahah and didnt say anything to us he will be coming back in august and i will still be here haha so we will baptise him when he getts back. also we have 4 baptisms coming up july 30 pray that they all go through one sister we are waiting for her papers to come back because she had to change them then we gotta get her married to her man and then splash some water on her face haha oh wait i mean dunk her hah they are all ready to do erything only in the process of waiting.
another well in the past she has had 2 or 3 baptism dates planned but she never showed up or said no in the last moment. well now she is ready to be baptised she has come straight up and said my goal is to be baptised in your church and we are pumping them up for the temple so they can have a eternal family. so excited haha they are really good people to be honest the husband has had some trials but know he is rteally trying to get out of them he is a member but he has been really thrown off and little by little we are putting him back on track with his wife.
the other is a sister that mmm her bf is a meber and they want to get married and well the brother arturo his last wife they didnt get married and she isnt a member and well everything fell but he has found a sister that is golden she is awesome she is really pumped up to have a eternal family tomorrow we are going to visit them pretty excited.
the last one her name is maru she is awesome really relaxed in the beginning we were teaching her family and well basically all of them started attacking us and the church and then said now they dont want to learn more apostasia is what it is but its ok maru is excited and well lets just hope she follows through with her promise.
for there we are trying to put the members to work so that we can lift up this ward they are struggling and i am running out of ideas. so we started working with the return mssionaries to use there idea and combine them and well do a super mega spirit bomb on this area so that they get on track. pretty pumped up. the end of this transfer i will have 9 months here pretty exciting. i am working hard there a picture of juan there after the baptism we had.
well really nothing happened this week super crazy onlt that me and my comp like to teach lesson 2 plan of salvation because we made a puzzle ahaha and its sweet.and we made lots and lots of plans.
i hope everything is just awesome at home and everything is going great. remember that the lord needs you guys to work becaus we will see a day that the lord will take away the missionaries in the whole world and if we dont pay attention and work now we are going to be quit lost in what we should do. work hard please and remeber that th lord is watching over all of you and remeber that he loves you!!!!
elder houston
ps 2 things did you ever order more hold to the rod keychains?
and the other is... well i dont want to ask but i am running short on money right now i have 400 i think i will be good but if you could put a lil in my account it would give me some relief haha sometimes i panic you know. today i gotta by some new shoes!!! yaa haha the ones i have well i have taken them to a guy like 3 times cause they keep breaking haha love you and thanks a ton!!!!!
Monday, July 11, 2011
July 11
well the truth is i had no idea i couldnt send a machette so i still have it enjoy those things haha and well i love you all. haha this week we had a pretty sweet experience
well actually a few. ok so alma the one who baught you the necklace and purse well finally she decided to be baptised. she is kinda weird but anyways in her baptism she said i couldnt take fotos which made me mad but i got over it. we baptised her in her pool hahaha the last picture is us cleaning her pool when she was in her interview and then it started to rain super crazy hard it was fun because we had to use bucket to take out the water and then when it rained all the water came back so we started to clean around the patio. and well the baptism was great members showed up that she wanted to invite we finny helped her understand that she has to be careful with her cloths because well its not very modest. and it was great!!!
the other puctures idk if i sent them before i lent my camera to a friend and couldnt send pictures theres elder garcia and me doing service for gonzalo turns out you mow the lawn with machette to hahaha i left with 5 blisters how i miss working my hands are girly!!!! no offense but also theres a picture of adans baptism.were on a role. this thursday we should be having another baptism and on the 30th we have 3 planned pretty sweet and there all pretty golden.
another experience we had was with an investigator. her name is yessenia. well after the baptism we went toher house to invite her to church in the past she had 2 dates to be baptised and one they actually planned the baptism and she didnt show up. well when we got to her house she wasnt there but her husband jose was and he is a member inactive but for his wife he doesnt want to cause problems. well we knocked on the door they opened the window and we started talking he told me hey come here. and he said it really soft and he says my wife took a huge step were making progress. and he was about to tell me what happened and he stops and says come in i cant just talk like this. well we went inside and he said well we have been reading and praying lots of times she just takes out the book of mormon and begins to read to the kids and they fall asleep and its a relief and the other day we were preaying. he stops and says listen when we pray its legit ok we kneel together and face each other and we do it right just so you know we cant be out on our different worlds we gotta pray together. and i said perfect thats correct and he says we finished praying and she looks up at me and says. ya i am going to be baptised in your church. i want to do it. thats was friday he told us saturday and then on sunday they didnt come to church super bumbed because well she could bte baptised on the date we put but we decided to go to her house watch joseph smith and it was great after wards she is just happy as can be and she starts telling us this huge drama story about money and a dress for her daughter so she can graduate kindergarden and that she all of a sudden didnt have the money and a ton of stuff ands she said she left trying to sell some things but it didnt work out she left and started to cry a little and pray to ask if heavenly father if he could lend her a hand. then she started crying with us and said the man in the corner yelled and me and siad whats wrong your not normaal today you r all down and usually your really happy and getgoing. she explained and he said listen i will lend you this money. she started to cry because she witnessed the the love our father has for us. she continues and says hermanos i have a goal and thats that my kids always have what they need. and said i have another goal. crying but happy... and says i am going to be baptised in the church. and was just so happy. the power of prayer is amazing and the book of mormon, another time she was super stressed one day and he husband just started to read the book of mormon out loud and she said she felt so peaceful just hearing the words. the book of mormon is true and it carrys the spirit inside you only have to read it to feel it. like it says in 1nefi 1:12 o 13 but its great so awesome.
also i am staying in 5 de febrero!!!!!!!!!!!! yesssss!!!!!!!!!!! i am going to have 9 months in this area pretty sweet. but i am going tohrough a trial.well the lord wants to know if his own servants love him just like our words say. and in that way well president has banned all sodas. all everything with gas. man thats ganna be rought but i understand and its a blessing to have this trial i love you all i hope everything is just great and happy because i am pumped!!!!!! love you all be good and read your book of mormon and the biblr.
elder houston
the other puctures idk if i sent them before i lent my camera to a friend and couldnt send pictures theres elder garcia and me doing service for gonzalo turns out you mow the lawn with machette to hahaha i left with 5 blisters how i miss working my hands are girly!!!! no offense but also theres a picture of adans baptism.were on a role. this thursday we should be having another baptism and on the 30th we have 3 planned pretty sweet and there all pretty golden.
another experience we had was with an investigator. her name is yessenia. well after the baptism we went toher house to invite her to church in the past she had 2 dates to be baptised and one they actually planned the baptism and she didnt show up. well when we got to her house she wasnt there but her husband jose was and he is a member inactive but for his wife he doesnt want to cause problems. well we knocked on the door they opened the window and we started talking he told me hey come here. and he said it really soft and he says my wife took a huge step were making progress. and he was about to tell me what happened and he stops and says come in i cant just talk like this. well we went inside and he said well we have been reading and praying lots of times she just takes out the book of mormon and begins to read to the kids and they fall asleep and its a relief and the other day we were preaying. he stops and says listen when we pray its legit ok we kneel together and face each other and we do it right just so you know we cant be out on our different worlds we gotta pray together. and i said perfect thats correct and he says we finished praying and she looks up at me and says. ya i am going to be baptised in your church. i want to do it. thats was friday he told us saturday and then on sunday they didnt come to church super bumbed because well she could bte baptised on the date we put but we decided to go to her house watch joseph smith and it was great after wards she is just happy as can be and she starts telling us this huge drama story about money and a dress for her daughter so she can graduate kindergarden and that she all of a sudden didnt have the money and a ton of stuff ands she said she left trying to sell some things but it didnt work out she left and started to cry a little and pray to ask if heavenly father if he could lend her a hand. then she started crying with us and said the man in the corner yelled and me and siad whats wrong your not normaal today you r all down and usually your really happy and getgoing. she explained and he said listen i will lend you this money. she started to cry because she witnessed the the love our father has for us. she continues and says hermanos i have a goal and thats that my kids always have what they need. and said i have another goal. crying but happy... and says i am going to be baptised in the church. and was just so happy. the power of prayer is amazing and the book of mormon, another time she was super stressed one day and he husband just started to read the book of mormon out loud and she said she felt so peaceful just hearing the words. the book of mormon is true and it carrys the spirit inside you only have to read it to feel it. like it says in 1nefi 1:12 o 13 but its great so awesome.
also i am staying in 5 de febrero!!!!!!!!!!!! yesssss!!!!!!!!!!! i am going to have 9 months in this area pretty sweet. but i am going tohrough a trial.well the lord wants to know if his own servants love him just like our words say. and in that way well president has banned all sodas. all everything with gas. man thats ganna be rought but i understand and its a blessing to have this trial i love you all i hope everything is just great and happy because i am pumped!!!!!! love you all be good and read your book of mormon and the biblr.
elder houston
Monday, July 4, 2011
July 4th
So sorry everyone! I am so lame that I havent gotten any emails posted for you all. Colten had asked for a special fast for a sister in the ward that takes care of the elders there, and I didnt get it out! I'm sorry! Enjoy!
haha well mom i know it was a little mistake on your sign off but i cant be god i can only try to be like him right now hahaha but i will be good to i am obediant hehe i know i am stil a smart alic haha
ok well.......CATASTREPHY i dont know how to spell it but a real big trial has come up for sister champo.. first time i have seen her cry and have such a fear in her eyes. she has a sickness its kinda like you mom- she doesnt sleep her body wont sleep and from lack of sleep she gets huge head aches. and well she has been having some studies and well guess what.... yup you guessed it well i still dont know for sure but they are suspecting that she might have cancer. and of course i have to ask you for a huge favor and for everyone that reads my letters. this saturday i am going to do a special fast for her. i want to invite you all to fast with me. today she will tell me what happened but it the fast i really want to just bless her with energy, happy upbeat health and to be able to sleep. mom she is the one that takes care of me so that you dont have to worry i owe it to her and well i have faith if we fast she will be able to sleep and fight better. my fast will start at 3pm friday and end 3pm saturday. please i ask you all if you could help her out with me it will be really appriciated.
new mission president pretty sweet. i love the other one but they are gone and well we are going to see how it goes. also i am pretty scared for next week. tranfers. i feel like the lord needs me to leave. and go somewhere else. i dont know for sure maybe he will bless me with one more but i do know that i am called to serve where the lord wants me to serve. i will go where yu want me to go dar lord. thats a grat song. one that reminds me of when we went to texas. well family other things that are going on . its been raining like crazy and i love it its a blessing i tried to buy an umbrella but it didnt work at all. and well i cant do anything i refuse to wear a poncho because we knock doors and they dont recognize us a missionaries so we will see what happens.
i had lots of experiences this week but i am sorry we started way late and i am out of time no pics this week but i love you ll i wish you a happy 4th of july and send lots of blessing i hope you all are trusting in the lord with all you heart so that you can recieve all the blessing that you need the lord loves you he will give you trials to see if you really lov him stay strong and the book of mormon is true and i promise that if you need blessing the lord is ready to bless you only remeber what are you ready to do for your father that is in heaven? i love you all i am sorry it was relly short this week
elder houston
ps... package coming your way keep an eye out fot it its big should be there next week or the following. i love you all!!!!
haha well mom i know it was a little mistake on your sign off but i cant be god i can only try to be like him right now hahaha but i will be good to i am obediant hehe i know i am stil a smart alic haha
ok well.......CATASTREPHY i dont know how to spell it but a real big trial has come up for sister champo.. first time i have seen her cry and have such a fear in her eyes. she has a sickness its kinda like you mom- she doesnt sleep her body wont sleep and from lack of sleep she gets huge head aches. and well she has been having some studies and well guess what.... yup you guessed it well i still dont know for sure but they are suspecting that she might have cancer. and of course i have to ask you for a huge favor and for everyone that reads my letters. this saturday i am going to do a special fast for her. i want to invite you all to fast with me. today she will tell me what happened but it the fast i really want to just bless her with energy, happy upbeat health and to be able to sleep. mom she is the one that takes care of me so that you dont have to worry i owe it to her and well i have faith if we fast she will be able to sleep and fight better. my fast will start at 3pm friday and end 3pm saturday. please i ask you all if you could help her out with me it will be really appriciated.
new mission president pretty sweet. i love the other one but they are gone and well we are going to see how it goes. also i am pretty scared for next week. tranfers. i feel like the lord needs me to leave. and go somewhere else. i dont know for sure maybe he will bless me with one more but i do know that i am called to serve where the lord wants me to serve. i will go where yu want me to go dar lord. thats a grat song. one that reminds me of when we went to texas. well family other things that are going on . its been raining like crazy and i love it its a blessing i tried to buy an umbrella but it didnt work at all. and well i cant do anything i refuse to wear a poncho because we knock doors and they dont recognize us a missionaries so we will see what happens.
i had lots of experiences this week but i am sorry we started way late and i am out of time no pics this week but i love you ll i wish you a happy 4th of july and send lots of blessing i hope you all are trusting in the lord with all you heart so that you can recieve all the blessing that you need the lord loves you he will give you trials to see if you really lov him stay strong and the book of mormon is true and i promise that if you need blessing the lord is ready to bless you only remeber what are you ready to do for your father that is in heaven? i love you all i am sorry it was relly short this week
elder houston
ps... package coming your way keep an eye out fot it its big should be there next week or the following. i love you all!!!!
Monday, June 27, 2011
June 27th
this week ws like a roller coaster super sad super happy super lost and a little mad. a little bit of chewing out with lots of love........ adan is preparing for his baptism well was hahaha and we got to his house and we started to teach him. that was in the beginning of the week. also i gave my running shoes to juan because he was using his church shoes and ruining them. anyways we had everything planned super pumped adan is the last one for the whole family to be baptised. then after this day i started hearing rumors of maria that someone saw her walking with some guy drinking. my heart shrunk into the bottom of the ocean but i didnt want to believe that it was true. but sure enough we arive into there home. maria in he little rrom and i hear.... ¡¡¡¡¡CHOY!!!!! ¡YA LLEGASTE?...... i ignored her because i was taken off my feet. lost in prayer lost in my own mind. people trying to talk to me i was lost and well just sad you know really sad. even though she didnt tell me i drank and i didnt even see her the sound of her voice and the way she talked i knew. but a quick prayer set me straight in this moment i was there to help adan prepare and to help him get pumped up for his baptism and not let this get to him. and for gonzalo and for juan. juan was crying well trying his hardest not to poor guy but he helped us get his brother ready and as you can see adan!! got baptised. the day of his baptism we went to pick him up. everyone ready to go even his mom but she was drunk. and it tore me to peices when she said i am going to take a picture of me and my son in white. and i had to tell he to sit down because she was not going to leave the house and she cannot go with us. nearly cried. i was pretty upset. when juan and adan headed for the car i was arguing with maria. and she was mad oh man really mad haha but i raised my voice and told her to stop. i told her she needs to get rid of the alcohol now and be a good mom to these boys and be there example and help them be good people. she shut up and said take him to his baptism and didnt want to talk to me. gonzalo couldnt go either beaus he had to stay with his wif to care for her and watch over her. even though they arent married in the temple and have problems its very impressing to see the heart of gonzalo helping his wife even though he is really sad and hopeless he never stops trying to help. i learned a powerdul lesson and enduring to the end. he never stops. he is old and slow she is a bit quicker but he never stops running he does all he can to do what he can to help her. on the other her the baptism was great lots of members showed up and supported him and gid my son elder gonzalez baptised adam on saturday and the bishop confirmed him as a memeber of the church. yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! he was pumped and was setting the example for me. what a blessing.
theres something from this lesson i would like everyone to learn. i would say with everyone there is someone. who is a little stubborn. probably a family friend or normal friend or family brother sister cousin. neighbor. it could be anyone... who is difficult maybe has hardened there heart. maybe they dont follow the commandments like they should or say well this time i dont care ill try harder the next time. maybe they skip out on activities to choose thing such as work sports maybe just because they dont go. and maybe they dont go to church for these same reasons. maybe there ae other things that i cant think of right now that happens that impides them from going to church . and well it probably breaks our heart of makes us made or annoyed maybe we try to judge them or maybe we just try to get away from them. in our mind but in reality we are always there to help them. and we ont know why. well the lord is calling you to endure to the end. help them know they are loved show them thhere are better ways to work there are better ways so that they can recieve these blessings. help them know the impotance of sacrament and never and i mean NEVER give up. always invite them to repent and come unto christ because the savior never said it would be easy to be in the horrible world of iniquity he never said said we would pass our life and not have challnges and struggle maybe we will lose our way or a friend would lose there site even just a little bit. or a lot and would cause us pain. he never said it would be easy... but he said it would be worth it. he said if we endure to the end. the father says we will have eternal life. we will live with our familes for ever. our troubled times will leave and never come back and we will live in complete happiness. and when we are on the other side of the vail. that person or tthose people we try to help.. we come to us gives a hug maybe even crying of joy just to thank you for not giving up on them and you will walk into the eternities together with your families to live with our father in heave FOREVER... i see gonzalo and i see what a blessing he is even though he lives in a house of sticks and plastic with dirt floor he works for 30 bucks a week and his wife wastes maybe half his maney to buy her drinks. but he always there to help and serve his wife so that hopefully he can help her leave these blessed chains of satan and return to the path that she had entered. i know that maybe we are passing hard time and maybe the hard times is seeing others fall well we have to help them get back up. its part of gods plan. i love you all i hope everything is just happiness and well of course busy and i hope the busy ha some part of being missionaries :) i love you!!!
elder houston
ps... tomorrow i will be sending you a package its a big one keep your eye out for it.
alsoi ove you maybe you could send me some ties? hehe im getting really bored of mine hha
also tell justin or you can to sent pictures through your iphone much easier.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Out of the Hospital
alright well i got lots of info whre to start......
well today i left the hospital hahaha i have been sick since thursday night hahah pretty bomb. i was put in the doctors with a IV in my left hand pumping in solutions. haha i was pretty bad i dont know what i ate they think it was the strawberries that i bought i guess i didnt wash them good enough. i had gastritis and salomonila hahah it was fantastic. i felt really loved to be honest i recieved lots of phone calls and visits from hna champo and he fam. they are the best. they make me feel like home. hahaha she is always trying to get me to eat nasty vegtables hahaha but i love her to death i always change it for fruits.!!!! i left today hahaha and i am feelig great like a just ate a bowl of frosted flakes!!!!! heres a lil pictures haha of the champo family and me!!
ok the rock. haha theres lots of ruins here to be honest i dont know who found it to be honest w didnt have a tour guide but i tried to take pictures but you cant see anything. the rock has been in a few enzigns haha but basically its the tree of life haha its sweet i bought a replica that is coming in a package i am going to try to send today. really worried about this package to be honest but we will see what happens. anyways the church i belive is very involved in this research i was talking to another misionary and when he went he had a tour guide they said that they have found a city under the ground that they are going to start to dig up. thats really all i know. here in mexico they have tons of ruins they have tons of old temple and i have even heard that they are pretty sure they know where the tower of king benjamin. its pretty awesome to be preaching to the laminites and changing them to nefites hahaha
we aer teaching a family they are sweet i dont know what the families name is but they have tons of questions i dont know if i told you all about them but they have heard tons of rumors about the church that are just rediculous. unfortunately i dont think i will see them get baptised becuase tranfers are coming up soon. kinda scary i will have 71/2 months here and well i just have so much work here i am scared to just put it in the hands of the members because there not ready and niether is my comp. i love him to death but he is very prideful and the moment i leave he will drop my work. in the beginning he wanted to start new and i told him funny story not ganna happen he got a little mad but we will see i hope we can fortify this ward and fortify this part of gods army enough that they dont have to add them to another ward. but anyways idk where i was going but this family idk what it is about them they live like 6 housses from us idk how i never found them funny how the lord workd sometimes. but they are progresssing they have basically accepted everything thy have felt the truth the only problem is that they have so many questions that they confuse each other and then think that joseph smith lived with the lamanites hahaha things like that just destroy there mind. then they dont believe in pictures of jesus kinda funny as wel but they have a good reason. today we are going to see the movie of joseph smith or the testaments. idk when we teach them i just feel likethey are part of my family really. they wwant to go to a conference in utah one day which would be awesome to take them.
well doesnt supries me about dad haha always seems to be like that haha but it will be a good way for coop to learn about car becuase without that knowledge your always depending on other people. hhaha funny stoy about carrin to haha we will see when i get home haha ayaya my eyes are hurting haha 2 more things. 1 i told juam that i am going to take him to the usnited states with me so he can work and help him family. also maybe adan because well he is a great kid. thay are stoked to meet all you guys they cant wit to meet you everytime i see them there like are your parents coming soon hahah i say yup less then a year i give juan english homework he is really smart to tell you the truth. and the other thing is when you fly here to get me i think it would be sweet to fly into oklahoma to pass by my cousin and take a picture as 2 missionaries 2 warriors in gods army that have the same calling and we can complete the picture that you sent me in the mtc. it would be awesome. and we have to do it before i get released haha if its possible. haha i love you all.
i know i didnt share anything spiritual with you guys. only keep working hard i hope that evrything is goig great. oh yea!!! adan!!! he is going to be baptised this week!!!!!!!! he is super excited haha they told me that he showed up to church this week haha and he said he hasnt drank coffee. i am stoked. i gotta find him some white pants hahahahaha love you guys!!
elder houston
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well today i left the hospital hahaha i have been sick since thursday night hahah pretty bomb. i was put in the doctors with a IV in my left hand pumping in solutions. haha i was pretty bad i dont know what i ate they think it was the strawberries that i bought i guess i didnt wash them good enough. i had gastritis and salomonila hahah it was fantastic. i felt really loved to be honest i recieved lots of phone calls and visits from hna champo and he fam. they are the best. they make me feel like home. hahaha she is always trying to get me to eat nasty vegtables hahaha but i love her to death i always change it for fruits.!!!! i left today hahaha and i am feelig great like a just ate a bowl of frosted flakes!!!!! heres a lil pictures haha of the champo family and me!!
ok the rock. haha theres lots of ruins here to be honest i dont know who found it to be honest w didnt have a tour guide but i tried to take pictures but you cant see anything. the rock has been in a few enzigns haha but basically its the tree of life haha its sweet i bought a replica that is coming in a package i am going to try to send today. really worried about this package to be honest but we will see what happens. anyways the church i belive is very involved in this research i was talking to another misionary and when he went he had a tour guide they said that they have found a city under the ground that they are going to start to dig up. thats really all i know. here in mexico they have tons of ruins they have tons of old temple and i have even heard that they are pretty sure they know where the tower of king benjamin. its pretty awesome to be preaching to the laminites and changing them to nefites hahaha
we aer teaching a family they are sweet i dont know what the families name is but they have tons of questions i dont know if i told you all about them but they have heard tons of rumors about the church that are just rediculous. unfortunately i dont think i will see them get baptised becuase tranfers are coming up soon. kinda scary i will have 71/2 months here and well i just have so much work here i am scared to just put it in the hands of the members because there not ready and niether is my comp. i love him to death but he is very prideful and the moment i leave he will drop my work. in the beginning he wanted to start new and i told him funny story not ganna happen he got a little mad but we will see i hope we can fortify this ward and fortify this part of gods army enough that they dont have to add them to another ward. but anyways idk where i was going but this family idk what it is about them they live like 6 housses from us idk how i never found them funny how the lord workd sometimes. but they are progresssing they have basically accepted everything thy have felt the truth the only problem is that they have so many questions that they confuse each other and then think that joseph smith lived with the lamanites hahaha things like that just destroy there mind. then they dont believe in pictures of jesus kinda funny as wel but they have a good reason. today we are going to see the movie of joseph smith or the testaments. idk when we teach them i just feel likethey are part of my family really. they wwant to go to a conference in utah one day which would be awesome to take them.
well doesnt supries me about dad haha always seems to be like that haha but it will be a good way for coop to learn about car becuase without that knowledge your always depending on other people. hhaha funny stoy about carrin to haha we will see when i get home haha ayaya my eyes are hurting haha 2 more things. 1 i told juam that i am going to take him to the usnited states with me so he can work and help him family. also maybe adan because well he is a great kid. thay are stoked to meet all you guys they cant wit to meet you everytime i see them there like are your parents coming soon hahah i say yup less then a year i give juan english homework he is really smart to tell you the truth. and the other thing is when you fly here to get me i think it would be sweet to fly into oklahoma to pass by my cousin and take a picture as 2 missionaries 2 warriors in gods army that have the same calling and we can complete the picture that you sent me in the mtc. it would be awesome. and we have to do it before i get released haha if its possible. haha i love you all.
i know i didnt share anything spiritual with you guys. only keep working hard i hope that evrything is goig great. oh yea!!! adan!!! he is going to be baptised this week!!!!!!!! he is super excited haha they told me that he showed up to church this week haha and he said he hasnt drank coffee. i am stoked. i gotta find him some white pants hahahahaha love you guys!!
elder houston
Monday, June 13, 2011
More pictures and New Companion!
stevie..
dont worry buddy i am working hard the best i can and i help people everyday!!! the people are really nice and well they all seem to go good with me because i am white and they always want to talk to me well not sometimes they start to yell at me and are really mad but i wave at them and tell them good evening and leave hhaha i am glad you guys are ding some kind of sport . you guys should really try out soccer. its so fun man i love it. i dont let it distract me but i am getting pretty good i remember when i got here no one wanted me on there team and and when i got stuck someone they never wanted to give me the ball because i was terrible and i couldnt even shoot goals. well now i am not the last pick and i can do tricks man!! hahaha its great thismorning i was making goals left and right it was sweet man well i love you bro!!!! be good good luck with swimming. jace you to i love you man keep up the good wok with swimming!!
mom..
well i am doing great happy as can be. my new comp well he is a good guy haha we have had a few arguments but we left understanding. we love the work and thats the only thing that we are worried about. i love the work this wekk we are going to have a baptism with a younge man named luis its on thursday. and the next week with adan juans little brother. he wanted to be baptised this week but he couldnt come to church because his foot is pretty messed up but i think that we are going to pick him up this sunday or even if i have to carry him i will do it. i have been using a lot of eagle scout stuff to tell you the truth i have been healing his foot well his feet because he went in the river and there tons of trash nd he cut open his toe and it started to get infected and well i healed it and heavenly father. what a blessing it was to always be in scouts.
well there you have a few pics. one well you got my new comphaha elder garcia.
2 and almost all of them you got a actuvity we did with juan and his family. we drew the plan of salvations hahaha and i took pictures of all of them.and them drawings hahaha then i fought over whose is the best hahaha its great. then you guy a picture of me wit the chicken on my knee always carefull that it doesnt go to the bathroom on me but hey i am a chicken master i put it to sleep that little guy loves me hahahaha
this week was pretty fun we found a family well 2 families that live together there are 7 who can be baptised. and i am sure lots of them will be because there really awesome people i feel really confortable with them from the start just people with good hearts. i know that the lord has some plans for them and i hope that we can be guided by the spirit to help them find there way and they can see the correct path i know that here in the area we are the lords hands and when we are obediant we receive blessing and we are worthy to have these kinds of experiences. the lord expects all of us to be worthy he expects us to put examples and he expects us to do hs work here are earth in the temples and in the streets with our friends and family neighbors and our neighbors neighbors. we are all called to serve the lord with our haert and strength look to the future follow the path and do the lords work and we are promised in these times we will be proteted and we will grow. we are promised if we do the lords work the angels will be walking along side of us and we will know everything that we need to do. we are promised that are families will be taken care of and that everyone will be happy and all will be in zion. and tell me who wouldnt want that. so just choose it. choose to love the lord because when we dont we ae obviously telling him that we love the world more then him and if we love the world it means we also love satan. in one form i do love satan because he is our brother but in the form that we choose the plan of satan and we follow him if we love the world. the lord has called you to surve. everyone that reads these letters or hears about them i am talking to you and the lord needs you choose the right choose to love our savior and do everything you can to do some kind of work for him daily. before you sleep and night think tomorrow what can i do for the lord. how can i serve him. and it doesnt mean you just drop work and drop your family it means do everything you can to help you bretheren and sisters return to our father in heaven that was when we return and we are in the group of people who recieved the gospel and the group who were baptised and really followed christ our father. doesnt point to the group of people who are lost and he doesnt have to ask us... why didnt you talk to them why didnt you share with them what you know. why didnt you help them. here have my kingdom have my glory but remeber that your brothers and sisters.. they cant enter they cant come in because you all didnt talk to them and help them... maybe a few of them were they who you promised and i promised to find before our life maybe they were our best friends before this life. and afterwards if yu dont help them they will be shut outside and will not be able to enter into the kingdom of our father. i also understand that everyone has there free angency and sometimes we cannot do more. but it doesnt give us any excuse to give up. you are all given the gift of the holy ghost and he knows what they need so go our ther and find them they need you as our savior said... FEED MY SHEEP!!!!
love you
elder houston
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juan's mom, and her drawing of the plan of salvation
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juans little brother and his drawing
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Elder Houston the Chicken Master
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dont worry buddy i am working hard the best i can and i help people everyday!!! the people are really nice and well they all seem to go good with me because i am white and they always want to talk to me well not sometimes they start to yell at me and are really mad but i wave at them and tell them good evening and leave hhaha i am glad you guys are ding some kind of sport . you guys should really try out soccer. its so fun man i love it. i dont let it distract me but i am getting pretty good i remember when i got here no one wanted me on there team and and when i got stuck someone they never wanted to give me the ball because i was terrible and i couldnt even shoot goals. well now i am not the last pick and i can do tricks man!! hahaha its great thismorning i was making goals left and right it was sweet man well i love you bro!!!! be good good luck with swimming. jace you to i love you man keep up the good wok with swimming!!
mom..
well i am doing great happy as can be. my new comp well he is a good guy haha we have had a few arguments but we left understanding. we love the work and thats the only thing that we are worried about. i love the work this wekk we are going to have a baptism with a younge man named luis its on thursday. and the next week with adan juans little brother. he wanted to be baptised this week but he couldnt come to church because his foot is pretty messed up but i think that we are going to pick him up this sunday or even if i have to carry him i will do it. i have been using a lot of eagle scout stuff to tell you the truth i have been healing his foot well his feet because he went in the river and there tons of trash nd he cut open his toe and it started to get infected and well i healed it and heavenly father. what a blessing it was to always be in scouts.
well there you have a few pics. one well you got my new comphaha elder garcia.
2 and almost all of them you got a actuvity we did with juan and his family. we drew the plan of salvations hahaha and i took pictures of all of them.and them drawings hahaha then i fought over whose is the best hahaha its great. then you guy a picture of me wit the chicken on my knee always carefull that it doesnt go to the bathroom on me but hey i am a chicken master i put it to sleep that little guy loves me hahahaha
this week was pretty fun we found a family well 2 families that live together there are 7 who can be baptised. and i am sure lots of them will be because there really awesome people i feel really confortable with them from the start just people with good hearts. i know that the lord has some plans for them and i hope that we can be guided by the spirit to help them find there way and they can see the correct path i know that here in the area we are the lords hands and when we are obediant we receive blessing and we are worthy to have these kinds of experiences. the lord expects all of us to be worthy he expects us to put examples and he expects us to do hs work here are earth in the temples and in the streets with our friends and family neighbors and our neighbors neighbors. we are all called to serve the lord with our haert and strength look to the future follow the path and do the lords work and we are promised in these times we will be proteted and we will grow. we are promised if we do the lords work the angels will be walking along side of us and we will know everything that we need to do. we are promised that are families will be taken care of and that everyone will be happy and all will be in zion. and tell me who wouldnt want that. so just choose it. choose to love the lord because when we dont we ae obviously telling him that we love the world more then him and if we love the world it means we also love satan. in one form i do love satan because he is our brother but in the form that we choose the plan of satan and we follow him if we love the world. the lord has called you to surve. everyone that reads these letters or hears about them i am talking to you and the lord needs you choose the right choose to love our savior and do everything you can to do some kind of work for him daily. before you sleep and night think tomorrow what can i do for the lord. how can i serve him. and it doesnt mean you just drop work and drop your family it means do everything you can to help you bretheren and sisters return to our father in heaven that was when we return and we are in the group of people who recieved the gospel and the group who were baptised and really followed christ our father. doesnt point to the group of people who are lost and he doesnt have to ask us... why didnt you talk to them why didnt you share with them what you know. why didnt you help them. here have my kingdom have my glory but remeber that your brothers and sisters.. they cant enter they cant come in because you all didnt talk to them and help them... maybe a few of them were they who you promised and i promised to find before our life maybe they were our best friends before this life. and afterwards if yu dont help them they will be shut outside and will not be able to enter into the kingdom of our father. i also understand that everyone has there free angency and sometimes we cannot do more. but it doesnt give us any excuse to give up. you are all given the gift of the holy ghost and he knows what they need so go our ther and find them they need you as our savior said... FEED MY SHEEP!!!!
love you
elder houston
Elder Garcia
Juans Family drawing the plan of salvation
Juan and his picture of the plan of salvation
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