Sept 23

alright well i am redownloading the pictures.


ok well i got a few things to update hahaha my health were at like 75 percent i think hahaha broncitis i still got thats no problem getting rid of the cold i have and i am controling my stomache and what i have to do its all good i am trying to stay healthy haha but this month will be rough i dont have much option to eat haha so its like vegatables every day with dry chicken mmmmmmm yummy hahaha not but soon in 2 weeks and 4 days i can start to eat normal again i miss my salsa and my lemon hahaha i always eat that with my food and right nowe none of that. i went back to tyhe doctor for a check up he is a nice guys he checked me up for free and usually its like 400 pesos haha!!!!! but i wrote him a letter with my testimony and i also gave him a book of mormon and wrote my testimony in it. he was stoked we invited him to go to mormon.org ahaha he was jazzed we also gave him a passalong card of the temple and he kept it its in his drawer haha i think he is going to be baptiseed but i wont be there he lives way out of my area and if he doesnt one of his nurses will haha i also taught her a few things and she liked it pretty exciting but we will see what happens.

another thing the new mormon .org i have a profile you guys can look for me maye you can find me ahha its pretty awesome

alright well this week was a little rough a few problems and but we are good ow we didnt have a baptism. but we will have a few this weekend his name is hector and ana. there were pretty ecited.

this sunday we had no investigators show up super sad well the only one that did was ana. its pretty rough with her she is fight with her husband he drinks and when he comes home he beats her super sad and this suday he told her if she gets baptised she has to leave the house and the kids and she said alright whatever and went to church. its pretty rough. she is such an awesome lady she is going to teach me how to cook like a mexican haha its pretty legit but anyways. she is one of the chosen. she only wants to be happy one in her family and to in her life. so sad the kids cant get baptised be we know that one day they will its a sad thing but i know that heavenly father will be working with them. little by little.

so my comp knows al this health stuff and he has put me to work really kicking my butt in the morning with the excersises but i know it is for my good and i will leave more healthy.

well i am sorry i have to go i hope the pictures go through i am sorry i didnt sdent any sweet stories but know that i am always thinking of you guys and i love you all. read daily and pray daily love you all

elder houston

Great email! The faith of this kid amazes me. He said he attached pictures, but there werent any. I'll get him to resend them next week. Enjoy......



Mom vas a ser muy enojada conmigo...​. i hope not hehehe

well i got some sweet stories for you guys mom your ganna be ticked, well i hope not


ok welll in the same time ok i will just tell you hahaha like normal i got super sick again haha dont worry mom it all turns out good but i think that this is going to throw you for a loop hahaha

so super sick it got really cold to we had a cold front come in and well my stomache and brain was hurting so bad so i decided today i am going to a specialist. because i am tired of this hahahah so we called up a few specialists set up a appointment and we went hahaha.

the symptons. super hurt in the stomache lost my appetite ( not good when you walk all day and burn caloroes) and lots of pain in the brain that rynmed and just loss of energy. so we went i have been talking to people including doctores and they have all told youve got a ulcer i figured it was from this one time when dad gave me that sweet blessing and i lived hahaha well when we thought it was a ulcer. anyways, i get to the doctor and he is like oh lay down right here and he starts checking me out feeling my stomache and i am explaining everythiung that has happened everything that i feel and he says ok were ganna have to check you out alright what are we ganna do? well were ganna give you a interscopic inspeccion i dont know how it translates but basically he wanted to put the camera in my stomache to see whats in side. i was just like whoa whoa chill out man i gotta talk to a few people so he gave me a few minutes to talk with the president and he said yea elder go ahead and well so we did it haha really expensive to be honest but the mission payed for it. but first off well its like this camera that they stick down your throat and they go look whats inside. to do this they have to give you a tranquilizer sweet haha gave me an IV and well mom you know how i am with shots well i hate them and imagine another IV haha i just started praying and teaching the nurses a little bit and they started like putting ni the IV and a few shots and i was just like look. 1 i am terrified 2 i hate shots so be careful haha they were all laughing they were youngue to like 20 to 24 and well two gringos haha everyone wants to help. well then i was alone a little bit and well istarted to pray because i really scared man i dont like doctors and i dont like these kinda operactions nothing. and i started to pray and told my father in heaven to please protect me because i was scared i felt alone even though i was surrounded. and well although i was scared i felt well that everything would be alright. well then like right when i finished my prayer all the nurses came again there were like 5 i think preparing i started humming a few himns looking for the peace. and well then one comes and says look i gotta spray this stuff in your throat and it tastes nasty haha i said i dont want it then. hahaah then opened my mouth haha and she just shot a ton in there.and my throat went to sleep and i felt like i was choking i said hey i cant breath whats the deal haha but i was still breathing haha and she says dont worry your throat just went to sleep ok ok ok and they put me on my side and well the last thing they told me was hey were ganna put you to sleep now i was so nervous man but i ust remeber i closed my eyes. well during the operation i guess the medicine didnt really hit me and i do remember a little bit i started to fight hahaha they told me yea we usually have like 3 nurses to help out but with yoiu we have 5 holding you down hahaha i dont it was crazy then i woke up super tired hahaha the medicine hit me afterward hahaha and well everything turned out great just like heavenly father told me. i knew he was watching over me. he knows our weaknesses and he knows that we need hin he is only waiting for us to ask him. it turns out that i dont have a ulcer which is sper good news hahaha but i have siperficial cronic gastritis and a infection in my intestants haha awesome and the good ole broncitis kicked in. and well this is why i say that it turned out good. mom i know you are really worried about me but i want to tell you that your prayers have been answered in many ways the sisters here are really watching over me a lot of themn know what is my sickness and they are like nope cant eat that you have to be healthy and i told them ok and also my new comp studied physical theoropy he knows how to eat and how to watch the health ad the excersises. he is teaching me right now and all the sisters are helping me dont worry mom im in the lords hands and he is listening to your prayers and to everyone else who has oprayed for me i really want to tell you guys thanks because i know i am recieving lots of blessing from all of you and i am eternally grateful. even though i dont have my real mom here to take care of me her prayers are. the power of prayer is amazing i know fathyer is listening and i know he is waiting to bless us you only have to open you mouth and talk and then be diligent to earn those blessing that you need.read the scriptures go to church and teach people the gospel. i know it to be true and leave that as my testimony.

we have had 3 baptisms and we are headed for more this week and well every week we are super excited pray for our investigators please!!!!

here are some pictures of my comp our thinking rock from pocahontus that we found a wicked storm haha from our house we can see all of tuxtle.and well out baptisms woooohoooooo lovew you be good enjoy!!!!!

elder houston

Sept 6

this week hasd been super sweet week number 2!!! so crazy! already me and elder rawlins are on fire we are inviting everyone to to be baptised and people are just like yea!!! baptism clean!!! woooo!!!! hashaha i guess this area is kinda new. they split it and put 4 missionaries here so that there could be moree work and i guess our area is the area that hasnt een touched. it makes sense because everyone just lets us in to listen to the message i love it a ton this week we will have 2 baptisms the next week 2 and we are hoping for 3 and then the next one 1 for sure and on 1 october 2011 we have the goal for 8!!!! we have families that we are teaching and they are the chosen ones!!!! they have all been prepared this area is on fire maybe i will finish my mish here haha it would be good i love it.


well thats super sweet about elder crane. to be honest i have no clue how the whole parents come to get the kids thing works. maybe you could talk to elder crane and call his parents to ask what they did beause i know that they came here with elder crane its an idea. but i would suggest to get everything done as fast as possible so that nothing goes wrong you know and then when i have like a month left we can talk to the president to see what he says and how we will work everything out. maybe i will be in the airport to be honest i have no idea i kinda wrote a lot of people this week ian i am out of time

my health is good mom i have a ulcer i am pretty sure its from that one time that dad thought it was my apendix. and well i havent been taking care of myself and eating a lot of chile and delicious food but all of it is band!!!! noooooooo but this week tomorrow actually i will be starting a teatment to help me a lot but besides that i am controling it pretty good.

sorry it was also a boring email but i love you all i will try to send more picture the next week there one with my companion.love you guys!!!!!

te cuidas

elder houston

Aug 29

whoa thats sweet!!!!! argentina. nobody in mexico likes argentina idk why well let me refrase a little bit all the guys are always talking about the girls in argentina that they are the prewttiest girls in the world and they want to marry one haha but hey who know i dont hahaha


a little neice haha thats carzy io feel old because my siser is going to have three kidds before i even get home.. and i am only 20!!!! haha i dont really see how that relates to me at all but sometimes i like to think it does haha super sweet and well i already see this little girl. one with grandma and mom just spoiling her to death haha but lets be honest here........ dad will be the worst and you know it haha!!!!!! LOVE YOU DAD..

this week whoa. and i mean whoa.. idk what it is but we are having so many spiritual experiences literally every lesson we have taught well excpet one we have felt the spirit so strong lots of testimony changing the way i teach lopts of new things that i do i guess and with my new comp he has 6 months in the mish 4 1/2 here in mexico and well he knows lots of spanish which is a huge blessing to be honest and he isnt scared to say anything he just goes for it and i love that because it always pumpes me up to get to work and work and work. we had a baptism this saturday and we have 6 planned for the 10th of september. that we put the date but they were alreqady prepared we have lots of families that we are teaching and helping there is on in particular that we are helping right now that i want to share this experience with you guys because this sister i think will be my best friend here hahaha.

so here name is ana she has 3 kids joselin rita and jose. she is married to a man named armando. but anyways. so we get there and this lady idk she makes me laugfh so much i love her to death to be honest. everytime we are with her she is just so happy and nice gives us delicious water and well she is super strong. but the way she talks its like she is high haha permanately so its pretty awesome. hahaha but basically we had a super sweet lesson with her and her kids and we put baptism dates with all of them and well we never can talk with the dad because he doesnt want anything but he doesnt give permission to his wife or the kids to be baptised and so she is fasting with elder rawlins right now because i cant fast as of friday which i will explain in a second but anyways we taught her the plan of salvacion and her answer for everything is i have to be baptised hahaha and her kids drew the plan with us and well they are all super excited. she came to church with us on sunday ana and joselin the other two stayed home sleeping unfortunately but its ok. so when we passed by on sunday well be talked about the fast so they could started and shared a powwerful lesson on the fast. and she aso told us something super sad. i guess he husband is a drunk and he gets a little violent and hit her saturday night. she told us elders i havent realy found the happiness in my fa,ily with my husband.... super sad because this lady is awesome. so we asked her to say thepray to start the fast. and she started crying saying that she is going to fast with all her faith so that she can recieve the blessing to be happy with h family i started to cry a little broke my heart. she is a awesome lady and she knows how to cook really good which is awesome to hahaha she is going to teach us a few things and is really excited haha.

sop please dont drink and dont fight and just be good people haha i love you all thats all the info this week i am sorry its a little short but igotta go next week i will send pictures. oh yeah mmmm if you could say a prayer for all our investigators kevin jenifer ana joselin rita jose for september 10

o yea well i got super sick again it was horrible president is going to talk to a specialist so that i can get rid of my stomache problems hahaha its awesome

love you tons

elder houston

Transferred!!

i cant believe it i feel so weird like i have been kiddnapped idk but i have been tranfered... like kolipoki in the movie the other side of heaven. i feel like i left home again i cried a ton i couldnt even talk and i never knew how much i did until i left when everyone passed by to say good bye or call me crying saying that they didnt want me to go. i love tapachula with all my heart i definately feel like i have another fam there and it was super hard to leave mama champo and her family we cried together but she told me when we want we can go to visit there and they have rooms and beds for us. sparks i felt horrible buuuuuuut right n ow i am now in ward bosque 2 with my new comp that elder tingy just trained i am a mom again haha with elder rawlins from cali he is pretty legit i like him already i forgot to take a pic ture so the next week for sure we have already had a sweet experience here with some investigators haha we had to go on the roof of a lady so we could keep the rain from going in here house haha it was nuts because there was lightning bolts everywhere haha but really awesome my comp was pumped haha.

the area is in tuxtla close to the temple well like 20 min its good haha i am in the mountains whish is super sweet the view is rad and the people love missionaries haha our neighbors are legit its a great place and it helps me get to work to have this kind of influence annnnnd theres a walmart yes!!!!!!! thats exactly what i need i am stoked hahaha

leaving juan was super tuff but he told me something before we went home. he said i love you elder houston i will follow your example... it made me cry to be honest because he really is super strong he is always trying to be good even though he made a mistake and he talked to bishop right away he loves going to church and he is trying to help his fam and he is onlt 15 and he wants to go on a mission which is fantastic.i am worried about adan because he is a lot more lazy and doesnt like to do the things he should do haha but i am sure his brother will help him out they are all super pumped to meet you guys and well i told juan if his desire is to go to the united states that i will help him. he said is going to buy a book to learn more english ahhhh tapachula how i love it!!!

but now i am here and we have tons of baptisms to do!!! woop woop haha my comp says they have lots of investigators assisting church that dont have dates so were ganna put some dates i am stoked!!..10 months more that really i dont want to think of the time but ten more months that i will be working hard and i belive lots of my time will be here in bosque. we will see but its super beautiful and i can already feel the success that we are going to have.

dont worry mom i will always be there for everyone because everyone needs someone to be there and idk that how i have always been i think haha and i love my little brother and my family more then anything and thats a huge testimony builder for stevie and for me and that he paid his tithing thats awesome the law of tithing is super legit and its the only way we will always have the things we need and enough money that we will need for what every is necesary father in heaven is definately showing his love for stevie.

the picture are a few of the members that i had the chance to say good by i couldnt see my converts which broke my heart but i know that they are strong and maybe i will see them when they come here to the temple hopefully also a picture with family champo ok well i gotta go i love you all i am pumped for another week!!!!!

elder houston

ps its ok just wait for the things its ok i have lots of things to send home i need to lighten my bags hahaha love youi!!!!

Aug 15

whoa lots of info.thank you for putting money in my account i feel better now that i have money not that i suffer or anything but soetimes i feel like the mish doesnt give us enough 90 bucks for a months its a little rough but its a way to learn how to manage your money hahaha.


this week was great we had some sweet experiences to simply being full of the spirit that i just started crying one day hahaha i know what a baby right but what hapened was gonzalo and his family are having a rough time hahaha they are happ with just barely getting by and when they do get anything well they ask the church for help bt they are not improving. you want to see something sad hahaha just come here and see how these people live. gonzalo works for 2-5 bucks a day its enough to by tortilla and eggs maybe some beans and hes good hahaha the problem is that its not enought haha juan started working again with hno juan first counselor.he makes more then his dad hahaha pretty crazy . maria is confused she thinks drinking only on the weekends is ok because she doesnt drink everyday. ayayayaa sometimes i just tell her that i want her to stop forever and she says choy i know but thats what happens when your addicted haha makes me cry s ometimes because she is way cooler when shes sober. in 9 fast sundays you will meet her ahaha juan is pumped to meet you guys he is trying to learn english so he will be able to talk to you guys a little haha pretty sweet.

yesenia and jose they are progressing super fast i am already making plans in my brain to come back in a year for there temple marriage they will being going to the temple to do baptisms on the 27 it should be sweet i am stoked for them.

i gave a talk on sunday and i was full of the spirit. i cried it was the first time i have cried giving a talk here. when i went to bear my testimony and i said..... i love you guys.....the ward is a very special ward..... thank you... hahaha i had to end because well you know how it is when you cry you cant talk nd then i started to choke on my spanish so i ended it hahaha it was great i really love this area. we usually only have 60 or 70 people come and well we set the goal to have 90 this week and well got is so awesome he helped us out with 91 yes!!!!!!!!!!! little by little we are helping this ward get out of this rut of apostacy haha i love it.

transfers come saturday we will see what happens the rules to the mission have changed. 9 months at the least the missionaries will have in one area hahaha and well i have 9. the zone leaders have mentioned to me that i will be transfered but i am not sure to be honest part of me says yes because something new would be nice but part of me says no because i dont want to leave this ward haha i love them so much. but only god know what will happen and like i always say "let thy will be done not my own" haha a little something i picked up from jesus hahaha

well good news well i am not sick anymore and i can handle the food good now. the only problem is that well i have a ulcer still i believe that it is the same one that i had way back when dad gave me a blessing and the recieved an answer from the ministering angels that that is what i have and that i had to drink milk and yogurt. but that is the reason that i have been getting sick. sister yenni and mama champo have some sweet potions that there ganna teach me how to do so that i can get rid of it. because if not well ulcers cause cancer ahaha and also they hurt i dont like it hahaha and i guess they are wanting to put a camera in my stomach pray that i wont have to do that please hahahah

family i love you all s omuch. i miss you a ton and i know that what i am doing is the lords work i am hoping by the time i am done with my mission well my 2 years i can say i served faithfully and diligently the whole 2 years i dont have plans to get lazy because i know that i dot have time to get lazy there is way to much work around here and if i get lazy my comp follows me and nothing gets done and we recieve a few stripes hahaha not fun i tell you but i know what i am doing is the right thing i hope that all of you have doing great i dont have a super story this week i am sorry but i love you all so much. incourage the missionaries to be obediante and to work hard help them as much as possible and with your calling fulfill them 100% because i know if you do then your family will be taken care of and i know that you will recieve blessing on high thats a promise from the lord himself and in these times we wont make on our own and that i know is true.

elder houston
ps love you!!

Aug 8

what a week its was pretty legit where do i start hahaha perfect idea. monday night.


ok so with yesenia. after typing yall a letter sayin everything was just perfect for this sister. well at night we had lesson with them about eternal familys. well we finished the lesson preparing to leave and the brothr jose says hermanos do more you have to do right now. and we said yes but no why whats up. well it turns out we have been missing so many problems!!!!!!!! they were about to get divorced!!! haha ya i know shocker they pulled out a ton of problems and it really punched me in the face and i felt like i didnt have my gaurd up stinkin SATAN i swear i was like no. they started talking about well maybe we should tell them that they shouldnt come anymore and left and right started arguing in front of us and my comp started to talk and i was in spiritual shock. i had no idea what was happening i just listened to there problems and then listened to my comp and listened to mthere problems hahaha but i was praying hard really hard so we took out our skillz!!!!!!!!! busted in with an activity. to help them see that they are both wrong and need to knock it off cause it aint helping and they both just humbled themselves and well we just worked by the spitit. like mitchell.....uhhhh Elder Houston i learned more about the atonement of jesus christ this wek i have literally watched the lord put his arms over his children and took away there burdens and they could finally stand up straigh. i saw it with my own eyes.... we taught the atonement what they need to do to save there marraige... there was one point in the lesson my comp asked. do you was to try to keep going? and yesenia said... i am tired of him i cant go anymore.... then to jose.. he says like she sayed i am tired of her i cant go more.... then i asked... jose do you believe that jesus christ can fix your problems and save you marriage? with tears in his eyes along with yesenia they both said yes.... so we busted out a spirit bomb and taught them what they have to do. then gave them homework. and invited them to repent for there sins and they did we asked yesenia with everything that is going on do you still want to be baptised? she said yes its my goal and with all my heart i want to be baptised.. the next day we did an activity that was super fun that really opened there eyes. there both literally came out and said hermanos i was wrong..on friday we had the interview and after the interview we did a family night. yesenia stood in front of us shared a scripture and started to cry and literally gave us eternal thanks for helping her and she shared her testimony with us and thanked us eternaly.on saturday she was bapptised sunday confirmed member of the church recieved the holy ghost and the same day the started talking to the bishop and couselers abut wha they have to do to go to the temple on the 27th of this month.i have seen the lords hands guiding his children this week again. i see it everyday and i watch and help my brother and sisters everyday in sorrow recieve hope...... they recieve hope and a lght in there eyes bright up.its the best feeling i have ever felt in my entire life and i wouldnt give it up for anything or anyone. i am eternally grateful to one you mom and dad and my family to have prepared me for this and 2 to my heavenly father to have accepted me as a servant diciple son missionary and ELDER to represent his kingdom here on earth. those of you who read my letters and maybe are passing some dificulties in your life or maybe thinking if you should go on a mission or no i invite you to also lose yourself in the lord his work his scriptures and prayer. i invite everyone to try it out. try out the work of the lord and you will feel what i feel. like i have said before... i am running my hands through the clouds of heaven. and i know its not the end and i pray that it will never end for me. put you eyes to the heavens and see what the lord has done not only for other but especially for you and then lose yourself. i promise you that there is no better feeling and there is no greater joy in your heart to hve helped your brothers and sister find what you have. find that happiness. i love you all and i thank you for your support.
elder houston
ps pictures baptism my brosepf elvis with there sweet hat and yesenias kids haha they like to wear my ties hahaha love you
i cant think of anything that i need more. idk haha i dont lke to ask cause i know there is not to much but if you could send me a little bit of money idk if you have already but i am out well not out out still got like 100 bucks hahaha thanks love you!!