HALF WAY HOME!!!!!

Can't believe Tori has been out 9 months!! Time is flying by.....hopefully for her it will slow down a bit! she loves serving her Heavenly Father and the people of Ohio!

Sister Houston's email
February 15, 2011

Hello family!
Happy Happy Valentines day!
How are you all doing??? I'm doing great. Sister Lyman and I are staying in Solon for another 6 weeks. But unfortunately we are moving out of the Nortons and into an apartment. The members who the Twinsburg Sisters are living with decided that having missionaries there is just not working out for them so they are moving to the Nortons and we are going to an apartment. We've been packing and moving all morning!
Anyways, Its been a good week. We saw Marlayn again on Sunday. She is doing better. Still grieving for her friend, but she says she is excepting it as it is and trying to stay positive. We had a great lesson on prayer and the member who came, sister white shared very simple but powerful expererience that she has had that really help Marlayn see the importance of prayer. At the end of the lesson we invited Marlayn to pray and she did without hesitation! There is something special about feeling the spirit when an investigator prays for the first time around you. As far as right now things are looking positive for Marlayn. She and her mom Felice and her two kids are planning on coming to church this Sunday! We hope they can make it.
Lets see not much else has happened this week....
Sister Lyman and i went on exchanges with the Twinsburg sisters! I stayed in Solon and Sister Lyman went to Twinsburg with Sister Morrell. It was a great experience and I learned so much in the day Sister Schwanke and i were together.
I also had an experience at site the other day that lifted my spirits! Because we don't get very many tours in the winter, we pull out the comment cards left by members who came through during the summer months and call and thank them for coming and ask if there is anyone in there life that they would like us to contact to see if they are interested in learning about the gospel. To give you an idea, of the 20 non members or so we call a day maybe 2 will accept to have missionaries come by. So I was talking to this member who came through last march with her family. They had done a church history tour and at some point along there trip a friend of hers came to her mind so she left her name on the back of the comment card for the missionaries to call. Well the missionaries called and the lady wasn't interested. The member had kept in touch with her through out the year and just last week the member said that her friend who she referred said she was ready to see missionaries! it was so cool to hear because we don't ever really get to see what happens after we call and talk to these non members. People are being prepared all around us and often times we don't get to see the impact we can have on them!
Oh and I also talked to Joseph Fish in the harmony ward! I don't know who he is but he knew me! heehee
Lets see...oh and guess what???? I hit my 9 month mark!!!! Oh my goodness! So so crazy. i can't believe that I've been out serving a mission for 9 months already! i'm excited for the next half of it! It will be great and hopefully it wont go by to to fast.
Well i better go! Thank you so much for my valentine goodies!! I feel so loved :)
I hope everyone has a fabulous week!!!!!!!!!


Love,
Sister Houston