Good bye to Sister Stewart....tears
Cute little waterfall in SolonSister Lyman and Sister Houston
Sister Lyman and Sister Houston outside the Kirtland Temple after the program 
Yummmmy!!! 
Good bye to Sister LymanWell alot going on in this email.....Transfers again and NO she isnt going to Oklahoma...... but her brother Mitchell is. He got his call and is leaving May 25th. SAD cause they wont see each other for Three and half years but they will get to talk on mothers day!! Super excited for that!!
So Tori is getting transfered but she doesn't know where to yet, she will know on wed. Also her trainer Sister Stewart is heading home to Utah. Sister Houston spent 4 months with her when she first got to the mission. Sister Stewart was a great example for Tori and taught her well!! Tori will miss her!! But on to new adventures!!
Sister Houston's email
March 29, 2001
hello family!!!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! TULSA OKLAHOMA!!! Whooohoooooo
Im so surprised!!! I was not really expecting to get on today with the news! How long did it take to get your papers back?? That seemed so fast! Everything seems to go by so fast these days! Im proud of you Mitch and very excited. AND i get to talk to you on mothers day still!! May 25th! Thats just around the corner. It seems like just yesterday that I was opening my call to leave in May! Crazy Crazy!!! Oklahoma is lucky to be getting you. Be the best missionary you can be! You will grow to love it! Its a perfect place. Haven't you always wanted to be a cowboy??? heeheee now you get the chance! I think, right? Its cowboyish there isn't it....i don't even know where Oklahoma is! oh boy boy...Back to school as soon as i get home :)
Well, i'm getting transferred. Yup. There are 3 Kirtland sisters going home and none coming out, one of which is my trainer sister stewart.....tears...lots and lots of tears. I can't believe she is heading home! I am sad to leave Solon, but excited for whats to come. There are so many options!! There are alot of sisters being transferred. I'll be staying in the Kirtland area i'm sure. They wouldn't send me out full pros again. It would be very unusual if they did...but who knows :) i'm a very unusual person right :) Anyways, you can keep sending my mail to the Kirtland Visitor Center.
Its been a great week. This morning after studies we headed over to ihop to have breakfast with our district....yum yum blueberry pancakes! Then us four sisters, sister hatch, morrell, lyman and i went to chagrin falls to take a picture of the water fall! its finally melting! its just little but really pretty and such a cute town. It was fun!
On Sunday it was the 175th anniversary of the Kirtland Temple dedication. The stake put together a nice program to honor the day. There was one at 7:00am and then another a 6:00pm...same speakers at each. Since the Temple is limited on seats you had to have a ticket to get in and all the rest could watch it being broadcast in the visitor center there at the temple site or down the street at the church building. For the missionaries they drew names out of a hat to decide what time and if you could go be in the temple. Guess what?? Sister Lyman and I got to be in the temple!!!! We are so so SO happy we were able to. It wouldnt of be the same experience watching over a screen! Elder Selden spoke (the seventy), our mission president, Karl Andersen (who is like the Kirtland man, i guess he's written lots of books about Kirtland), and a few other speakers. The music was BEAUTIFUL and one of my favorite parts. They had a choir, violins, flutes and even a harp! At the end of the program The Spirit of God was sung and the spirit was brought so powerfully!! I can't even describe the feeling! It was incredible experience to be apart of.
After Sunday I walked away with a greater love for Kirtland and a greater appreciation for the opportunity i've been given to serve here. How did I get so lucky to be among such sacred grounds?? This is where so many turning points for the restored gospel took place! Where the savior himself appeared!
What a great week.
Well I better get going. I love you all so much!!! Can't wait for conference!!! I'll be thinking about you!
Congrats Mitchell!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
Have a fabulous week and don't forget to write me.
Love,
Sister Houston
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! TULSA OKLAHOMA!!! Whooohoooooo
Im so surprised!!! I was not really expecting to get on today with the news! How long did it take to get your papers back?? That seemed so fast! Everything seems to go by so fast these days! Im proud of you Mitch and very excited. AND i get to talk to you on mothers day still!! May 25th! Thats just around the corner. It seems like just yesterday that I was opening my call to leave in May! Crazy Crazy!!! Oklahoma is lucky to be getting you. Be the best missionary you can be! You will grow to love it! Its a perfect place. Haven't you always wanted to be a cowboy??? heeheee now you get the chance! I think, right? Its cowboyish there isn't it....i don't even know where Oklahoma is! oh boy boy...Back to school as soon as i get home :)
Well, i'm getting transferred. Yup. There are 3 Kirtland sisters going home and none coming out, one of which is my trainer sister stewart.....tears...lots and lots of tears. I can't believe she is heading home! I am sad to leave Solon, but excited for whats to come. There are so many options!! There are alot of sisters being transferred. I'll be staying in the Kirtland area i'm sure. They wouldn't send me out full pros again. It would be very unusual if they did...but who knows :) i'm a very unusual person right :) Anyways, you can keep sending my mail to the Kirtland Visitor Center.
Its been a great week. This morning after studies we headed over to ihop to have breakfast with our district....yum yum blueberry pancakes! Then us four sisters, sister hatch, morrell, lyman and i went to chagrin falls to take a picture of the water fall! its finally melting! its just little but really pretty and such a cute town. It was fun!
On Sunday it was the 175th anniversary of the Kirtland Temple dedication. The stake put together a nice program to honor the day. There was one at 7:00am and then another a 6:00pm...same speakers at each. Since the Temple is limited on seats you had to have a ticket to get in and all the rest could watch it being broadcast in the visitor center there at the temple site or down the street at the church building. For the missionaries they drew names out of a hat to decide what time and if you could go be in the temple. Guess what?? Sister Lyman and I got to be in the temple!!!! We are so so SO happy we were able to. It wouldnt of be the same experience watching over a screen! Elder Selden spoke (the seventy), our mission president, Karl Andersen (who is like the Kirtland man, i guess he's written lots of books about Kirtland), and a few other speakers. The music was BEAUTIFUL and one of my favorite parts. They had a choir, violins, flutes and even a harp! At the end of the program The Spirit of God was sung and the spirit was brought so powerfully!! I can't even describe the feeling! It was incredible experience to be apart of.
After Sunday I walked away with a greater love for Kirtland and a greater appreciation for the opportunity i've been given to serve here. How did I get so lucky to be among such sacred grounds?? This is where so many turning points for the restored gospel took place! Where the savior himself appeared!
What a great week.
Well I better get going. I love you all so much!!! Can't wait for conference!!! I'll be thinking about you!
Congrats Mitchell!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!
Have a fabulous week and don't forget to write me.
Love,
Sister Houston
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