GREAT WEEK IN HIRAM

Sister Houston's Email:
June 27, 2011

Hey family,
Its been another great week. Sister Morrell and I've seen a lot of success (or a butt load as Elder Houston would say heehee what a goof ball) His email made me laugh especially about his companion warming up to him after letting out some toots....heehee i dont think that would quite work for sisters do you? heehee What a silly goose. It sounds like he is doing great! Can't wait to here from him again.

Saturday we met with Vera and Christophe. We had an "un-planned" dinner with them and great conversation about...hmmm mostly the process of conversion and missionary work. (now as a side note: if i come home a little more round dont judge :) im trying to be Christlike and except that people just LOVE LOVE feeding missionaries..all the time. im sooo spoiled! :) ) Anyways, Vera is doing great. You can see the light of the Gospel glowing in her countenance. Its beautiful! Christophe...well lets just say he thinks way to much. Its difficult for me to explain this man. Through out the conversations that evening i found out that he believes in evolution, not Adam and Eve and that he is so concerned about the world, EVERYTHING that is happening in it. He knows something is coming soon and he's been working on getting home food storage :) Christophe is trying to change. He said that he doesn't believe this is true but wants to know. He has a desire to obey and follow Christ's teachings mostly because he wants happiness and strength in his family. He clearly sees this is the way. He'll change. I have hope for it. This family deserves the best. God wants it for them just as he does for all his children.

Also on Saturday, we met with a member who has been recently reactivated. Her name is Sister Lewis. What an amazing person she is. She has so much love for missionaries its ridiculous. Her husband Larry who is not a member has a ton of health problems. Poor guy. Basically lives on the couch. He has cancer and heart failure. Remember Linda? Well she is one of his caregivers that we were teaching for a little while. Because she lives in Ravenna's area we had to give her up to them...stink. She was there on Saturday too! Sister Morrell and I have been seeking for ways to involve Larry when we come over and teach Sister Lewis. Its hard because most of the time he is sleeping. Well we had met with her on Tuesday and really focused the lesson on families. She wants this for her family so badly. We tried to brainstorm with her things she could do with him and how she could approach it. Eventually we came up with the idea to come watch Finding Faith in Christ on Saturday. It turned out to perfect. Larry ordered us all pizza too (another "un-planned" lunch..heehee). This is such a beautiful DVD. Linda loved it too. We testified of Christ and shared how every individual can come to know him personally. This was a miracle all brought about by the Lord.

The Johnson Home was awesome. There was a man and his wife that came through from Utah. It turned out that he was the mission president for Jamaica in the 1900s. Some how he started talking about how there was no white girls allowed in his mission because of how dangerous it was. I thought of Sister Speakman! Ha and then asked if he knew that there were now sisters serving over there. He had no idea and his eyes lite up!!

so many other things happened this week. I wish i had time to tell you all of them!
The Lord's work is amazing.

I have a full heart today :)

I hope you all know how much i love you and how much your heavenly father loves you. Thank you for everything family! I hope that everyone has a fabulous week and be safe.

WRITE ME!!

Talk to you soon!

LOVE,
Sister HOUSTON