Hello my wonderful family!
Thank you for the love and the early birthday wishes! You
ALL know how I hate getting older, but lucky for me my birthday is just another
day out here! wahoo!
Shout out to my amazing cousin Elise!! Congrats on your
mission call to MEXICO! Your going to tear the mission field up with your
testimony :) Go convert those lamenites cuz!
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We have had an incredibly crazy busy week. On the 4th I had
an exchange in Jersey City with some Spanish sisters. I was soo worried because
well I don't speak Española. I'm about as English as it comes..... It's a
walking area so the sisters do a lot of street contacting, we were walking down
the street this woman walked by us and I felt prompted to turn around and talk
to her.... the feeling was sooo strong that it stopped me mid stride, I turned
and introduced the church to her she said "sorry no hablo English" ha
luckily my companions could talk with her. Turns out this sweet woman was a
former investigator and wants to hear about the gospel again! Even though I had
NO IDEA what was being said...I could feel the spirit as my companions
testified about Jesus Christ! No matter what language is being spoken the holy
ghost will be there when we testify of truth. I absolutely Love the
GOSPEL!
While on the exchange I might have offended some Guatemalans
that had us over for a bbq, they had us eat a HUGE hamburger AND then a hot
dog... with all the sides I thought I was going to throw up! I could only eat
half the hot dog, but I chose that over throwing up all over their beautiful
patio.
We got together with all the missionaries in our zone the
night of the 4th. We have this Book of Mormon rap that is getting to be kind of
famous :) some members recorded it and we might be the new YouTube sensation ;)
We watched the fireworks at the Montclair Stadium, President Jeppson gave us
special permission to be out later for the fireworks. IT FELT SOO WEIRD to be
out so late. I honestly don't know how I was up that late before the mission?
Early to bed is where its at! I'm grateful for this free country and for
freedom of religion! It's an amazing blessing and all part of the wonderful
plan.
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Sister Dorneles goes on A LOT of exchanges so Sister Dotson
and I are solo for half of the week. on Saturday we went out looking for less
actives in the ward....to bring them back to the fold! Door after door after
door. Nothing. We literally had zero lessons. We were driving to see one more
person before curfew when Sister Dotson just flipped a Uey? (is that how you
spell it?) and said she felt prompted to see a different sister. This sister
was home! and told us that a month ago she made the decision to come back to
church, and she took us coming as the sign she needed. We shared a message with
her and asked her to say the closing prayer. While she was praying the spirit
was almost tangible. We could feel Heavenly Father's love for the sweet sister.
She started crying, we started crying, it was a humbling experience. She came
to church yesterday and it was one of the sweetest experiences of the mission.
I'm grateful that Sister Dotson was listening to the spirit and that this
sister is ready to act on her desires! I just love this work :)
This week is full of lessons and meetings! I wish I could
write about everything but the work is just really moving forward. My training
is almost over...I can't believe I'm almost at my 3 month mark! Time is
flying!
I love you all!!
Sister Houghton
Also! On my birthday ya'll should make a cake and eat it
too! PARTAY it up ;)
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