Week #103

Howdy y’all! Man the time keeps going faster. I can’t believe it! I hope that the week has been full of fun for each of y’all! This week has been great, and it has been heating up! I am definitely not going to miss this heat haha.

First off, I wanted to apologize about not sending weekly emails, I totally forgot about one and then I thought I have sent the next one, so that is why you are getting 3! Haha so here we go!

This week we had a lot of craziness happen again. It seems like the closer it gets to the end of the transfer, the more crazy and busy things get. I’m not complaining though, because I love being busy! It’s better to be busy than to have nothing to do while on a mission! 

We found a super awesome family this past week! They are the Torres family, and they have a mom and dad, and 5 kids! They are such a friendly family! We stopped by to try and contact them, and Juan (the Dad) answered and asked us to come back the next day, so we did and met Candy (the Mom), and 3 of their kids! They have such a strong faith in Christ, they have gone to our church before and loved it, and they all want to grow closer to God! We set up another time to come by and share our message with them, and they are super excited!

We also met someone who is going to play in the NBA (eventually). His name is Mataya (muh-tie-uh)m he is originally from Africa, but recently moved here from Cali. He is working on getting an agent to get into the League as we speak. He is super humble and very spiritual, and he said he really respects us because he lived in the hood in Cali and would see missionaries walking around in there, playing basketball with the kids, and brining hope and a smile to everyone. We talked to him at the bus stop, got on the bus, and missed our stop by two stops to talk to him haha. He said one of his regrets was not being baptized, and he has the desire to. We were stoked! We go back to see him on Wednesday, and we are really looking forward to it.

For my spiritual thought this week I have a verse from the Book of Mormon, Mormon 9:21, which reads;

“21 Behold, I say unto you that whoso believeth in Christ, doubting nothing, whatsoever he shall ask the Father in the name of Christ it shall be granted him; and this promise is unto all, even unto the ends of the earth.”

I know and can testify that God hears and answers our prayers. He will always listen to us. He will answer our prayers, in His way and according to His timing. We have a way to communicate with our Father in Heaven any time, any where. Prayer is one of the best ways that we can build and strengthen our testimonies, and is something so simple to do. Turn to the Lord in prayer, and I promise that He will hear you and answer you. I say those things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

Have a wonderful week this week! Until next week! God speed!

Elder Houssian