Mom's Letter

Beautiful Mother,

Remember when you tried to make us call you that when we wanted something? That was great, haha! Everything is well here; I hope all is well with you.

Thank you for sending the cards, I appreciate it! I did get McKenzie's box, and I'm so excited for them to have a little baby girl! I'm going to have a niece! That's so crazy!! They are going to make great parents; McKenzie, especially, has great role models to look to in both you and in Dad.

Best of luck with the bored children and youth conference. I'm honestly not sure which seems more intimidating!

Thanks so much for the recipes! Members can sign up to have us over for dinner, so we usually have 2-3 dinner appointments a week. We're on our own the rest of the time. I'm going to have to learn to be smart with my money, but I think I'll manage fine.

I haven't been too great about exercising in the mornings...I did sit-ups my first couple days, but it's kind of fallen by the wayside. It's one of the things I need to work on. As for Sundays, we just go to the one ward. Our area actually covers 3 cities/towns and several small communities, and they all go to the same ward. The chapel is usually about half-full...It's nothing like Mesa...

Our ward mission leader is awesome, and totally willing to do just about anything for us! He's no President Jarvis, but who is?? That's so cool that he was called to serve under a seventy! And I know Brother Allen will do a great job in his stead.

I love you so much, Mom! I wish I would have done more to show that love before my mission. Thoughts of you are part of what drives me to do my best while I'm here. Thank you so much for everything.

Love,

Elder Huston

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Coming at you from the GKLM (Great Kentucky Louisville Mission)!

Current Mailing Address:
Elder Zane Huston
103 Bourbon Hills Dr
Apt #3
Paris, KY 40361

week 5

Hey everyone!

Sorry for the second Tuesday email in a row! They actually switched our preparation day this week so we could make better use of the holiday.

I almost can't believe that another week has gone by already; time truely does fly when you are in the service of the Lord! My companion and I have taken to inspired tracting. Basically, we pray for inspiration on where to go and when, then we go there and start knocking on doors. It hasn't failed yet! We consistently see the Lord's blessings in our lives and in the work as we seek His divine counsel.

The first time we tried this particular format of seeking inspiration, we thought that we had failed in our efforts. The street we had both been drawn to was a small back alley with no houses on it. There were a couple of houses on an adjacent street, but there was no answer at either. We thought that we had failed. But as we drove off, my companion saw someone mowing their lawn and felt impressed to go help them. They refused our help, but as we walked away, we decided to talk to a gentleman who was sitting outside his house. He was very kind, and accepted our invitation to have us come by and share a message with him sometime! Had we not heeded the promptings we'd received, we probably would not have had the opportunity to teach him.

Brothers and Sisters, God has not abandoned us. He continues to communicate with mankind each and every day, through inspired leaders and to each of us personally through the Holy Ghost.

I love you all, and I appreciate the prayers you offer on my behalf and on behalf of my fellow servants. I feel and see their influence throughout each week. God bless you all!

Sincerely,

Elder Huston

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Coming at you from the GKLM (Great Kentucky Louisville Mission)!

Current Mailing Address:
Elder Zane Huston
103 Bourbon Hills Dr
Apt #3
Paris, KY 4036

Elder Huston week 4

Hey everyone,

Wow, I am not doing so well with this weekly email thing! I'll be honest, my priority is to email my loving parents, so a lot of time goes to that.

I've been in the GKLM for one week now, and I love it! It is so great to be serving the Lord by helping to spread His Gospel to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people! Paris, KY is actually a lot like Paris, France! At least, it is according to Sister Herrera; I wouldn't know, haha.

We spend a lot of time finding new people to teach. It is true what they say: member missionary work is wayyy more efficient. So, try to find some referrals for the next time the elders stop by. It will make their Day!

I love and miss all of you, and continue to keep you in my prayers. God bless!

Sincerely,

Elder Huston

P.S. Sorry, this should have gone out yesterday, but I forgot to send it.

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Coming at you from the GKLM (Great Kentucky Louisville Mission)!

Current Mailing Address:
Elder Zane Huston
103 Bourbon Hills Dr
Apt #3
Paris, KY 40361

Mom letter week 2

My Wonderful Mother,

Thank you so much for helping me get Frances ready for endowment! It means alot to me that you would go to all of that trouble! 

I had the thought to check if I had any female ordinances reserved that I could ask the sisters to do. When I saw that I had the endowment reserved for Frances, I had the feeling to ask one of our struggling sisters to do the work for her. After I printed the ordinance card this morning, I asked again to confirm that initial prompting. I was actually prompted then to ask a different struggling sister to perform the work! I'm still not completely sure, why (maybe it was just to be a kind gesture), but I have the feeling that it did help her, in some way. I hope all of that makes sense...

 I did get the first package, and everything was exactly what I needed. Thank you so much!!! I still feel so selfish, asking for all of these things... I want you to know how much I appreciate it! What can I do for you? Pictures? Longer emails? Letters? Just say the word.

I'll be calling at 4pm MDT on Sunday (I believe that's 3pm Arizona time), and we don't get to skype, just call. I imagine you want me to call your cell number, but let me know if you want me to call a different one.

I am having a lot of fun! And I pray for you every day, too. Thank you, Mom. I can never, EVER say that enough. I love you SO much!!!

Love,

Elder Huston

P.S. Thanks for the Cinco de Mayo stuff, too! 

Play time with the Cinco De Mayo box Emily and Mom sent

Week one and two

Hello Everyone!

Sorry for not sending an email out last week, but I failed to budget my time well. Thus, I ran out of it. I will strive to be more diligent from now on, but don't be concerned if I miss a week now and again.

I have been in the Missionary Training Center for two weeks now. I have been called to be the district leader of District 31C, giving me charge over the well-being of the seven other amazing elders and sisters in our district, as well as the training of new district leaders. The district leader of the newest district is none other than Elder Rylan Cluff, who was one of my good friends in high school! What a coincidence that we'd end up in the same district! (Or a marvelous blessing from our Father in Heaven!) I've also run into Elder Cade Westlake a couple times, and he has since shipped off to North Dakota.

I'm learning so much about spreading the Lord's Gospel!

I love and miss you all, and I hope all of you are doing well. I continue to keep you in my prayers.

Sincerely,

Elder Huston

Mom's first letter

My dearest mother,

I miss you and all of the family so much. But I am having a great time!

My companion's name is Elder Johnson, and he is from North Salt Lake, UT. He has a great spirit (he kind of reminds me of Danson Brinkerhoff). I LOVE the food here! There's always a variety of things to try, as well as familiar things. My favorite so far has been the cordon blu (sorry, I probably spelled that wrong). I did get a messenger bag. My favorite part has been TRC's, where we get to practice teaching investigators. We do get to go to the temple, and I got to go for the first time today. The Provo temple is so beautiful, and it was a very spiritual experience. Yes, I did get the Krispy Kremes. Thank you!

As far as things I need, there are a couple of things I realized I should have brought:

-OTG Cable (might have to Google that one. I had one on my desk in the workshop, but I don't know if it's still there. If not, they should be pretty cheap online.)

-USB SD card reader

-My portable document scanner (I think it's under that little brown table against the back wall downstairs)

-a Bluetooth keyboard/TouchPad would be nice (I have a cheap one saved-for-later in my Amazon cart)

The first 2 are most important as far as I'm concerned, because they'll let me send more pictures to you! :)

I'm SO sorry that I didn't have time to write more. The day got away from me; I'll try to make it a bit longer next week! And please give my apologies to anyone that I don't have time to respond to.

With SOOO much love,

Elder Huston