Hey!

I think im finally seeing what time must be to my father in heaven – each week feels like but a moment.

We’ll start with a funny experience for ya: 2 weeks ago a member from the lakecities brought me a box of stuff I left behind. While walking through the front office, the managers look at us with the box and jokingly asked if we had any chocolate in there. I looked and actually found some old holloween woppers and tossed it to them! They all cheered and then paused and asked, “Is this holloween candy?” I immediately said, “Yup!” and Elder Reed responded, “Uhh…” and the managers said, “Yall better get your story down strait before you come over here!” hahah

On Tuesday we had to drop Alex unfortunately. Tried not to make it a throw down, but sometimes its needed along with the witness of the spirit. We basically read a scripture chain that shouldve been read a couple years ago. Before we started the lesson, we used his phone to take a picture and deleted our number from his phone (youll see why). Started with Jacob 2:7 and just read the first line, “And also it grieveth me that I must use so much boldness of speech concerning you…” We told him we were going to be bold. Then we read to him 1 Ne. 3:7 and asked him if he believed that God could prepare the way for him to make it to church. He said he believed that he could. I told him that God had prepared the way every week and he chose not to. We then talked about commandments and then read in 2 Nephi 31 (which says in short) “If Christ needs to be baptized, dont you?” and he kept talking to us about he just needs to make that choice. We agreed. We then read to him Ezeik. 33:1-6 and told him that the 80 missionaries that have been in his home have sounded the trump.

Alex has used missionaries for service for the past 8 years with no intentions of joining the church, wont read, wont pray, wont come to church. When a set of missionaries decide to drop him (which happens every couple months apparently) he will just wait for missionaries to go through the old records again and come by to visit him. So he says he doesnt care if we dont stop by anymore, “Other mormons will be at my door in a couple months!” So we ensured that future missionaries wont waste their time by deleting our number from his phone and leaving a fat note on the teaching record.

We were on the phone with our district leader once and Elder Maun said, “I asked, will I recieve? Liberally and without upbraid?” and Elder Reed the district leader says, “Oh no, Ill definitely upbraid.” hahah

President Ames opened our eyes to something recently. He says, “Who uses the title, ‘Elder’? The apostles, 70 and missionaries. We are companions to the Apostles.”

A man named Will approached us in our apartment office this week and told us he hadnt been to church in 30 years. He said he took his girlfriend to Family Home Evening at his active brothers home last week. She cried and said she felt better than she ever has before. Will told her that he wants this for their future family and he wanted to do it the right way. He said he wants to get married in the temple and bring his girlfriend with him. We will teach them this week :]

We were out walking in the freezing rain soaked yesterday and turned to Elder Maun and said, “..the truth of God shall go forth boldly, nobly, and independent until it has penetrated every continent, visited every climb, swept every country and sounded in every ear until the purposes of God shall be accomplished and the great Jehovah shall say, ‘The work is done!'” hahah I thought it fit.

Lots of great things are happening here! Ive been in Hurst forever but I love the people! And I love YOU! random friend.

We’ll Thanks again for the letters and prayers! I feel them constantly. ’tis sweetish fish.

Love yall!

Elder Householder

Top: What the, Elder Reed. Bottom: Elder Maun, Elder Reas:

Elder Reed and I before needing to drop Alex:

Elder Reed busted my small blender while trying to blend a full apple…Yes children, do not do this at home:

Exchange with Elder Reed! trying to recapture a face he made a couple months ago:

How missionaries dry their stuff:

It sleeted! looks like snow!