It was a SUPER Cool Experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Email received Dec. 10, 2012

(Pictures will be posted soon! Having technical difficulties on my end.)

I got to kinda "talk" to him again while he was online.  

He's doing really well but has mixed feelings about being transferred in a couple weeks.  I sure hope he gets his package soon!

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everything's going good here. Well this last week has been SUPER stressful but it's all good. It turns out that Carlos never got married so we couldn't baptize him...Also none of our investigators came to church even the one who we walked to her house to pick her up...But it's all good, I'm trying to keep a positive attitude about everything. It's just hard sometimes...But it's all good. 

The Christmas party was SUPER fun!!!!!!!!! Ha ha we had some gringo food, ham and turkey but we also had rice. But it was fun!!!!!!! My package still hasn't come but changes are in a week and a half so I might get it then. I talked to President Ward and he told me "Elder Houghton this is your 3rd change in Pedregal, you'll probably have changes." And Changes are on the 20th. So that being said, I can't really plan with you guys when exactly I'm going to call yet because I don't know where I'll be or who my comp is going to be. But I do need you to make me a skype account. President hasn't said anything about not using Skype. So unless he says anything I'll be Skyping you guys!!!!! But like I said I don't know exactly how or when it's going to go down because I'll be in a new area with a new comp. I emailed president and asked him how I can get it all worked out so hopefully by next monday I'll know what's going on. Also President gave us some pretty cool things. He gave us a mini preach my gospel and he had some ladies make us Mola temple bags which are also pretty dang SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yeah I'm SUPER excited to talk to you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It doesn't even feel like Christmas here. It's CRAZY HOT and not very many people put up any decorations. But we're making the most of it!!!!! I put up some pictures and a few videos from the Christmas Party and also the past few P-days. But yeah I'm SUPER excited to talk to you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I only wish I knew what exactly was going on. But it's all good. I'll find out sooner or later.

So something cool happened the other day that I want to share. So we had to go work with the Hermanas in our district for a day because Elder Harr is the district leader and that's how you have to go on divisions with the Hermanas. Anyway, we were in their area and we were teaching this one recent convert who was freaking out about the temple recomend interview she has next week. But anyways we were teaching her and I felt the spirit SUPER strong to share the promise of the book of mormon in moroni and apply it what she was feeling. But anyways, I hadn't ever felt that strong to share something. So I shared it. I told her that even though it says to ask if the Book of Mormon is true that you can apply it to everything in our lives. And it was super cool because she stopped freaking out about it and said "alright I'll pray about it and God will help me to know if this is right." It was a SUPER cool experience!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways it looks like you guys are doing GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!! That picture of Cole made me laugh SO HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That kid is such a hypster!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha ha and I didn't expect anything different from the score of the game. When it comes to other sports besides Golf, us Houghton's fall a little short ;) And that name of their team is SUPER FUNNY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Ha ha but that picture where he's jumping in the air is HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!

Anyways,  tomorrow we're going to the temple which I'm SUPER EXCITED about!!!!!!!!!!!!! The temple here IS SUPER COOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, Daddy wanted me to tell you guys how the poeple here are. The people here are cool. They're very nice and almost everyone will invite you in to teach them the word. But that's all. Ha ha they ALWAYS say, "Well I'm Catholic and I'm always willing to listen to the word of God but I'm Catholic and my family is Catholic I can't change." or they say, "There's only one God so it doesn't matter which church I join as long as I follow God." or my favortie thing people say is this, "Si Dios quiere." Which means, "If God wants" it's just a saying that they say for EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!! Ha ha but I think it's so funny when they say it after we ask them if they will go to church. Because it's obvious that God wants them to go to church. Ha ha but it's funny. But yeah the people are really nice and really funny!!!!!!!! The only thing that is hard is getting them to keep commitments. But they're good people. Also the Kunas (the native indians here) are pretty cool!!!!! They make Mola and one of their stories from they're heritage is a person dressed in white coming from the Sky and blessing and teaching the people. So when we teach them 3rd nephi they are SUPER receptive to it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Which is pretty sweet!!!!!!!! 

Anyways, everything's going good here. Hopefully I'll be able to give you some more information about calling. But as for now just make me a skype account and I'll give you more details about it next week. Anyways, I love and miss you guys SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!