August 26th, 2013

welllll things here are just super great! -- is... well -- is --. same attitude but you gotta love him haha. he is great. cant wait for the big day! & -- is soooo great! so his parents are like way devout lutheran. and he grew up lutheran of course. so he went to san antonio last week to tell them he was getting baptized and his dad was supportive which was way surprising to him, and they said they were gonna come to the baptism. so a couple days ago -- called them to tell them when exactly it was and they said that they arent coming anymore cause they dont feel comfortable with it and they are disappointed in him. so he was obviously way down about that and he asked if we would come over so we did and we tried to cheer him up about it and he just kept saying how happy and excited he still is and he and -- kept talking about their plans for next year when they are gonna go and get sealed and it was just so amazing to see their happiness even though things are rough with his family. even at church yesterday he was just like I cant stop smiling im so happy! his testimony has grown soooo so so much. he always has to remind me that since I am converting him to the church that he is converting me to A&M hahaha.

I dont know why its such a struggle for me to think about what to even write you all. I can barely remember what happened this morning let alone the whole past week haha. so we have 3 baptisms coming up this month! crossing my fingers I get to stay! a lot of investigators who we are still in the process. but they will get there I know they will! The ward is crazy excited about all of the work going on. They havent seen so much success in years and so they are all jumping in and helping with the discussions and are being so welcoming to all of the people and they are just all so pumped about it all. The bishop called like 6 new ward missionaries yesterday which is huge! the work is just goin and its so fun.

I LOVE YOU ALL!!

xoxo sister huber

August 19th, 2013

sorry the emails are getting shorter mom. hahaha. its funny cause wherever we go I have this sense of urgency like we have to hurry and move on to the next place. its go go go all week and we have all these appointments we have to stick to a pretty tight schedule, so on pdays when we go out and do stuff or go out with a member and dont have some place to be, it stresses me out. so I probably just have gotten that way with writing you all and I feel like I have to go so fast and not take my sweet time haha.

it was temple week this week! a little sad cause we didnt get to see the new video. we have the ASL elders in our zone, and they dont have the translations done for it yet so we still saw the old one. but it was still great of course! always a good uplifting day!

I scored some huge points with -- this week. We went over there to teach him and he had the texans game on and we had a good 20 minute conversation about football hahaha. so I have to say thanks to mom for raising me to be a football fan. its definitely helping me out ;) just kidding. it was temping though so we had to take the lesson outside cause he didnt want to turn it off and I didnt need that distraction hahaha.

-- had his baptism interview yesterday and he is ready to go! the only thing is that the bishop might be out of the country that weekend of the baptism, and -- really wants him there. which means the date might get moved. we are praying he wont have to leave though.

we taught -- like 3 times this week. he is making huge progress. I know he was going to look at apartments today so that he can move out and be out of his house where his 'baby mama' he refers to as, is. He still has got the attitude goin on but thats something that will never change hahaha

-- came to church yesterday all dressed up in his white shirt and tie! he has been coming just in casual clothes so he really is started to take all this seriously it seems like haha. we are hoping to set a date with him this week.

Sister Lockhart and I have officially gotten the "feeling". All the missionaries get it when they know they are about to leave an area. We don't know which one it is, but one of us is gone. I am learning to just be okay with it and keep my happy face on and be excited for whatever is in store next!

Still loving every single second and cant believe how fast time is flying! I hope you all are doing great as always! love you!!

Poster they made for an investigator.

Zone Temple Trip

August 12th, 2013

hows everything in UT?! I cant believe that summer is almost over and everyone is starting school again! time flies by its so crazy.

another great week in good old spring texas! we had 4 investigators at church yesterday which we were really excited about! also the -- came to church!!!! they havent gone in years, and we have been visiting them each week and committed them to come! it was so exciting!

we had exchanges this week which was super fun. But its always so great when sister lockhart and I are reunited again hahaha. in each of our comp prayers we pray that we will stay together until christmas. we will see if thats what the lord has in store hahaha. 

-- is still doing so great! we finished all of the discussions and he is ready to go! he only struggled with one thing, which is his sweet tea hahaha. but we got past that and all is great! september 7th is the big day!

--. oh man. He has got some serious sass goin on hahaha. he calls me the blonde haired blue eyed girl. which is awkward cause I dont even have blonde hair. and whenever he talks super fast and I cant understand him he goes, oh I forgot I have to talk 'white' to you hahahaha. He thinks we are too proper. he is from the hood if that explains anything. We taught him a lesson on repentance yesterday. he is still on for his baptism next month. we just have a lot more to discuss with him before then! we got a big samoan member from the ward to help us with all of the lessons. -- likes to look down upon the 2 little white girls so we got some help and now things are real great! 

We had some other great lessons with --, --, -- and -- as well. still all progressing pretty gooood. The ward has been getting so involved and so excited about missionary work. Things have really picked up in this ward and everyone is just so excited about it! 

its temple week this week so that is exciting!!! we are excited to see this new video that everyone keeps telling us about! It is such a blessing that we have the houston temple just 15 minutes down the street from us. I love it so much :) 

It sounds like everyone is doing good :) Dont forget the Lord in anything that you do! that is when life gets just about perfect! I LOVE YOU ALL :) 

love sister huber 

August 5th, 2013

okay so seriously like, the best week EVER. the Lord is giving us so many miracles!!

-- set a date! He is getting baptized on september 7th :) We taught him the 4th lesson in the temple waiting room, which was SO neat. He was so prepared by the lord. Like -- is your ideal investigator hahaha. His wife is unbelieveably happy. she has been waiting for this for years now. It is so amazing to see this little family grow in the gospel.

But thats not all. We didn't just have one baptismal date this week... but 2!!!!

-- set a date for the 28th of spetember. Im not sure if I have ever talked about him before. He is a big scary black guy. And when I say scary, I mean scary. hahahaha the first time we met with him I was scared for my life. He has met with the missionaries for years now. His mom is a member. He is in his early 20's. He has had such a desire to be baptized, but he has a chastity issue. And he has never been willing to do anything about it. He has a few kids. And his girlfriend is living in the house. We explained to him what needs to happen if he wants to be baptized, and he told us that she is moving out before next month, and he is going to do whatever it takes to be baptized. So the date is set!

-- told us that he has baptism as a goal. There isn't a date, but he is reading the BOM and coming to church. He seriously just soaks everything in and loves it. He just feels a lot of pressure to be perfect after reading the for strength of youth pamphlet. But he is comin right along!

We doubled our investigators this week. Which is so crazy. We have about 6 progressing, and a few who are kinda stuck. But we will get them there!

We had zone conference this week! Super good as always. Sister Williams was there!!! we about died when we saw each other hahaha. we are set on being comps for our last transfer out here. so everyone pray hard! Also, sister lockhart and I need lots of prayers so that we dont get transferred!! This area has improved so so much and we have to stay. we have to haha. The lord is just pouring his blessings on all these people! being a missionary is the greatest thing in the entire world. its amazing the love that you get for the people in your area. its something you cant even explain really. If I could stay here my whole mission I would. But I know thats not how it works haha.

I love you all!! Hope everyone is doing great!

love,

sister huber

Zone Conference Picture... only one with Sister Huber from the conference on the Mission Website!

July 29th, 2013

So first things first here. -- IS GETTING BAPTIZED!!!!! he said YES (usually its maybe, or not right now but the time is coming) and we committed him to pray about a date with his wife and they are going to give us a date on wednesday! The Lord really is working so many miracles here. 

-- came to church yesterday, he is the 15 year old boy from the -- family that we are teaching. He wants to get a tour of the church and walk around the temple this week. He is seriously just soaking it all in its crazy. -- read the BOM in a week. She has a solid testimony of joseph smith, and said she is going to make it to church this week. her work schedule is hard, but the lord always provides a way! 

other than that, all of our other investigators are doing well and still progressing! 

We went to sushi the other night with one of our part member families. Oh my, I almost died hahaha. Quite the experience. I dont know how, but he got us to eat eel, and then since that wasnt enough, he pulled out the octopus. oh man haha its a miracle in itself that I got it all down. 

Missions are so great! Its so true that when you put 110% in it all the time and love everyone, its impossible to not just LOVE your mission. Seriously, lose yourself in serving others, and you will truly know what happiness is. You will notice a huge change in your life the second you start focusing on others and forgetting about yourself. 

I love you all!! And Jaden, I AM SO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!! Detroit doesn't know whats about to hit them! You will NEVER regret the decision to go on a mission. The best 2 years of your life are right ahead of you!!! Lose yourself in the work, and you will be amazed what can happen! 

Everyone have a great week! LOVE YOU!!! 

Love,

sister huber 

Sister Lockhart and Sister Huber

July 22nd, 2013

I cant believe that another week has gone by. the weeks seriously get shorter and shorter I swear! its crazy! 

last monday we had to get a new car. but dont worry! it wasnt my fault! hahaha. the elders made a slip and slide out of our car on pday last week when it started pouring rain, and of course they chose our car to do it on. and one of them slammed right into the windshield and shattered the whole thing haha. so we had to get a ride back to our apartment and had to stay there the rest of the night til they could get us a new one on tuesday. moral of the story is boys will be boys. even while they are on missions hahaha. 

we taught -- the first 2 lessons this week. and he also came to another baptism and he couldnt stop talking about the spirit that was there. he is SO prepared! he is just loving all of it! we also met with --, the excommunicated sister. we got her to open up about everything which is a huge step for her. she is thinking about having her baby get blessed in her home sometime. We visited a good amount of less actives this week too. --, an older lady who hasnt been to church in years. We read the book of mormon with her. And the -- sisters. They are 3 sisters who all live together. They have a strong desire to come back to church, but they all have bad habits like with smoking and drinking that they are working on fixing. They are too embarrassed to come to church, but love having us over. they are reading the book of mormon everynight, and their testimonies are so strong! its just a matter of getting past the addictions and getting them to church again. 

We taught the -- family the third lesson! The oldest son came to a youth activity this week and they are still wanting to keep learning more! they want to go to a baptism and see what that is like. they are reading the bom too. They are progressing slowly but surely! All of the kids are so curious about everything, and same with the mom, but the dad wants nothing to do with it. he is a very strong catholic and has no interest at all. So all of the lessons we teach are when the dad is at work. 

We saw the -- a couple times this week. Another part member family. We talked a lot about temples which they actually really really liked! We are meeting with them again this week. We are working on getting them to come to church. The dad wants to, but the mom is more hesitant. They are both members, and their oldest daughter is, but they have a 10 year old who isnt baptized. 

We got in to meet with the -- family, a less active family who the bishop has been trying to get in with but no one has ever been able to get in to talk with them. we FINALLY met them and they let us in and we had a really good lesson with them. They actually asked us if we would read the bom with them, so we started at the very front page and just started reading. we have an appointment with them this week to go back and teach them. 

the biggest miracle this week.. sister lockhart and I ran into this lady at our apartment complex, and we just started talking to her. her entire face was bruised and swollen, and she was embarrassed to even talk to us. but we started talking to her, and asked her if she was okay and if there was anything that we could do for her, and she just broke down in tears and told us how she is going through a divorce, and has no money. there are a lot of other things going on, but those are the main things I guess. so anyways we met with her back in her apartment, and brought her some food and stuff to get her through the week. She has no family to talk to, and is just really going through a lot of hard things. She asked us how she can be happy again, and it was seriously the most perfect opportunity to share the gospel with her. So of course we did! and she soaked it all in. The elders gave her a blessing, and she is coming to church. Its so amazing though because we didnt even work to find her. she literally just walked into us, and she even said that she knew that god put us in her path for a reason. talk about a miracle here!! She needed the gospel so badly in her life, and she has already found so much happiness in it. oh, her name is -- haha. 

I will end here with a confession. I told myself from day one that I was never gonna get in the habit of saying y'all. All of the missionaries here even say it and I never understood it. But like the people here make fun of you for saying 'you guys' and stuff like that haha. So the other day we were out and about and I guess it slipped cause sister lockhart was like you said it! oh my gosh you totally just said y'all! hahaha I like to pretend I didnt but unfortunately its gotten to me. its seriously like not controllable. I've tried to not but its just a thing you acquire down here i guess and sometimes you cant do anything about it. as long as I dont start typing my letters saying yall I will be fine with that hahaha. 

Keep the faith! Miracles happen every single day if you let god in your life. I have seen them every single day on my mission. He really does answer your prayers!! I love you all so much! 

sister huber 

The above mentioned Elders before the accident

Studying in the closet to stay focused after not being able to leave after the above mentioned accident

Sister (with her comp) who took them home after the accident
(Kim, she should look familiar to you from BYU foods class)

Rain...

...and the shattered windshield!

Yes we are in a house. Sleeping on the floor. I will not explain why because it's
probably better you all don't know. Let's just say Houston is not a safe haven like
good old Utah County!!

July 15th, 2013

just another week here in texas! there is so much going on that things that happened last monday and tuesday seems like they were a month ago haha. I will try to focus on the important stuff here.

---!!! he is going so great! we had dinner with his fam last week and had the best lesson ever. And I am in love with their little boy --- haha. He is my little buddy. He is obsessed with soccer and every time I see him he is wearing a houston dynamo jersey hahaha. thats the pro soccer team here I guess. So he got me to play with him and we played for like an hour I swear. I was like out of breath keeping up with that little boy. But anyways back to rob. He agreed to starting the discussions! Here is the thing with ---. He has gotten all of the lessons taught to him. He just never knew it. He didnt want to commit to the discussions cause by doing that, he says baptism is right after that. So in his mind, once he starts getting the discussions, he is committed to baptism. But we explained to him that he has already heard all of the lessons and he could seriously teach them to us because he knows all of the stuff so well. We also got him to stop procrastinating everything haha cause he keeps saying in a couple months he is gonna want to get baptized. He knows he is going to, and it is a goal of his, but he is scared because he doesnt wanna mess up once he is baptized. sooooo we talked to him about all that and we got him to let us start moving this process along! He is coming to a baptism on saturday with us again. And we are assigning him BOM chapters each night. He finally has that testimony of the bom and joseph smith, and that is the main thing that was holding him back. He already pays tithing even. And he isnt a member. Like he is so amazing! 

We had zone meeting this week, and we got a senior couple put into our district so that is kind of a new experience haha. Its funny cause now everything is much more reverent. We have a wild district so I'm sure the lord put this senior couple in it for a reason hahaha. 

We taught the --- family this week as well! We taught them the third lesson, and it went really good! They all had a bunch of questions about it and are still wanting to learn more and more! They came to a ward party that we had last week, and are all coming to the baptism this week as well. 

We taught --- again. A little rough with him. I dont know what it was but the spirit was not there at all and the lesson was just disappointing. Him and his wife never communicate with each other. So when we sit down for each of our lessons they both have something to say to each other that is not very nice! So it definitely kind of takes the spirit away and they both kind of get on edge with each other. So we committed them to read the bom together every night. --- texted us and said that it has been going well, and it has been helping them a lot. We will see what happens with them this week. --- is getting her patriarchal blessing and getting a temple reccommend this week so that she can go and do baptisms for the dead for her first time! They are getting there slowly but surely.

Transfers are this week! The assistants kinda hinted to us that we are both staying so that is good :) I think I will be here for a while hahaha. 

We are staying positive and putting all of our faith and trust in the lord! I think I kinda stressed myself out at the beginning of all this. But once I really put all my faith in the lord and realized all of these people are in His hands, it made everything a lot more simple. All our job is as missionaries is to work hard and listen to the promptings of the spirit and let Him guide us! He tells us everything that we need to do! 

You all are so great! Lots of love from the great city of houston!

sister huber 

Raining... sudden downpour!  Never dry out after that in Houston!

Decided to walk and got lost... even with a map!

Elders playing another prank on the Sisters!

Abandoned house they were told to check.  Last known address of a member of the Ward.