Elder Nicholas Furphy - T. H. E. Mission (Texas Houston East Mission)

So literally we didn't have any pasta this week, but it's a fun phrase guys, c'mon. Elder Hodson was sick and needed water, so we came to the rescue  (Elder Ferrell, Elder Butterfield, Elder Hodson, me) Hello all! I hope y'all are having a great last day of the year!!! 2019 is ending and 2020 is here bayBEEEEEE!!!!!! I'm so pumped (the Olympics are this year y'all, who wouldn't be pumped). But, Elder Butterfield and I did a good job this week. We were able to find 4 sweet people to teach and they all want to learn more about the gospel, so that'll be sweet! New transfer Board Nothing super huge happened this week, since Christmas.   But, we got transfer news and I am being transferred. I am going to Pasadena, in the Houston East Zone.     My new comp is Elder Harward. He's a pretty cool dude, from what I hear, so I'm pumped. I have loved being in Oakhurst and helping 3 people enter the waters of baptism. Mark, Sarah and M...

Hello, hello one and all!!!! It's CHRISTMAAAAAAS!!!! I super love Christmas and all it has to offer! Here are the updates y'all: - Sarah and Monique got baptized! They are so awesome and it's been an honor to have been able to teach them. They are part of such a fun family and they continually want to learn more about the gospel. It's so cool to see how the Holy Ghost can help people to learn more and guide them. It's super awesome helping people come closer to Jesus Christ. Sarah and Monique's baptism!!! - Mark got the priesthood and a temple recommend! He is super excited to go to the temple and help out his ancestors 😁. He has become so happy and he is full of joy. He truly understands what it means to take upon himself the name of Jesus Christ. - We went caroling on the 23rd and it was so much fun lightening people’s nights. You could just see the joy that entered them when they opened the door and got to listen to Christmas songs. ...

Hello all!!!!! So guess what???????? MARK GOT BAPTIZED!!!!! That was super exciting. He has been taught for the last 8 months and he has finally entered the waters of baptism. He has grown so much and has been able to feel the spirit so much in his life. It's so cool to see how the gospel can change people for the better. Super cool. Mark's baptism BUT yeah, this last week was pretty cool. We were able to go on exchanges with Elders Huish and Romney.     I went with Elder Huish in the K3 area and it was super cool! It was a bike area.   We surprisingly met a lot of people biking in the cold rain. We used the “Light The World” initiative to contact people.    All who listened really liked the idea of doing small acts of service throughout the month of December. Go to  lighttheworld.org  and sign up for service! It'll be super sweet.  My bike getup.  I found a lizard. One cool thing on the exchange was...

What's good y'all????? I am having a blast here, in Porter, and we are finding a lot of success 👍 . I know it's only possible because of the Lord though. Sorry I'm super bad at writing, but I don't have a lot of time left to write today. But hey, here we go. Elder Butterfield and me Elder Butterfield (sleeping) and me So, we had MLC (Mission Leadership Conference) this week.    We learned a lot about how we can be better at finding and helping the people we have progress to baptism. We talked about how we need to not let fear into our heart, because that's how Satan gets us down. It was super cool, because when we build our faith, we become more confident in what we have to share.  Batman, Robin and Joker Christmas Decorations Then, we went and shared what we learned with the Districts in our Zone, on Friday, and got some pumped missionaries ready to go find people to teach. Then, we went to the temple with some of our recent ...

Hey y'all! What's been happening???? I've been super good.   This week has been really good with the work!  Me and Elder Gregory biking   Cleveland Squad  Me and Elder Butterfield  Me and the lizard Quick updates: 1. We got STUFFED at 2 meals for Thanksgiving and one of the people made the same sweet potato casserole that my mom makes. That was very nice.  Thanksgiving @ the Nielsons    The warrior Elder Huish deep in thought  2. Mark is progressing very well and is off of cigarettes for the past 3 days. HE'S DOING SO WELL!!!! He is making progress towards the 14 th , for his baptismal date. 3. Our downstairs neighbor assaulted his wife (pregnant with twins) nand so we called the cops and now he is in jail 🤷 🏽 ‍♂ ️   Me and a snowman    Me and Santa  Me and a penguin  I am terrible at writing these but I know y'all love them, so I'l...