Monday, January 25 2016

this week was full of driving and my butt still hurts from all the sitting!! so this week we had zone confrence in baton rouge and so we needed to drive there! anyways there was a big big accident on the freeway and we were stuck in the same spot for an hour and a half! so we ended up showing up to the confrence 2 hours late! we got there just in time for the missionary broadcast thing and that was pretty cool! didnt really learn much though, we spent 15 months talking about the same stuff. haha funny story, we were going to chic fil a for pday lunch and i was telling everybody about how i used to get free chic fil a and no one really believed me, so i ordered the usual number one sandwich. so i paid for it and was waiting to recieve my delicious sandwich. next thing you know she brings it out to me. now we are waiting for elder lisonbees sandwich (he orded a spicy chicken) and the lady brings out another number one and is like are you collin (yeah i use my first name, it sounds nice) and i was like yeah. she then hands me a second sandwich and i told her that i already had one but ill keep this one also, she just laughs and walks away! so even without the free coupon cards i somehow still end up to get free chic fil a! i dont know if you remember me telling yall about how i have this feeling i need to move to Minnesota. but i have increasingly large fan for the Minnesota vikings! i knew marshal was my favortie character from how i met your mother for more than one reason! well thats my time folks! thank you ill be here till november! elder horrocks

Tuesday, January 19 2016

things are going good here in new iberia! its hard to believe ive almost been out for 15 months!! time literally flies by. its unbelievable. it feels like by tomorrow we will be at disneyland again!! going through the new star wars land! i didnt like toon town anyways. so a little bit about new iberia. its a small town and everyone knows each other. there are a lot of sugar cane fields and the tobasco factory is right here on avery island. so im trying to make a trip to get grandpa some Tabasco. they got a few flavors that you can only get at the factory. it can also get pretty dangerous here. we dont work in the nicest neighborhoods. so we tend to watch where we go, especially at night. there is this lady we teach, her name is miss patt, and she literally runs the streets. she is like the mom for everyone here so the fact that we are some of her favorite people help us out a lot. she has definitely been a blessing to us! the people are all real nice here though. lots of old people, and they love us because we dont act like the kids out there. they like how we try to not act like the world. its been real nice here though, i love the people here. just wish there was more spanish. not a lot of spanish people live out in the country. loving it out here. elder lisonbee and i are virtually the same people so we get along really well! and pertaining to requests for the package.. ive been really missing my rc cars and planes so if you could send those out that would be awesome!! ha love yall! elder horrocks

Monday, January 11 2015

dang this has been one crazy week. so after being in nola for 5 transfers i have been sent up to the country where all we have are sugar cane fields and dangerous neighborhoods. not really much to talk about for this week. elder lisonbee and i are going to have way to much fun this transfer haha. the one thing i really have to share this week is this so we had stake confrence this week and i am back in the baton rouge stake so i got to see all the people that i served with/around back when i was in baton rouge! it was a lot of fun talking to the members because they all remembered me! but the coolest part was seeing this lady named denia, elder caldwell and i found her back when we were in chalmette and she moved up to baton rouge. anyway long story short the missionaries taught her in baton rouge and she ended up getting baptized with her whole family!! her husband gave the closing prayer at the saturday night session!! it was really cool seeing the fruits of your labor while you are out here struggling!! love yall! wouldnt mind some welcome letters or packages into the new area!! elder horrocks ps 1001 e dale st apt 1010 new iberia LA, 70560

Monday, January 5 2015

hey mom i am getting transfered this week so i will be getting a new companion and a new area. so if you were planning on sending anything wait for a little. ill be back on tomorrow to do that driver thing. we dont have enough time to do it today. dont really know what else to say for this week. cant really remember it. it was fun though. my scriptures are like small and they have everything in the set. like the bible, bom, dc, and pg all in one. love you mom!