Elder Henry Horsley

Hello everyone this week was splendid and I miss you all so very much. Today’s spiritual thought is quite sad, so if you are not in the mood to feel sad let me suggest skipping these next 2 paragraphs. So there is a family here in Tyler that I have gotten really close to. It is a Dad and he has 2 daughters who are 9 and 12. His 9 year old daughter reminds me a lot of my 8 year old sister sister Jane, she is like so funny and nice and upbeat and as soon as I met her she just was the nicest person to me. Once she found out that I like Disneyland she absolutely bombarded me with Disneyland questions it was so wholesome. The 12 year old is much more shy and reserved but I started talking about Roblox one time and now we’re tight. The Dad is a super nice guy and works super hard because he loves his daughters so much and is trying to give them the best life he can. So you get it, a super nice family and I just love being around them. The Dad came up to me at church one time and said that th...

Before I knock on any door I always have the exact same fantasy play through my head. I always imagine someone opening the door crying and saying “Elder Horsley where have you been all this time?” I would always respond and say “I am so sorry I took so long but I am here!” And it would just be super dope and we would just absolutely rejoice together. So this kinda happened today but it was different than I expected. There was a lady that just randomly spawned at church today and her name was Sveta. We talked to her and she was saying that she has been going to Mcdonald’s and Subway to find the missionaries. If this was me and Elder Campbell we would’ve found this woman instantly (we got mcflurrys at mcdonald’s quite often haha). But here in my new area me and Elder Brown don’t go to Mcdonald’s that much. But she found her way to church all alone and was so excited to meet us and wanted to learn how to speak better English and she wanted to know Jesus Christ. This whole week I was sick ...

Alright let me tell you quite the tale from this week. So pretty much throughout my mission I have been carrying some sin and it wasn’t really taking that much of a toll on me at the beginning of my mission, but recently it became something that was super difficult for me. I was like dang this sucks and I tried to pray for forgiveness and finally become worthy again, but it just didn’t happen. Anyways it became too much to handle and I decided on Sunday night that I needed to repent. I genuinely thought I was gonna get sent home and it was super scary, but the guilt that I was living in was worse than that. So I thought I was gonna get sent home and instead then they were like “we’re making you a district leader. Also your repented.” And I was like “heavens what.” I was honestly terrified and I felt scared and completely unworthy of this, but I have learned two of the most important lessons of my entire life this week. Number one is that repentance is nothing to be scared about and it ...

Goodness me, I hit 6 months of being a missionary tomorrow. Some people may view these 6 months as a waste of time. I guess I could have done a semester of college, or if I was at BYU gotten married perchance, or maybe landed myself a nice internship without any pay (shoutout Calder). But no. I have given these last 6 months of my life to God. I have had no economic gain (except for my stocks hooray) and I have been separated from my family and friends. So why would these 6 months be a good thing? The world says that this is the worst possible way to spend your time and that this will make you anything but happy. The world will tell you the only way to be happy is to focus on yourself and what your desires are. The world is wrong though. Let me tell ya, these 6 months have brought me joy and happiness that I could have never predicted. Serving others by bringing them to the gospel is such an amazing way I have gotten to spend my time and such a wonderful thing that has made me so happ...