Elder Henry Horsley

Good heavens, something that has become abundantly clear to me since being a missionary is how much the gospel can change peoples lives. This week we had the opportunity to have our friends Keyjun and Shanti come with us to dinner at our Bishop's super nice house. It was so fun to be with everyone and the food was glorious. Elder Yee took home a family sized beef wellington portion of the cake at the end so that was cool (will elaborate later in the email). The highlight though was definitely the spiritual thought at the end. We watched this video that I like, and it is this guy who talks about how the gospel brought light into his life. I guess the video slapped because Keyjun was in tears for a good portion of it. I started talking about how we need to let our light shine to those around us and Keyjun looked at me and was like "can I add something?" and I was like "absolutely" He looks at this very young family and goes "I was hanging out with the wrong c...

One of the most influential films of all time, Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs, can actually teach us some very neat gospel principles. Tim Lockwood is the Dad of the ambitious young Flint Lockwood and they want two different things for Flint. Flint wants to make a machine that turns water into food (the FLDSMDFR), and Tim wants him to be the next owner of THE "Tim & Sons Bait and Tackle." There is a point in the movie where Flint feels like he has lost it all so he "throws himself away" and gives up on science and saving the world and quite literally he throws himself away. His father Tim waltzes his way over to his sons trashcan and is like "Son, when it rains, you put on a coat" and Flint is like "Dad you know I don't understand your fishing metaphors" and then Flint looks up and sees what his Dad is talking about. His Dad is holding up his science coat that Flint purposefully left behind. This scene is quite emotional and will leave...

A considerable portion of my mission has been spent thinking about myself. Whatever happened, whether it was good or bad, I would always think about how it affected me. This was an extremely mid mindset and it needed to be corrected. The best missionary I have ever met or will ever meet, Elder Barker (may he rest in peace (he finished his mission)) one day decided to give me an attitude adjustment. One time we were on an exchange and I forgot what happened but he kinda just without warning was like “This isn’t about you Elder Horsley. Stop pretending like it is.” When he first said that in my mind I was like “that was a dumb statement” but now I realize that that is the greatest advice I have received on my entire mission. When Jesus Christ was in the Garden Of Gethsemane do you think that He was focusing on Himself? No. He was not. He focused on you, because He loves you. After realizing that this advice might actually be useful, I decided to implement it. My goodness, my missionary w...

If you're a missionary that is reading this it is nearly impossible that you like your mission more than I do. The funny thing is that I arguably liked it the least out of all of us at the beginning, and now I 100% like it the most out of all of you, wow. But GOODNESS ME this week was incredibly miracle filled. I wish I could share every little detail of everything that happened this week, but nobody would like that other than mother and father (and possibly Elder Campbell idk). I could share literally a plethora of spiritual thoughts for this week, but the one I want to share for this email is about the hope that this beautiful gospel brings. So Peter Chen’s wife died this last week (very sad) and so me and Elder Campbell got to go back to go to a memorial for her. We pulled up and it was super nice to see the Chinese branch again (although they were absolutely savage at this event about a few physical flaws I apparently developed while I was gone) but it was so fun to see so many...

Welp I am officially a big fan of Easter. Throughout my life I have not put in an ounce of effort to understand the meaning or the significance of this holiday. Easter for me was go to church, take a picture in my church clothes with my family (often a contentious event), wear nice clothes to dinner, and probably watch a video about the resurrection and then I was finally freed and able to go have fun with the things that the Easter bunny graciously delivered to me. This Easter season I have found out that my Easter mindset was very mid. I have learned that Easter is so much more than I previously thought it was. For starters, I have come to the knowledge that Easter is a week-long celebration and not just a one day thing. I frankly was unaware that the Garden Of Gethsemane and the Last Supper and the other final events of Jesus Christ’s life were part of this celebration. Today in sacrament meeting while the sacrament was happening I was reading in my Bible in Luke 24 and it says “Why...