Monday, October 26, 2009
Hola familia, So things are going great here. Time really is going by fast now... each week feels like a day. Its great! I leave 6 weeks from today! Well the food is pretty darn good. I feel like I'm eating a lot but I'm eating pretty healthy stuff. I think I've probably gained like a pound or two but I feel and look the same. The quarintine building is by the area where you pick up sack lunches. On the north side I believe. Its starting to get pretty cold here. My face was freezing on the way to the temple this morning. Its supposed to snow a little bit this week I think. It makes me miss Arizona. And yes I love the weather forecasts. You should some me like 2 a week with dearelder that shows Provo and Chile. That would definitely make me happy. And definitely keep me up to date every now and then with the cards and the suns. And I don't mind about sydney. I figured she was bored and lonely without me anyways. So everything else here is awesome! The devotionals and firesides are always the best. And I love being in the choir. Español is going pretty fast. Our district is pretty advanced because most of us have had spanish before. We actually taught the first lesson in español a couple of times last week. It was definitely simple and short but we got through it pretty good! I love learning spanish, my friend from back home, Elder Bishop and I usually meet up Sundays at the temple and we have conversations in español because he's gonna speak it in Jackson Mississippi. Kind of crazy. To answer Clayton's question, I think the letter my mission president sent me said I can only listen to church hymns or something strict like that. Oh well, we'll see. And don't worry about not sending me packages, I just want some more ties. Clayton should send me like 3 including that yellow one :) Oh and I'll send some pictures in a week or two. I have like 5 left in my camera to take. Well the Spirit here is amazing and I love studying and preparing to go serve the people in Chile. The time is going to fly and I'll be gone before I realize it. I know that I won't truly learn the language till I've been there for a while but I really do feel like I'm getting a hang of the grammer and verb conj. and stuff. Especially since I already knew most of that stuff. But I can learn it so much faster here in the MTC with the help of the Spirit. It feels like I can remember so much more. Well, thanks for the emails. I was surpised everyone wrote me.. you probably had to pull Clayton's ear. But thanks! Keep sending me forecasts and other news. Vos ama! Adios. Elder Webb
Monday, October 19, 2009
Querido familia,
Thanks for the nice short little emails. It was good to hear from you Mom and Dad during the week. Whats Clayton been up to? Is he married yet or what?
Well things are going good here. I havent really seen anyone thats sick because as soon as they do get sick, they send them off to the quarentine building. But yeah we're pretty isolated here in the MTC so no one really gets sick. I got a flu shot and my second Hep A shot the second day I was here so I'm good on shots. I paid 83 bucks cash for them. Well, Time really is starting to fly by. We're learning the lessons pretty fast and teaching them a lot. And we still have a lot of spanish to learn but we're speaking it a lot and learning fast. I'm excited to get to Chile and actually be immersed in it. Our district is really good and we get along well. I was called as district leader last week, I wasn't very excited for it at first because we already have so much to do but I like it because its a great opportunity to serve the other eleven elders in our district. We're all going to Chile Santiago North except for two who are going to the Guatemala MTC next week.
My departure date is December 7th. Its a monday I believe. The weather up here was cold for a bit but now its kind of warm. I think it will cool off soon. This morning when we woke up and started walking to the temple, there was lightning outside and it started to rain on us so we sprinted up the hill as fast as we could. Its pretty tiring. I love the temple up here, its really nice to just relax and feel the spirit after a tough week of work. Its going really good though and I love the experience up here. We're learning a lot and growing through the Spirit and learning to teach with it. I love teaching the lessons and going to the RC and talking with people. And thanks for helping pay for my mission madre y padre. I'm sure you guys will recognize how much you will be blessed for that.
Well keep me updated about Sydney and Clayton and what the weather will be like up here and stuff because I can't look at the forecasts. I miss that! Tell Clayton to send me some ties.. I need some more. Tell him I want that yellow one :) Well I love you guys! I'll talk to you next week. You can send me a letter in the mail too ya know. Or a package. Well.. actually I don't need it because another elder in my room gets like 2 packages a day and is inundated with cookies and chips so I don't need anything. Anyways, love everyone and talk to you later!
Elder Webb
Thanks for the nice short little emails. It was good to hear from you Mom and Dad during the week. Whats Clayton been up to? Is he married yet or what?
Well things are going good here. I havent really seen anyone thats sick because as soon as they do get sick, they send them off to the quarentine building. But yeah we're pretty isolated here in the MTC so no one really gets sick. I got a flu shot and my second Hep A shot the second day I was here so I'm good on shots. I paid 83 bucks cash for them. Well, Time really is starting to fly by. We're learning the lessons pretty fast and teaching them a lot. And we still have a lot of spanish to learn but we're speaking it a lot and learning fast. I'm excited to get to Chile and actually be immersed in it. Our district is really good and we get along well. I was called as district leader last week, I wasn't very excited for it at first because we already have so much to do but I like it because its a great opportunity to serve the other eleven elders in our district. We're all going to Chile Santiago North except for two who are going to the Guatemala MTC next week.
My departure date is December 7th. Its a monday I believe. The weather up here was cold for a bit but now its kind of warm. I think it will cool off soon. This morning when we woke up and started walking to the temple, there was lightning outside and it started to rain on us so we sprinted up the hill as fast as we could. Its pretty tiring. I love the temple up here, its really nice to just relax and feel the spirit after a tough week of work. Its going really good though and I love the experience up here. We're learning a lot and growing through the Spirit and learning to teach with it. I love teaching the lessons and going to the RC and talking with people. And thanks for helping pay for my mission madre y padre. I'm sure you guys will recognize how much you will be blessed for that.
Well keep me updated about Sydney and Clayton and what the weather will be like up here and stuff because I can't look at the forecasts. I miss that! Tell Clayton to send me some ties.. I need some more. Tell him I want that yellow one :) Well I love you guys! I'll talk to you next week. You can send me a letter in the mail too ya know. Or a package. Well.. actually I don't need it because another elder in my room gets like 2 packages a day and is inundated with cookies and chips so I don't need anything. Anyways, love everyone and talk to you later!
Elder Webb
Monday, October 12, 2009
Numero uno
From:
Aaron Webb (webby@myldsmail.net)
Mon 10/12/09 12:14 PM
To:
ps_webb@hotmail.com¿Como te van mi familia? Mondays are my Pday so mondays are when I can send emails and write letters. Well, the first 5 days here have been quite the experience! As soon as Dad dropped me off and I went inside I didn't feel nervous anymore and realized I was finally where I needed to be. The first 3 days are absolutely crazy! They give us so much information that you feel like your brain will explode and you feel overwhelmed by everything. But slowly you get used to it and now I think I finally got the hang of things. The spirit here is amazing! So many elders and sisters all here for the same reason, to prepare to bring others closer to Christ. Its been wonderful to be focusing on refining my purpose as a missionary.
The first day here, they taught us all how to pray in Spanish and we've practiced that so much that I have that down pretty well. The next day they taught us how to greet someone in Spanish and introduce ourselves as missionaries and to testify. We've also practiced that a ton so now is almost second nature. We're slowly progressing through Spanish and the lessons but at the end of each day I can look back and see how much progress we've made and its really encouraging and yes they have us SYL in the MTC which is where we speak Spanish as much as we can and as much as we know. Its so exciting to finally be here and studying the gospel 24/7. We always have so much to do that its nice to finally go to bed at nights. We also get to go to the temple on monday mornings. It was such a relaxing experience this morning!
Mi compañero es Elder Skidmore de Glendale, AZ. He's a great companion and its been great getting to know him. We both are working hard and working well as a companionship.
I hope all is going well back at home. You should keep a list of all the things Sydney chews up each week and send it to me in your email. Its quite amusing to read! Has she chewed up any more controls? I dont know what you guys would do because I am the designated control programmer.
Well keep me up to date about anything interesting thats going on. The MTC is great! It requires a LOT of hard work but its worth it. I went on Saturday to the Referrel Center (Clayton can probably explain exactly what that is) and I was chatting with some lady from texas. We talked for a while about some deep questions then I asked her if she wanted to go to church. And she said sure!! We looked up for her where her nearest church building was and what time and she said she would go to church the next day at 9 with her husband. And I challenged her to pray about it afterwards to see if it was true. And she promised she would and she seemed so excited!! I got my first two commitments already! I was so excited. I didnt set up a time to talk to her again, but I did let her know to talk to the missionaries if she had questions. This was really good for me because I realized I can still make a difference in other people's lives even though I'm still at the MTC. I love the RC.. es asambroso!
Well don't kill each other without me, I know it was me that held our family together by a thread haha jk. My email is webby@myLDSmail.net incase you didn't know. I'm taking pictures, I'll probably send some home in a couple of weeks after I use up my disposable camera. Good luck with everything and I love you guys!
Elder Webb
From:
Aaron Webb (webby@myldsmail.net)
Mon 10/12/09 12:14 PM
To:
ps_webb@hotmail.com¿Como te van mi familia? Mondays are my Pday so mondays are when I can send emails and write letters. Well, the first 5 days here have been quite the experience! As soon as Dad dropped me off and I went inside I didn't feel nervous anymore and realized I was finally where I needed to be. The first 3 days are absolutely crazy! They give us so much information that you feel like your brain will explode and you feel overwhelmed by everything. But slowly you get used to it and now I think I finally got the hang of things. The spirit here is amazing! So many elders and sisters all here for the same reason, to prepare to bring others closer to Christ. Its been wonderful to be focusing on refining my purpose as a missionary.
The first day here, they taught us all how to pray in Spanish and we've practiced that so much that I have that down pretty well. The next day they taught us how to greet someone in Spanish and introduce ourselves as missionaries and to testify. We've also practiced that a ton so now is almost second nature. We're slowly progressing through Spanish and the lessons but at the end of each day I can look back and see how much progress we've made and its really encouraging and yes they have us SYL in the MTC which is where we speak Spanish as much as we can and as much as we know. Its so exciting to finally be here and studying the gospel 24/7. We always have so much to do that its nice to finally go to bed at nights. We also get to go to the temple on monday mornings. It was such a relaxing experience this morning!
Mi compañero es Elder Skidmore de Glendale, AZ. He's a great companion and its been great getting to know him. We both are working hard and working well as a companionship.
I hope all is going well back at home. You should keep a list of all the things Sydney chews up each week and send it to me in your email. Its quite amusing to read! Has she chewed up any more controls? I dont know what you guys would do because I am the designated control programmer.
Well keep me up to date about anything interesting thats going on. The MTC is great! It requires a LOT of hard work but its worth it. I went on Saturday to the Referrel Center (Clayton can probably explain exactly what that is) and I was chatting with some lady from texas. We talked for a while about some deep questions then I asked her if she wanted to go to church. And she said sure!! We looked up for her where her nearest church building was and what time and she said she would go to church the next day at 9 with her husband. And I challenged her to pray about it afterwards to see if it was true. And she promised she would and she seemed so excited!! I got my first two commitments already! I was so excited. I didnt set up a time to talk to her again, but I did let her know to talk to the missionaries if she had questions. This was really good for me because I realized I can still make a difference in other people's lives even though I'm still at the MTC. I love the RC.. es asambroso!
Well don't kill each other without me, I know it was me that held our family together by a thread haha jk. My email is webby@myLDSmail.net incase you didn't know. I'm taking pictures, I'll probably send some home in a couple of weeks after I use up my disposable camera. Good luck with everything and I love you guys!
Elder Webb
Thursday, October 8, 2009
We finally got this from the MTC. It appears that there are plenty of crazy Mormon families that can't leave their bumpkins alone. Actually, I was going to give them a call today if I hadn't heard anything. :)
Dear family of Aaron Joseph Webb,
We are pleased to inform you that your missionary has been safely checked in at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. We thank you for supporting your missionary and know that your family will be blessed as a result. Your missionary's mailing address while at the MTC is:
Aaron Joseph Webb
MTC Mailbox # 118
CHI-SATN 1207
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793
Please note the following items: 1. Your missionary's service began today. Please do not arrange or request visits with your missionary, including meetings at the temple or in proximity to the MTC. 2. All missionary mail must come through the US Mail or commercial delivery services. Hand delivered items will NOT be accepted. Do not send pizzas, fast foods, ice-cream, or any items that will spoil if they are not refrigerated within 24 hours. Missionaries are not called out of class to receive packages, nor do they have access to a refrigerator. 3. Communicate with your missionary weekly through letters sent to the above address or through the email account that the missionary will set up within the first two weeks. This account is to be used by immediate family only. Telephone calls for missionaries cannot be accepted. Your missionary will correspond with you on his/her first preparation day. 4. Families and friends should not plan to visit missionaries departing to their field of labor at the airport or MTC. Should you need to communicate with the MTC call 801-422-2602. Do not reply to this email. Sincerely, Provo MTC Presidency
Dear family of Aaron Joseph Webb,
We are pleased to inform you that your missionary has been safely checked in at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah. We thank you for supporting your missionary and know that your family will be blessed as a result. Your missionary's mailing address while at the MTC is:
Aaron Joseph Webb
MTC Mailbox # 118
CHI-SATN 1207
2005 N 900 E
Provo, UT 84604-1793
Please note the following items: 1. Your missionary's service began today. Please do not arrange or request visits with your missionary, including meetings at the temple or in proximity to the MTC. 2. All missionary mail must come through the US Mail or commercial delivery services. Hand delivered items will NOT be accepted. Do not send pizzas, fast foods, ice-cream, or any items that will spoil if they are not refrigerated within 24 hours. Missionaries are not called out of class to receive packages, nor do they have access to a refrigerator. 3. Communicate with your missionary weekly through letters sent to the above address or through the email account that the missionary will set up within the first two weeks. This account is to be used by immediate family only. Telephone calls for missionaries cannot be accepted. Your missionary will correspond with you on his/her first preparation day. 4. Families and friends should not plan to visit missionaries departing to their field of labor at the airport or MTC. Should you need to communicate with the MTC call 801-422-2602. Do not reply to this email. Sincerely, Provo MTC Presidency
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Going, going, gone....
Pure mayhem
Chaos at Delta Airlines ticket counter on a Tuesday morning at 6 am. Worst organized check-in I've ever seen.
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