Hola familia,
So I don´t know how much you´ve heard about the earthquake here in Chile we had Saturday in the morning. It was pretty nuts. I´ll have more to tell you tomorrow when we send our emails. President May just wanted us to tell you guys that we´re fine. Our house is fine and we have food, water, and electricity now. So don´t worry, I bet mom has worried up a storm. I will inform you on everything tomorrow in the email but just know for now that Im fine here. Thanks for everything, love you all.
Elder Webb
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Earthquake
Hi All,
We have not heard anything about Aaron yet. I've e-mailed the mission home and when we try to call we get a fast busy signal. Hopefully he is fine and has an exciting story for all of us. We'll keep you all posted.
We have not heard anything about Aaron yet. I've e-mailed the mission home and when we try to call we get a fast busy signal. Hopefully he is fine and has an exciting story for all of us. We'll keep you all posted.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Monday, Feb 22, 2010
Buenas, familia,
So, thanks for the pictures. You should send me more of the house and stuff. I dont really understand how big that bed is but it looks monstrous. What´s skinny little Clayton doing with that huge thing? But it sounds like everything is getting better there in AZ. Mom, I didn´t work at Cafe Rumba or Marble Slab this last year so you shouldnt need any information from them and I don´t remember their names. Oh and I haven´t received the valentines stuff yet. Maybe tomorrow in the Zone class. Oh and we didnt go on that hike so I don´t have those pictures right now.
So this week we finally were able to baptize Nicolas Videla. He´s a 11 year old who lives in a part member family. Her mom is inactive but she wants to go to church. Also, Nicolas´ cousin, Alvaro Railhet is going to be baptized this sunday. This is really good for their families because they want to be active in the church and are changing their lives around. I was priveledged to baptize Nicolas this week. I´ll send you some pictures. Wow the water was cold, there wasnt any gas for the heater. I love the way the Lord works. We are striving to work with the members right now because our mission president said we would be blessed with more baptisms this year if we do. And it really is the way to do missionary work. Spreading the gospel from within families and friends. The members here in this ward are fantastic. Always willing to work with us and help share the gospel. Our ward is getting a lot better too. We have a relief society president now and a teacher for the Gospel Principles class. Members are returning to church after being inactive for years. There´s nothing better than helping the Lord accomplish his work.
Well this coming monday is transfers. I dont think I´ll be transferred but we never know. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Thanks for everything and the support! Les amo por todo! Chao,
Elder Webb
So, thanks for the pictures. You should send me more of the house and stuff. I dont really understand how big that bed is but it looks monstrous. What´s skinny little Clayton doing with that huge thing? But it sounds like everything is getting better there in AZ. Mom, I didn´t work at Cafe Rumba or Marble Slab this last year so you shouldnt need any information from them and I don´t remember their names. Oh and I haven´t received the valentines stuff yet. Maybe tomorrow in the Zone class. Oh and we didnt go on that hike so I don´t have those pictures right now.
So this week we finally were able to baptize Nicolas Videla. He´s a 11 year old who lives in a part member family. Her mom is inactive but she wants to go to church. Also, Nicolas´ cousin, Alvaro Railhet is going to be baptized this sunday. This is really good for their families because they want to be active in the church and are changing their lives around. I was priveledged to baptize Nicolas this week. I´ll send you some pictures. Wow the water was cold, there wasnt any gas for the heater. I love the way the Lord works. We are striving to work with the members right now because our mission president said we would be blessed with more baptisms this year if we do. And it really is the way to do missionary work. Spreading the gospel from within families and friends. The members here in this ward are fantastic. Always willing to work with us and help share the gospel. Our ward is getting a lot better too. We have a relief society president now and a teacher for the Gospel Principles class. Members are returning to church after being inactive for years. There´s nothing better than helping the Lord accomplish his work.
Well this coming monday is transfers. I dont think I´ll be transferred but we never know. The Lord works in mysterious ways. Thanks for everything and the support! Les amo por todo! Chao,
Elder Webb
Monday, February 15, 2010
Feb 15, 2010
G´day family,
Glad to hear everything is going good up there, I hope you guys are enjoying the nice weather. Its starting to cool off in the nights real good. Its still a little warm in the day but its not bad. Today for pday we´re going to go climb one of the hills close to our area. I´ll take some good pictures of the andes and the city. I hope there´s not too much pollution. It normally is pretty bad here in the summer. Glad to hear dad made it through his operation. I expect you both to be in the best shape of your lives when I come home. So just so you know, I have high expectations.
Well the work is going forward in Chile. Our mission is having more and more success right now. Us here in recoleta are preparing for a lot of baptisms here soon. We´re going to have one next week for sure and another the week after. And a lot more in March if I´m still here. Changes are the 1st of March. But we´re working a lot with the members right now. Doing splits and getting a lot of work done. Its hard right now because all the kids are off from school and so everyone is on vacation. And here in Chile is a bit ridiculous. People leave for vacation for 1 to 2 months at a time. And so this makes it dificult for the work. Our investigators will randomely tell us they are leaving tomorrow for the beach and will be back in March. And so, vacations end in March, and March is always a good baptizing month here in Santiago so we´re excited to get things going. I love the people here. There are great to talk to. There are always the people super pesadas (very rude or jerks) but the majority love talking about their lives and hearing about the gospel. Sometimes we hear some pretty sad stories about people´s lives but I know that in the end, thats why we´re here.. to give these people this wonderfull message of hope. With Christ, we find so much more meaning in the life and we develope an eternal perspective of faith and hope. All of this leads us to Charity which is the greatest of all. Its difficult to have charity but we´re here to develop this pure love for others, the same love the Jesus Christ and our Father has for all of us. I love the mission here in Chile. I´m learning more and more everyday and its blessing my life forever. Thanks for the support. I hope you have a fantastic productive week! Love,
Elder Webb
ps. Here´s a picture of a really common chilean dish. This meal is called "pastel de choclo" which literally means corn cake. It is basically mashed corn on top with onions and ground meat. And on top is chilean salsa or hot sauce (ají). The salsa is so good down here. Other meals really common is "casuela" which is like soup but it has a whole boiled potato, onions a big chunk of meat and corn on the cob in it. Another meal that we eat a lot is called "perrotos" which is basically a bunch of whole beans, like garganzola and a couple others I think. I really like that one. We also have "humitas" which is like pastel de choclo without the meat and onions. Its basically like a tamale.
Oh and I recommend that you look up "manjar". Its a chilean desert sauce thats way good. Its like carmel but not. Its made out of sweetened condensed milk and nothing else. You can make it easily so you should look it up and make it. Then eat it with some homemade bread. Speaking of... chileans eat nothing but bread it seems like. You would be in heaven mom. And all of the bread is like homemade. Its great!
Oh and yes I still have my glasses and I use them ocasionally. Heres a picture of me in glasses with a member that usually assists us with lessons. His name is Moises (which is moses in english)
Glad to hear everything is going good up there, I hope you guys are enjoying the nice weather. Its starting to cool off in the nights real good. Its still a little warm in the day but its not bad. Today for pday we´re going to go climb one of the hills close to our area. I´ll take some good pictures of the andes and the city. I hope there´s not too much pollution. It normally is pretty bad here in the summer. Glad to hear dad made it through his operation. I expect you both to be in the best shape of your lives when I come home. So just so you know, I have high expectations.
Well the work is going forward in Chile. Our mission is having more and more success right now. Us here in recoleta are preparing for a lot of baptisms here soon. We´re going to have one next week for sure and another the week after. And a lot more in March if I´m still here. Changes are the 1st of March. But we´re working a lot with the members right now. Doing splits and getting a lot of work done. Its hard right now because all the kids are off from school and so everyone is on vacation. And here in Chile is a bit ridiculous. People leave for vacation for 1 to 2 months at a time. And so this makes it dificult for the work. Our investigators will randomely tell us they are leaving tomorrow for the beach and will be back in March. And so, vacations end in March, and March is always a good baptizing month here in Santiago so we´re excited to get things going. I love the people here. There are great to talk to. There are always the people super pesadas (very rude or jerks) but the majority love talking about their lives and hearing about the gospel. Sometimes we hear some pretty sad stories about people´s lives but I know that in the end, thats why we´re here.. to give these people this wonderfull message of hope. With Christ, we find so much more meaning in the life and we develope an eternal perspective of faith and hope. All of this leads us to Charity which is the greatest of all. Its difficult to have charity but we´re here to develop this pure love for others, the same love the Jesus Christ and our Father has for all of us. I love the mission here in Chile. I´m learning more and more everyday and its blessing my life forever. Thanks for the support. I hope you have a fantastic productive week! Love,
Elder Webb
ps. Here´s a picture of a really common chilean dish. This meal is called "pastel de choclo" which literally means corn cake. It is basically mashed corn on top with onions and ground meat. And on top is chilean salsa or hot sauce (ají). The salsa is so good down here. Other meals really common is "casuela" which is like soup but it has a whole boiled potato, onions a big chunk of meat and corn on the cob in it. Another meal that we eat a lot is called "perrotos" which is basically a bunch of whole beans, like garganzola and a couple others I think. I really like that one. We also have "humitas" which is like pastel de choclo without the meat and onions. Its basically like a tamale.
Oh and I recommend that you look up "manjar". Its a chilean desert sauce thats way good. Its like carmel but not. Its made out of sweetened condensed milk and nothing else. You can make it easily so you should look it up and make it. Then eat it with some homemade bread. Speaking of... chileans eat nothing but bread it seems like. You would be in heaven mom. And all of the bread is like homemade. Its great!
Oh and yes I still have my glasses and I use them ocasionally. Heres a picture of me in glasses with a member that usually assists us with lessons. His name is Moises (which is moses in english)
Monday, February 8, 2010
Monday Feb 8, 2010
¡Hola Famila!
Sorry about the email last week mother, I won´t write in Spanish anymore.. but thanks for the one sentence per email offer. Anyways thanks alot for the package. I got it last Tuesday and it was quite wonderful I´ll have to admit. It took me like 10 mins to open it because dad unloaded like 5 rolls of tape on it. But it had everything in it. Thanks for the backpack its really nice. And Clayton thanks for the camera, it works great. I´ll send a couple pictures today for you guys from it. The candy is great. I love sharing it with the Chileans because they´ve never had it before and they love it. I need to look for a cheap cd player so I can play Claytons cds. To answer your question mother, we have a califone, which is a gas water heater outside of our little room. We also don´t have a heater in our house. Others do have a heater and it runs off of gas but we´re not allowed to use it while we sleep so don´t worry we won´t die in our sleep down here in Chile. Oh and Dad, we get to go to the temple during Christmas, and maybe one other time during the year. And I should get to go also, right before I leave to come home.
Well this week was great. Yesterday we didn´t have our 2 baptisms because Nicolas was invited to the beach with his dad and he doesnt get to visit his dad a lot so he went there this week. He´s gonna be baptized the 21st of Feb. And Maria Jose told us she can´t be baptized this week. Her mom then told us its because she wants to be baptized too with Maria. And so we agreed reluctantly(jk) to that. I´ve noticed that God always gives us gifts like this if we´re obedient and work hard. So they´re going to be baptized together this month too. I love studying the scriptures out here on the mission. I´ve never understood so much or had such a strong desire to study the scriptures. It really is changing my life in many ways and I´m so thankful for the oportunity to be here.
Well thanks for everything guys, I hope everything goes well up there in AZ. Les amo muchísimo. Chao,
Elder Webb
Sorry about the email last week mother, I won´t write in Spanish anymore.. but thanks for the one sentence per email offer. Anyways thanks alot for the package. I got it last Tuesday and it was quite wonderful I´ll have to admit. It took me like 10 mins to open it because dad unloaded like 5 rolls of tape on it. But it had everything in it. Thanks for the backpack its really nice. And Clayton thanks for the camera, it works great. I´ll send a couple pictures today for you guys from it. The candy is great. I love sharing it with the Chileans because they´ve never had it before and they love it. I need to look for a cheap cd player so I can play Claytons cds. To answer your question mother, we have a califone, which is a gas water heater outside of our little room. We also don´t have a heater in our house. Others do have a heater and it runs off of gas but we´re not allowed to use it while we sleep so don´t worry we won´t die in our sleep down here in Chile. Oh and Dad, we get to go to the temple during Christmas, and maybe one other time during the year. And I should get to go also, right before I leave to come home.
Well this week was great. Yesterday we didn´t have our 2 baptisms because Nicolas was invited to the beach with his dad and he doesnt get to visit his dad a lot so he went there this week. He´s gonna be baptized the 21st of Feb. And Maria Jose told us she can´t be baptized this week. Her mom then told us its because she wants to be baptized too with Maria. And so we agreed reluctantly(jk) to that. I´ve noticed that God always gives us gifts like this if we´re obedient and work hard. So they´re going to be baptized together this month too. I love studying the scriptures out here on the mission. I´ve never understood so much or had such a strong desire to study the scriptures. It really is changing my life in many ways and I´m so thankful for the oportunity to be here.
Well thanks for everything guys, I hope everything goes well up there in AZ. Les amo muchísimo. Chao,
Elder Webb
Monday, February 1, 2010
Monday, Feb 1, 2010
Sorry Folks. I asked Aaron to PLEASE not send e-mails all in Spanish, however we all know Aaron does whatever he wants. I think my e-mail to him next week will be in Japanese.
Hola Familia, Gracias por la carta padre. Es bueno para escuchar que arizona tiene mucha lluvia. Yo la quiero en Santiago ahora. Lo siento, voy a escribirles en español ésta semena, porque... bueno, no hay mucho para decir. No he recibido su paquete todavía pero tenemos las clases de zona los martes entonces quizas mañana recibiré mi paquete. Yo espero que sí. Gracias por sus sugerencias de trabajando con los miembros. Estamos enfocandonos en eso éste año. Y ahora, puedo ver que es mucho mejor porque estamos encontrando más y más personas que están listos por el evangelio. Los miembros son super buenos acá. Ellos les gusta hablar, y hablar, y hablar un poco más. Pero en el fin, son muy amables. Yo amo nuestros miembros. Como misioneros, siempre recibimos cualquier estoria de la vida de los miembros pero me encanta ayudarles. No se procupe por los contactos, ya compré más solución. Yo dije que la solución es super caro acá en chile. Cuesta casi 16 dolares por una botella. Es un poco ridiculo. Pero en el fin está bien. Estoy super animado por este domingo. Vamos a tener dos bautismos. Siempre tratamos a tener un miembro hacerlo. Pero estoy animado para ver sus vidas cambiar mientras ellos hacen un convenio con Dios y recibir un limpio de sus pecados. Es una cosa maravillosa. ¡Yo amo la obra! Yo sé que Jesucristo es mi salvador y él hizo todo para nosotros para que podamos tener la oportunidad de vivir y tener gozo y tener un propósito en esta vida. Les amo mucho familia. ¡Gracias por todo! Con cariño,Elder Webb
ps: for now on, my email will be aaron.webb@myldsmail.net because they just upgraded the myldsmail system and had to change my email. So for now on send emails to this address. Also post this on my blog so everyone knows it changed. Thanks! :)
Hola Familia, Gracias por la carta padre. Es bueno para escuchar que arizona tiene mucha lluvia. Yo la quiero en Santiago ahora. Lo siento, voy a escribirles en español ésta semena, porque... bueno, no hay mucho para decir. No he recibido su paquete todavía pero tenemos las clases de zona los martes entonces quizas mañana recibiré mi paquete. Yo espero que sí. Gracias por sus sugerencias de trabajando con los miembros. Estamos enfocandonos en eso éste año. Y ahora, puedo ver que es mucho mejor porque estamos encontrando más y más personas que están listos por el evangelio. Los miembros son super buenos acá. Ellos les gusta hablar, y hablar, y hablar un poco más. Pero en el fin, son muy amables. Yo amo nuestros miembros. Como misioneros, siempre recibimos cualquier estoria de la vida de los miembros pero me encanta ayudarles. No se procupe por los contactos, ya compré más solución. Yo dije que la solución es super caro acá en chile. Cuesta casi 16 dolares por una botella. Es un poco ridiculo. Pero en el fin está bien. Estoy super animado por este domingo. Vamos a tener dos bautismos. Siempre tratamos a tener un miembro hacerlo. Pero estoy animado para ver sus vidas cambiar mientras ellos hacen un convenio con Dios y recibir un limpio de sus pecados. Es una cosa maravillosa. ¡Yo amo la obra! Yo sé que Jesucristo es mi salvador y él hizo todo para nosotros para que podamos tener la oportunidad de vivir y tener gozo y tener un propósito en esta vida. Les amo mucho familia. ¡Gracias por todo! Con cariño,Elder Webb
ps: for now on, my email will be aaron.webb@myldsmail.net because they just upgraded the myldsmail system and had to change my email. So for now on send emails to this address. Also post this on my blog so everyone knows it changed. Thanks! :)
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