Dearest familia,
Buenas días familia. Well I hope that you all have had an amazing week. This week was full of some ups a downs. First I´ll talk about the downside. Well Juanita was all ready for her baptism, she had had her interview and everything went perfectly. But to make a long story short she never answered her phone or door on Saturday when we went by to visit her and never showed up to her baptism. We talked to her friend and supposedly she made a mistake. She wasn´t worthy for her baptism. Well we´re still going to support her and she says she´ll come to church by herself. I know she´ll be baptized but it won´t be for another couple of weeks at least. That kinda made us disheartened but we never lost our faith. And also the Lord continues to bless us immensly. We found two more families this week that we´re teaching and they should be getting baptized in August. We are teaching a lot of people, the only thing now is that we need to help them progress. The work here is difficult but I love it, it makes us stretch and grow more and more. We have some amazing members that are helping us a lot. I know that the members are an essential part in missionary work. Always remember that.
Well thats good that Clayton is gonna get a calling. It´ll help him stay out of trouble haha. And I forgot to comment but man, Drew Romney´s already getting married? Wow, who is the girl? Oh and don´t worry Dad, yes we have our little heater. It doesn´t do much but it does enough. The only thing is that our showers aren´t very warm at all haha but its all good, all the more adventure. Oh and thats great that you meet John Hoops. I´m happy that he´s going on a mission, wow france. I played baseball with him thats true. He was at my farewell actually. Well I wish him luck. And Amber Veater, le mando saludos.
Well thats about it for this week. If you guys could throw in a couple of prayers for Juanita, I think that would help a lot. I know it would. I have been learning a lot lately about prayer and the power that it contains. I know that we have a duty to talk with our Heavenly Father every day, in every moment. Not only is it a commandment but it is such a blessing. We can ask for divine help and guidance in every moment. It doesn´t matter what happens to me, I always have the guidance of my Father in Heaven. What a powerful blessing it is. We need to always pray sincerely. I love the mission. It has opened my eyes and understanding to great things, ´hidden treasures´. ¡Que sean felices ustedes! Les amo mucho, su hijo y hermano,
Elder Webb
Monday, July 26, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Monday, July 19, 2010
Wow its been cold here. The Chileans are saying that we´re having a polar wave from antartica. The other day it was -7 C which is about 19 degrees F. So it definitely gets colder here than good ole Arizona. And I was looking at the forecast that you sent me and it says we´re gonna get a half a foot of snow on Wednesday?? What? It hasn´t snowed it Santiago since 2006. Que loco...
Well we´re making progress here in Lo Campino. This Sunday Juanita is gonna get baptized. Man she´s awesome. She told us this week that she can´t wait for August 1st so that she can bear her testimony in sacrament. We´ve been pretty blessed here as missionaries. This will be the first baptism here in 2010 so it should give the ward a good boost. Also, another cool experience. Last night we were walking around contacting future investigators, we felt a little bit bummed because we had to stop visiting a couple of investigators that haven´t been progressing. We went to the house of Juan Francisco and he let us in right away. I knew something good would come out of this lesson. We taught lesson 1 to him, his wife and two of his kids. It was a great, short, powerful lesson and the spirit was there strong. In the end all four of them accepted a date to be baptized August 15th. I know that the Lord prepared this family for us and I hope that we can be instruments in His hands to help them into the waters of baptism.
Well I´ve been learning a lot in the mission. I´ve kind of been thinking about everything that I´ve learned since I left to the MTC and its a lot. One thing is that I love talking to everybody. I have learned so much about patience, charity, obedience, and my purpose in life and I know I would be completely different if I wasn´t here in Chile serving the Lord. I want to say thanks for helping be here in the mission because it has changed my life.
Oh a little side note. I took out a little bit more money. I need to buy a flash drive because my camera started erasing some fotos so I need to make a back up. Also I need to buy a few things for our new apartment because it doesn´t have anything. Don´t worry the mission will reimburse me. And I have a little favor to ask. There´s a book from Deseret Book called (in english) "Leave Your Mark in the Scriptures" by Mark R. Hale. Its a small book that talks about marking your scriptures. In Spanish its called "Deje su Marca en las Escrituras". If you can´t find it in Spanish, english is fine but if you guys could, basically that and some fotos of the family would be all I ask for for now =)
Well I hope you guys survive the brutal heat (I miss the lovely Arizona summer haha). Don´t get struck by lightning. Thanks for the news... if theres anything interesting thats happened in the ward, let me know. Love you guys, chao,
Elder Webb
Well we´re making progress here in Lo Campino. This Sunday Juanita is gonna get baptized. Man she´s awesome. She told us this week that she can´t wait for August 1st so that she can bear her testimony in sacrament. We´ve been pretty blessed here as missionaries. This will be the first baptism here in 2010 so it should give the ward a good boost. Also, another cool experience. Last night we were walking around contacting future investigators, we felt a little bit bummed because we had to stop visiting a couple of investigators that haven´t been progressing. We went to the house of Juan Francisco and he let us in right away. I knew something good would come out of this lesson. We taught lesson 1 to him, his wife and two of his kids. It was a great, short, powerful lesson and the spirit was there strong. In the end all four of them accepted a date to be baptized August 15th. I know that the Lord prepared this family for us and I hope that we can be instruments in His hands to help them into the waters of baptism.
Well I´ve been learning a lot in the mission. I´ve kind of been thinking about everything that I´ve learned since I left to the MTC and its a lot. One thing is that I love talking to everybody. I have learned so much about patience, charity, obedience, and my purpose in life and I know I would be completely different if I wasn´t here in Chile serving the Lord. I want to say thanks for helping be here in the mission because it has changed my life.
Oh a little side note. I took out a little bit more money. I need to buy a flash drive because my camera started erasing some fotos so I need to make a back up. Also I need to buy a few things for our new apartment because it doesn´t have anything. Don´t worry the mission will reimburse me. And I have a little favor to ask. There´s a book from Deseret Book called (in english) "Leave Your Mark in the Scriptures" by Mark R. Hale. Its a small book that talks about marking your scriptures. In Spanish its called "Deje su Marca en las Escrituras". If you can´t find it in Spanish, english is fine but if you guys could, basically that and some fotos of the family would be all I ask for for now =)
Well I hope you guys survive the brutal heat (I miss the lovely Arizona summer haha). Don´t get struck by lightning. Thanks for the news... if theres anything interesting thats happened in the ward, let me know. Love you guys, chao,
Elder Webb
Monday, July 12, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
Dearest family,
I hope ya´ll are doin well. Haha we have a new missionary in our zone that just arrived and is from Texas. He has some tough times with Spanish but he´s learning fast enough. Anyways its good to hear from you guys. Sounds like everything is pretty much the same. Its still really cold down here. It rained a ton on tuesday.. it poured the whole day straight. It was quite the adventure. So Elder Argueta has been kind of sick, he has an infection in his lungs but he wants stay here and finish out his mission. He only has 5 weeks left. We´re working hard together. We found 3 new investigators this week and one of them is amazing. We´re preparing somebody for her baptism in 2 weeks called Juanita. Rarely have I met somebody as prepared as she is. She had a pretty tough week then one day got home from work and she said that her BoM was just calling at her for like 5 mins. She went over and just started reading in a random spot then felt the Spirit really strong. Wow she is way pumped for her baptism. We´re working well with the members. This ward has a special spirit and there are some excellent members that help us a lot.
So President May visited our ward this week during sacrament meeting and gave a little talk on our motives in life. He talked about how love is our motive for everything. Christ is our reason but our motive is love. It was an excellent talk and I invite you guys to think about that a little bit. We can always apply a little more love in our lives.
Well I really hope that everything goes well with Jarem and his interview. Tell him and Tara and the kids that I love them. I´m thinking about you guys and miss you. Thanks for everything that you´ve done for me. I´ll see ya later! Chao,
Elder Webb
ps. oh we are going to be changing our house this week. We´ve been living with the other missionaries for a while but outside of our area. So we finally found a house in our sector. Basically look up Villa la Pucará. We´ll be right in front of that. Its in the valley south of the freeway. ¡Cuídense!
I hope ya´ll are doin well. Haha we have a new missionary in our zone that just arrived and is from Texas. He has some tough times with Spanish but he´s learning fast enough. Anyways its good to hear from you guys. Sounds like everything is pretty much the same. Its still really cold down here. It rained a ton on tuesday.. it poured the whole day straight. It was quite the adventure. So Elder Argueta has been kind of sick, he has an infection in his lungs but he wants stay here and finish out his mission. He only has 5 weeks left. We´re working hard together. We found 3 new investigators this week and one of them is amazing. We´re preparing somebody for her baptism in 2 weeks called Juanita. Rarely have I met somebody as prepared as she is. She had a pretty tough week then one day got home from work and she said that her BoM was just calling at her for like 5 mins. She went over and just started reading in a random spot then felt the Spirit really strong. Wow she is way pumped for her baptism. We´re working well with the members. This ward has a special spirit and there are some excellent members that help us a lot.
So President May visited our ward this week during sacrament meeting and gave a little talk on our motives in life. He talked about how love is our motive for everything. Christ is our reason but our motive is love. It was an excellent talk and I invite you guys to think about that a little bit. We can always apply a little more love in our lives.
Well I really hope that everything goes well with Jarem and his interview. Tell him and Tara and the kids that I love them. I´m thinking about you guys and miss you. Thanks for everything that you´ve done for me. I´ll see ya later! Chao,
Elder Webb
ps. oh we are going to be changing our house this week. We´ve been living with the other missionaries for a while but outside of our area. So we finally found a house in our sector. Basically look up Villa la Pucará. We´ll be right in front of that. Its in the valley south of the freeway. ¡Cuídense!
Monday, July 5, 2010
Monday July 5, 2010
Dearest family,
Hey I got both of your letters so thanks! This week was pretty good here in Lo Campino 2. We found an amazing investigator that is just looking for more friends and needs more support in her life. We went over to her house on Saturday and taught her the first lesson. She´s going to be baptized here in a couple of weeks. She came to church yesterday and loved it. It was really a gift, the member called us and told us she has a friend. I know that we basically don´t do anything as missionaries, we prepare people for baptism but the Lord and the members prepare people long before we usually talk to them. We have a lot of high hopes here. We plan on baptizing a lot of people here in July. Well today we had transfers again and my comp left because he´s been here for 7 months. My new comp is Elder Argueta from Honduras. He was my Zone leader in Zapadencia for 3 transfers. He´s an awesome Elder and we´re going to work really good together. This is his last transfer in the mission before he goes home but I don´t think he will have any trunky problems.
So in other news, its still cold and dark down here, you guys should be glad you have all that beautiful sun. I like the change but its just weird freezing in July. We celebrated a little bit the 4th of July down here. We had lunch with a family that lived in the States for 7 years so they made us some american hamburgers. It was amazing, I haven´t eaten anything american for a long time. Elder Boyce burned a tie from his old girlfriend that got married as a firework display. Wasn´t my idea. Oh also we had a little afterschock this week. We were teaching a lesson on the 3rd floor of some ghetto apartment buildings when the whole building starts swaying. It wasn´t that strong but its definitely a bit different when you´re higher up. But anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed your 4th of July! You guys better be readin them scriptures together and praying as a family. If you guys do send me something, basically the most important thing that I want is a lot more pictures of the family and those patriarchal blessings of you can. Por favor =). Well behave yourselves. Keep up the work at the temple Dad. And that doesn´t mean the rest of the family shouldnt be going regularly too. I love you guys, and miss you. Chao,
Elder Webb
Hey I got both of your letters so thanks! This week was pretty good here in Lo Campino 2. We found an amazing investigator that is just looking for more friends and needs more support in her life. We went over to her house on Saturday and taught her the first lesson. She´s going to be baptized here in a couple of weeks. She came to church yesterday and loved it. It was really a gift, the member called us and told us she has a friend. I know that we basically don´t do anything as missionaries, we prepare people for baptism but the Lord and the members prepare people long before we usually talk to them. We have a lot of high hopes here. We plan on baptizing a lot of people here in July. Well today we had transfers again and my comp left because he´s been here for 7 months. My new comp is Elder Argueta from Honduras. He was my Zone leader in Zapadencia for 3 transfers. He´s an awesome Elder and we´re going to work really good together. This is his last transfer in the mission before he goes home but I don´t think he will have any trunky problems.
So in other news, its still cold and dark down here, you guys should be glad you have all that beautiful sun. I like the change but its just weird freezing in July. We celebrated a little bit the 4th of July down here. We had lunch with a family that lived in the States for 7 years so they made us some american hamburgers. It was amazing, I haven´t eaten anything american for a long time. Elder Boyce burned a tie from his old girlfriend that got married as a firework display. Wasn´t my idea. Oh also we had a little afterschock this week. We were teaching a lesson on the 3rd floor of some ghetto apartment buildings when the whole building starts swaying. It wasn´t that strong but its definitely a bit different when you´re higher up. But anyways, I hope you guys enjoyed your 4th of July! You guys better be readin them scriptures together and praying as a family. If you guys do send me something, basically the most important thing that I want is a lot more pictures of the family and those patriarchal blessings of you can. Por favor =). Well behave yourselves. Keep up the work at the temple Dad. And that doesn´t mean the rest of the family shouldnt be going regularly too. I love you guys, and miss you. Chao,
Elder Webb
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