Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 27, 2010
Hey family,
¿Qué pasa? Thanks for the email dad. Don't worry, I haven't been sick for a while. I actually havent gained any weight, I'm still at 150 just hovering there but I do have to watch what I eat and I usually don't eat that much because the member that cooks lunch for us gives us a ridiculous amount of food and she cooks with a lot of oil so I usually ask for less haha, I've learned how to deal with it. But it is pretty good. I never complain.
Well this week was quite the adventure. Last tuesday after sending that email we went and hiked up that hill again thats by our house and on the way back down we started running because it wasn't too steep at one part and my comp started going faster and biffed it at the end. Luckily nothing serious happened he just got scraped up a bit but it was pretty funny. We shared a good laugh. I'll send some pictures of that.
Saturday night we got to see Gustavo baptized by our mission leader Hermano Cacares. It was amazing. Gustavo is a big man and Hno Cacares just about fell in the water with him but it was sweet. Gustavo is actually a heavy metal rocker and it kinda shows in his picture that I'll send but he's a really humble man and has converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He will make a really great leader in the church and will change the lives of many people. He wants to get sealed with his wife and Jeremias in a year, (hopefully while I'm still in Chile). He was then confirmed yesterday with Noelia and we got to see them receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. That is always the best part.
Today was transfers and I'm gonna be stickin around here for another 6 weeks at least! I'm in my 4th transfer here. My comp is still Elder Murdoch. I'm still gonna be district leader but now theres 6 missionaries in the district and one of the companionships is a pair of hermanas haha. It'll be a good learning experience this transfer and I'll learn a lot from them. I've always been grateful for the opportunities to serve others.
Well I don't got much more to say. I love you guys a lot and I hope you enjoy conference this week! ¡Que siempre se acuerden que Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial y tenemos un destino divino de llegar a ser como Él y nuestro progreso es sin fin! Les amo mucho, chao
Elder Webb
ps: Feliz Cumpleaños Clayton!!! 23 years old... man thats old. I'll send you some good stuff in the Christmas package I send you guys.
¿Qué pasa? Thanks for the email dad. Don't worry, I haven't been sick for a while. I actually havent gained any weight, I'm still at 150 just hovering there but I do have to watch what I eat and I usually don't eat that much because the member that cooks lunch for us gives us a ridiculous amount of food and she cooks with a lot of oil so I usually ask for less haha, I've learned how to deal with it. But it is pretty good. I never complain.
Well this week was quite the adventure. Last tuesday after sending that email we went and hiked up that hill again thats by our house and on the way back down we started running because it wasn't too steep at one part and my comp started going faster and biffed it at the end. Luckily nothing serious happened he just got scraped up a bit but it was pretty funny. We shared a good laugh. I'll send some pictures of that.
Saturday night we got to see Gustavo baptized by our mission leader Hermano Cacares. It was amazing. Gustavo is a big man and Hno Cacares just about fell in the water with him but it was sweet. Gustavo is actually a heavy metal rocker and it kinda shows in his picture that I'll send but he's a really humble man and has converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He will make a really great leader in the church and will change the lives of many people. He wants to get sealed with his wife and Jeremias in a year, (hopefully while I'm still in Chile). He was then confirmed yesterday with Noelia and we got to see them receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. That is always the best part.
Today was transfers and I'm gonna be stickin around here for another 6 weeks at least! I'm in my 4th transfer here. My comp is still Elder Murdoch. I'm still gonna be district leader but now theres 6 missionaries in the district and one of the companionships is a pair of hermanas haha. It'll be a good learning experience this transfer and I'll learn a lot from them. I've always been grateful for the opportunities to serve others.
Well I don't got much more to say. I love you guys a lot and I hope you enjoy conference this week! ¡Que siempre se acuerden que Dios es nuestro Padre Celestial y tenemos un destino divino de llegar a ser como Él y nuestro progreso es sin fin! Les amo mucho, chao
Elder Webb
ps: Feliz Cumpleaños Clayton!!! 23 years old... man thats old. I'll send you some good stuff in the Christmas package I send you guys.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Dearest family,
Hey thanks for the email mom. Sounds like you guys are enjoying the nice weather up there. Its finally getting warmer down here. I love it. Yes we hear all the time about the trapped miners. I think they're a couple hundred miles to the north of us but it sounds like they're all still doing fine. Thats awesome that Elder Cook came down and talked to you guys. Hope you got some good things out of it. In two weeks we have general conference. I'm pretty pumped for that. We get to watch it in english all the gringo missionaries. It'll be a great experience.
Well this week was quite the week. First of all, it was the bicentenial of Chile so everything was crazy. Walking around in the streets the air was full of smoke from the barbeques and everyone offers you food and we probably ate like 7 empanadas each. Seriously, we ate so much meat this weekend I don't think we can teach the Word of Wisdom anymore because we're not living it haha jk. But it was great, the chileans are really proud of their country.
We had some amazing experiences this week. I'll start with Gustavo, Jeremias' dad. Before last week he had some doubts and still didn't want to commit to baptism. We visited him Sunday night and things were the same. So monday was P-Day and we hadnt planned to visit him that night but later that day my comp and I felt like we should visit him. I was reading in PMG about the conversion by the spirit and felt like we should read that with him so we decided to visit him and bring PMG. When we got there is wife (who is a member) wasnt there and we started sharing the lesson with him. We read that part where it says when the spirit touches your heart, your heart changes. When he read that he looked at us and after about 1 minute of silence asked us when we could hold baptisms. He said he's gonna get baptized this weekend the 25th of September but he wants it to be a surprise for his wife haha. So wow, what blessings we can receive by following the Spirit. This saturday he's gonna get baptized. Oh and yesterday we had the baptism of Noelia, who is 11. It was really spiritually and everyone got a little emotional. There really is nothing like seeing people get baptized. I'll send some pictures. Her great aunt came, who is baptist I think, and said that she's gonna come to our church every sunday for now on. Their whole family is now active and we're working on helping their 15 year old son, Eduardo, get baptized. He wants to do it but just needs to work out some things first. We also found a lot more new investigators yesterday. A family of 5 and another guy that is 23 and is single that said he wants to get baptized Oct 17th. We're having a lot of success here now and its all because the Lord blesses his servants when they ask for it worthily. I love the mission so much. Its been amazing. Thanks for your examples. I love you guys. Que siempre estén felices y cumplan con lo que se les propongan. Recuerden a todos que a ellos les aman en sus oraciones. Gracias, chao,
Elder Webb
Hey thanks for the email mom. Sounds like you guys are enjoying the nice weather up there. Its finally getting warmer down here. I love it. Yes we hear all the time about the trapped miners. I think they're a couple hundred miles to the north of us but it sounds like they're all still doing fine. Thats awesome that Elder Cook came down and talked to you guys. Hope you got some good things out of it. In two weeks we have general conference. I'm pretty pumped for that. We get to watch it in english all the gringo missionaries. It'll be a great experience.
Well this week was quite the week. First of all, it was the bicentenial of Chile so everything was crazy. Walking around in the streets the air was full of smoke from the barbeques and everyone offers you food and we probably ate like 7 empanadas each. Seriously, we ate so much meat this weekend I don't think we can teach the Word of Wisdom anymore because we're not living it haha jk. But it was great, the chileans are really proud of their country.
We had some amazing experiences this week. I'll start with Gustavo, Jeremias' dad. Before last week he had some doubts and still didn't want to commit to baptism. We visited him Sunday night and things were the same. So monday was P-Day and we hadnt planned to visit him that night but later that day my comp and I felt like we should visit him. I was reading in PMG about the conversion by the spirit and felt like we should read that with him so we decided to visit him and bring PMG. When we got there is wife (who is a member) wasnt there and we started sharing the lesson with him. We read that part where it says when the spirit touches your heart, your heart changes. When he read that he looked at us and after about 1 minute of silence asked us when we could hold baptisms. He said he's gonna get baptized this weekend the 25th of September but he wants it to be a surprise for his wife haha. So wow, what blessings we can receive by following the Spirit. This saturday he's gonna get baptized. Oh and yesterday we had the baptism of Noelia, who is 11. It was really spiritually and everyone got a little emotional. There really is nothing like seeing people get baptized. I'll send some pictures. Her great aunt came, who is baptist I think, and said that she's gonna come to our church every sunday for now on. Their whole family is now active and we're working on helping their 15 year old son, Eduardo, get baptized. He wants to do it but just needs to work out some things first. We also found a lot more new investigators yesterday. A family of 5 and another guy that is 23 and is single that said he wants to get baptized Oct 17th. We're having a lot of success here now and its all because the Lord blesses his servants when they ask for it worthily. I love the mission so much. Its been amazing. Thanks for your examples. I love you guys. Que siempre estén felices y cumplan con lo que se les propongan. Recuerden a todos que a ellos les aman en sus oraciones. Gracias, chao,
Elder Webb
Monday, September 13, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Hola familia,
Hey thanks for the letters this week. This week has been pretty exciting. Well, first of all, September 11th here is an important day as it is in the USA. On september 11th here like 30 or 40 years ago is when the people revolted against the dictator Pinochet. And so long story short, basically every September 11th, all the teenaged boneheads go out in the street and cause mayhem. Haha I've heard some pretty crazy stories from other missionaries but not that much happened here in Quilicure because its on the outskirts of the city. But we had to enter our apartment when it got dark and we couldnt leave. We did hear gunshots and smelt them burning stuff outside but nothing else happened. It was pretty exciting. This week is the independence day for Chile on the 18th. It´ll be pretty exciting because everyone basically makes barbeques the whole week and free empanadas haha. But importante information for you guys... this next week my P-Day is going to be Tuesday NOT Monday because on monday its still the holiday weekend and everything is closed. Ok? So don't expect a letter on Monday mom and when you don't get it, don't call President May haha. Oh and also, yesterday was pretty cool, we were teaching a family when there was another little aftershock. Once again, we're pretty used to them now but it still gets your heart pumping when the whole building starts swaying back and forth.
Well, the work of the Lord is moving forth here in Lo Campino. Our ward is growing stronger and stronger everyday. This next week we are expecting 2 baptisms in our area. One is the child of that family we found and her friend. The Lord works in mysterious ways but we're finding connections with a lot of people and helping them recognize the church in their lives, through friends and family. Jeremias' dad, Gustavo, already mentioned to us that he's going to get baptized but he's taking his time and not rushing things. We're thinking he'll be baptized the last sunday in September. A lot of prayers will help him with this important decision. I'm learning a lot about how to converse with other people. You guys always told me I was shy a while ago but the mission definitely changes that. You learn how to ask sincere questions. Its really quite amazing how much you learn. We also found another family where only the mom is a member and she's been inactive for years. But they came to church and we're starting to teach them. We're still looking for more people but the Lord always puts them in our path without question.
I love you guys heaps. Les amo muchísimo. Nunca se rindan del camino y siempre den gracias al Señor por las cosas que reciben, tanto espirituales como temporales. Cuídense, con amor,
Elder Webb
Hey thanks for the letters this week. This week has been pretty exciting. Well, first of all, September 11th here is an important day as it is in the USA. On september 11th here like 30 or 40 years ago is when the people revolted against the dictator Pinochet. And so long story short, basically every September 11th, all the teenaged boneheads go out in the street and cause mayhem. Haha I've heard some pretty crazy stories from other missionaries but not that much happened here in Quilicure because its on the outskirts of the city. But we had to enter our apartment when it got dark and we couldnt leave. We did hear gunshots and smelt them burning stuff outside but nothing else happened. It was pretty exciting. This week is the independence day for Chile on the 18th. It´ll be pretty exciting because everyone basically makes barbeques the whole week and free empanadas haha. But importante information for you guys... this next week my P-Day is going to be Tuesday NOT Monday because on monday its still the holiday weekend and everything is closed. Ok? So don't expect a letter on Monday mom and when you don't get it, don't call President May haha. Oh and also, yesterday was pretty cool, we were teaching a family when there was another little aftershock. Once again, we're pretty used to them now but it still gets your heart pumping when the whole building starts swaying back and forth.
Well, the work of the Lord is moving forth here in Lo Campino. Our ward is growing stronger and stronger everyday. This next week we are expecting 2 baptisms in our area. One is the child of that family we found and her friend. The Lord works in mysterious ways but we're finding connections with a lot of people and helping them recognize the church in their lives, through friends and family. Jeremias' dad, Gustavo, already mentioned to us that he's going to get baptized but he's taking his time and not rushing things. We're thinking he'll be baptized the last sunday in September. A lot of prayers will help him with this important decision. I'm learning a lot about how to converse with other people. You guys always told me I was shy a while ago but the mission definitely changes that. You learn how to ask sincere questions. Its really quite amazing how much you learn. We also found another family where only the mom is a member and she's been inactive for years. But they came to church and we're starting to teach them. We're still looking for more people but the Lord always puts them in our path without question.
I love you guys heaps. Les amo muchísimo. Nunca se rindan del camino y siempre den gracias al Señor por las cosas que reciben, tanto espirituales como temporales. Cuídense, con amor,
Elder Webb
Monday, September 6, 2010
Monday, September 6, 2010
Dear family,
Hey thanks for the letters. Yes I did get my package and everything was in it that was on the list you sent me except I never saw 'I am a Child of God' stickers. But its alright I got everything. Thanks a lot! I did have a good birthday. We went and had some pizza in down town Santiago and a family made me a cake. I felt at home dont worry. I do miss having giant pots of mac and cheese for my birthday though haha.
Well things are going great here in Quilicura. Jeremías had is confirmation yesterday. It was a great experience to take part in. His dad very likely will get baptized either this week or the 26th. And we help activate an entire family, the one that we found miraculously, and we're going to baptize at least one of their kids on the 19th. They are such an amazing family. Very humble and they recognize that they´ve been losing a lot of blessings while not being active in the church. We continue to have some amazing lessons and experiences here. We're teaching a lot of people who are slowly opening their heart to the gospel. I know that the Book of Mormon has that power, to soften the hearts of those that read it sincerely. Jeremias' dad is a really intellectual man and has only had one question about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. By reading and praying he could resolve his own doubts about the book. The members here are amazing. We live in front of a pretty ghetto neighborhood called la Pucará. And in there there is a little health center and a member works there. She knows basically everyone there and this week we're going to pass out about 10 book of mormons and have lessons with them. The members make the difference in missionary work. Hopefully you guys are still having missionary experiences there.
Well I'm learning a lot. Especially about obedience. Remember that who we are is what we think about when we don't have anything to do. If we think about meaningless things then we are slothful servants. We should always have something positive and uplifting in our minds. Also, I invite you guys to read the January ensign about the talk from Elder Holland called 'The best is yet to come.' This talk has made a difference in my life as a missionary. Well keep chuggin along in work, school, church, and the temple. I love you guys and miss you heaps. Les amo muchísimo. Que siempre cumplan con lo que se les propongan. Con amor,
Elder Webb
ps: oh yesterday I had an empanada de jibia. Its like giant squid in a fried bread thing. It was pretty good. Mom wouldn't have liked it I don't think.
Hey thanks for the letters. Yes I did get my package and everything was in it that was on the list you sent me except I never saw 'I am a Child of God' stickers. But its alright I got everything. Thanks a lot! I did have a good birthday. We went and had some pizza in down town Santiago and a family made me a cake. I felt at home dont worry. I do miss having giant pots of mac and cheese for my birthday though haha.
Well things are going great here in Quilicura. Jeremías had is confirmation yesterday. It was a great experience to take part in. His dad very likely will get baptized either this week or the 26th. And we help activate an entire family, the one that we found miraculously, and we're going to baptize at least one of their kids on the 19th. They are such an amazing family. Very humble and they recognize that they´ve been losing a lot of blessings while not being active in the church. We continue to have some amazing lessons and experiences here. We're teaching a lot of people who are slowly opening their heart to the gospel. I know that the Book of Mormon has that power, to soften the hearts of those that read it sincerely. Jeremias' dad is a really intellectual man and has only had one question about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. By reading and praying he could resolve his own doubts about the book. The members here are amazing. We live in front of a pretty ghetto neighborhood called la Pucará. And in there there is a little health center and a member works there. She knows basically everyone there and this week we're going to pass out about 10 book of mormons and have lessons with them. The members make the difference in missionary work. Hopefully you guys are still having missionary experiences there.
Well I'm learning a lot. Especially about obedience. Remember that who we are is what we think about when we don't have anything to do. If we think about meaningless things then we are slothful servants. We should always have something positive and uplifting in our minds. Also, I invite you guys to read the January ensign about the talk from Elder Holland called 'The best is yet to come.' This talk has made a difference in my life as a missionary. Well keep chuggin along in work, school, church, and the temple. I love you guys and miss you heaps. Les amo muchísimo. Que siempre cumplan con lo que se les propongan. Con amor,
Elder Webb
ps: oh yesterday I had an empanada de jibia. Its like giant squid in a fried bread thing. It was pretty good. Mom wouldn't have liked it I don't think.
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