October 4, 2010

Dearest Family,

Sorry if you feel like I'm not detailed enough in my emails mother haha. There are some details that aren't necessary, especially if its just gonna make you worried. Well La Pucará like I said is pretty ghetto but its not that dangerous. Plus we're friends with all the gangsters there and a couple of drunk people said that they got our back if any punks wanna jump us so we're all set. And about the volcano, the Chileans are really good at making up a bunch of stuff and turning it into a hype. I've heard so many different 'worst case scenario conspiracy theories' that I dont know what to believe anymore. But yes supposedly there's a volcano in south santiago that has had a little bit of activity underground. So you can look that up if you want mom but don't start worrying haha. To answer some of your questions, yes we got to see all 5 sessions here and in english and it was really good. I'll talk about conference more later. Oh and this thursday yes is my hump day. Wow I am having a hard time believing it but yup, I only have a year left. I don't think I'll be burning anything because it just wouldnt be possible where we live in our nice gated apartment buildings. But we'll probably cook something good. Speaking of, you had the missionaries over to eat thats nice. The members down here take good care of us don't worry and definitely give us plenty to eat. But wow you have no idea how much I miss mexican food. The food here is good but Chilean food doesn't have much flavor. Especially spicy, they don't eat like any spicy food and so Mexican food is non-existent here. That makes me miss your enchiladas and tostadas. Yes mom, I do miss your lovely cooking sometimes!

Well things are going good here in Lo Campino. We had conference this weekend which was amazing and I learned a lot. I love the priesthood session where they talked a lot about pride and agency and decisions. Its amazing how much more you learn as a missionary trying to apply what you learn in your own life and in the lives of your investigators. It was a great experience. We had a lot of investigators committed to come but many kinda flaked out and others couldn't come but we havent lost our faith in them. This sunday will be the baptism of Eduardo. He is the older brother of Noelia, the other girl that got baptized about 2 weeks ago. He has come a long way and is excited for his baptism. He looks like a complete gangster with tatoos and everything but has realized the only true path is Jesus Christ and his gospel. We're pretty excited for him. Also we had a neat experience with an "eternal investigator" as we call it, called Macarena. I taught her all the lessons like 4 months ago but never progressed because she never went to church. We went over the other day and she said she will go to church, that she finally wants to. We waited for her at church and finally came. We visited her this tuesday and had an amazing lesson. We asked her if she wants to be baptized and she said yes but she doesnt want to fail God. We asked her if she doesn't get baptized if she will still fail. She said yes. Then we reexplained the doctine of repentance after baptism and gave her the choice to get baptized in October and she said yes I'll do it, I'm full of the spirit! So she said she's going to be baptized the 17th. It was a neat experience. The funny part is that normally we shouldn't have eternal investigators because they waste our time if they never progress but I had always felt that she was going to be baptized. That was a neat experience for us. We have more people that we're teaching but still looking for more. The work will go on here!

Well thanks for the email! I love you guys a lot. Que siempre se esfuercen a desarrollar la fe que tienen en Jesucristo mediante los pequeños actos de caridad hacia los demas, especialmente su familia. Les amo, chao

Elder Webb