Dearest family,

Happy Fathers Day Dean! I hope you enjoyed your special day yesterday. Bummer that we can't call but I'll be home in October. Mom you'd like this raw fish treat and I'm gonna make whether you want it or not haha. So to answer some of your questions, this week President May should call us because he leaves next Tuesday and President Essig gets here the same day. We're stuck here on the island so we won't get to know President Essige till we get back to Santiago. Sounds like you're gettin more rebelious mom, 47 mph... haha what were you thinking! jk. Well i guess thats how Arizona gets their money. Speaking of 47mph... I don't know if you noticed but on that forecast, it said 46 mph winds today. I don't doubt it. On saturday, a big storm system hit the island and it hasnt stopped raining since then. Even now its pouring outside with huricane force winds haha. Last night the power got cut off 2 times. But all is well. In spite of the rain, 17 people came to church including 3 investigators. There are two young men that are starting to come and want to be members. This week we talked to their mom and she said that they can choose. So we're pumped for the tender mercies of the Lord and for the chance to have two baptisms in the beginning of July. Their names are Pedro and Diego. We're praying a lot for them but it looks like they've been prepared. Also, Jorge came to church with his wife and is everyday looks more excited to learn. Hopefully he gets baptized soon. I sent a picture of our "chapel" from the outside and inside. Also, I sent a picture of our little cabin house thing. Its the one with the picture of Jesus on the door.

So we've been pretty blessed here. I'm learning more about how to trust in God with ALL my heart, might, mind, and strength. It really makes a lot more sense to trust in someone that knows everything and loves you infinitely.

The rain has been pretty cool. We have big yellow rain pants and coats and boots that keep us dry. It literally looks like a hurricane outside though haha. Well anyways have a great week!! Take care and Mom, dont drive your boss too crazy. Love,

Elder Webb

Querida familia,

Thanks for the letter dad. So sounds like the volcano is still erupting but we don't see anything from here. Everything here is about the same. Hopefully the forest fire doesn't burn up all of Arizona. But I hope that the family is doing good!

Here on the island, things are moving forward. We're doing a lot of activities with the young men and its helping a lot. Two young men (angel and roberto) went out to visit a less active young man and he said that he will come to church this week. Also we're still teaching Jorge, who is the only non-member from his family. He came to church on Sunday with his whole family and we taught him yesterday. It was a spiritual lesson and he talked about how he knows that his family wants to get sealed and he needs to get sealed with them. He said he doesnt want to feel pressured to get baptized, but with a smile. We're going to teach him again this week and I know that he's going to feel ready to get baptized soon. We're still teaching Melito and her family but they don't feel ready to come to church. So we're still praying so that the Spirit touches their hearts and so that they can come church. I've realized how simple it is to know that what we teach is true. You just have to offer a simply sincere prayer. God always answers faithful prayers. I've seen it time and time again. Its amazing how the Spirit works. If they don't come to know that the church is true through the Spirit, then is doesn't come from God. Also on Sunday, Angel brought another young man called Diego to church that is about 12 years old. He said that he loved it and is going to come every week. We're hoping to get to know his family better and Angel, who just got ordained a priest, wants to baptize him. We're also building a stronger relationship with an inactive family that has two kids that arent baptized yet. Their mom had an accident and had to get shipped to Santiago by plane because she was sick. Before the plane left, she asked us to give her a blessing. So we went and gave her a blessing and everything turned out ok. She got back to the island yesterday and about a week ago we called her while she was gone to see how things we're going and she was so happy we called. So little by little we're gaining a lot of trust from the members in the island and I know the Lord has great things planned for this little island.

So yesterday we went fishing for Pday and we took out a pretty big fish that weighs about 5 pounds I bet. I prepared a dish called civiche, but I dont know what its called in english. But its a dish with raw fish, lemon juice, mayonaise, avocado, pepper, and... I think thats about it but its amazing! I'll have to make it for you guys when I get back.

Well I'll talk to you guys next week. I love you guys. Les amo y les extraño. Pórtense bien esta semana. Chao!

Elder Webb

Dear Family,

Thanks for the letter mom. Its great to hear that you guys find it easy to entertain yourselves haha. Thanks for the update on the family. I hope grandpa Daley can make it out till I get home. Keep me up to date with the ward also. Has there been any baptisms in the ward? New families?

So we talked to President May this week and we had changed in the mission today but Elder Bravo and I are staying here for another 6 weeks. President May leaves on June 28th and President Essig arrives the same day. Also he told us that their going to send a missionary couple to the island in the first week of July. We're pretty excited because we're going to be able to do a lot more here on the island with 4 missionaries. The next transfers are July 18th and I don't know if the both of us are going to leave the island or only one of us. We'll see. But I really love the experience I've had here and would be great to stay longer. He also told us that since the internet is really slow here and we can only use one hour a day that on Monday we're allowed to use one hour and Tuesday morning we can also use internet for another hour. So if you have any questions it will be a lot easier to answer them since we can use email on tuesday now.

Well this week was fantastic. We had some great experiences and lessons. We had a FHE with a family where everyone is a member except the dad. It was a spiritual lesson where we taught and testified about how eternal families and he said that the most important thing to him is his family. Then yesterday at church, we got there a little early and it was raining pretty hard and we were praying that everyone would still come. Then Jorge Cuadra (the dad from that family) came and said, "Yep, miracles do exist." It was great! He liked church a lot and we're going to be teaching him more this week. Hopefully he can make the decision soon to get baptized. We have a lot of potential now also... there are a lot of people that have been showing more interest lately because of a lot of prayer and fasting. We are still doing Scouts with all the youth here and more and more are coming. We had a priesthood activity here on Saturday and we all got together and had a barbeque type thing.

I'm doing good. I'm still learning everyday. The gospel is constant process of remembering principles and then adding onto it. I know its important to repeat lessons to carve the lesson even deeper into our heart and mind through the Spirit.

Well I hope that you guys have a great week! Enjoy the hot, dry weather. Here its raining like nuts. Good thing with have boots. I love you guys a lot. Take care! Les amo y cuídense. Chao,

Elder Webb

Dearest family,

Thanks a lot for the letter Dad. I want to let you guys know that I love you a bunch and miss you all and I'm grateful that you support me here on my mission.

Thanks for the update about everything. I hope everyone can support the heat of the summer. I've decided after being here in Chile in the winter that I really like the heat a lot more than the cold. So thats pretty cool that you saw that program about the island. I'll have to see it when I get back.

Well things on the island are pretty much the same, but we growing more and more as a branch. On Sunday there were 21 people that came to the sacrament meeting, which was the highest attendence since I've been here on the island. We had a miracle with an inactive member that received help from a member here on the island and let him stay in their house because he was living in a tent and all the rain leaked in and he was living in terrible conditions. He feels really repentant and we visited him on Saturday, taught him a lesson, and gave him a blessing and he arrived on church. Now he has the commitment to bring his sister, who isn't a member to church. President Chamorro challenged the members to bring someone new to church so that we can hurry up the need for a chapel here. Hopefully in the beginning of June all the chairs and supplies get here that we need.

We're still teaching that family of three. They didn't come to church. I think its just because they didn't feel ready because of the pressure from their family, who is catholic. But we're hoping and praying for them. If you guys can pray for them that would be awesome. Their names are Melito, Orieta, and Jaysi.

Well I don't have any other news. Today is a beautiful sunny day so we're gonna make the best of it. I love you guys heaps. Chao,

Elder Webb