Family!!
I love you all so much I can´t even explain! We had such an amazing
week. I told my companion I feel like on the mission I just want to sit
back and enjoy the miracles because they never stop!
So first of all we have a baptism this week! It is a hija de a
recent convert. She is a sweet heart! It has been an adventure getting
her to this point but she is so ready for this! We were teaching her
about the law of chastity which was one, super awkward and two, pretty hard
for her. I injected in to tell her why we had this law and she stopped
me and said (in Spanish of course) I know, I know it is because God loves
me. YESSSSSSSSS!!!! I did my job! I guess I tell her that a lot because
she told me that that is all I say. It is true. My Spanish is still
pretty crappy, but it is cool because I can say Dios le ama!! Yes that
is why! That is why I am here! That is why we should pay tithing, go to
church, live the law of chastity read the book of Mormon and pray! Yes!
She got it! That is why I am here is to tell as many people that as I
possibly can! That is our religion! Because Dios Nos Ama! Muchisimo!
Entonces we should be really happy and we should be ready to live the
commandments they are only going to set us free!
The rest of the week was one miracle after another. We have this
list of the ward. I am pretty sure there are like 900 people in our
ward. Of course, none go to church so we are out looking for all of them.
That is an adventure. These people start out as just names on a page
and then suddenly they become people with real lives and real desires
and real problems and real dreams and real ruined dreams. We found one
sweet women that at the beginning was super closed. She did not want to
talk to us then we asked if we could pray with her and for some reason
that just opened every thing up! She is the grandma of the home. There
are two children and their families living in this apartment. We have
not met the others but we have an appointment with them tomorrow. They
had a seven year old granddaughter die in their house from Leukemia. Sound
familiar? yeah! Bummer! And the little grand daughter that was with her
has autism. She did not say so but I am pretty sure of it. I am kind of a
creeper and watch kids that seem like they have some kind of
disability. She was a sweet heart! Also we found an old bishop! Turns
out no one is safe! He told us that he loved the church and that he has a
testimony but things have... changed. I don´t know what that means but
hopefully we will find out. Miracles! He may have forgotten God, but God
never forgot him!
Okay so for the weeks chistosos!! So my Spanish is definitely
better! I can understand when I have the spirit super strong and I can
talk about almost anything I want. This week I was trying to tell my
comp about bunny bashing (for those of you who don´t know what that is,
it is a terrible sport in Idaho where people use bats to hit bunnies
until they die.) That is hard to explain when you don´t know the word
for bunny and tampoco for bashing. Thankfully, baseball bat is bata de
baseball; entonces that was easy. You think we would be better at Charades by now but we are not because when I acted out the ears for the
bunny Hermana Maciel thought I meant a deer. So she had the image of
people in Idaho with baseball bats attacking deer. No wait it gets
better. We started talking about deer and when I told her that there are
always about seven deer next to my house she imagined like seven deer heads on our
wall because that what she knows as deer. So basically mom I have an
idea! Take some baseball bats and bash the deer until they die and mount
them on our wall! What do you think!? Oh I love Spanish!
The other chistoso was the drunk man of the week! Oh wow he was
very drunk! He stopped us in the street last night and gave us the gift
of some leaves. (I know, very nice right?) Then he proceeded to mumble
about I don´t even know. I understood him. After a while he came out to
greet us. For those of you who don´t know a greeting in Chile consists of
a beso on the cheek. That is awkward! We can´t obviously beso the men.
As he was opening the gate Hermana Maciel and I tried to frantically
explain why we could not beso but it was not fast enough. He went right
to me and stuck his cheek right in my face. I mean right in front of my
face! I have not been that close to a mans face for a very long time! I
had to practically stick my hand in his nose to help him understand that
we shake hands. I was trying really hard not to laugh but when he
started to explain to us that he is George by day and Maria by night, I
lost it! I just laughed and laughed! He was very confused as to why I
was laughing but proceeded to dance and tell me jokes about lamp posts to
add to my laughter. It was a good day!! Turns out he was one of our
referencias. Thanks Elders!
I think that is about it! We are happily just working! My life is
wonderful and I love you all! God is good to me! He is teaching me a
very specific lesson plan and I find the more I lose myself in His work
the more I find how much I fit right in His hands! I am learning every
day to choose faith and not doubt! No, I am not perfect but I am happy
when I choose faith! I am finding His hand every day! One of my favorite
lines in a song says 'for how can we hope to see his face if we never could see His hand!' I love this! Look for it this week! Find how he is
teaching YOU! Because he is! He has a plan for you! But it probably
involves helping someone else! I love you all so much! I continue to
stand all amazed at the blessings this family brings! I am so happy! God
is so good! This stuff is so true! In the scriptures, a lot of people
ran when they found the truth (read the end of Matthew the last chapter.)
My favorite part is when the two Marys run with a lot of joy and a
little bit of fear in their hearts and who do they find on their way? I
am running! I am running with joy and a little bit of fear because total
villa I am not perfect but I continue to find my Savior in my path!
Love you!
love,
Hermana Webb
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