We need to have faith to understand . . .
I am still in Apoquindo with my comp!! It feels so good to say that! Life is good!!
Voy are quidarme y me companiera tambien!!!!
So to start, I'm going to answer a couple of questions that dad wrote for me:
1. I have never had to speak in Sacrament meeting except to present myself at the beginning of the change. There are six of us in the ward so the young ones don´t talk a ton.
2. There are 10 missionaries in my district. I love it - it is super fun! My district leader is from Chile and is super funny! He talks really fast and when he is mad he mutters stuff in English which is usually really funny. I have no idea how many in my zone.... a lot.
3. The missionaries I know are awesome! I have not seen any break big rules. Like, I have seen some sleep in till 8 instead of 7:30 (our schedule is an hour later) but I don´t really call that rebelious. ;)
4. Have not been to the temple.... Want to! But we only get to go two times so you have to save it. We are thinking that we are going to go in like three weeks. The new movie still has not hit Chile though which is a bummer.
5. I understand all of Sacrament meeting... well when I am listening. Most of the time I entertain the children of the barrio during sacrament ;) I love my life!!!
6. I have been attacked by some angry dogs. I HATE DOGS!! They are gross! They leave gross things and do gross things in the middle of the road and it does not make me a very happy person. There is a dog who belongs to an investigator who is crazy -- its bottom lip looks all wierd and it is always growling. It bit me, but I am over it now.
7. Most people are really nice here. We have a couple of racist (against Americans) people but then again, people who think I am the coolest thing since sliced bread because I am from the States. Entonces, I really can´t complain. We did have someone tell us we were going to Hell because I am American. This was, of course, when I did not undersatand anything that was going on so I just smiled and said "que bueno!"
In other news I love my life!!!! We are so happy here!
Paola and Edgardo are still progressing beautifully! Edgardo is still far away but he is reading and calling his kids every night to talk to them. I love the changes! I wish I could tell all of the stories of what we heard before to show how much he has changed. They made us Sushi last night. It was so fun!!! I really do feel like I am in my own house when I am with them. They put up Christmas already which made me very happy! I know where I will want to be during the holidays!
Erika is a sweet heart and I love her but she is worrying me! She did not go to church yesterday, but she did go out shopping in the hot sun with her daughters... uhhh, hello!? If you feel good enough to go to a feria you should feel good enough to sit on a bench for an hour at church! She has surgery this week and so she won´t be able to go to church now for six months so the progression with her is going to have to be put on hold. We are going to try extra hard to strengthen her because satan likes it when people stop progressing for a while.
We found Javier again! I don´t know if you guys remember the cute Peruvian man who was progressing a lot and then suddenly disappeared to go up north. He came back! We were super excited! And in the break, he has been reading the Book of Mormon, and sharing the gospel with other people.... Yes! you read that right! He have his pamphlet away to one of the people he works with! Yes!! The problem is he has been here for three months and may not be able to get a carnet to stay in Chile. We are going to get his address in Peru if he suddenly has to go home. We like him a lot he is a good man! He works hard for his family and is looking for the truth!
Rosa went to church this week!!! I am so proud of her! She came in late after the sacrament and left right after sacrament meeting but I was happy! She is adorable! She also got her cute (but sometimes lazy) pololo to go too! I am so proud of her! I was so happy - I almost screamed in the middle of the meeting!
I love you all! As always I have been studying a lot about faith I found something interesting in Mark 14 this week. Here is what I wrote in my journal:
I am really good at having faith until someone looks at me like I am crazy. I don´t like it when it feels like people seem to have a "point" as to why I might be crazy. So now, imagine those people around the feet of the Savior when he was being crucified. They had to be pretty sad but to make things worse the other people around him ¨had a point¨ when they said "He saved so many but he could not save himself" ... This would have to be a major test of faith for those around the Savior at that time. They mockers had a "good point." It had to have been hard not to think.... Yeah... Why is he not saving himself? There are enough reasons to doubt and walk away. My limited mind can come up with a lot of "plot holes" in this story that is so full of "happily ever afters" ... but that is just it ... My mind is limited! I may see plot holes now, but that is just because I can only see a finite part of the infinite picture. What the Chief priests were mocking - the "point" . . . . Christ did not save Himself so that He could save EVERYONE ELSE, including the very people who were mocking Him for not saving himself. Christ did not save himself so that he could save everyone else! He had not just come to save the few that he healed while he was here; He had a bigger job / purpose that they did not see or understand. The chief priests did not see that because they were just looking at the fact that he was not saving himself. MICH!! I love the scriptures! We need the spirit! We need to have faith to understand because logic has limits, and the truth does not!
I love you all! this gospel is true! My faith is growing every day! I still don´t get it all and I still hyperventilate sometimes but I am learning to breath! I love this process! I hope you are all enjoying it too! God has a beautiful lesson plan for each of you that is so full of Ah-ha!! moments and love that I can´t wait to see what is around the next bend. I love you all!
Hermana Webb
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