Monday, December 2, 2013

"... how do you even know there is life after this one!?"


Wow that is so weird we are now in December!!

This week was so wonderful! It started off absolutely wonderful with a new investigator who is golden!!  She is so cute!  She was a contact in the street from the other Hermanas.  She is always really busy but she is really open to the gospel. ____ is super cute. Whenever she likes something she says 'whatsup?' or 'incredible!'  She was so excited when we gave her a book of Mormon because she said she could feel the passion coming out of my fingers as I passed it to her.  She is right ... that book is special!  There really is something about that book!  People will be so grumpy until we pass the book to them and then they pause because they realize this is not just any other group of preachers. She came to church too! We will see if she keeps progressing. 

The rest of the week was pretty intense. ______ (our star converso recente) has been doubting her faith like crazy.  Not just the whole Mormon thing, but all of it.  She is now not even sure if God even exists.  Turns out satan is attacking all of us -- even the star ones that seemed to have all of the faith in the world.  I told _____ the same thing I told you guys about questions.  I like what mom said about how things that take away from our testimony are only from satan.  I told her that I don´t know why, but at some parts of life, we just have to fight for our testimonies.   I told her that we can fight together.  It was actually a really sweet experience, because she looked at me and said ... "how do you even know there is life after this one?"  I could answer that one!!  I told her that I knew it because I have felt my little sister.  And, I can´t make up the cute personality that she has in my head.  I know what it feels like when I know that she loves me! That is something that I could never make up.  She has a great grandma that she was really close to and who died more than a year ago.  I really hope that she will take her name to the temple because I feel like that could be a really beautiful experience. ______ is definitely a favorite!   Her family is progressing so well and she wants to believe so bad that I think she will be okay. 

We lost __________ this week.  It was a pretty big bummer!  He was progressing so well.  _______ is the nephew of _____ and loved everything we teach.  He is young, but he was doing so well that we kept going back and helping him get to church.  This week when we came the mother told us that _____ cannot get baptized because he is going to get baptized in the Catholic church.  Then she told him right in front of us that she is going to give him this precious gift called baptism and she hopes that he never gives his mom disrespect when he is old by getting baptized in any other church!  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!  Are you kidding me!?  That is so sad and also ridiculous! Thanks _____!  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! I hate pride!  We should get rid of it it!!!  The visit got worse when his dad told me that I only believe because I was brain washed by my parents and I just don´t know any better.  AGAIN, GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!  satan is so mean!!!  It was a very frustrating visit!

Sunday was quite the day!!  Here are all of the reasons that we are very blessed! First of all ______ got baptized, ________ got back from a very long work trip (like a month and a half) ... he traveled all through the night so he could see his daughter get baptized!!  We had two new investigators in the church, and the chapel was absolutely packed!!   Those were all of the good things! It was a pretty exciting week!  There were some pretty rough things too with the church people not understanding some things about the investigators and not letting some important things happen on the program.  Not to mention that _______ had to be baptized three times in icy cold water and the testimony meeting after was focused on some members boyfriend ... (in the words of Sara: "Can't we please just talk about Jesus!?")  I also had a pretty embarrassing moment that I have picked up a new nickname for from the Elders that I would like to lose already, but I hope the two investigators that were there will come back anyway.

So this week was quite the week! I am learning more and more every day! This week I discovered how good at this 'game' God is again!  As I got kind of grumpy about some of the problems that happened on Sunday and with our investigators, God showed me a way around it.  The answer again is LOVE.  When I remember how very much I love these people or you guys, it is hard to question that you all could possibly just be a random result.  The way that _____ and her family, _____, _______, ______, _____, _____, _______, _________, and _____ have changed and blessed my life is just too beautiful to decide is just by chance!  Our family is too perfect to not have been made by a loving, and all knowing creator and a life dedicated to following Him.  We are just too happy for any other conclusion to be possible!  God took my strength and used it to lift my weakness!  That was a cool idea!  I love you all so much more and more every day!  This is so worth every moment, even at the times I have to fight satan!  I love you all so much!  I hope you have a great week!  Thanks for your letters!  I really like them!  They make me very happy! 

Love, 
Hermana Webb

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