I LOVE love!!

"Turns out I'm really still just a little kid!"

Hey! I really love you all so much! This week was another great week! It was super crazy but it was good!

We had a lot of divisions this week. My companion is a leader entonces we do a lot of divisions anyway.  Leaders have four to eight hermanas that they do divisions with every change.  I like that my comp is a leader because I get to know other girls.  I also like it when I have divisions with a gringo because I get to talk in English!!!  (That does not happen very much.  It is crazy after one day my Spanish totally gets worse.)

We had a really hard lesson with ______ this week.  _______ is the son of the baptist pastor.  I learned some things about his religion that I did not know ... Did you know they interpret the Bible literally?!?  Who does that?  I thought those people did not even exist anymore!  I don´t mean to be rude, but I really thought that did not happen.  He is such a smart kid and he understands the principles of the gospel so beautifully so I was really surprised to find out that he is so well educated with such a limited view of such a limited book.  He is usually very loving and patient but this time he was worried and contentious.  I have never seen him like that.  I think it was because we scared him a little bit.  I really just want to focus on the Book of Mormon with him because it is so obviously true!  I feel bad -- I don´t want to throw it in his face but he could be so much smarter!  He could understand these things so much better if he just used a little faith to try it!  I don´t know if he is going to though.  It was a really beautiful experience for me though.  I was about to read the story of Enoch with him because we were going to talk about how he could pray to see if the book is true. But then the spirit told me another idea.  He just finished his thesis about sin and how people repent. So naturally the spirit told me to read the story about Alma. We started reading it and that is when he started throwing every type of question at us.  That is when he started feeling contentious.  But it is such a beautiful chapter.  ______ started talking about how God has perfect justice and mercy and he wanted to say the chapter was wrong.  He quickly found out how right this chapter is!  I am pretty sure it has all the right structure and it is this beautiful comparison between justice and mercy.  I never noticed it before but the chapter was absolutely perfect.  It is so tricky because I don´t want it to sound like HA you were wrong!  But I want him to break through the limits that he is in. 

We had another great lesson with ______. He still thinks that the religions are just ¨football teams,¨ but he wants so bad to have the connection that he had with God before again.  We took a recent convert to both of the lessons, one with ______ and the other with ______ .... and poor guy was a little stressed.  These men are the hardest investigators that we have.  He really liked ______ though. Now it is getting awkward because he continues to tell us that our eyes are the prettiest and that we are ¨guapisimo¨ -- that in case you were wondering is 'like really attractive'.  That is when our lessons get awkward which is always why we have another member with us.  We will see what happens with him. 

______ is doing so well!  She is so cute and the experience at the baptism did not scare her away!!  I was so worried that she would go running but she is still really excited and was practically begging for more homework from the Book of Mormon.  She is such a cutie!  She basically taught her mom everything and she is now listening to us too!  I love this work!

On of the members here was commenting on why we have been in this area and been companions for so long ... he said he believes it is specifically for one family ....  I felt that big time when he said it to me.  I love them so much!  But that makes the responsibility really big!  I really want them to be happy!

....  _____ and her family!  I love them I love them I love them!!!!  _______ just got back from a long trip and we were not sure where he was so me and another comp just went over to find out.  I love him I love him I love him!  He is so quiet, but turns out he has been quietly progressing.  I was kind of blunt and said:

¿Entonces, quiere bautizarse?

¡SÍ!

Enserio! Ah bakan!! ¿quiere casarse?

¡SÍ!

Ah su familia va a ser eterno!  Estoy super animada!  Ah! Bakan ok no creo que tengo mas! 

And then I screamed for a little while about forever families and he laughed at me but we both know that he is more excited than I am ... he is just so cute and shy!  I love him I love him I love him!  (Too bad at that time _____ and _______ were fighting so _____ does not want to get married now but that is just a bump in the road compared to what we have had before!!  :-)

_____ is my biggest worry.  She is not choosing things that are going to make her happy.  She is still trying to go to church and participates in all of our lessons but she continues to doubt. 

We had an NDH in the house of presidente last night and that was awesome!  The twins, as usual, were crazy!  One almost drown in presidents pool and the other was just well... ______.  They are so cute, but so crazy! 

I think that is about it.  I am so happy!  God is teaching me spiritually, and mentally.  I have been thinking a lot about love!  Moroni says twice (Ether 12 and Moroni 7) that we don´t get any good gift without charity.  I don´t think that is because God is trying to hold back the good gifts; I think it is because we are honestly happier when we just love!  God tries to build up our love.  When we follow his commandments, love is sweeter and lasts longer.  We develop traits like faith, hope, patience, diligence and kindness (Moroni 7) and it makes love so sweet!  Not only is He helping make that love sweet here on this earth but it can be sweet in the life to come.  It is a forever love.  satan is the opposite.  While God uses every thing good to build it up, (Moroni 7:16) satan uses every thing bad to tear it down (Moroni 7:17)  satan uses lust, addictions and contentions to dull the affects of love ... he uses those things to distract us -- anything to keep us from receiving that beautiful gift of true love forever.  I am not just talking about husbands and wives - I am talking about with everyone. Especially with God.  This gospel is true!  I am finally realizing what that phrase really means!  Our family is forever!  God really does love us!  And he really answers prayers!  He is going to take us home to live with him in His mansions that he is building for all of us!  We are ALL welcome! ... Because He loves us all!  I love this plan!  I am tired and I fall a lot!  But love is what always gets me up again!  It does not just get me up again, it changes me completely!  With the atonement, or the power of His love I can change and have a heart that is pure enough to be filled with that love that Moroni tells us to pray with all energy of heart for.  I love Love!  I also love you all so much! 

Hermana Webb