How are you all!? Life is awesome here!
First I had to laugh about the earthquake business. Can I just say that I love Edgardo and Paola? They were so worried about you people. It was adorable! Anyway, we definitely did not feel anything. Also, Chile is crazy ---they had like three earthquakes above 7.5 this last week and they are all back to normal. Obviously it was on the news and everything the destruction that I was sure was coming did not come. They are a good example of being prepared! And it worked! We did get some earthquakes here in the past few days. Nothing big. They are super used to earthquakes here in Chile but there was a pretty long one this weekend here in Santiago. I usually don´t get too scared during the earthquakes because they are so small, but there was one that just kept going and going. That is how everyone says the big ones start. I was sitting on my companions bed with two of my other roommates and we felt it shake ... at first we ignored it and kept talking but then it got stronger and longer until all of us looked at each other and jumped off the top bunk all at the same time to open the door. (What you are supposed to do in an earthquake.) Anyway it ended and it was very anticlimactic. So there is definitely no updates of earthquakes here. So, no worries. 'It is not Santiago´s turn' as they say here. It was their turn up north -- they were expecting it.
General Conference was AWESOME! I love the prophets! They really are prophets of God! He really does direct this church! What a beautiful outlook we have through this church. It is real! His plan is real! What a blessing it is to be a part of it! I loved all of the talks! It is pretty cool because God had all of the answers right there! People´s lives are so complicated but God is not! It all just comes down to a big family and a Father who is in Heaven who loves us so much that He sent His son to help us not only live with Him some day but also become like Him. With all of the joy of our own personal family and the hope of all of this FOREVER!!! I loved the part when one of them said that there is a reason we don´t like endings, ... it is because we are made of eternal stuff, and eternal stuff is not meant to end. I am so glad that not only do we have the chance to be together forever, but that we were made specifically to be together forever! No wonder I am so happy when I am with you people. I get you forever.
P__ and E__ continue to be the coolest people in the world. They went to conference and after we had a NDH (FHE) in their house about conference. They are the cutest people ever! The spirit was so strong. We talked about what we learned. Can I tell you how fun it is to hear these people you love talk about messages that they liked that I know will help them be better people and a closer family? Thank you general Conference! There are times when I just sit back and think, "Wow! God really knows what He is doing!" Putting me here with that family really has helped me. Whether I am wrestling with P and R, singing with J, or giggling about some boy with V.... I love that house!! What a blessing!
C and M are doing super well! The punks and did not go to general conference but that is why it is on line. We had quite the miracle this last week. When we went to the charla con presidente, I don´t know if you guys remember but right after president went straight for C, and C lost no time in inviting him to his house. We went to his house last Monday night and a miracle happened. We had this really sweet lesson on how the gospel changes couples lives too, and suddently everyone was crying. At the end of the lesson C__ looked at President and said 'I know this may sound wierd but I feel like I knew you before'. Then the tears really started when president said the same thing. It was really cool! They have very similar sad stories - the two of them - and it was really sweet! They invited them to once (it is like a snack after dinner) but they did not invite us! that is okay I am over it. President is going to baptize him and they practiced his baptism while they were there. It was a really sweet moment because the way we found them was a tender mercy for me (I don´t know if you remember the story of how I was really bummed that day and we went to "that last house" and we found the B__ family and I got to testify of eternal families and it was just what I needed because I was super bummed because I was really missing Lauren) and then it was also a tender mercy for President because it was a miracle how they both felt that they had known each other and how they both have very similar stories. President and I had a really sweet conversation about how good God is. And, how great it is to be a part of His work. I have thought a lot about how God blessed three different people in different parts of their "spiritual journey" with different goals and dreams, but we all came out appreciating our families and loving God more! It is a good deal!
We found a new investigator this week. She lives in the rich part of Santiago so we were excited. She is really sick and almost cannot leave her house because she does not have spit. What!? Have you ever thought about how awful it would be to not have spit? I had not before that visit, but she really suffers. She can´t really eat, drink, or talk. It is a bummer! It is interesting how the mission helps reminds me how very blessed I am, even for little things like spit....
I know I say this in every letter but I really really love you guys. I know this gospel works. We spent a lot of time with Y__ this week and talked a lot about men. She has had a lot of men that have tried to do the whole one night stand with her. It is fun to listen to her tell the stories of how she has avoided them all. After all of her stories I always end horrified that she has had such terrible luck with men. My comp and her always laugh at me because they say that all men are like that. It was a really sweet experience on Saturday during the womens session when it showed all of the covenants we make and how our family comes in the covenant path. I leaned over and said "look, Y__! That is not only what I was taught I can have some day, but that is what I was taught that I am promised to have one day!!" We were both crying when she said 'wow... that is what I want!' How cool is it that if we keep our temple covenants, it can all be ours!!!! That is what we are promised! We can have an eternal family whether it be in this life or the next! God is good! He knows what will make us most happy. He knew that that would be between a man and a wife who love each other very much who grow and progress as a team, creating and raising children who are theirs FOREVER! And then whats more, giving us a Savior who took upon Him our pains and sins so that when we mess up, we don´t feel like we are enough, or it hurts, we NEVER have to be alone. What a beautiful, perfect, merciful plan! I love you all so much! Thank you for everything!!
Hermana Webb
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