Monday, June 9, 2014
This was a week of miracles!!!!! I wish I could explain!! I am so happy! Let´s start with the first one shall we?
My companion has been having a hard time being here. The first little bit of the mission is always really hard, especially if you are a fresh missionary who is barely 19 and is very used to your house. She has felt like maybe she should not be here, and that she is just wasting time. So the beautiful part of the story, is that before my companion even wanted to go on the mission, she had a friend who dreamed of her on the mission teaching her family who lived in La Deasa in Santiago Chile. When she heard that she laughed and said that is funny because I don´t even want to serve a mission. God obviously had other plans. Awhile later she got her mission call; Santiago Este. Her friend was way excited because that was just the mission of her family. Then she came here, and her first sector? Apoquindo, the closest barrio that there is to La Deasa, because La deasa is a little dangerous, so the only missionaries there are elders. But, of course, our first district leaders, Elder Cotter and his comp who were in La Desa and just that day they were going to teach them. It is amazing all of the things that should not have happened that totally did! Anyway we could not go visit them becuase it was against the rules. So we anxiously asked our district leader how they were every week but there was not much else to do. This week we got a notice that we needed to do a capilla abierta. (it is like a visiting center but on wheels. Wow!! I learned that I never ever ever want to be a visiting center missionary;)) And of course the capilla was in... La Deasa!!!! So we were excited. We went to the capilla abierta and hoped they would come: and when they did not, we got permission to go looking for them. When they opened the door ,they screamed! We went in the house and told them we could not stay long but that they had to come to the church. It took some convincing but we got them there. We were in charge of doing the first part of the tour. It was really sweet, becuse we started the tour and my companion in the middle of the tour just starting crying (hard) and said 'I am here to testify that families can be together forever, and if I am going to be testifying to families like you, I guess it is okay.' It was so sweet! She could not stop crying. It was a beautiful tour, and it looks like this family will be coming back to the church now. What a miracle!! The elders had been working with them for a while and they had been coming on and off, but now it looks like they are going to come every week. What a blessing!! My companion was so happy!! God really does answer prayers!
Miracle number two!! B___!!!!! What a miracle!! They were so ready and excited for their baptism! They are a great family!! C_ says prayers with his daughter every day before A_ can leave the car for school; M__, and C__ read together from the BOM every night, and they do family prayer with A__ (sometimes.) What a blessing!! They are amazing! They really have changed their lives, and they really want the blessings of the gospel. It is something incredible to watch. They understand their work now and they are going to do it!! They were talking about how their job is to endure to the end!! I hope they can do it! I love what dad said about how the really important things are the family!! It really is true. If you want to be truly happy, you have to look for it in your family! It was so fun to watch them take this step together!! The only one left now is A_. he is a good kid! I think he will get baptized some day. It is more in the process than the actual moment of baptism but it was sure fun to see C_ use that authority that he had rightly, hold and baptize this wife and daughter that he loves so much!! He was so cute when he baptized them. He was so afraid of hurting them that he did super slow. He had to baptize M__ three times. Poor thing was very cold but very happy! Speaking of cold, they are so cute! They always give us random gifts when we go to their house and they just bought us very expensive tights that are VERY warm! Thank you B__ family!
Last miracle of the week was P_ and E_. They are getting married the 2nd of July!! They are so cute!! They waited until today to take out the date so they could take out the date with us. So, early this morning we went with them to the state place and they got their date!!! It was so fun! We followed them everywwhere in the process and when the lady looked at us at the counter weird like "what are the mormon missionaries doing with you guys to get married!?" Edgardo just looked at us and said: 'what? They are our daughters!' I love them so much! Afterwards I kept bugging P__ with being too happy, but I could not take it! They are finally getting married!! They are so excited! They were calling all of their family. I did not know but they had not told anyone!! So all of the Mormons know but their own family did not. They will all be coming to the wedding. E_ already has a date to get baptized on the 20 (It has to be two weeks after because he works for two weeks far away in a mine and then comes back for just one.) P_ wants E_ to baptize her so they are going to wait a little while so that she can get baptized too. What a blessing!! I just hugged P_ all day and told her how much I love her!!
After we went with them I was reading my emails from you guys and I just cried and cried. Everything is soooooooo good! Have you guys noticed how blessed we are!? I know we have been through a lot but God is sure good to us! Taylor and heather have a new baby that could not be more precious their son Alden gets cuter everyday and they even have a garden in their backyard. Sara is in love, is winning amazing awards and has graduated with honors and is working with what she wants to do. Mom and dad have a precious new grand baby who could not be more adorable, they are going to Peru next week, and they have four fabulous kids who (If we do say so ourselves) have done quite well with our lives and are pretty happy. I am surrounded by people that love me here and there and I love them all so much and they are all so happy!! So right now I am just enjoying the hand of God! It is real. I hope you can all feel it because it is real! God really does give us what we ask for, we just have to ask for it. I just broke down crying reading your emails in P__s house today. They are all pretty used to it now, but they started making fun of me. But when I explained why I had every reason to cry they accepted it. I was right! My life is good enough to cry about!! God is good! Pray for His help! He really does come with answers!
Other than my three miracles, I don´t have much else to say. Everyone is happy that I stayed. E_ (the converso reciente who is a cute little old lady who is probably 3 feet tall) is so sweet. We visit her every week and when she saw that I had not left she was very happy. At the end of the lesson she asked God to please not take away her gringita. I don´t know if she has learned my name yet but I love her so much! She makes me happy! She is doing better too. She is a fun little roller coaster! But I have really enjoyed visiting her every week. You kind of fall in love with people after a year of visiting with them.
I think that is it! Thanks for everything family!! I sure do love you all!! We are blessed! We should like mom says be more grateful because He really is in every step! What a blessing!! I love you all and hope you have a great week!
Love
Hermana Webb
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