Miracles

Hi Family 
So our investigator undropped us. So that was the best thing ever. Basically he got drunk and was mad at the world. Sad because it was right after we taught him the Word of Wisdom lesson,  so we are working with him.

Cool story with that though. We taught him a lesson, and at the end we asked him if there was anything that he needed extra prayers for, and he quickly said "I would love to have my truck back! but that is a material thing, and I know God doesn't want us to pray for it."
I said. "If it is important to you it is important to God" so I prayed for him, and for his truck. Well minutes later after saying Amen he got a phone call and His brother said he should have his truck by that day! 
He yelled out to us as we biked away "PRAYERS WORK!" It was a testimony builder for all of us. 

On Tuesday all the doors were opened for us. After having such a hard week Heavenly Father has really blessed us. We were able to meet a lot of people, and some potential investigators too. Which is always a plus. 

On Friday we met with our investigator again, and WE SET A BAPTISMAL DATE!!!!!  June 18th should be the day so I will keep you updated:) this is just really cool, because I was there for his first lesson, and I can be there for his baptism so it is exciting for me.

On Sunday we had 10 less actives at church! It was great to have them at church!

Life is great we are being blessed. and I GOT A PACKAGE with all my favorite things. So now I don't feel SOOOOOOOooooooo bad. Just became Julie Andrews for a second - sorry..

Well I love you family. Thank you for loving me and for praying for me all the time You are pretty great. 

Love your Favorite missionary,

-Sister Webber

Elder Bills, Elder Dean, Sister Washburn and me!

Peas on my Feet?

Well to look on the bright side of life, I didn't get poured on this week. We walked inside an investigators house and the rain came down. The floods came up, and we were dry. SO that was pretty great. 

I am gonna be 100% real right now. This week was rough. I only cried twice though, which I carry as an accomplishment. Our prized one progressing investigator dropped us.. At least I had some ice cream in the fridge, because ice cream makes everything better. 

I feel like I need to stop doing the day to day updates, and just tell you the miracles, so that is what I am going to do this week. Well I wouldn't say these are miracles, but the highs from a week of lows, which I consider all good things worth sharing. 

Starting with funny:

 

We went to a ward member's house to eat dinner and they have 4 kids under the age of 8. They are the cutest kids ever, and their 3 year old is hilarious. We were teaching them about the armor of God for our spiritual message, and Sister Washburn said, "Aiden do you have Peace on your feet?" and he laughed so hard he was crying and we just looked at each other confused, and he said "Peas on my feet?" haha we got a kick out of that.  

Now serious:

Who knew I could get a spiritual whooping, like I did this week. I started and finished dad's book, and I definitely learned a lot. It goes hand in hand with missionary work and I am so grateful for a Dad who can help me remember things through a book. I seriously learned so much, so thank you Dad. 

I learned a lot about missionary work in my personal reading too, because I am reading in Alma right now, and they were they great missionaries I hope to be half the missionary that they were. 

Another neat experience:

I am so proud to say that I have never tried alcohol. We taught the Word of Wisdom lesson twice this week, and both parties were astonished that we had never tried beer, or done drugs, but seriously it has never been a temptation. Especially after seeing all the bad things it does to families, and to your own health. And I can proudly say that the reason I have never done those things is because it is a commandment from God. They were both amazed at that answer and I was amazed at how easily it came out. 

We are under tornado watch again but what is new. Know that the city of Ponca was blessed by an Indian chief, so tornados don't touch down here. It's been like 108 years since a tornado landed in Ponca City so hopefully that calms your fears (lol it doesn't calm mine.)

I hope ya'll have a wonderful week. I love you so much and I miss you every day. Thank you for your prayers, and your constant words of encouragement. I LOVE YOU MORE

Sister Webber

Skyline from the back of the car

Skyline from the front of the car

Hanging out with the spanish speaking missionaries

Meeting my companion

I'm bringing home puppies! (No she's not)

Got caught in the rain.....again!

Face to Face

Well this week I have been studying a lot about prophets seeing God face to face. It is really interesting though how they it is said that those who have a pure heart can see God. I wonder at what point is your heart pure? It would be a humbling experience to be able to be in the presence of Him. I think that should be all of our goals, to be pure enough to sit and talk with God. 

This week was a hard one finding people interested in listening but we learned a lot about ourselves, and what we as a companionship need to do better. 

On Monday we had a Standardized Training meeting. where our whole zone got together.  I realized some things I need to do better. Because of that I can become a better missionary, so I welcome the chastisement....well mostly.

Tuesday we drove back from Enid (where we had the STM) and we went straight to service at the Neals museum. which is so cool. I pinched a nerve in my back though, and that was a little stressful because I couldn't ride my bike, so we just drove to all of our appointments, and the elders were kind enough to give me a blessing. 

Wednesday we went to Oklahoma City to have a meeting for all the new missionaries and it was fun seeing my MTC friends again. Still not many appointments but we had one who is officially a Progressing investigator so Woo Hoo to that. Our one and only. 

We went to eat at a ward member's house who are just like Janae and Josh and it is the funniest thing in the whole world. So I enjoy being around them. 

Thursday we had a ward Cinco de Mayo party and I learned some Spanish words (that I don't know how to spell) that means, "Welcome to the party!" Learning a little at a time. We invited like 15 people, and no one came, but we got to know people in the ward so that was good.

Friday we had another lesson, and then the Wrights took us to dinner so that was the best! 

Saturday was the day of Spanish. We had a lesson with Martha's husband and found out that he was a preacher in Honduras, We took a couple in our ward  with us (they speak fluent Spanish) and they basically taught him. 

We OYM (Open your mouth) to G. who only speaks spanish. Annie Neilsen sent me a letter so that I can learn some Spanish words and sentences. so S/O to her because I am basically a Hermana now.

Sunday was the best because I got to see my cute family. And man was I emotionally drained. Who knew it would be so hard to hang up a skype call. But I did it because I am a big kid missionary now. But it was really nice to see all of you and to talk to you. Weird how that won't happen again until Christmas. But good things come to those who wait. AND THERE WILL BE A BABY AT THE NEXT CALL AHHHHH so excited to meet that sweet baby Van Ry

Well I love you and hope you have a good week. 

Love, 

Sister Webber

Got caught in this crazy wet Oklahoma weather!

I wish I could speak Spanish

THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE WHO DO NOT SPEAK ENGLISH and it is so frustrating. But I can do hard things right? Maybe I'll come back bilingual. who knows

Monday was a bad day, I was very emotional, my head was everywhere, and I could not focus on anything. But we ended the day with a bang, and had a really good lesson with K and A.

Tuesday we were under tornado watch, so I freaked out thinking I was going to die. The storm didn't even start until 9 and it was the most intense thunderstorm in the whole world. I have never seen anything like it before! The raindrops were like the size of grapes  (I can't think of anything the same size) and it was just crazy. We did a lesson on the doorstep of this girl's house and it was so awkward and she even said "yall are very awkward"  I have learned to embrace the awkwardness that is in me or in other words get TOASTY "Thrive On Awkward Situations Today" - my new motto

Wednesday everything fell through. We biked around the whole city of Ponca. I was hangry, and emotional, and all the things that you don't want to be while trying to talk to strangers. Sister Washburn made me do my first OYM all by myself and I was so scared, but I did it and I survived and it was all good. 

Thursday we had a less active woman named Sister W. come to Book of Mormon class which was such a big deal, and she almost made me sing in front of everyone because she overheard me singing, and my face turned bright red. I was not ready for that.

Friday it poured. I don't mean like anything that has ever happened in Utah.  We ran from the car to the apartment, (which is like 1 minute max) and it was as if we sat in the shower for 5 minutes. I have never seen anything like it. 

During a lesson we asked our investigators "if you could ask God one question what would it be?" 

So I am curious what Y'all would ask. so let me know :) 

Saturday and Sunday we realized that everything happens for a reason.  Things that were falling through led us to people that we would have never found otherwise. Like Martha. We ran into her on Wednesday and it was awkward because we had already OYM ed her the week before, so we walked away from her but then we found Joshua who said,  "COME OVER TO MY HOUSE TOMORROW!" So we went to his house and guess what  -Martha is his mom! She is from Honduras, and she speaks maybe 50 words in English and she had taken lessons from missionaries in another city, but hadn't had any contact with missionaries since she moved to Ponca city 8 YEARS AGO! She lives 5 minutes away from us. God knows us and he makes sure we are found when we are lost.

My new favorite scripture is Alma 37 vs 36-37. It is really great and you should look it up, and remember God all day every day :)

I love yall so much. Have a wonderful week! 

Love, 

Sister Webber

Thanks Mad and Annie for the letters they made my day.

PS. Happy birthday this week to Haley Hallsted!