Another Transfer in Ponca-dise

Hi Family

So Sister Allred and I are staying in Ponca City for another transfer!! We were shocked, but so excited for another transfer full of working hard, and lots of laughs. I am so grateful for the fact that I get 6 more weeks to serve the people of Ponca City. I was really worried that I was going to have to leave this land that I love. But I won't have to worry about that for 6 more weeks. 

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT IS ALMOST SEPTEMBER? Where has time gone? In missionary life, days seem like weeks and weeks seem like days. It blows my mind that I have already been with Sister Allred for 6 weeks. Wow, but we still love each other so that is a good sign! She said yesterday after we found out. "get ready for 6 more weeks of me scaring you" So as you can tell from that life is pretty eventful. 

So I want to email you this week about the M. family because they are the best. 

So we met Brother M. about a week ago. I would say last Friday, we were just biking everywhere talking to everyone, hoping we would find someone. Well we biked by and stopped to talk to him. As we did he had such a huge smile on his face, and we shared with him how we could be with our families forever, and he invited us to come back the next day. Well we did, and we brought a member who brought such a spirit with her. She testified about how the gospel has blessed her family, and we shared the restoration with him, and a Book of Mormon. 

He paused us in the middle of a sentence, and said. "You want to know something? I don't pray much, but I was praying yesterday that God would show me a sign of where I need to go with my life, and then y'all showed up on my front porch." 

We smiled and said "What do you think that means?" 

He said "Well my wife thinks that means I need to check out your church.." 

We laughed about it for a little bit, but shared that we knew the message that we share will bring him happiness, We said a prayer and then left. 

We went to another appointment, and then on to another when it fell through, we were sad but as we were walking away we got a call from Brother M. and he said "Right as yall were leaving my wife came out to visit, do you think you could come back?" and Sister Allred and I almost shouted yes!

So we went back and had a really good discussion about our church and it was so great. The Spirit was so strong, and I was so excited for them!! We are visiting with them every day. DAILY CONTACT BRINGS MIRACLES! Se would not have the relationship we do with them without it. So that has strengthened my testimony.

I love you all so much. Please pray for the M family that their hearts will be softened to the message of Jesus Christ that we are sharing with them! I am so excited to see where this next transfer in Ponca takes us. 

I love you all and miss you even more

Love ,

Sister Webber 

Fear Not

This week was a turn around. Yes a lot of appointments fell through, but that is missionary work. We actually had appointments set though, that is a big step up from last week!! We found 8 new investigators. 8!! 3 families are included in that! Heavenly Father is blessing us for not giving up last week. It is very wonderful. I am so excited for them!!

So I have had a really hard time having confidence in myself lately. So I did a study on it. and I am going to share what I found, because it was very inspirational to me.

FIRST: CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCRIPTURES?! If you have a question, or you are struggling with something, go to the scriptures. They have the answer to all the questions you may have. 

Some scriptures I found were Doctrine and Covenants 30:11, 50:41, 67:10, 98:1, 101:36, 136:17

This mornings studies were exactly what I needed. Just about not having fear, trusting in God, and he will help me. 

Doctrine and Covenants 50:41 says: "Fear not, little children for you are mine." 

That right there should be enough. We are His and He is ours. So therefore we can accomplish anything. Just like Nephi says in 1 Nephi 3:7 "I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them." 

God doesn't ask us to do impossible things, and at the same time, "Our Heavenly Father did not put us on Earth to fail, but to succeed gloriously" -Elder Scott

Heavenly Father did not ask me to come on a mission so I could fail, so I could knock on doors all day and no one answer. Yes that is something I will have to do, but I am here to succeed. And success does not mean getting 20 appointments each week or 1000 baptisms while I am here in OK, but success means that I work hard. That I push past my weaknesses so that they can become strengths like it says in Ether 12:27 "I give unto men weakness that they may be humble" I must really need to be humbled because I found a scripture today in Doctrine and Covenants 67:10 that says: "Inasmuch as you strip yourselves from jealousies and fears, and humble yourselves before me, for ye are not sufficiently humble, the veil shall be rent and you shall see me and know that I am- not with the carnal, neither with natural mind, but with the spiritual" 

Lots to think about this week. I am going to try to be more confident in my teaching, in meeting new people, and with the way that I hold myself. Confident but not prideful, because Like Elder Tad Callister says "beware of pride" 

I am constantly working on my own conversion here. I have no Idea  how I am going to help others do so when I am trying to do it myself, but With God anything is possible. 

My district gave me a really nice compliment last week, and said that they have never met anyone who smiles more than me. And I thought to myself, I have not noticed that I was happy in about a week, but hey I can do hard things, and if I can smile when I am down, think about how I will be when I am positive, so I have been trying to be more positive with life. 

Thank you for all the prayers and the love that you always send my way! I love you all so much!!
Love, 

Sister Webber

Jumping picture fail

Not sure what they are doing

She loves her Okla-HOMIE shirt

Lots of cute freckles when she gets hot, and it is hot there

"How was your week?" "Week-full"

Hey family, 

It's been another week full of knocking doors and 7 year olds saying "Hi, We're not gonna do this" then shutting the door. Lots and lots of tracting. We talked to a little under 100 people, but knocked for over 12 hours. Guess how many people became investigators? 4. 

I had an interview with President and I kinda broke down. I told him how I was frustrated because the work we are putting in is not coming out in numbers, and It looks like we aren't doing anything. 
He looked me straight in the eyes and said "Sister Webber, did you just say you knocked for 5 hours straight?" 
I said,  "Yes president."  But I thought,  that isn't the point! I nodded with tears filling my eyes. 
He said "And you didn't go home until after 9?" Again I nodded. "I am so proud of you! Numbers don't matter, you are showing to Heavenly Father that you care enough to not give up. I am so proud of you!" 
He made sure I didn't look at numbers, He told me to work hard, but don't let the numbers control me. Wow he said all the things I needed to hear. 

Other than knocking doors, and president interviews, we went to the temple. GOSH I LOVE THE TEMPLE!! Everyone go. ALL the time. ok? Seriously the best place in the world. It came and went way too fast. The church is true. I am sure of it. If it wasnt I wouldnt be here in Oklahoma in this 100+ degree weather trying to invite people to listen to the truth. I would be here, because this is hard, and if it wasn't true it wouldn't be worth it. BUT it IS true, and it IS worth it. And I am learning, and growing so much.

I am so grateful for you family. We went to a children's home, where kids who were taken by DHS go and they are 11-17 years old and man they are so lost. I wanted so badly to stay there all day and give them the attention that they all deserved. If you listened to one, 5 others would be fighting for your attention. It was so sad. I am so grateful for the family God blessed me with. I am so grateful for the parents I had that loved me enough to tell me no. Who taught me right and wrong, and how to work hard. So thank you family, and Mom and Dad. I really love you and I am so grateful for each and every one of you. I love you so much!! Have such a good week. And please keep me in your prayers. Pray that I can be more positive, but also that we can find a family to teach. Pray for Sister Allred, and Pray for Ponca City. Thank you for everything. I love you!!
Love, Your Oklahomie, 

Sister Webber

Temple Day in Oklahoma

Every time I see this I think of the cousins!