Chisholm Ward

So transfers came and Sister Fish and I are still together! We were talking last night, and we both agree that our first transfer together was a little rough.. haha we took a little while to get used to each other but now we are on fire! In the words of Sister Fish "we are going to tear this place up!" 
We are pretty excited for this new adventure in a new ward! We are currently in the Chisholm ward which is so exciting, sad to say goodbye to all our friends in the Government Springs ward but they all said "Can we still feed you though?" so we will still be seeing them for sure!

This week I feel like I had a lot of soul searching. I probably say this every week. I realized that my journal is more full of the inner thoughts I have rather than what I do every day. It is just therapeutic to write it all out. But I was told by Brother Curtis that "your parents want to hear about when your bike tires pop, and if you are warm, and if you ate this week!' so I thought I would update you on stuff like that!

So with Black Beauty (my bike) 

I have had like 25 popped tires, and thank goodness the Elders have picked us up for every single one of them. I have learned how to fix a popped tire in like 3 minutes flat! I once fixed a flat tire with tacky stuff for the walls and a band aid and it lasted like 2 months so that is pretty cool!. 

I have moved more people than I can count on my mission. So when I grow up I am going to be very efficient with the way that I do things! 

The members here in Enid feed us really well. We get fed every night by a member and IT IS ALWAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT! I think I have only had pizza like 10 times on my mission! We have so much good food! Also homemade mac n cheese is the best thing in the whole wide world! No more kraft for me.

The south is amazing and I love everyone here. I still have not perfected my southern accent, but I am getting here! 

I love you all! give that baby girl a kiss for me!! miss her more and more every day because SHE IS GETTING SO BIG!!! crazy!!! 

I love you to the moon and back!

love, 

Sister Webber

Government Springs vs Chisholm (January 30, 2017)

SO Big news in the Enid ward! there is no longer an Enid ward. 

WHAt??? The ward is going to split as of the 12th of February!! So exciting to be here during this change! I have realized that this is more exciting than any of us could ever understand. Now we won't have just one bishop to tend over all the people of this ward, but two, and two relief society presidents, and two of everything!!! so exciting! President Bowman was saying that one day Enid will be its own stake, and immediately I thought about how it will be when that is, and everyone will be neighbors to each other, and it will be an amazing thing! I cannot wait to come back in 10 -20 years and see how much growth will come in this beautiful state of Oklahoma! 

Along with that it is amazing to see a new bishop stand up and become a bishop. Bishop Bliss is so nervous, but he is going to do an amazing job. I thought about Dad's book, and I can't wait to give it to him, so that he can learn and grow! AHH so exciting for these beautiful people that have my heart! I can't express how much I love the people in this ward. I am actually really sad that I won't see half of them as much, but I am so excited to see how much people are going to be able to stand up and magnify their callings!! So excited to see the growth of these two wards! This work is hastening! Share your testimony with your neighbors! Be an example to the believers. Invite those who have fallen away to come back! Be a missionary to those around you. Everyone needs love.
Go home teaching, go visiting teaching. Show the love that your Savior has for you to others who aren't able to recognize it. 

I love you all. sorry this is short, but I love you much!! have a great week!! you are amazing!! miss you more every day!​

Love

Sister Webber

Real Talk People (January 23, 2017)

SO I know that we have all entertained with the thought of me coming home in September. and to me that is what I want to do. I want to be back in your arms as soon as possible. BUT I have been feeling a little anxious about that thought, so I have been praying about it A LOT! and thinking about it A LOT and I went to the temple this week and prayed about it even more, and you know what answers I have been getting?

3 Nephi 13:32-34 

"for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof"

or Doctrine And Covenants 42:61-62

"if thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things-- that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal

Thou shalt ask, and it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time"

Oh and lets not forget about the blessing I got on Thursday night when I was told

"Heavenly Father hears all your prayers and he will answer you in his own time, remember to focus on what he wants you to do right now and the future will follow"

So family after a lot of prayers and a lot of thought, I feel like I need to wait to make my final decision. I am going to let Harrison Turn in his papers, and He can put his availability date whenever he pleases and I will be home before he leaves. I promise that. But I can't promise that I will be home on September 14th because I don't know if that is what Heavenly Father wants me to do. 

I am just trying to do what the Lord needs me to do. Maybe there is someone who I need to meet two days after transfers, and That is why he needs me to stay one more. I don't know, but what I do know is that my Heavenly Father's plan is going to be the plan that makes me the most happy, and make me the best instrument that I could ever become. I hope no one is upset with the things I have said today but I will make sure to let you know more of what I know by June. 

Harrison. Please don't wait for me to come home before you put in your papers. I have been thinking about this so much. and I don't want to be the one who holds you back. There may be someone who will only respond to you that needs you out earlier than you want to go out. But Heavenly Father knows what is best for you. Listen to him. Pray to him. Ask him. because he knows everything. Read your patriarchal blessing. Get a father's blessing. Ponder it in your heart because I know that whatever you choose, in the end, will be what Heavenly Father wants for you. You are such a smart kid, and you know what is best for you. So do what he asks of you, and the blessings will overflow - more than you could ever imagine. 

I love you all and miss you all so much.

I hope you have an amazing week! Im praying for you! you are wonderful!!

Love, Sister Webber

Emergency Transfer Miracles (January 17, 2017)

This week was crazy!! So many miracles, and yet so many not miracles. One miracle Is that the one and only Sister Snyder (aka Janae's twin) came to be with us. Two of our investigators dropped us, We had exchanges and that was amazing, and Sister Snyder got ET'd again to Kansas this time. Her last transfer in the mission has been one for the books! hahah 4 comps in 4 weeks. 

I know that everything happens for a reason. That is something I have learned this week for sure. I know that Sister Snyder only needed to be here for a week. She came and she taught and she left. She is an amazing missionary and I was able to learn so much from her. We were able to have loads of fun together, and I am so grateful that President was in tune with the Spirit enough to know that that is what I needed in my life. 

I love this gospel, and I love my Heavenly Father. I know that he hears and answers our prayers. If you have a question ask him. He is the source of all truth and light. "If any of ye lack wisdom, let him ask of God" 

Why? Because he knows every one of us from beginning to end. He is the only one who can lead us to where we need to be, because he is the only one who knows where we need to be. Pray, read your scriptures. and do all that you can do to be exactly obedient. 

You are all amazing.
A funny story from the other day. I was studying my Patriarchal blessing trying to figure out things that my Heavenly Father needed me to do. I was praying and pondering, and I grabbed my scriptures and was fumbling through them when I noticed a scripture that was marked. I paused and looked at it and it read.

 Doctrine and Covenants 42:61-62 

"If thou shalt ask, thou shalt receive revelation upon revelation, knowledge upon knowledge, that thou mayest know the mysteries and peaceable things--that which bringeth joy, that which bringeth life eternal.

"thou shalt ask, and it shall be revealed unto you in mine own due time"

He always answers but the hard thing is it is always on his time. He teaches us patience with him and with ourselves by answering us in his own due time. 

I know this is true.

I love you all. Pray, read, go to church. Be kind, be brave, be you

Love, 

Sister webber

Tracting in the cold (January 9, 2017)

So this week was crazy!! We woke up on Friday to a text from president and he said "if there is any snow on the ground the car is grounded, but that doesn't mean you are grounded. Get out there and get to work!" 
So Sister Fish and I did just that. We tracted in 10 degree weather for 4 hours that day. 

I had the most amazing experience ever and I am about to share it with you:)

So we had an appointment fall through and the member dropped us off at our apartment, and we had nothing to do. Sister Fish was fumbling with the phone searching for someone to see, when I spoke up and said "I think the reason everything is falling through is because we need to go find someone." I just kept feeling like someone needed to be found! So we crossed the street and the first door we knocked on a man and his two children opened the door and I KNEW HIM! Ok I didn't know him, but I just knew that I knew him. 

As we testified of the gospel he said he was moving to Missouri at the end of the week and that we couldn't come back to meet with him. Sister Fish offered him the Book of Mormon and he accepted it, and we went on our way. But as we walked away I had this overwhelming feeling that everything would be ok. 

All day I had been praying that I could be an answer to someone's prayer, That I could ease someone's burden, and bring them closer to Jesus Christ in the smallest way. But while walking away I knew they would find the gospel. I knew that they would be able to live with each other forever. I knew that everything was going to be ok. And I could hear in my head the words of a blessing I got while I was in Ponca that said that I would touch millions of lives on my mission. And somehow I knew that this man that I had met was going to help me accomplish that. 

This week my testimony has grown so much. and I feel closer to my Heavenly Father more than ever. I am so grateful for the knowledge I have of this gospel and that I know that I can live with my wonderful family forever. That is such a blessing that I took for granted for a long time. Now I understand the importance of that. My heart is full of gratitude for my Savior, for my family, and for my Heavenly Father. I love you all and hope you enjoy the beautiful snow for me!! I love you to the moon and back!

Love, Sister Webber

Merry Christmas Deerfield Elementary (December 24, 2016)

Every time I think of Christmas that song comes into my head, and I feel like I need to sing from K-6 so that everyone understands where the Christmas spirit is starting! 

This Christmas Season has been one for the books. this Branch is amazing and I love every single one of them. I have been so blessed to know the people here, and I really do feel like I knew them before I met them.
I was in the middle of a lesson the other day when a recent convert we were seeing started crying because she was so sad to see me and the Elders go. I paused, not knowing what to say, when words started coming out of my mouth. I told her, "Yes we are so sad to leave, and we will miss everyone we are leaving behind." 

I then said "But think of how much you love us, and when we leave you are letting others have a chance to love us the same as you do" 

I was amazed by my own words, because I was having a hard time with this transfer. I felt like I had so much more to do here in Chickasha, and I was cut short with my time. But Heavenly Father works in mysterious ways. He answered my own prayers for confirmation with my own words. I am devastated to leave these amazing people. members and non members. but I know that Heavenly Father needs me somewhere else. I have done all that I can here in Chickasha and it's now time for me to be changed by the people of Enid Oklahoma. 

I am so grateful that the Lord has such a hand in my life. I am grateful for the fact that he loves me enough to help me be better. I had gone through the addiction recovery program about 4 months ago, and in step three or four it is helping you align your will with God's. While I read over what I had written 4 months before I realized how prideful I was. I had my life planned out and I was going to reach point A and nothing that anyone even God could do would stop me from reaching point A, but over the last 4 months I have realized that maybe the reason everything about plan A isn't working is because that isn't where I am supposed to be. Maybe I am supposed to hit point B so that I can get to point C then maybe I will even end up at point D? Who knows? Heavenly Father knows. And his plan is called the Plan of Happiness for a reason. He loves me, and he wants me to be happy. Which means that His plan for me will help me achieve the most happiness possible. So why not take a crazy chance and let Heavenly Father take the reins for a little while. Let him re-pot me and mold me into something that I need to be. 

It is really cool to see how much I have changed in these short 9 months. and yes I dare to say short, because I am realizing that I only have 9 more months to finish my mission. To be touched and to touch as many lives as I can. I cannot wait to get to Enid, and to be able to love the people there like I love the people here, and like I love the wonderful people in Ponca City. If I would have not come on a mission I wouldn't know any of these amazing people and now when I leave I ask myself how I am going to be ok with not seeing these people and talk with them always. I am so grateful to be a missionary and to be able to serve my Savior and to see who he wants me to be. I am so grateful for this whole experience. Thank you mom and dad for pushing me and encouraging me to come, and for loving me no matter what.
I love you to the moon and back. You are amazing people! I cannot wait to see your cute faces tomorrow!! LOVE YOU TO THE MOON AND BACK!

xoxoxox

Sister Webber

Not Just a Drive By (December 19, 2016)

This week has been full of Miracles! I cannot express how amazing it has been in words. We worked really hard, and it payed off. We have seen hearts soften, and doors open. People have asked us to come back, and others have asked us to come in. I love Christmas on a mission!!

One of the most amazing things that happened was, the other day it was like 15 degrees, but with wind chill it was about -2* so we were driving around trying to figure out something to do when Sister Long said "Ok the next people we see we are going to talk to." 

We accidentally turned down a dead end, when we saw this couple sitting on their porch trying to stay warm with the heat of a camp fire. Sister Long turned around and stopped the car and got out before I realized what was happening. We ran to the porch and asked them how they were doing and they looked at us like we were the weirdest people we had ever seen. We got them comfortable by talking with them for a few more minutes and then asked them if we could share #LIGHTTHEWORLD with them. They said we could so we did. Turns out they are close with members and they said we could come back and visit them again! That was amazing because we were able to testify of truth, and teach with the Spirit. I was able to look weird, and I survived. It has taken me way too long to be comfortable with looking weird, but I think I have actually realized that most likely I am never going to see these people again. So why not take a crazy chance. There are so many people in the world that are looking for the truth and they know not where to find it. I know where it is, so why not shout it from the rooftops? Because that would be a little too far. but what is the problem with stopping and talking to random people on their porches? They need the gospel as much as the man at Walmart, or the woman at Brahms. I can do all things so I can open my mouth and talk to those around me. 

I feel like Ammon sometimes when he says "Oh that I were an Angel" But I know I have limitations so that I can become stronger. But I can only become stronger if I try to. I have to push myself past my limitations and work harder than I did the day before. 

I hope you are all excited for Christmas. because I could not be more excited!!! I cannot wait to meet that Baby GIRL!! but I also cannot wait to talk to my sweet family!! I love you all and miss you all so much! I can't wait to hear your cute voices, and see your cute faces! I love you to the moon and back!!
Love, 

Sister Webber

Christmas time is here (December 12, 2016)

"MERRY CHRISTMAS" What we yell to everyone we come in contact with. Missions during Christmas are wonderful because everyone will be at least 20% kind:) haha just kidding but we have been able to see so many miracles. 

One of them is about a 16 year old boy who we met at the Festival of Light. We walked into the park saying "Ok we have one hour to talk to as many people as we can! BREAK!" and we walk up to this kid sitting alone on a park bench (in the freezing cold I may add) and we asked him if we could share a Christmas card with him (#lightTheWorld) and he agreed and we started talking with him, and eventually we sat down next to him and asked him if he went to church anywhere

 "Yeah, I actually came with my church group tonight, but I am not sure, I just feel like I haven't found a church that I like yet." 

Sister Long and I looked at each other and gave each other the go ahead and started to testify of what we felt like when we were 16 and how we found the path that Heavenly Father wanted us to take. The spirit was so strong and we gave him a Book of Mormon, and a few pamphlets and he had to go and we will probably never see him again. He is from a different town in Oklahoma just in Chickasha for the night, but when we walked away we looked at each other at the same time and said "I feel like I know him!" 

It is really cool that Heavenly Father send people in our path knowing that we will finally have the courage to talk to them. I really think that we were sent to Chickasha to talk to that one boy that we may never see again, but hopefully he remembers what he felt that night in the cold on a park bench. It makes me think of the times I have had spiritual experiences in strange places, but it was perfect timing. Times when a friend or family member was able to answer the questions I had been asking Heavenly Father for weeks. Heavenly Father sends people our way because that is how he answers prayers. He works through other people. It is hard because I can't tell you how many spiritual promptings I have ignored, and then I hear Steve Garner's voice in my head "If you ignore the Spirit long enough it will go away." The more I recognize those promptings the more I receive them. 

I hope this Christmas Season we can all come closer to our Savior and more sensitive to the promptings that the Holy Ghost is trying to give us. If we serve those around us we will be like King Benjamin taught "only in the service of your God" 

I love you all and mIss you all so much!! I cannot wait to facetime you this week and tell you all the things that I forget to tell you each week!!! I miss you all and hope this Christmas season you remember the true meaning of the season! I love you to the moon and back!

Love,
Sister Webber

Christmas decorations

#Light the World (November 28, 2016)

Hello Family
Everyone needs to go to Mormon.org right now. Don't even finish reading my email. Stop everything and spend as much time as you can on there, because this Christmas Initiative is going to change the world! I am so excited for this! 25 days of Christmas, while becoming like Jesus Christ in 25 Different Ways!! I hope you are all able to remember Christ this week as you begin this Christmas Season the right way:) 
One of the days it says "call your mom" and I laughed and looked at my companion and said, "Wait are we allowed to call home since it is telling us to?" 

She looked at me and said "Probably not" as she scrolls down and it says again "no seriously call your Mom!" 

She looked at me and said, "It's a sign!" 
So know that even though I can't, that I would call home in a second if I could. 

But I am so excited for all of you and for the Love that comes with the Christmas season. Everyone is so much kinder, and more willing to be like their Savior. Yes there is greed in the world, but there are still people who understand the true meaning of Christmas. 

The other day we were walking across the street, and usually we have to fight our way across because no one will let us through, but a nice man stopped and yelled "Merry Christmas!!" and I couldn't help but smile. I really love being a missionary during the Christmas Season. 

How are yall going to remember Jesus Christ this Christmas Season? 

We are going to the Festival of Light here in Chickasha, I guess it is voted #1 in the nation, but to anyone who has been to the Temple Square lights, it is nothing in comparison. But it is beautiful. And everyone is so excited for Christmas and happy and in love, and It is wonderful to just sit and watch the happiness that Christmas brings to everyone around. 

I hope you all know how much I love you and that I think about you all day every day. I am sad to be so far away this season, but hey If I can bring one person closer to Jesus Christ this month, then it will all be worth it. Pray that we can find new investigators here in Chickasha, and that we can stay warm as the cold front comes in:) 

I love you all,  You are all wonderful and I am so grateful for you. Thanksgiving was wonderful, the Shaws and the Kings fed us well and we had so much fun with them. No turkey bowl, but we did play a mean game of Basketball and of course the missionaries won because we are blessed:) 

As Brother King said "The only thing they do is read their scriptures and practice the holy game of basketball so I don't feel so bad that we lost" 

We don't ever play basketball but my scripture study is helping me in more ways than one it seems:) We played a lot of fun games with the Shaws, and they fed us some good pie:) 

I am so grateful for this gospel, and for the opportunity I have to be a missionary this Christmas season. I hope you all find a way to come closer to Christ, and Remember the true meaning of the Season. "Ye are the light of the world" so show it. Be kind, serve, and smile:) 

I love you!!!
Sister Webber